Landscape with a Pagoda at the Water’s Edge and with Boats in the Foreground
Guangzhou School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1840 - circa 1849
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
510 x 385 mm
Place of origin
Guangzhou
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515543
Summary
Oil on canvas, Landscape with a Pagoda at the Water’s Edge and with Boats in the Foreground, anonymous Guangzhou artist, 1840s (previously attributed to William Alexander [1767–1816], 1790s). A pagoda on a rocky eminence just left of centre, surrounded by buildings and trees and with mountains in the background, the sky blue with white clouds, several sailing boats and a rowing boat in the calm water in the foreground. With grateful acknowledgement to Patrick Conner for commenting on this painting and its pair (NT 515540).
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Guangzhou School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to William Alexander (Maidstone 1767 -Maidstone 1816), artist