Wooded glen
Oil Painting
1860 (painted)
1860 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This painting is a combined effort by Frederick Richard Lee (1798-1879) and Thomas Sydney Cooper (1803-1902). From 1847 they were regular collaborators, Lee undertaking the painting of the landscape and Cooper the painting of the animals. In Walks Among London's Pictures published in 1910, E.B. Chancellor wrote of this picture: "the landscape is clever and attractive, especially the glimpse of the distance, and the cows are less 'tinny' than is usual with Cooper [proving how] infinitely better his work in this direction was as an adjunct to a landscape than when the animals formed the chief motif." Despite both artists exhibiting many works at the Royal Academy and elsewhere, this particular one does not appear to have been shown.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Wooded glen (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting on canvas, 'Wooded Glen', Frederick Richard Lee and Thomas Sydney Cooper, 1860. |
| Physical description | In the foreground a group of six, horned cows stand in a river. On the left bank are three further cows, two lying down and one standing, and a number of sheep. The right bank has two large trees near the waters edge and then slopes steeply upwards as a grassy incline lined with trees. In the centre midground is a thatched cottage, nestling amongst the trees, with smoke coming from its chimney. In the background are hills covered in trees. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | F R Lee RA/TS Cooper ARA 1860 (signed and dated bottom left corner) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Charles Rivaz |
| Object history | Given by Mrs Charles Rivaz, 1888 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This painting is a combined effort by Frederick Richard Lee (1798-1879) and Thomas Sydney Cooper (1803-1902). From 1847 they were regular collaborators, Lee undertaking the painting of the landscape and Cooper the painting of the animals. In Walks Among London's Pictures published in 1910, E.B. Chancellor wrote of this picture: "the landscape is clever and attractive, especially the glimpse of the distance, and the cows are less 'tinny' than is usual with Cooper [proving how] infinitely better his work in this direction was as an adjunct to a landscape than when the animals formed the chief motif." Despite both artists exhibiting many works at the Royal Academy and elsewhere, this particular one does not appear to have been shown. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 156 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1827-1888 |
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| Record created | May 18, 2006 |
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