Tan y Bwlch 

John Linnell made this pencil drawing of Tan y Bwlch in Wales sometime in the 19th century. It depicts an idyllic scene of the Welsh countryside, complete with rolling hills, a quaint bridge, and scattered buildings. Linnell was a landscape painter but he was also associated with the 19th-century artistic movement known as the Ancients, who were inspired by a vision of pre-industrial rural England. They sought to capture a sense of spiritual connection to the land. The cultural and historical context of this drawing can be found in the broader social changes taking place in Britain at the time. The Industrial Revolution was transforming the landscape and displacing rural communities. For the Ancients, art was a means of preserving a vanishing way of life and of critiquing the social and environmental consequences of industrialization. Further research into the artist's biography and the cultural history of 19th-century Wales can reveal the complex relationship between art, society, and the environment.