Artwork
Mousehold Heath
Mousehold Heath is a print by the Romanticist artist John Crome. It dates from 1812 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
About this work
Overview
Mousehold Heath is a print by John Crome, showcasing a dramatic landscape with a low-lying horizon and a stormy sky.
Subject & Meaning
The print juxtaposes untamed foreground with windmills in the background, highlighting the tension between nature and human attempts to control it.
Technique & Style
Crome's etching features a panoramic view, with the artist's use of a low horizon emphasizing the drama of the scene.
Context
The depicted scenery is located near Crome's home in Norwich, England, a typical subject for the artist's work.
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Artist & collection
Artist
John Crome, once known as Old Crome to distinguish him from his artist son John Berney Crome, was an English landscape painter of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists and founding members of the Norwich School of painters.
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Landscape with a Woman at a Well [lower left]
Copy of View of Amsterdam from the North West
A Rustic Barn
The Thicket
Hadleigh Castle
The Three Trees
At Bawburgh
The Serpentine Road
Landscape, after Français
Views: A Woman Drawing Water under an Arch
A Low Cottage with a Herdsman Leading His Flock
The Cottages