Duncomb Park, Yorkshire 

Curator: John Sell Cotman's "Duncomb Park, Yorkshire" presents such an intriguing scene, don't you think? Editor: Yes, it's surprisingly dark, isn't it? Almost brooding for a landscape. Curator: It's the etching technique, I suppose. The dense cross-hatching creates such depth and shadow. You can almost feel the dampness rising from the water. Look at the labor involved in this process! Editor: Absolutely. And the way he's used those techniques to highlight the textures of the stone wall and the foliage. It’s a reminder of how landscapes are built by and for human needs, too. Curator: Right, it makes me wonder about the people who built that wall, who walked through that gate… I feel a strange sense of longing, as if I'm on the edge of a memory. Editor: Well, Cotman certainly knew how to imbue a scene with a certain weight, didn't he? It really invites you to consider the interplay between nature and labor. Curator: Precisely! It all comes together to create a very moving and thought-provoking image.