A wooded landscape with figures resting on a track

Details

John Berney Ladbrooke (1803-1879)
A wooded landscape with figures resting on a track
signed with monogram and dated 'JBL 1856' (lower left) and signed and dated 'J.B.Ladbrooke.1856' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23½ x 32½ in. (59.7 x 82.5 cm.)

Provenance

H.G. Wilton Esq., East Carlton Lodge, Norfolk.
The property of a gentleman; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1985, lot 98 (sold £12,500).
with Richard Green, London.

Exhibited

Norwich, Boswell Centenary Exhibition, June 1839, no.2.

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Please note that this picture is oil on canvas, and not on panel as in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

John Berney Ladbrooke was the son of Robert Ladbrooke (1769-1842), a leading member of the Norwich School of artists, and co-founder of the Norwich Society of Artists. He studied under his uncle by marriage, John Crome (1768-1821) and also with John Thirtle (1777-1839).

John Berney Ladbrooke was himself a successful teacher, most notably to John Middleton (1828-1856). His oil paintings are characterised by an intricate attention to detail and the dramatic potential of light in a landscape.

We are grateful to Peter Kennedy Scott for suggesting the present work is likely to be a view in Gunton Park, North Norfolk.

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