Charlotte Nasmyth (1804-c. 1884)

A wooded Landscape with Figures on a Track, a town beyond

Details

Charlotte Nasmyth (1804-c. 1884)
A wooded Landscape with Figures on a Track, a town beyond
signed with initials and dated 'CN./1838' (lower right)
oil on canvas
12 x 16¼ in. (35 x 41.3 cm.)

Provenance

with Barbizon House.
Anon. Sale, Robinson & Fisher, London, 19 May 1927, where bought by Sir William Berry, 1st Bt., later 1st Viscount Camrose (1879-1954), and by descent.

Literature

Frank Rutter, Some Pictures in the Collection of Sir William Berry, Bart., The Connoisseur, LXXXII, no. 328, Dec. 1928, pp. 202-3, pl. V.

Lot Essay

Like Jane (see lot 755), Charlotte was the daughter of Alexander Nasmyth and sister of Patrick. Frank Rutter wrote of this picture: 'A still greater rarity of British painting in Sir William Berry's collection is a delightful little landscape ... by Charlotte Nasmyth ... In style ... akin to that of her more famous brother; the trees are drawn with scrupulous care, while the general low tone of the landscape is well calculated to give brilliance to the sky' (Frank Rutter, loc. cit.).

More from HACKWOOD PARK

View All