Details
- Object type
painting
- Title
First Steamboat on the Clyde
- Artist/Maker
John Knox artist
- Culture/School
Scottish
- Place Associated
Scotland, River Clyde (place depicted)
- Date
circa 1820
- Materials
oil on canvas
- Dimensions
framed: 1340 x 1815 x 120 mm;unframed: 1118 mm x 1585 mm
- Description
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This painting by John Knox dates from about 1820. The steamboat depicted in this work is Henry Bell’s ‘Comet’ which sailed on the Clyde from 1812.The picture shows the landscape around the River Clyde from a viewpoint of Dalnottar Hill. The mountains of the Argyll Highlands can be seen in the background but the scene is dominated by the volcanic hills rising above the river in the middle distance.
The Kilpatrick Hills are built of a pile of lava flows while Dumbarton Rock is the root of an ancient volcano active some 340 million years ago. Today this view is obscured by modern development including the Erskine Bridge.
- Credit Line/Donor
Purchased, 1943
- ID Number
2342
- Location
In storage