original hand-coloured aquatint, the title within the grey-washed border, trimmed on or just within the plate mark with slight fraying to the left sheet edge, a few faint vertical creases and another across the upper right corner, a few faint spots in the sky,
Sutherland (Thomas) after Charles Catten the Elder.
View near Hastings,
£175
London, Alexander Smith, 1817.
a picturesque coastal and pastoral scene, probably to the east of Hastings. It depicts the combination of low crumbling cliffs and flatter agricultural land to the right in the composition, while to the left we see fishing boats, other sailing vessels, and a village hugging the coast. A beachcomber strolls along the beach in the lower left corner, while itinerant rural couple and their dogs rest on the cliff-top path in the foreground,.