Jan Siberechts Bayhall View Journal — 1675 Kent Landscape Notebook

In 1672, a Flemish painter named Jan Siberechts crossed the Channel and arrived in England. He brought with him a tradition of topographical precision and atmospheric sensitivity that the English countryside had never received before — and he turned it, in 1675, toward a Kent estate called Bayhall.

This journal carries his view. The front cover features Siberechts’ circa 1675 painting A View of Bayhall, Pembury, Kent — the manor house in its parkland, farm workers in the foreground, the rolling hills of the Weald receding into a hazy English afternoon. The back cover extends the panorama into the wider Kentish landscape. Together they wrap the journal in one of the earliest and finest topographical landscapes in British art history, now held at the Yale Center for British Art.

Product Details

• Format: Hardcover journal
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
• Binding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat
• Dimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches
• Weight: 100 g
• Cover: Matte laminated full-wrap print
• Front cover: Jan Siberechts, A View of Bayhall, Pembury, Kent (c.1675)
• Back cover: Bayhall panorama detail, Jan Siberechts (c.1675)
• Source: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Perfect For

• English countryside enthusiasts and landscape art lovers
• Admirers of Flemish and 17th-century British painting
• Kent history collectors and topographical art fans
• Travel journalers and landscape sketchers
• Anyone captivated by the intersection of art, place, and history
• A beautiful gift for lovers of British art and countryside

The Story Behind the Painting

The Flemish master who invented British landscape painting, the lost Kent estate he immortalised, and the tradition that runs from Siberechts to Constable — read the full story on our blog →