Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park
Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park
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.