Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vol. 2, A Scene in the River Appomattox

Benjamin Henry Latrobe1798/1799

Library of Virginia
Richmond, VA, United States

Latrobe complained that this rendering of a huge collection of logs piled up after being stopped in their course did not do the actual appearance justice. One reason, he maintained, is the difficulty in giving a natural appearance when representing water running from the foreground to the background.

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Title: Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vol. 2, A Scene in the River Appomattox
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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