William Tatton Winter RBA, The Little Coppice

William Tatton Winter RBA, The Little CoppiceThis early 20th century watercolour by British artist William Tatton Winter (1855 1928) depicts a Summertime view with birch trees. Spindly verticals crowd the left of this composition. The familiar forms of silver birch trees vie for attention. One stands almost bolt upright while another meanders upwards, their lithe branches supporting a canopy of impressionistic dabs. Beyond, the picturesque ebullience extends across ambling hedgerows rendered in

Reusing was an outstanding portraitist - one of the last masters of the classical style

It’s beautifully rendered

but a little pronounced

Patrick Nasmyth is one of the unsung heroes of early British landscape painting

The Dutch enjoyed landscape painting during the 17th-century and you’ll often find rural views animated with local peasants chatting or travelling

It’s signed in the lower left

1840Provenance: EnglandCondition: Very presentable with some areas of craquelure as you would expect

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 21” x 23” / 53cm x 58cmYear of creation: c

the architectural facade looks broadly the same but the building numbers are different - refer to 32-34 Oude Waal on Google Maps

830 achieved for an oil painting in 1996

A fine late 19th-century drawing of a standing male nude

which emphasises the epic canopy as it towers over the cattle