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| Keywords: Peterdewint.jpg Black Gang Chine Isle of Wight Peter De Wint 21/01/1784 -30/06/1849 about 1843 V A Museum no 1036-1886 Techniques oil on canvas Place Black Gang Chine England Dimensions Height 61 cm estimate Width 74 cm estimate Black Gang Chine is now a tourist attraction on the Isle of Wight The chines are deep and narrow ravines cut into soft rock by streams descending steeply to the sea They are numerous in the sea-cliffs of the Isle of Wight and the coast of Hampshire and were much-admired geological features in the early 19th century The ever-crumbling steep and sometimes sheer sides of the ravines framed a sublime and gloomy scene of an apparent chaos of mud trees vegetation and broken rocks slowly sliding into the sea The continual movement of the fertile soil and debris watered by the action of the stream encouraged a restless and luxuriant vegetation much denser than in a field or forest which gave an exotic quality to this feature of the English landscape De Wint was most famous as a watercolourist but here he shows his mastery of oil painting http //collections vam ac uk/item/O80194/oil-painting-black-gang-chine-isle-of/ 1843 Creator Peter de Wint PD-old-auto 1849 Paintings in the Victoria and Albert Museum Peter de Wint Isle of Wight in art 1840s oil on canvas paintings in the United Kingdom | ||||
