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    • W Walker

    Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance

    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance

    W Walker

    Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance

    This late 18th-century oil painting by British artist W Walker depicts a Dutch landscape with cattle and castle ruins.

    The lazy glow of the evening sun illuminates the distant lowlands as dazed cows rest in the shade of a crooked tree. Two stout shepherds are deep in conversation while a third figure leans atop a ruined castle.

    This pastoral idyll appeals to romantic sensibilities and captures a Wordworthian spirit. At the time, landscape painting in Britain was viewed with scepticism unless imbued with a sense of timeless poetry. Hence, W Walker looked back towards the Dutch masters of yesteryear for appropriate inspiration.

    Here, he’s drawing the inquisitive mind towards the golden horizon, encouraging us to wander under leafy boughs. A simpler time, portrayed as such, nature in its abundant glory.

    Held within a period gilt frame with foliate.

    Medium: Oil on canvas
    Overall size: 18½” x 15½” / 47cm x 39cm
    Year of creation: c. 1790
    Labels & Inscriptions: Plaque with title and artist. Partially visible supplier’s stamp on reverse.
    Condition: Craquelure throughout but the paint is stable. Frame with some light wear.

    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance
    W Walker, Late 18th-Century Landscape With Cattle & Ruined Castle In the Distance

    Conservation & History

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