Rocky landscape with river and sheep
Oil Painting
ca. 1840 (painted)
ca. 1840 (painted)
| Artist/Maker |
Henry Dawson exhibited landscapes throughout his lifetime at the Royal Academy, but always complained, apparently with some reason, that his work was badly hung. He found a friend in the painter James Orrock, who acted as both patron and sales agent. Dawson painted four pictures for Orrock beginning in 1857, but none of the titles are identifiable with this painting. Indeed, although this painting is undated, its similarity to an 1840 landscape (1857-1900) would suggest that it was painted around the same time.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Rocky landscape with river and sheep (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil Painting, 'Rocky Landscape with River and Sheep', Henry Dawson, 1840 [Frame dimensions 97 x 115 cm] |
| Physical description | An oil painting depicting a river flowing through a rocky landcape. The right bank is heavily wooded; on the left bank, in the foreground, sheep graze on a grassy bank. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'H Dawson' (Signed by the artist, lower right) |
| Credit line | Given by James Orrock |
| Object history | Given by James Orrock, 1894 |
| Historical context | Henry Dawson, a Nottingham-based landscape painter, exhibited prolifically at the Royal Academy and the British Institute. James Orrock first met Dawson in 1856 and became his friend and patron. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Henry Dawson exhibited landscapes throughout his lifetime at the Royal Academy, but always complained, apparently with some reason, that his work was badly hung. He found a friend in the painter James Orrock, who acted as both patron and sales agent. Dawson painted four pictures for Orrock beginning in 1857, but none of the titles are identifiable with this painting. Indeed, although this painting is undated, its similarity to an 1840 landscape (1857-1900) would suggest that it was painted around the same time. |
| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 67 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 177-1894 |
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| Record created | May 18, 2006 |
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