English Romantic Painter, 1775-1851 landscape master
landscape master .British painter and printmaker. He dominated British landscape painting throughout the first half of the 19th century. He established a reputation in the Royal Academy, London, first as a topographical watercolourist and then within a few years as a painter of Sublime and historical landscapes.
Snow Storm Hannibal and his Army crossing the Alps (mk09) c 1810-1812
Oil on canvas,144.7 x 236 cm
London,Tate Gallery
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