Skaters in the Lake District

Details

Julius Caesar Ibbetson (Leeds 1759-1817 Masham)
Skaters in the Lake District
oil on panel
9 1/8 x 11½ in. (23.2 x 29.2 cm.)

Provenance

with Walker's Gallery, London.

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Lot Essay

Ibbetson worked in Westmoreland in the Lake District from 1799 to 1804 painting numerous views of the lakes, and is known to have sketched skating scenes similar to the present composition. By the end of the eighteenth century, the dramatic landscape of the Lake District was the subject of particular artistic and literary admiration.

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