# Houses by a Road

By [Camille Pissarro](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/camille-pissarro.md>), 1859.

## Details

- Medium: pen and brown ink with graphite on gray-blue laid paper
- Dimensions: overall: 24 x 31.5 cm (9 7/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52310-houses-road>)

- Categories: Works on Paper
- Styles: [Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/impressionism.md>)

## Image

![This drawing is from a lower perspective, looking up a hill on the left towards a group of buildings, with a path or road winding into the distance on the right.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-55b0ad4361648660/full.jpg?v=a2727403ee568b01e7a07ae9b7726385357e9e28b2a6908cd98ecdca20b83f43>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.166. CC0 Open Access.
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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