Ink, watercolour and gouache on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/thomas-hearne-247" aria-label="More by Thomas Hearne" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Thomas Hearne</a>
Edinburgh Castle Arthurs Seat
Presented by Frederick John Nettlefold 1947
adults
architecture
castle
Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle
figure
hill
landscape
military
people
places
Scotland
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>Hearne was a member of the older generation of watercolour artists. His work was rooted in the traditions of topography – the careful study of particular places and buildings – but he adapted those conventions to modern taste.</p><p>This view was based on studies made on the spot in 1798. Hearne has heightened the hills at the back and altered the appearance of the city to make a more satisfying composition. The broken green and brown tones mark a break from the topographical tradition, where colour would be used simply to tint a drawing rather than for textural effect.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique ink watercolour gouache
16 February 2011 – 21 August 2011
2011-08-21
16 February 2011 – 21 August 2011
2011-08-21
2011-02-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-02-16
Watercolour
Exhibition
Edinburgh Castle from Arthur’s Seat
support: 356 × 508 mm
Presented by Frederick John Nettlefold 1947
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<span class="text0">Hearne was a member of the older </span><span class="text17">generation of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> artists. </span><span class="text0">
His      work was rooted in the traditions  </span><span class="text17">of      topography – the careful study  of particular places and buildings      –  but he adapted those conventions </span><span class="text0">
to      modern taste. </span>
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<span class="text17">This view was based on studies  made on the spot in      1798. Hearne</span><span class="text18">
has heightened the hills at the      back </span><span class="text0">
and altered the appearance of the city  to      make a more satisfying <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a>. The broken green and brown <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/tone" title="Glossary definition for 'Tone'"><span>tones</span></a>  mark      a break from the topographical tradition, where colour would be used simply      to tint a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> rather than  for <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/impasto" title="Glossary definition for 'Impasto'"><span>textural</span></a> effect. </span>
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adults architecture castle Edinburgh Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle figure hill landscape military people places Scotland townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions