Lot Essay
The son of William Collingwood, R.W.S. (1819-1903), William Gershom Collingwood was John Ruskin's pupil and secretary. Collingwood, Jun. met Ruskin at Oxford in 1871 when he attended his drawing classes.
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The top of Scafell Pike, Lake District
Details
William Gershom Collingwood (Liverpool 1854-1932 Lancashire)
The top of Scafell Pike, Lake District
signed and dated 'W G Collingwood/22 Feb. 1916' (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'The top of Scafell Pike/W.G. Collingwood/(sketched on Feb. 22 1916)' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white, on paper
13½ x 19¼ in. (34.4 x 49 cm.)
The top of Scafell Pike, Lake District
signed and dated 'W G Collingwood/22 Feb. 1916' (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'The top of Scafell Pike/W.G. Collingwood/(sketched on Feb. 22 1916)' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white, on paper
13½ x 19¼ in. (34.4 x 49 cm.)
Exhibited
London, W/S Fine Art, Winter 2007, no. 67.