View of the Avon Gorge
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| View of the Avon Gorge | |
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| Artist | Francis Danby |
| Year | 1822 |
| Type | Oil on panel, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 34.5 cm × 46.6 cm (13.6 in × 18.3 in) |
| Location | Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol |
View of the Avon Gorge is an oil on panel landscape painting by the Irish artist Francis Danby, from 1822.[1] It depicts a view of Avon Gorge west of Bristol. Danby was part of the Bristol School who depicted the country around the city during the Regency era.[2] The painting predates the construction of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge by more than decade. It was produced with a pendant work A Scene in Leigh Woods.[3]
The work is today in the collection of the City Museum and Art Gallery, in Bristol, having been acquired in 1956.[4]
