Description & Technical information
The present watercolour was painted during a trip to Scotland in 1859. A stylistically comparable work - a study of the trunk of a birch tree – was formerly in the Oppé collection and is now in Tate Britain.
Date: 1859
Period: 1850-1900, 19th century
Origin: England
Medium: Watercolour on buff paper
Signature: Signed with initials, dated and inscribed J. D. W. / 1859. / Inver Strath Braan. Perth. at the lower left
Dimensions: 21.3 x 21.4 cm (8³/₈ x 8³/₈ inches)
Provenance: Robert Fleming & Co., Ltd., London, in c.1985
The Maas Gallery, London
The Fine Art Society, London, in March 2010
Christopher Cone, Whitby.
Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints
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