FDA-D.1710-2023

Parts

Object number

FDA-D.1710-2023

Object type

drawing

Identification

Title

View of Hindhead, Surrey

Title Type

Common name

Description

Painted view of a tree-covered hilly landscape; a plume of smoke rises in the distance

Comments

Sutton Palmer is particularly known for his views of Surrey and produced 75 illustrations for the book Surrey by A.R. Hope Moncrieff, first published in 1906. Although views of the landscape near Hindhead were included, this was not an illustration for the book and is thought to be a later work.
Hindhead, near the Hampshire border of Surrey, is a village within Haslemere parish and best known as the location of the Devil’s Punch Bowl. Located just east of the village, the Devil’s Punch Bowl is a large, natural amphitheatre and was a popular site for excursions from London. Sutton Palmer’s otherwise peaceful view indicates the influence of man and industrialisation through a distant plume of smoke rising from a charging train, to the right of the composition.

Description

Dimensions

height (actual size): 353mm
width (actual size): 517mm

Inscription

signed lower left: 'Sutton Palmer'

Material

watercolour
paper

Materials & techniques note

Watercolour on paper

Production

Person

Sutton Palmer, Harold, 1854 - 1933 (Artist)

Date

c.1910

History and association

Object history note

Provenance: Collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College

Exhibited: 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024