Cotswold House Antiques

Description

An Unusual Antique English Naive School Watercolour Painting.

An interesting work, of small proportions but rich in detail.

The scene depicts a rider and a rather bedraggled horse, carrying wicker panniers and passing through a rural / farmyard setting. Two further figures converse at an open window to the left of the image, one of whom appears to wear a 17th century style tricorn hat and leggins.

The backdrop with an arrangement of old barns and carts, with fencing and trees beyond.

This is a very charming painting that has a brilliant naivety about it, yet is also somewhat sophisticated. It is well-observed and the level of detail is exquisite.

The work appears to be unsigned, although the wove paper itself does bear an archaic watermark towards the centre top.

Date: late 18th - early 19th century, no later.

Very much in style of early works by Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827) and George Morland (1763 - 1804).

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