On the Trent, near Castle Donnington

Details

Henry Dawson (1811-1878)
On the Trent, near Castle Donnington
signed and dated '18 HDawson 65.' (lower left), and inscribed 'On The Trent Nr Castle Donnington' (on an old label on the reverse) and with a further fragmentary inscription 'Castle Donnington' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
10 x 14 in. (25.5 x 36 cm.)

Exhibited

Nottingham, Nottingham University Art Gallery, Henry Dawson (1811-1878), Centenary Exhibition, October-November 1978, no. 49.

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Lot Essay

This area of the Trent near Castle Donnington was a favourite place of Dawson's, visited from 1861 onwards when the family renewed their acquaintance with a cousin of Mrs Dawson's. This small panel may be an earlier version of a larger painting bearing the same title, sold at the British Institution in 1866. The exhibition was to some degree a swansong for Dawson, whose work the Institution had consistently supported, as the galleries closed in 1867.

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