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Pevensey Bay and Battle Abbey, Sussex

Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery

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Battle Abbey is just a small detail, and Pevensey Bay barely visible in the background. The supposed subjects of the painting are really just an excuse for Barker to paint an atmospheric expanse of woodland and sky. The subtle tonality and subdued light are characteristic of Benjamin Barker’s style, which was firmly based on a classical landscape tradition.

Victoria Art Gallery

Bath

Title

Pevensey Bay and Battle Abbey, Sussex

Date

1814

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 138.5 x W 214 cm

Accession number

BATVG : P : 1906.1

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Alderman F. G. Farwell, 1906

Work type

Painting

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