`Mount Tabor'
1818
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1818
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
`Mount Tabor' is a 1818 watercolor by Charles Hamilton Smith, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a rolling, dry landscape with a lone rocky hill at its center. A winding path cuts through the scene, where two riders on horseback and a person on foot travel toward the right. The sky is pale with soft clouds, and the ground is dotted with sparse trees and bushes. In the distance, faint outlines of other hills fade into the horizon. The title at the bottom reads *Mount Tabor*, but the scene looks more like a quiet, empty countryside. The artist used light, watery colors to create a peaceful, dreamy mood. Next, check out the Romanticism movement to see how artists used nature to express big emotions.
Charles Hamilton Smith’s *Mount Tabor* is a watercolour included in a volume titled *Views. Syria, Arabia, Persia*, containing 105 drawings across 100 sheets, bound in half crimson morocco. The work likely derives from a printed source rather than direct observation, as no evidence suggests Smith traveled to the depicted location. The drawing is part of a larger compilation of views housed in Smith’s extensive private library. Comparable works by Smith are also held in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Wellcome Institute.
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Charles Hamilton Smith painted the landscapes and ruins he saw while traveling, using fine brushes and watercolors.
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