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Red Houses
Pastel, 14 x 24cm, by James Simpson Alderson, before 1908
Location unknown
 

Red-brick Victorian buildings rise beneath a hazy yellow sky, a small figure in white barely discernible in the foreground. The soft, impressionistic technique layers pastel colours, blurring details and edges, which enhances the subdued, melancholy atmosphere and evokes a reflective, introspective mood.