Richmond Virginia
Lefevre Cranstone
1859
Watercolor
Virginia Historical Society

For the landscape painter, the newly emerging towns in Virginia were a subject that inspired straightforward imagery, outside of the tradition of the Picturesque. Lefevre Cranstone, an Englishman, would be but one in a long succession of artists in Virginia to paint city views in a style that is linear and attentive to crisp illumination that allows clarity of vision.