From the evidence of a photograph, Constable suggested that this might be one of the few landscapes that Wilson painted before he went to Italy, but believed that the costume indicated a later date of perhaps 1750-55. The locality has not been identified but the general character and details of the buildings are neither Welsh nor English, rather perhaps French. It may therefore be a reminiscence of Wilson's journey to Italy in 1750, perhaps a scene on the Loire, the Rhone or the Meuse. The most unusual part of the composition is the enclosed ecclesiastical building in the left background, suggesting perhaps a cemetery and chapel. The building itself, however, looks more English than French.
