Gibside, Seat of the Earl of Strathmore, from the North

This work was a study for an illustration to The History of the County of Durham by Robert Surtees. The magnificent woodland scenery of Gibside sweeps from the heights of the hills to the brink of the Derwent, intersected by deep, irregular ravines. The landscape is sketched in a broad, free style while, across the Derwent, a cultivated country forms a fine, bright contrast to the wooded masses which darken the southern bank.