Skaters on the Serpentine in Hyde Park

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1786

The image shows a winter scene with figures skating on a frozen river. Men in period attire are skating on the ice, with cottages and a leafless tree in the background. The sky is blue with white clouds, and the… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Julius Caesar Ibbetson ¹
Date: 1786 ¹
Medium: pen and black ink and watercolor on laid paper; laid down ¹
Original: 4,120 × 3,122 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Paul Mellon

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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