Standen's Yard, Frogmore

Watercolour depicting Standen's Yard, Frogmore. Circa 1860.

Watercolour depicting a rural scene of a farmyard. The colours are muted and the composition is balanced with a dirt road crossing the scene and that is flanked by lush greenery, including trees and bushes. To the left of the watercolour a big tree with a sitting ring dominates the space, while a girls sits on a fallen tree holding a baby. To the right of the watercolour there is a cluster of buildings, with one central one where we can see a woman working inside. Next to the entrance to this building 2 ducks stand. The ground is covered with a mixture of grasses, dirt and gravel, with a few scattered objects, such as boxes, buckets, fallen trees and a wooden plough.