The River Coquet, near Shilmoor
John Turnbull Dixon (1844 - 1926)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1891 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
400 x 600 mm
Place of origin
Northumberland
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230261
Caption
The solitary drover with his sheepdog and handful of sheep lend a sense of scale to this atmospheric landscape. Winding through the Cheviot Hills, the river Coquet reflects the leaden sky, overshadowed by brooding rain clouds.The lush green grass of the foreground reminds us that the rain clouds are familiar visitors.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The River Coquet, near Shilmoor by John Turnbull Dixon (1844 – 1926), signed and dated: J Turnbull Dixon 1891. A moorland landscape, with a drover and sheep on the road beside a river.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Credit line
Cragside, The Armstrong Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1977)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom left: J. Turnbull Dixon '91
Makers and roles
John Turnbull Dixon (1844 - 1926), artist