An Allee in the Woods, 1859, Watercolor, sheet: 8 3/8 x 6 11/16 in. (21. 3 x 17 cm), Drawings, Sir Edward John Poynter (British (born France), Paris 1836?1919 London), In this woodland scene, Poynter?s sonorous shades of brown, gray, and purple evoke a fragile silence. Low russet plants relieve the vertical lines of the trees, as a solitary figure walks by carrying what appears to be a bundle of sticks