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Curator: This delicate graphite drawing, held in the Tate Collections, is by Sir George Howland Beaumont. Though untitled and undated, Beaumont lived from 1753 to 1827. Editor: It has a dreamlike quality. The mountains and water seem to emerge from the page. Curator: Observe how the artist uses varied pressure to delineate form. The economical use of graphite on this support hints at a rapid, perhaps plein air, study. What stories could the paper grain tell us about its manufacture and distribution? Editor: It is fascinating to consider that this landscape, so placid, might have been shaped by violent geologic shifts, perhaps mirroring the social and political upheavals of Beaumont’s time. Curator: The binding also offers some insight into the artist's world. Editor: I see it slightly differently now. Thank you. Curator: Indeed. Thank you.