Figures and Horses in a Rural Landscape
follower of Richard Wilson (Penegoes 1714 - Mold 1782)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
290 x 340 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290483
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (horizontal oval), Figures and Horses in a Rural Landscape by a follower of Richard Wilson RA (Penegoes 1714 – Mold 1782). A woman is seated with a baby on her knee in the foreground, a man and a dog beside her. Two ponies stand nearby. Two hills meet behind, the left one in shadow, the right in sunlight.
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 and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund)
Makers and roles
follower of Richard Wilson (Penegoes 1714 - Mold 1782), artist