Dover
Step onto the breezy shores of 19th-century Dover, where fashionable Victorians stroll beneath the massive, ruin-topped cliffs of the famous castle. See those boxy carriages parked right in the surf? Those are bathing machines, a clever (and slightly funny) Victorian invention that allowed modest swimmers to change clothes and dip into the sea without being seen by anyone on the beach! David Cox captures this hazy, salty atmosphere with loose, energetic brushstrokes that feel incredibly modern. In fact, his focus on light and weather was so ahead of its time that he is often considered a grandfather of Impressionism.
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