A broad view across the water

Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point sets a line of small figures and trees in the foreground beneath an extensive mountain view. Water separates the near ground from the far shore. The large clouds and sloping mountain make the scale of the landscape particularly apparent beside the small signs of human presence.

Cultivated growth before the house

A View of the Artist’s House and Garden in Mills Plains fills the foreground with flowering shrubs and varied plants, with the house set farther back. The different heights of the growth create a layered approach towards the building. Beyond the garden, wooded ground and pale sky keep the domestic setting connected to a wider landscape.

Hills reflected in the lake

Ullswater, Early Morning looks across calm water towards rounded mountain slopes, with trees and cattle on the darker near bank. The reflected forms create another band of land-like shapes across the middle. The comparatively still water gives the view a different atmosphere from the more expansive Tasmanian panorama.

Related artists and collections

Compare broad country views in John Constable, pastoral settings in Thomas Gainsborough and distant light in J. M. W. Turner. Further landscape prints extends the hills, water and cultivated ground, while garden art follows the closely planted spaces around the house.

Read more in our guide to John Glover.