John Glover, Barren Coast and Slight Storm

John Glover

British · 1767–1849 · Painter, Draughtsman

John Glover was an English-born artist. In later life he migrated to Van Diemen’s Land and became a pastoralist during the early colonial period. He has been dubbed "the father… (Wikipedia)

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  1. John Glover, A Lake Scene in Cumberland (circa 1835), 1835, oil on canvasA Lake Scene in Cumberland (circa 1835)Smith & Singer · A$140,300≈ $103,172≈ £79,892≈ €88,106Sign up to see
  2. John Glover, Morning Mist, oil on canvasMorning MistMenzies · A$135,000≈ $101,061≈ £77,011≈ €91,038Sign up to see
  3. John Glover, Mill on the Tiber (After Claude) c1840, c1840, oil on canvasMill on the Tiber (After Claude) c1840Menzies · A$135,000≈ $87,962≈ £69,750≈ €81,326Sign up to see

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John Glover was an English-born artist. In later life he migrated to Van Diemen’s Land and became a pastoralist during the early colonial period. He has been dubbed "the father of Australian landscape painting."

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1767, Houghton on the HillDied 1849, LauncestonOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q3181600 ↗ULAN 500028531 ↗Museum works 15

Also known as Esq. John Glover, Glover, J. Glover, [Mr. Glover]

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

John Glover, Barren Coast and Slight Storm
Barren Coast and Slight Storm1794 · Graphite, brush and black and gray wash
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013 …
John Glover, The Rainbow
The Rainbow1794 · Watercolor over graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Susan H. Seidel Gift, 2002 — Open A…
John Glover, Early morning near Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, Scotland
Early morning near Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, Scotlandbefore 1831 · Watercolor over graphite, with gum arabic
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2012 — Open A…
John Glover, A View of Dovedale
A View of Dovedalec. 1825 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)
John Glover, A Mountain Valley with a Waterfall
A Mountain Valley with a Waterfallc. 1795 · gray wash on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …
John Glover, An Oak Tree
An Oak Treec. 1795 · pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …
John Glover, The River at Llangollen
The River at Llangollenc. 1795 · graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …
John Glover, A Corroboree in Van Diemen's Land
A Corroboree in Van Diemen's Land1840
Department of Paintings of the Louvre ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Department of Paintings of the Louvre
John Glover, Soleil couchant à Ben Lomond
Soleil couchant à Ben Lomond1840
Department of Paintings of the Louvre ↗
CC BY 3.0 · Sailko, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) — Department of Paintings of the Lo…
John Glover, Ullswater, early morning
Ullswater, early morning1824
Art Gallery of New South Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Gallery of New South Wales
John Glover, Launceston and the river Tamar
Launceston and the river Tamar1832
Art Gallery of New South Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Gallery of New South Wales
John Glover, My last view of Italy, looking from the ...
My last view of Italy, looking from the ...1835
Art Gallery of New South Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Gallery of New South Wales
John Glover, Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land
Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land1838
Art Gallery of New South Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Gallery of New South Wales
John Glover, Patterdale farm
Patterdale farm1840
Art Gallery of New South Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Gallery of New South Wales
John Glover, Landscape view in Cumberland
Landscape view in Cumberland1820
Art Gallery of New South Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Gallery of New South Wales

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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