View of the River Tay

Category

Library Item

Item no

18

Title

View of the River Tay

Description

The River Tay with Ben Vrackie and Beinn a' Ghlo in the background, whilst in the foreground on the right is depicted the Priest's Stone (Clach-an t sagairt).

Artist / maker

Robson, George Fennell

Engraver

Morton, Henry

Date

1819

Size

20.2 x 38 cm

Type

Engraving

The landscape painter and poet George Fennel Robson was born in Durham in 1788. He displayed an early enthusiasm for drawing, acquiring his artistic skills through practice and whatever instruction he could find. He moved to London in 1804 to pursue his career as an artist and made a meagre living selling his work from a carver and gilder's shop in Holborn. With the profits from the publication of a view of Durham he travelled to the Highlands of Scotland where he spent a year painting landscapes. He subsequently published Outlines of the Grampian Mountains, and continued to visit the region regularly throughout his career. He also visited and worked in the Lake District, Ireland and Wales. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, and was an important member of the Society of Painters in Watercolour. He died in Stockton-on-Tees in 1833.

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