Lakeland marshes
Cornelius Pearson (Boston, Lincolnshire c.1807 – 1891)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1884
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
415 x 570 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499400.3
Summary
A lakeside landscape; watercolour on paper. Depicts a lakeside scene with a receeding shore-line and a figure in a dark coat and hat with a fishing net standing in the foreground in long grass. A flock of sheep stand on the right side with trees behind and three figures sit in a rowing boat with four figures to the left of them, on the lake. A mountain range rises in the background and a bush grows to the left; mounted within frame.
Provenance
Alty bequest 1997
Marks and inscriptions
C. Pearson / 1884 / (signed bottom left in black)
Makers and roles
Cornelius Pearson (Boston, Lincolnshire c.1807 – 1891), publisher