• Fall of the Tummel

Creator:

• John Parker Lawson (d.1852), author; James Duffield Harding (1798-1863), artist; L. Sabatier, lithographer

Description:

• Colored lithograph From Scotland Delineated in a Series of Views with Historical, Antiquarian and Descriptive Letterpress, Volume II London: E. Gambart & Co., 1854

Curatorial Notes:

• Combining the beautiful and the sublime, this picturesque image captures both the majesty and power of nature. There is a tension here between the current calm and the lurking danger—the sun illuminates the hillside between threatening dark clouds; the serene lake tumbles over a small waterfall. The fisher on the lower right may catch their dinner, but they should do it quickly and carefully, before the rain begins to pour or the river sweeps them away.

Photography:

• David Kelly Crow

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/f4752p11m

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Range label:

• Logical