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Robert Winchester Fraser (1848-1906)
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Robert Winchester Fraser (1848-1906)

In the Isle of Ely

Details
Robert Winchester Fraser (1848-1906)
In the Isle of Ely
signed, inscribed and dated 'in the Isle of Ely/R W Fraser '90' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with white
8 x 22¼ in. (20.3 x 56.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 28 April 1987, lot 80, as 'In the Isle of Ely: A flooded landscape' (£770).
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Fraser was a Bedford landscape painter who specialised in river views, mostly in the South of England. His image of the flooded fens, with silver birch in the foreground, is unusually linear and strong. He accentuates his customary rectilinear format, which in itself emphasises the still breadth of the waterlogged landscape.

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