Dimensions: support: 220 x 432 mm
Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: Here we have Dr William Crotch's "View from Hurley Bottom," a watercolor landscape in the Tate collection. It strikes me as quite a serene, almost dreamlike scene. What do you see in this piece? Curator: Ah, yes, a peaceful vista. For me, it's that winding river. Doesn't it just invite you to meander through the English countryside? Crotch really captures that sense of place, that quiet beauty, don't you think? It's as if he’s saying, "Slow down, breathe deep, appreciate the view." Editor: Definitely! It makes me want to pack a picnic. Curator: Exactly! And maybe compose a little ditty about it, like Crotch, the musical doctor, might have done himself. It all makes sense somehow. Editor: I never thought of it that way. I see it differently now!
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William Crotch was one of the most precocious musical infant prodigies of all time. In 1797 he became Professor of Music in Oxford at the age of twenty-two. During his residence in Oxford, which lasted over seventeen years, he became friendly with the drawing master and musician J.B.Malchair (no. 24). Crotch developed a drawing style similar to that of Malchair, and he also adopted the latter's habit of inscribing his drawings with the precise time when they were made. This view, for example, was drawn at 5 p.m. on 30 August 1806. Shortly after moving to London towards the end of 1805, Crotch became acquainted with John Constable, who about this time began to inscribe his own drawings in a similar fashion. Gallery label, September 2004
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