19th Century
19th Century
samuel bough
Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Samuel Bough, born in Carlisle, England in 1822, was destined to become one of the most celebrated landscape painters of his generation. His early life unfolded against the backdrop of a rapidly industrializing Britain, yet it was the untamed beauty of Scotland that would ultimately capture his artistic soul. Though initially trained as a topographical draughtsman – a practical skill in demand for engineering projects and estate maps – Bough’s inherent sensitivity to light and atmosphere soon steered him towards a more expressive form of landscape painting.…
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An Interactive Constellation
The Subject Atlas
A chart of samuel bough's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
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Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.