"A rainbow on a dark cloud falling precisely behind the tower of a neighboring church" [art original]Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist[1885]engA view of a church steeple rising above a lush stand of trees in the foreground and middle distance, the arc of a rainbow directly behind the cross at its top and across the width of the drawing; with dark clouds above. On the hills on the right a tower and on the left the buildings of ClaremontTitle written below image, from a quotation from Horace Walpole's letter to George Montagu, written in May, 1763: We walked to the Belvidere on the summit of the hill, where a theatrical storm only served to heighten the beauty of the landscape, a rainbow on a dark cloud falling precisely behind the tower of a neighbouring church, between another tower and the building at Claremont.Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image.Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 84.Bound in as page 112 in volume 4 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.