'The Day before a Storm'
William Henry Watson (1831 - London 1921)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
406 x 584 mm (16 x 23 in)
Place of origin
Cumbria
Order this imageCollection
Borrowdale, Cumbria
NT 622748
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'The Day before a Storm' by W. Henry Watson (fl.1899-1915), circa 1900. Upland landscape with dead tree to right and sheep grazing in the centre foreground.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Derwent and St Herbert’s islands by Denis Marshall (d. 1956) in 1951
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Labels, back of frame: 'Royal Scottish Academy/No. 1 'The Day Before a Storm'. By W. Henry Watson of Cumberland./Braystones, Beckermet, Cumberland.' Back of slip - W.H. Watson, The Crofts, Seascale.
Makers and roles
William Henry Watson (1831 - London 1921), artist