Title
"Figure Contemplating a Romantic Landscape"
Object Type
Creator
Date
19th Century
Description
AN OIL ON PAPER APPLIED TO PANEL LANDSCAPE PAINTING (Great Britain, 19th century) by Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836-1893), entitled "Figure Contemplating a Romantic Landscape". The foreground, in shadow, depicts a man on a hillside peering over a picket fence. A moonlit mist-shrounded lake landscape dominates the central and background portions of the giltwood framed canvas. The artist's signature is in the lower right.
Cultural Origin
British
Medium
Oil on paper applied to panel
Extent
20" x 27"
Collection
Source
Bequest of Mrs. Alletta Morris McBean.
Identifier
PSNC.7693
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