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English 19th century School19th century English artist painting a Swiss Lake landscape with boats cottagescirca 1870
circa 1870
$1,950
£1,473.15
€1,689.39
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A$2,961.12
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About the Item
English School, circa 1870
Continental Lake Landscape with Fishermen and Distant Mountains
Oil on canvas
Monogrammed lower left ES / EJ
A finely painted mid–late 19th century English view of an idealised European lake, most likely inspired by the Alpine or northern Italian regions popular with Victorian artists. The composition depicts fishermen embarking from the shoreline, with rustic dwellings nestled among trees and expansive mountain peaks rising beyond the calm water.
The painting demonstrates the hallmarks of the English Romantic landscape tradition: controlled and confident brushwork, careful atmospheric perspective, and a refined handling of light, suggesting either early morning or late evening. The soft tonal transitions between water, land, and sky show a painter well trained in academic methods, yet working with the poetic sensibility prized by the Victorian market.
Such works were frequently painted by English artists travelling on the Continent during the 1860s and 1870s, particularly to Switzerland and northern Italy, and were intended for private collectors rather than formal exhibition. The monogrammed signature, while not securely attributable to a specific named artist, is consistent with professional English painters producing cabinet-scale landscapes for the London art trade.
Framed in its original frame.
- Creator:English 19th century School (English)
- Creation Year:circa 1870
- Dimensions:Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)
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- Condition:The painting is in good condition and has been recently re-varnished to bring out the original colors that the artist painted.
- Gallery Location:Woodbury, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU507317376242
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