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The late afternoon light merges the details of the Water Terrace. Shafts of sunlight highlight the
statuary, these being; the ‘Winged Victory’, Sphinxes, the Townley Venus and the Caryatids.
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The limpidity of the water, which the 9 Duke was emphatic to see, combined with the corresponding
reflections, give rise (in his words) to ‘a certain air’.
FG 136911 THE Spirit of BLENHEIM
Recollection– The Lower Water Terrace,
The interpretation of classical antiquity.
Oil on canvas 42 1/8 x 54 1/8 inches
