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During the 19th century Britain became increasingly industrialised. As more wealthy people lived in cities, landscape paintings became increasingly popular. They were a nostalgic reminder of the beauty of the countryside and a decorative distraction from the grime, noise and occasional squalor of Victorian urban life.
Title
Storm Coming over the Sussex Downs
Date
1854
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 64.5 x W 94 cm
Accession number
BATVG : P : 1954.26
Acquisition method
bequeathed by Miss Alice Dorothea Henderson, 1954
Work type
Painting