The Old Cottage, Littleover Lane

Details

George Turner (1843 - 1910)
The Old Cottage, Littleover Lane
signed 'Geo: Turner' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed, 'Littleover Lane Geo: Turner Barrow - on - Trent Derby' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25¼ x 30½ in. (64.1 x 77.5 cm.)

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Sale room notice

The photograph shows the cottage portrayed by Turner as it is today.

Lot Essay

George Turner was born in Cromford, Derbyshire and worked in the surrounding areas - Barrow-on-Trent, Idringehay and Birmingham - all his life.

The cottage depicted by Turner still exists. In Turner's picture it represents the ideal rural dwelling. It is now known as 'The Old Cottage' and appears remarkably unchanged, though traffic passes where once a shepherd guided his flock.

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