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A View of Box Hill, Surrey

George Lambert (c.1700–1765)

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A View of Box Hill, Surrey

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Lambert was one of the pioneers of landscape painting in early eighteenth-century Britain. This painting presents the landscape without the sorts of buildings – palaces or an aristocratic estate – which traditionally featured in such views. This could be seen as evidence of a new appreciation of nature for its own sake. Certainly, during the intellectual developments of the century the landscape became the focus for discussions about the relationship between painting and poetry, and aesthetic ideas such as beauty and the sublime.

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Title

A View of Box Hill, Surrey

Date

1733

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 90.8 x W 180.4 cm

Accession number

N05981

Acquisition method

Purchased 1951

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

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George Lambert

c.1700–1765

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