Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1787–1855), The Head of Glencoe, North Argyll, Scotland, 1823
, Watercolor, with touches of white heightening, over faint indications in pencil, Purchased on the E. J. Rousuck Fund
, 1979.24
Fielding, a student of John Varley, was much influenced by Girtin and Turner. In his landscapes he made something of a specialty of atmospheric effects, which received high praise from Ruskin. This view of the head of Glencoe, dated 1823, was exhibited at the Old Water-Colour Society in 1824.