Painting of the Week - Thomas Creswick The Ford
The Ford
This lovely British Old Master landscape oil painting is by noted Birmingham School artist Thomas Creswick. A painting by the same title was exhibited at the Royal Academy London, in 1840 no. 7. Painted circa 1840 the composition is a Drover on horseback crossing a ford in the foreground of a wooded landscape, conversing with a lady with a basket. His cattle are further up the lane. The scene is bathed in sunshine and birds fly over head in a blue sky. The details of the stream and rocks and flora and fauna are superb. This is a charming British Old Master pastoral landscape and an excellent example of Creswick's work.
Signed T.Creswick lower right.
Provenance Royal Academy 1840 no.7 entitled The Ford.
Private collection, Surrey.
Sale, Christie’s London, 22nd July 2009, lot 120
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