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Figures by a Waterfall

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Date

c.1811

Artist

John Martin (1789-1854)

Collection

Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Description

Watercolour heightened with scratching out and gum arabic
21.2 by 16cm, 8 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches

Michael Campbell dates this drawing to circa 1811-12 which makes it an early work. At the time Martin was training as a glass and china painter at William Collins' workshop on the Strand and in the evenings he studied as a painter. In 1811, he exhibited his first picture at the Royal Academy, 'Landscape Composition' and left Collins's workshop the following year. In 1812, he painted one of his first major paintings, 'Sadak in search of the Waters of Oblivion' which was accepted by the Royal Academy and he was beginning to establish himself as a drawing master. In the present work, although Martin has clearly drawn on the many eighteenth century views of the town and waterfall at Tivoli which he would have known, the topographical details are incorrect for Tivoli. The depiction of two figures dwarfed by a romantic landscape became a theme in his work.

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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Location

Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire, England

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Tags

Castles
Rivers
Roads
Valleys
Waterfalls

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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