Attrib. T.C.L. Rowbotham RI (1823-1875) - 1856 Watercolour Llyn Gwynant Lake

Description

A view across Llyn Gwynant Lake in Snowdonia, Wales. Presented glazed in a white mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. Inscribed with the location to the lower-left corner. The title, date, and name of the artist are inscribed to the lower edge, likely taken from the verso of the painting. On wove.

Condition

There is extensive discolouration and some slight debris trapped beneath the glazing. There are some scuffs to the frame.

Size

15.7 x 20.6cm (6.2" x 8.1")
Framed Size: 26.5 x 34cm (10.4" x 13.4")

Artist Biography

Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham RI (1823-1875) was an Irish watercolour landscape and marine artist and lithographer. He was the son of the watercolour artist, Thomas Leeson Scrase Rowbotham (1783-1853). He was trained by his father and completed his first work in 1847 on a sketching trip to Wales. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and Suffolk Street Gallery and other prestigious galleries of the time and he was elected an associate of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1848 and a full member in 1851. He succeeded his father as Professor of Drawing at the Royal Naval School, New Cross in Greenwich. They collaborated on The Art of Painting in Watercolours, and he provided the illustrations for his father's work, The Art of Sketching from Nature. He published several works of English, Scottish, and Irish scenery.

Location

Llyn Gwynant, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom, LL55