Dead Calm - Sunset at the Bight of Exmouth (painting)
Star objectsOwnership/credit: Purchased from Thomas Agnew & Sons with support from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Art Fund and the Sir Harry Veitch Bequest Trust Fund.
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Descriptions
Danby was interested in the special effects of nature and the poetic moods of landscape. The central tower was a pumping station on Brunel’s atmospheric railway -a short lived project which propelled trains by atmospheric pressure rather than steam power.
Born in Ireland in 1793, Danby practiced drawing at the Royal Dublin Society's schools. He was successful in his career as a painter, some of which was spent as a member of the Bristol School of Artists, leading him to become an Associate Member of the Royal Academy. In his later years, Danby moved to Exmouth where he died in 1861.
This object is on display at RAMM in the Making History gallery.
Inscription
bottom right in red signed and dated F Danby 1855
verso canvas white chalk F Danby ARA No 2
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