A wooded river landscape with figures unloading barrels from a small ferry boat, a cottage and mountains beyond

Details

Francis Wheatley, R.A. (London 1747-1801)
A wooded river landscape with figures unloading barrels from a small ferry boat, a cottage and mountains beyond
oil on canvas
18 x 22 1/8 in. (45.7 x 56.1 cm.)
in a mid-18th Century carved and gilded frame

Provenance

with Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell, London, December, 1890.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Mary Webster for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs. The composition compares closely with a watercolour by Wheatley, signed and dated 1796 (reproduced in Country Life, 30 March 1961).

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