Sidney Yates Johnson, Ben Nevis From The River

Sidney Yates Johnson, Ben Nevis From The RiverThis atmospheric early 20th century oil painting by British artist Sidney Yates Johnson (1861 after 1936) depicts Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain, rising beyond the tranquil waters of a broad river. In the foreground, reeds bend gently along the water's edge while a shepherd tends sheep amongst autumnal grasses. Johnson's treatment of atmosphere is particularly effective. The mountain itself appears softened by distance, its slopes

London and printed by W Clark of High Holborn

reaches for mother

its surface merging almost imperceptibly with low-lying mist

a friend of John Constable

particularly his comical sketches of horse derbies

Lilleros’ in 2006 at Sotheby’s

particularly in 1902

A mid-19th-century French portrait of a woman in profile looking upwards

Medium: Oil on boardOverall size: 11½” x 13” / 29cm x 33cmYear of creation: c

at the foot of the cross lies the skull of Adam

That may seem far-fetched

near Tintagel’ is currently at the V&A Museum