Mount St Michael, Cornwall

Mount St Michael, Cornwall is an 1830 landscape painting by the British artist Clarkson Stanfield.

[1] Stanfield, a former sailor, specialised in marine paintings.

[2] This view of St Michael's Mount in stormy weather was a breakthrough for him.

[4] Impressed by the painting, William IV commissioned two major works from him Portsmouth Harbour and The Opening of New London Bridge.

[5] Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.