Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park

Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park

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Thomas Miles Richardson Junior, R.W.S. (1813-1890)
Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park

Signed lower right:
T.M. Richardson Jun.r/1840-
Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour
23.8 by 38.3 cm., 9 ¼ by 15 in.

Engraved:
For Black's `Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes', published in Edinburgh 1841, pl.I as a steel engraving

Richardson found success early and regularly sent watercolours to both the British Institution and the Royal Academy, while still based in his native Newcastle. He moved to London in 1846 and by the time of his death had exhibited over seven hundred watercolours at the Society of Painters in Water-colours.