Highland view with seated man, probably in the Trossachs
Joseph Horlor (Bath 1809 – 1887)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
c. 1864
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
300 x 500 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290480.1
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Highland view with seated man, probably in the Trossachs, by Joseph Horlor (Bath 1809 – 1887), mid-19th century. A view with a man seated in the foreground atop a mossy boulder towards left and trees at right, with a mountain range in the distance, surrounded by cloud. Horlor exhibited several paintings of the Trossachs in the exhibitions of the Bath & West of England Society in Bristol in 1864 (nos. 31 and 38) and Hereford in 1865 (no. 124). Paired with NT 290480.2.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government in 1985 and transferred to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Hapur-Crewe (1921- 1991)
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund)
Makers and roles
Joseph Horlor (Bath 1809 – 1887), artist