BEN LEDI / BEIN LEITIR PEINT PAR GEORGE FENNELL ROBSON

 

GEORGE FENNELL ROBSON (1788–1833)
Ben Ledi / Bein Leitir (879m - 2, 884 ft)
Royaume-Uni ( Ecosse)

In Ben Ledi ( The Grampians) , aquarelle, Collection privée

La montagne
Ben Ledi / Beinn Leitir (879m - 2, 884 ft) est une montagne à Stirling, en Écosse,classé comme Corbett . Il se trouve à environ six kilomètres au nord-ouest de Callander, près du village de Kilmahog . Il est situé dans les Trossachs , une région souvent considérée comme l' un des paysages les plus romantiques des Highlands. Ben Ledi est particulièrement connu grace au le poème Lady of the Lake de Walter Scott Dans les temps anciens, les rites de Beltane étaient observés au sommet. Les pentes orientales de Ben Ledi appartiennent à Forestry and Land Scotland  et font partie du Queen Elizabeth Forest Park. Un route praticable mène d'un parking sur la route A84 juste au sud du Loch Lubnaig à une clôture, à environ 270 m au-dessus du niveau de la mer. Là une piste plus accidentée continue jusqu'au sommet via la face sud, sur une distance d'un peu plus de 3 km. Un itinéraire alternatif suivant Stank Glen quitte les rives du Loch Lubnaig à environ 1,5 km au nord du début de l'itinéraire principal, atteignant la crête du sommet près de Lochan nan Corp. Les deux itinéraires peuvent être combinés pour donner une marche circulaire d'environ 9 km. À une courte distance au sud-est  du sommet , une croix de fer commémore le sergent Harry Lawrie de l' équipe écossaise de sauvetage en montagne de Killin  décédé le 1er février 1987 lors d'une opération de sauvetage sur Ben More près de Crianlarich lorsque un hélicoptère s'est écrasé. En marge des randonnées, le Ben  Ledi est parfois utilisé comme point de départ pour le parapentistes.

Le peintre
George Fennell Robson (1788-1833) est un aquarelliste anglais. l est l'un des 23 enfants de John Robson (1739–1824) par sa seconde épouse, Charlotte, fille aînée de George Fennell, et est né à Durham en 1788. Son père, marchand de vins, est originaire d'Etterby, près de Carlisle. Il reçoit une instruction en dessin d'un M. Harle de Durham. En 1806, il se rend à Londres avec 5 £ en poche 1 Robson publie en 1808 une estampe de Durham, dont les bénéfices lui permettent de visiter l’Écosse. En 1811 et 1812, il expose des dessins des Trossachs et du Loch Katrine et en 1814 publie Scenery of the Grampians, avec quarante paysages de montagne, gravés par Henry Morton d'après ses dessins. De 1813 à 1820, il contribue, en moyenne, par vingt dessins par an à l'exposition de la Oil and Watercolour Society, principalement des hautes terres du Perthshire, mais comprenant également des scènes de Durham, de l'île de Wight et du Pays de Galles . Lorsqu'en 1821 la Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolours, aujourd'hui la Royal Watercolour Society of Painters, exclut les peintures à l'huile, Robson contribue 26 dessins à l'exposition de cette année-là. Entre 1821 et 1833, il y expose 484 œuvres  Les dessins de Robson, outre ceux des hautes terres écossaises et des villes anglaises, comprennent des vues des lacs anglais et du lac Killarney, Hastings, l'île de Wight et d'autres endroits, principalement dans le Berkshire et le Somerset. Parmi les «Vues pittoresques des villes d'Angleterre», publiées par John Britton en 1828, 32 sont de Robson. Cette année-là, il achète un dessin, de Joshua Cristall, du Songe d'une nuit d'été, découpe les groupes, les pose sur des feuilles de papier séparées et demande à d'autres artistes, dont George Barret le jeune, de leur peindre des fonds. Il expose deux de ces "compositions" en collaboration avec Cristall et Barret. De 1829 à 1833, Robson travaille avec Robert Hills, le peintre animalier. Son principal talent est le traitement des paysages de montagne sous de larges effets d'ombre et de lumière.
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BEN VRACKIE BY GEORGE FENNEL ROBSON

 

GEORGE FENNEL ROBSON  (1788-1833) 

Ben Vrackie (841m - 2,759 ft)

United Kingdom  (Scotland)

The mountain
Ben Vrackie (841m - 2759 ft)  is a mountain in Perthshire, Scotland. It lies north of the town of Pitlochry. The summit may be reached easily by a direct path from Pitlochry or Killiecrankie, and commands views of Pitlochry and the surrounding glens.
cotland has approximately 221 hills as of 2018 Scotland is the most mountainous country in the United Kingdom.


The painter 
George Fennell Robson was an English watercolour painter. He received instruction in drawing from a Mr. Harle of Durham. In 1806 he went to London with £5 in his pocket.
Robson began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1807, in 1810 landscapes in the Bond Street gallery of the Associated Painters, where he was a member, and in 1813 with the Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolours. At the anniversary meeting on 30 November 1819 he was elected president of the last society, for a year. Robson was an honorary member of the Sketching Society, but weakness of sight prevented him from drawing at their evening meetings.
More about the painter 

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BEN LOMOND/ BEINN LAOMAINN BY GEORGE FENNEL ROBSON

GEORGE FENNEL ROBSON  (1788 - 1833) 

 Ben Lomond / Beinn Laomainn (974 m - 3,196 ft
United Kingdom Scotland 

The mountain 

Ben Lomond  / Beinn Laomainn  (974 m- (3,196 ft) is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Situated on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, it is the most southerly of the Munros. Ben Lomond lies within the Ben Lomond National Memorial Park and the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, property of the National Trust for Scotland. Its accessibility from Glasgow and elsewhere in central Scotland, together with the relative ease of ascent from Rowardennan, makes it one of the most popular of all the Munros. On a clear day, it is visible from the higher grounds of Glasgow and across Strathclyde; this may have led to it being named 'Beacon Mountain', as with the equally far-seen Lomond Hills in Fife. Ben Lomond summit can also be seen from Ben Nevis, the highest peak in Britain, over 40 miles (64 km) away. The West Highland Way runs along the western base of the mountain, by the loch.
Ben Lomond's popularity in Scotland has resulted in several namesakes in the former British colonies of Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States.

