The Land's End, Cornwall by John Brett (1831-1902). 1880. Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 35.5 cm. Courtesy the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth. Accession no. BORGM 00356. Bequeathed by Walter Child Clark, 1929. Reproduced via Art UK under the terms of the the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND).
Brett went to Cornwall on this trip in August 1880, and, then in his most prolific period, painted this typically detailed view of the Cornish boulders on the cliffs, with the Longships Lighthouse (only built in 1875 to replace the old one there) in the distance. — Jacqueline Banerjee
Bibliography
The Land's End, Cornwall. Art UK. Web. 3 October 2024.
Created 3 October 2024