Samuel
Griffiths Tovey
The Visionary of Bristol: The Life and Art of Samuel Griffiths Tovey In the heart of nineteenth-century England, amidst the rising industrial pulse and shifting social landscapes of Bristol, lived a painter whose brush captured the very soul of his home. Samuel Griffiths Tovey (1808–1873) …
A portrait built from Samuel Griffiths Tovey's own colours
Every 5 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.