Windmill and Cottages, Signed Watercolour, Signed, Framed

About the Item

A watercolour of a working windmill seen from below: the white-washed tower and its lattice sails fill the upper right, wrapped by a red-brown timber gallery, while a half-timbered cottage with a red roof stands at the left. The sky is worked in broad grey-buff washes that suggest driving cloud, and the foreground is scratched and stippled with dry-brush strokes for grass, figures and hens. The palette is muted - ochre, brick red, olive and slate grey - and the sheet is float-mounted on a deep navy mat inside an ornate gilt frame. Medium: watercolour with bodycolour on paper. Signed lower right of the sheet, in dark ink or watercolour, reading "A. W…son (only the initial and the final letters are legible)". Condition: Sheet lightly toned; strong reflections on the glass in the detail shots make the surface hard to assess; no obvious tears or losses visible.

Details

Creation Year:

late 19th to early 20th century

Dimensions:

Height: 18.75 in (47.62 cm)
Width: 20.75 in (52.7 cm)
outside of frame

Medium:

watercolour with bodycolour on paper

Period:

20Th

Condition:

Offered in the condition shown in the photographs.

Reference Number:

VO-130

Documentation:

no certificate photographed