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Description: | 102.0 x 138.0 CRE THOMSON, John of Duddingston, Rev.; (Scottish; 1778-1840) Thomson was a Romantic in his approach to painting, and was deeply interested in translating onto the canvas his reactions to the forces of nature. This gained him a reputation for ?those terrible seas and skies which only Thomson can paint?. Tantallon Castle is a formidable 14th century stronghold set atop cliffs on the Firth of
Forth, near North Berwick. Its dramatic appearance, memorably described in his friend Sir Walter Scott?s epic poem Marmion as under a ?gathering ocean storm?, was
a popular subject with the artist and his patrons. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | ROMANTICISM : SEASCAPE : SCOTLAND : CASTLE : RUIN : EAST LOTHIAN : BOAT : PICTURESQUE : SCOTTISH 19TH CENTURY : STORM : 2004 : PRINCIPAL LODGING : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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