Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (British, 1831-1923)

Worcestershire Cottage Homes, Evening

細節

Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (British, 1831-1923)
Worcestershire Cottage Homes, Evening
signed and dated 'B. W. Leader. 1886' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 48¼ in. (76.2 x 122.8 cm.)
Painted in 1886

來源

with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
Mrs. Sherhat.

出版

Benjamin Williams Leader, 'Records of Paintings Sold', October, 1886.

展覽

London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Winter Exhibition, 1886, no. 84 (illustrated in catalogue).

拍品專文

The present view is most probably a composite Worcestershire landscape. The low horizon line is typical of Leader's Worcestershire landscapes painted in the flat Vale of Evesham to the south east and south west of Worcester. Although the painting has a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere Leader subtly includes signs of a thriving rural life. As the light falls, cottagers return from their labours in the fields; a punt, full of reeds used for thatch is being secured to the bank for the night, and a woman kneels by her wicker basket gathering in the laundry which has been drying on the hedge.

We are grateful to Ruth Wood for her assistance in cataloguing this work.