View of the Avon Gorge
| View of the Avon Gorge | |
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| Artist | Francis Danby |
| Year | 1822 |
| Type | Oil on panel, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 34.5 cm × 46.6 cm (13.6 in × 18.3 in) |
| Location | City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol |
View of the Avon Gorge is an 1822 landscape painting by the Irish artist Francis Danby.[1] It depicts a view of Avon Gorge west of Bristol. Danby was part of the Bristol School who depicted the country around the city during the Regency era.[2] The painting predates the construction of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge by more than decade. It was produced with a pendant work A Scene in Leigh Woods.[3]
The work is today in the collection of the City Museum and Art Gallery in Bristol, having been acquired in 1956.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Jacobs & Warner p.8
- ^ Carter p.31
- ^ Baetjer p.326
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/view-of-the-avon-gorge-188418
Bibliography
[edit]- Baetjer, Katharine. Glorious Nature: British Landscape Painting, 1750-1850. Hudson Hills Press, 1993.
- Carter, Julia. Bristol Museum and Art Gallery: Guide to the Art Collection. Bristol Books, 2017.
- Jacobs, Michael & Warner, Malcolm. Art in the West Country. Jarrold, 1980.
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