A Quiet Presence in the English Landscape Ebenezer Tull lived a life that left a subtle mark on the English countryside. Born in 1733 in the United Kingdom, he moved through the mid-eighteenth century as both a painter and a schoolmaster. His hands were occupied with the tools of instruction and the brushes of a landscape artist, finding a way to exist between the structured world of the classroom and the untamed textures of the natural world. He died in 1762, leaving behind a body of work that captures a specific, unhurried moment in the history of British art. His work often focused on the…