A Backwater of the Severn (Landscape with Figures resting by a Lake)…

A Backwater of the Severn (Landscape with Figures resting by a Lake)…
A Backwater of the Severn (Landscape with Figures resting by a Lake)…
A Backwater of the Severn (Landscape with Figures resting by a Lake)…
Private Collection, UK / Photograph by Matthew Hollow
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A Backwater of the Severn (Landscape with Figures resting by a Lake) (River: Boys fishing)
Date
Undated
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Metric: 36.2 x 44.1 cm
Imperial: 14 1/4 x 17 3/8 in.
Collection
Private Collection, UK
Wilson Online Reference
P188F
Description
Three figures are seen on a river-bank, one boy fishing, one lying down and a girl standing, with trees and a wooden fence opposite on the right and landscape in the background
Provenance
Private Collection, Cheshire; bt by present owner
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Related Prints
E62 William Pengree Sherlock after Wilson, Landscape with three Figures on a River-bank, one fishing, The British Museum [in reverse]
Versions
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Critical commentary
Stylistically one of Wilson's later works. Although the traditional title for this composition and other versions has often identified the setting as the River Severn no documentary evidence for such a location has so far come to light.
Link to WG Constable Archive Record