The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration to the watercolour and presentation mount. The gilt frame shows signs of wear to include stable cracking on all four corner mouldings and chips to the top member.
18.5 x 27.5cm (7.3" x 10.8")Framed Size: 43.5 x 51cm (17.1" x 20.1")
William James Muller was born at Bristol on the 28th of June 1812. He first studied painting under J. B. Pyne. His early subjects dealt mainly with the scenery of Gloucestershire and Wales, and he learned much from his study of Claude, Ruysdael, and earlier landscape-painters. In 1833 he exhibited for the first time in the Royal Academy with his "Destruction of Old London Bridge - Morning," and next year he made a tour through France, Switzerland and Italy. Four years later he visited Athens, extending his travels to Egypt, and in the sketches executed during this period and the paintings produced from them, his power and individuality are apparent. Shortly after his return he left Bristol and settled in London, where he exhibited regularly. In 1840 he again visited France, where he executed a series of sketches of Renaissance architecture, twenty-five of which were lithographed and published in 1841, in a folio entitled The Age of Francis I. of France. In 1843 he accompanied, at his own request and his own charges, the government expedition to Lycia, where he made a number of masterly sketches. He died at Bristol on the 8th of September 1845.
Carmarthen, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, SA31
| SKU | rq091 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Attrib. William James Muller (1812-1845) |
| Date | Early 19th Century |
| Dimensions | 18.5 x 27.5cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Landscape |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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