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Description: | In this painting Aglio depicted the landscape around the town of Hastings. The view is similar to his Entrance to Hastings from the London Road (inv. no. HASMG:951.10), although here the artist has chosen to represent the town from further away. This allowed more to be shown of the dramatic cliffs on which Hastings is set, making a pleasing and interesting composition. The painting reflects a growing interest in depicting local landscapes at the beginning of the nineteenth century that can also be seen in the works of English artists such as Constable and Gainsborough. | Subjects: | landscape; townscape; place (Hastings) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Aglio, Agostino Maria (Italian painter and scenographer, 1777-1857, active in Great Britian) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8681... | Go to resource |
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