A Winter Landscape at Sunset with Figures on a Frozen River
William James Müller (Bristol 1812 – Bristol 1845)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1841 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
940 x 1955 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290243
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Winter Landscape at Sunset with Figures on a Frozen River by William James Müller (Bristol 1812 – Bristol 1845), signed and dated 1841. In the centre of the picture, figures walk along a frozen river which has small boats in places. Trees to either side, a house hidden behind those on the right. Sunset on the horizon.
Provenance
Reputedly bought by Sir George Crewe in 1843; thence by descent until Calke Abbey was given to the National Trust by Henry Harpur Crewe (1921-1991) and the contents, including this painting, were acquired with the aid of a grant from the National Heritage Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government, in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1985)
Marks and inscriptions
signed and dated
Makers and roles
William James Müller (Bristol 1812 – Bristol 1845), artist