John Knox
The Nelson Monument, Glasgow Green
About this artwork
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title:The Nelson Monument, Glasgow Green
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accession number:D 5439.1
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materials:Pen and brown ink over pencil on paper
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date created:1810 - 1817
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measurements:11.50 x 19.50 cm
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credit line:Purchased with support by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1997
John Knox
John Knox
John Knox was one of Scotland's most significant and original landscape painters. His family moved to Glasgow in 1799 and he may have trained with Alexander Nasmyth. As well as fairly conventional views of the Clyde valley and other picturesque sites, composed in the classical tradition, he produced some highly…