Mountainous Landscape with a Party of Travellers (Scene on the River Pellene Achaia), Hugh William Williams, 1818–29

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Mountainous Landscape with a Party of Travellers (Scene on the River Pellene Achaia), 1818–29, Sepia ink and wash over graphite, with touches of gouache, sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 15/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Hugh William Williams (British, probably Devon 1773–1829 Edinburgh), Williams was dubbed 'Grecian Williams' after travelling to Greece in 1816 and, two years later, publishing an influential description of his journey. Here, he used sepia ink and wash to show a group of men climbing a steep river gorge in Achaia, a region in the northwest Peloponnese

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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