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Inclement weather was favoured by the nineteenth-century British landscape painter David Cox. Wind, rain, dark skies with churning clouds – these were his forte. While his contemporaries were painting picturesque and tranquil landscapes, Cox stood his ground – not unlike the beast in The Challenge: A Bull in a Storm on the Moor.The Challenge: A Bull in a Storm on the Moor (c. 1850s) by David Cox is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.