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A tiny wooden hut emphasises the scale and grandeur of the snowy mountains in this evening view. Many Victorian viewers would have seen the picture as showing the massive power of God in contrast to the small achievements of humanity. Evening scenes were often intended to provoke religious thoughts related to the 'evening' of life. Pictures of wild landscape and farflung locations became more and more popular during the 19th century. Ernest Waterlow was a successful painter of landscapes.
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