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The late Mr. Alfred P. Newton, artist, 1883. Creator: Unknown.
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The late Mr. Alfred P. Newton, artist, 1883. Engraving photograph by Messrs. Elliott and Fry. 'The death of this esteemed artist, a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours, took place on the 9th September. Alfred Pizzi Newton was fifty-three years of age. He was of Italian descent on the maternal side, but was a native of Essex...he always excelled in depicting the effects of evening twilight. In the following year he passed some months of a very severe winter in Glencoe, painting his celebrated "Mountain Gloom." The frost was so intense that he was obliged frequently to mix his colours with pure whisky instead of water. This picture won him a considerable reputation. In 1862 he went to the Riviera and Italy, where he painted his "Twilight at Mentone," and a fine view of the Lago Maggiore. These were followed, in the next year, by the "Ruins of Rome," "The Arch of Titus by Moonlight," and several Venetian subjects. His "Left by the Tide," and the "Mountain Gloom," were sent to the Philadelphia Exhibition, and gained him a diploma of merit. Among his best works of later date were "Mystery and Immensity," and "The Coliseum by Moonlight"...in the autumn of last year he visited Athens, which had long been a dream of his life'?. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM25A50_284
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Droits gérés
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6,4Mo (535,2Ko) / 11,3cm x 14,3cm / 1329 x 1690 (300dpi)