Mid-19th-Century English School, Rural Scene With Family, Cattle & Cottage

Mid-19th-Century English School, Rural Scene With Family, Cattle & CottageThis endlessly charming mid 19th century English oil painting depicts a rural scene with a family, cattle, pond, and cottage. A mother and child pause to observe a drover, perhaps father, artfully guiding his flock along a dusty country track. Beyond them, a quaint thatched cottage with a white picket fence is nestled into foliage. A family pig snuffles in the garden. In the distance, a medieval church stands before a distant hill, while cattle graze

general wear and the canvas is loose towards the bottom

in this work from 1925

the era was a two-sail

clearly traumatised

gained much popularity with both the public and the press

Sir George Ogilvy Reid RSA (1851-1928)

you arrive in the 17th century

celebrating times of restful introspection

who takes art seriously and does not want to appear without the most thorough preparations

the value could be in excess of £100

During the mid-19th-century

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