“Gordale Scar, Yorkshire” by John William Inchbold (1830-1888)

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Gordale Scar, Yorkshire

John William Inchbold (1830-1888)

1876

Oil on canvas

1254 x 913 mm

Collection: Tate Britain T05467

Presented by the Patrons of British Art through the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1988]

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Details

Sunny rock and sky

Lower middle left

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According to the Gallery label of November 2016, Inchbold "established himself as one of the leading landscapists of the [Pre-Raphaelite] movement but by the end of the decade had adopted a broader, more atmospheric approach, as shown here. When it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy it was accompanied by lines from Wordsworth’s sonnet ‘Gordale’ of 1818: ‘... when the air/Glimmers with fading light .../Then, pensive Votary!, let thy feet repair/To Gordale-chasm, terrific as the lair/where the young lions couch; ...’.

Bibliography

Prettejohn, Elisabeth. The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites, London, 2000.

The Pre-Raphaelites. Ed. Leslie Parris. London: Tate Gallery/Allen Lane, 1984 (see especially p. 33).

Last modified 12 June 2020