Oil paint on mahogany
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A Woody Landscape
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
adults
child
children
East Anglia
England
England, East
figure
landscape
Little Bealings
people
places
riding
society
Suffolk
transport: land
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
wooded
<p>Wilkie rarely painted landscapes and exhibited only one, in 1817. The present work carries an inscription on the back indicating that it was painted at The Grove, Little Bealings, near Woodbridge in 1822. This was the home of his friend Peregrine Pickle Nursey, an amateur artist. Wilkie's picture appears to show some of the Nursey children with their ponies. At the time Wilkie was on his way to Scotland to witness George IV's entry into Edinburgh, a subject he, along with Turner and William Collins, was planning to paint.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint mahogany
A Woody Landscape
support: 241 × 241 mm
frame: 399 × 401 × 64 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>Wilkie rarely painted <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a> and exhibited only one, in 1817. The present work carries an inscription on the back indicating that it was painted at The Grove, Little Bealings, near Woodbridge in 1822. This was the home of his friend Peregrine Pickle Nursey, an amateur artist. Wilkie's picture appears to show some of the Nursey children with their ponies. At the time Wilkie was on his way to Scotland to witness George IV's entry into Edinburgh, a subject he, along with Turner and William Collins, was planning to paint.</p>
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adults child children East Anglia England England, East figure landscape Little Bealings people places riding society Suffolk transport: land UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions wooded