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Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vol. 1, Kirkstall Abbey in Yorkshire

Benjamin Henry Latrobe1798/1799

Library of Virginia

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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