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Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vol. 1, Moonlight Scene at Hastings in England
Benjamin Henry Latrobe1798/1799
Library of Virginia
Richmond, VA, United States
"Sufficiently well composed." commented Latrobe on his depiction of Hastings at night. "The grey tint of the whole picture produces harmony in all its parts." Still, he was not pleased with his execution of the sky. "The prussian blue which I use, is bad, and ocassions the colors that are mixed with it to curdle."
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- Title: Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vol. 1, Moonlight Scene at Hastings in England
- 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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