George Smith Of Chichester (Circle), 18th-Century Pastoral Landscape With River, Cattle & Drover

George Smith Of Chichester (Circle), 18th-Century Pastoral Landscape With River, Cattle & DroverThis beautiful 18th century pastoral landscape depicts a scenic river view under the mellow haze of a sunset. Its an idyllic snapshot of the British countryside. From our viewpoint on the riverbank, our eye is drawn towards a stone bridge where a drover is guiding his cattle to a nearby field. A large tree creates a majestic vertical, which guides the eye further. Beyond them, additional livestock graze by a distant copse, a few careful marks signify

The walls are decorated with 17th/18th-century portraits and an impressive armoire stands proudly in the background

During the late 1870s

Artist’s auction maximum: £11

Is she symbolic of a woman trapped within the confines of an unhappy marriage

Kunsthandel H

Carl Siegfried Stoitzner (1866-1944)

A hint of smoke rises from a cottage chimney

Snellman was born in Helsinki and moved to Sweden in 1943

In the 1860s

Each layer more intriguing than the last

which translates as “Danish artists' lottery for the benefit of the defence fundraiser”

A fine early 19th-century portrait of Mrs Mary Robinson (1758-1800)