Artist
1st Baronet Sir William Elford
1st Baronet Sir William Elford is a Rococo painting artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Ashmolean Museum.
A British painter in the late 1700s, Sir William Elford specialized in landscapes that caught the sky just before a storm. His oil painting *A Landscape: The Approach of a Shower* shows dark clouds gathering over rolling hills, with a single figure and dog heading home. If skies and weather intrigue you, tap into Elford’s dramatic *Approach of a Shower*—it’s the only work in this set.
Works by 1st Baronet Sir William Elford
Collections represented
Museum
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities…