The Lake of Lucerne: Mont Pilatus in the Distance
Oil Painting
1857 (painted)
1857 (painted)
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Mount Pilatus is to the east of Lake Lucerne. The white ground, beneath the paint, gives this picture a brilliance of light and colour that is more usually found in a watercolour. Inchbold's visits to Switzerland between 1856 and 1859 were subsidised by the writer John Ruskin, who nevertheless severely criticised his work.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | The Lake of Lucerne: Mont Pilatus in the Distance (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on panel. This is oil on a plywood panel and very stable and flat. |
| Brief description | Oil painting depicting 'The Lake of Lucerne: Mont Pilatus in the Distance' by John William Inchbold. British School, 1857. |
| Physical description | Oil on panel landscape of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. Signed and dated by the artist. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'I W Inchbold/57' (Signed and dated by the artist, vertically, lower left) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by the late James R. Holliday Esq. |
| Object history | Bequeathed by James R. Holliday, 1927 |
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| Summary | Mount Pilatus is to the east of Lake Lucerne. The white ground, beneath the paint, gives this picture a brilliance of light and colour that is more usually found in a watercolour. Inchbold's visits to Switzerland between 1856 and 1859 were subsidised by the writer John Ruskin, who nevertheless severely criticised his work. |
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| Accession number | P.81-1927 |
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| Record created | May 19, 2003 |
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