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The bleak scene is inspired by lines from 'Winter' (1726) by the Scottish playwright and poet James Thomson (1670–1748), written shortly after the death of his mother. It is from the first part of the poem, 'The Seasons' (1730) and is adapted thus on the frame label:
...How sinks her Soul!
What black Despair! What horror fills her heart!
Far from the tract, and blest abode of man;
While round her night resistless closes fast,
And every tempest, howling o'er her head,
Renders the savage wilderness more wild
The romantically 'Gothic' picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1811.
Title
'Distress by Land'
Date
c.1811
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 237.5 x W 145.5 cm
Accession number
732137
Acquisition method
gift from Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare along with the estate, house and its contents, 1946
Work type
Painting
National Trust, Stourhead
Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 6QD England
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