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British School 19th centuryLandscape with castle1869
1869
$409.60
£300
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This nineteenth-century British watercolour presents a quietly evocative landscape with a lake. The water stretches calmly across the middle of the composition, its surface rendered with soft washes that catch light and reflection without disturbance. In the foreground, a small boat carrying several figures moves gently across the lake, their silhouettes modest and unobtrusive, providing scale and a sense of quiet human presence.
On the right, a rocky promontory rises from the water, topped by the ruins of a castle. Time and vegetation have softened its outlines, allowing the architecture to merge naturally with the surrounding landscape. The shoreline curves inward, guiding the eye across the water toward the distant hills. These receding forms are painted in pale, bluish tones, dissolving gradually into the atmospheric haze and reinforcing a feeling of depth and distance.
Above, the sky occupies much of the composition and is suffused with warm, golden light, suggesting late afternoon or early evening. Thin clouds drift across it, and a small group of birds arcs overhead, adding subtle movement to an otherwise tranquil scene. The colour palette remains harmonious and restrained, balancing warm earth tones with cool blues and greys.
Overall, the watercolour conveys a mood of stillness and reflection. It exemplifies a nineteenth-century British sensibility that favours atmosphere, historical resonance, and poetic calm, inviting the viewer to linger over a serene moment where water, land, and sky exist in quiet equilibrium.
It is monogramed and dated:
A 69
- Creator:British School 19th century
- Creation Year:1869
- Dimensions:Height: 14.38 in (36.5 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)
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- Gallery Location:GB
- Reference Number:Seller: 1091stDibs: LU2841217467632
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