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Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vol. 1, Kirkstall Abbey in Yorkshire
Benjamin Henry Latrobe1798/1799
Library of Virginia
Richmond, VA, United States
Latrobe displays a landscape with three distances or grounds in demitone, or reflected, light. He gives the whole a rich purple cast, creating the illusion of the sun being low in the West.
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- Title: Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vol. 1, Kirkstall Abbey in Yorkshire
- Creator: Benjamin Henry Latrobe
- Date: 1798/1799
- Location: Richmond, Va.
- Publisher: Licensed under Creative Commons by Library of Virginia (CCBY)
- Original Source: An Essay on Landscape, Explained in Tinted Drawings
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