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But Norwich and her artistic disciples could easily function unfettered by such
oppositional forces, such is the peculiarity of geography, given to mayhem down a
certain road, or stunning tranquility just across an old bridge, and into the woods.
For Crome and his fellow wanderers, like the painters John Opie, Thomas Harvey,
Joseph Stannard, William Beechey, George Vincent, John Thirtle, James Stark, and
John Sell Cotman, the world was the local world. Its atmospherics, rhythms, and the
Fig. 43.2 “Composition: A Sandy Road through Woodland,” 1813, etching by John Crome.
(Private Collection). (Photo © M.C. Tobias)
43.3 Cultivating One’s Backyard
But Norwich and her artistic disciples could easily function unfettered by such
oppositional forces, such is the peculiarity of geography, given to mayhem down a
certain road, or stunning tranquility just across an old bridge, and into the woods.
For Crome and his fellow wanderers, like the painters John Opie, Thomas Harvey,
Joseph Stannard, William Beechey, George Vincent, John Thirtle, James Stark, and
John Sell Cotman, the world was the local world. Its atmospherics, rhythms, and the
Fig. 43.2 “Composition: A Sandy Road through Woodland,” 1813, etching by John Crome.
(Private Collection). (Photo © M.C. Tobias)
43.3 Cultivating One’s Backyard