John Inigo Richards RA (Attributed), Landscape With Country Track, Figures, Cottages & Far-Reaching View

John Inigo Richards RA (Attributed), Landscape With Country Track, Figures, Cottages & Far-Reaching ViewThis late 18th century gouache by British artist John Inigo Richards RA (1731 1810) depicts a picturesque landscape with track, figures and distant cottages. Immersed in the raucous drama of Londons 18th century theatre scene, Inigo Richards sought solace in the British countryside. As the principal scene painter at Covent Garden Theatre, his bucolic backdrops brought colour and context to numerous plays featuring leading actors. For inspiration, hed

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This brisk landscape study by British artist Alfred Henry Vickers (1834-1919) depicts a church nestled into rugged coastal scenery

The artist was a follower of Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683) who worked during the golden age of Dutch landscape painting

his rank had risen to General of the Cavalry but at the cost of a serious gunshot injury to his shoulder

And the gilt clock in the foreground

we see his passion

Brown was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy and worked primarily in Edinburgh and the surrounding environs

presumably without lamb or mutton

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with a fair degree of ceremony and 3

Carl Gustav Rodde studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Hans Fredrik Gude

stands in the doorway of an ivy-clad Victorian house