The painter 
George Fennell Robson was an English watercolour painter. He received instruction in drawing from a Mr. Harle of Durham. In 1806 he went to London with £5 in his pocket.
Robson began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1807, in 1810 landscapes in the Bond Street gallery of the Associated Painters, where he was a member, and in 1813 with the Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolours. At the anniversary meeting on 30 November 1819 he was elected president of the last society, for a year. Robson was an honorary member of the Sketching Society, but weakness of sight prevented him from drawing at their evening meetings.
Robson published in 1808 a print of Durham, the profits of which enabled him to visit Scotland. In 1811 and 1812 he exhibited drawings of the Trossachs and Loch Katrine; and in 1814 published Scenery of the Grampians, with forty mountain landscapes, etched by Henry Morton after his drawings. From 1813 to 1820 he contributed, on the average, twenty drawings annually to the Oil and Watercolour Society's exhibition, mostly of the Perthshire highlands, but comprising also scenes from Durham, the Isle of Wight, and Wales.
When in 1821 the Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolours, now the Royal Watercolour Society of Painters, excluded oil paintings, Robson contributed 26 drawings to the exhibition of that year. Between 1821 and 1833 he exhibited 484 works there.
From 1829 to 1833 Robson worked with Robert Hills, the animal painter. His main talent was for the treatment of mountain scenery under broad effects of light and

THE CUILLIN PAINTED BY GEORGE FENNEL ROBSON

GEORGE FENNEL ROBSON  (1788 - 1833)

The Cuillin (992m - 3,255ft)

United Kingdom (Scotland- Isles of Skye) 

 In Cuchullin Mountains, Isles of Skye, Scotland,  watercolor, 1822,V&A Museum, London.

The mountains 

The Cuillin (992m - 3,255ft) is a range of rocky mountains located on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The main Cuillin ridge is also known as the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Cuillin ( known locally as Red Hills), which lie to the east of Glen Sligachan.

The peaks of the Black Cuillin are mainly composed of gabbro, a very rough igneous rock which provides a superb grip for mountaineers; and basalt, which can be very slippery when wet.  The rocks forming the ridge of the Black Cuillin (and outliers such Bla Bheinn) are dark in colour, particularly in the shade, but when in sunlight the Black Cuillin can appear grey to brown in colour (as shown in the paintings above).   The main ridge forms a narrow crest, with steep cliffs and scree slopes.[5] The ridge is about 14 km long (measured from Gars-behinn in the south to Sgщrr nan Gillean in the northeast), and curves in an irregular semi-circle around Loch Coruisk, which lies at the heart of the range. The highest point of the Cuillin, and of the Isle of Skye, is Sgщrr Alasdair in the Black Cuillin.

The Red Cuillin are mainly composed of granite, which is paler than the gabbro (with a reddish tinge from some angles in some lights) and has weathered into more rounded hills with vegetation cover to summit level and long scree slopes on their flanks. These hills are lower and, being less rocky, have fewer scrambles or climbs.  The highest point of the red hills is Glamaig (775 m), one of only two Corbetts on Skye.

About those mountains, one can read  in Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report no 374: "The mountains rise up dramatically from the sea creating formidable, enclosed sea lochs, with the absence of foothills enhancing their vast scale. Many iconic views of Scotland are centred here, whether Sgurr nan Gillean soaring above Sligachan, Loch Scavaig and the Cuillin ridge from Elgol, or Bla Bheinn above Torrin. "

The painter 

George Fennell Robson was an English watercolour painter. He received instruction in drawing from a Mr. Harle of Durham. In 1806 he went to London with £5 in his pocket.[
Robson began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1807, in 1810 landscapes in the Bond Street gallery of the Associated Painters, where he was a member, and in 1813 with the Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolours. At the anniversary meeting on 30 November 1819 he was elected president of the last society, for a year. Robson was an honorary member of the Sketching Society, but weakness of sight prevented him from drawing at their evening meetings.
Robson published in 1808 a print of Durham, the profits of which enabled him to visit Scotland. In 1811 and 1812 he exhibited drawings of the Trossachs and Loch Katrine; and in 1814 published Scenery of the Grampians, with forty mountain landscapes, etched by Henry Morton after his drawings. From 1813 to 1820 he contributed, on the average, twenty drawings annually to the Oil and Watercolour Society's exhibition, mostly of the Perthshire highlands, but comprising also scenes from Durham, the Isle of Wight, and Wales.
When in 1821 the Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolours, now the Royal Watercolour Society of Painters, excluded oil paintings, Robson contributed 26 drawings to the exhibition of that year. Between 1821 and 1833 he exhibited 484 works there.
From 1829 to 1833 Robson worked with Robert Hills, the animal painter. His main talent was for the treatment of mountain scenery under broad effects of light and