| Mount St Michael, Cornwall | |
| Artist: | Clarkson Stanfield |
| Year: | 1830 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Height Metric: | 153.2 |
| Width Metric: | 244 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | National Gallery of Victoria |
| City: | Melbourne |
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. It was produced when Romanticism was at its height. It remains one of his best known works along with his The Battle of Trafalgar (1836).[3]
It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 1830 and at the British Institution in 1831.[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.[4]