A Georgian country house in a parkland, with figures, dogs and cattle in the foreground

Details

Attributed to Maria Spilsbury (1777-c.1823)
A Georgian country house in a parkland, with figures, dogs and cattle in the foreground
oil on canvas
52 x 69¾ in. (132 x 177.2 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Maria Spilsbury was the daughter of the London engraver, John Spilsbury. She exhibited works at the Royal Academy (1792-1808) and British Institute (1806-1813), and many of her pictures, particularly genre scenes, were engraved. She married John Taylor in 1809, and moved to Ireland in 1813, where she continued to exhibit in Dublin until 1819.

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