Martha Lytton Cobbold of Historic Houses selects a magnificent depiction of the power of nature.
Martha Lytton Cobbold on Seal Rock, Farallon Islands by Albert Bierstadt
‘Seal Rock captivated me as a young child and was a principal inspiration for my love of art and structure. It was on display in a restaurant, part of an amazing collection of an Alabama industrialist, and my mother often remarked at my delight in seeing it — I would hurry through lunch to be…