A storm going off

Details

John Glover, O.W.S. (1767-1849)
A storm going off
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic
7¼ x 10 5/8 in. (18.5 x 27 cm.)

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Please note that the illustration has been incorrectly numbered 56.

Lot Essay

The present work was executed early in the artist's career, when he was still based in the North before he moved to London and reveals the artist's concern with observing the effects of nature. The repository of Arts described Glover's work as 'a purity of colour, an elegance of form and a truth of effect, which ... has never been exceeded.' (Repository of Arts, 1809, p. 492.)

According to a previous catalogue inscription the present work was signed and inscribed with title (on the reverse of the mount).

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