Lot Essay
Linton's early work concentrated mainly on English landscapes, especially the Lake District; but he later turned to continental and classical subjects. He first visited the continent in 1828 when he spent fifteen months sketching the Italian landscape; he was to return in 1840 and included Greece, Sicily and Calabria in his travels. In refering to his idealised views The Art Journal of 1850 remarks
'His genius seems more at liberty when roaming through the regions of his own imagination than when fixed to a certain and known locality. Still whatever he does, there is abundant evidence that the work is that of a master-hand, and a poet's mind.' (Art Journal, 1850, p. 252).
'His genius seems more at liberty when roaming through the regions of his own imagination than when fixed to a certain and known locality. Still whatever he does, there is abundant evidence that the work is that of a master-hand, and a poet's mind.' (Art Journal, 1850, p. 252).