In the ‘Golden Age’ of English landscape painting (1750-1850), there are few winter landscapes by the major practitioners of the genre. In the 18th Century there are none by George Lambert, Richard Wilson or Thomas Gainsborough and one has to rely on examples by lesser fry such as de Loutherbourg, J.C. Ibbetson and George Smith of Chichester.

In this episode chief executive and old master specialist, David Dallas looks at possible reasons why.

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