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View from Bidston Hill
William Davis1856/1865
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
A view towards the south west from the Wirral looking towards the Clwyd Hills in North Wales. Almost concealed in the landscape is a huntsman with hounds on the right and a hare on the left, described by a critic as ‘simply an absurdity. It is grotesque in size and its attitude is almost untrue’. Davis here paints with exceptionally vivid colour but a rather hard finish.
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- Title: View from Bidston Hill
- Creator: William Davis
- Creator Lifespan: 1812/1873
- Creator Nationality: Irish
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: London, England
- Creator Birth Place: Dublin, Ireland
- Date Created: 1856/1865
- tag / style: William Davis; Pre-Raphaelite; view; landscape; Clwyd Hills; North Wales; huntsman; hound; hare
- Physical Dimensions: w405 x h305 cm (Without frame)
- Artist biographical information: William Davis (1812-1873), born in Dublin, trained in the Liverpool Academy Schools from 1846 until about 1849 and was Professor of Drawing there from 1856-59. He was one of the Liverpool artists who adopted Pre-Raphaelite practice. Davis was friendly with the Pre-Raphaelite London circle, and was a member of the Hogarth Club. Most of his work was done for local Liverpool patrons. In 1870, he moved to London.
- Additional artwork information: To learn more about the Walker Art Gallery’s Pre-Raphaelite collection please follow this link: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/pre-raphaelites/
- Type: Oil on canvas
- Rights: Bequeathed by John Elliot in 1917
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