A picturesque romantic view of a rural watermill cottage in a lush valley. A figure can be seen returning to the cottage after having just set a basket weave fish trap on the small waterfall. With exquisite attention to details and a skilled eye for capturing naturalistic light, Paget has created a idyllic landscape filled with the idealized view of the countryside and its resident, held by the society at the height of the Industrial Revolution.
The painting has been signed at the lower edge and presented in an exquisite, late 19thC gilt frame with glazing and a wash-line mount. The frame boasts swept corners with very finely molded and built up ornamentation featuring flowers and scrolling leaves. Between the corners runs delicate lamb's tongue strapwork. The frame has an internal silver gilt slip.
On wove.The condition is typical for a picture of this age including heavy discolouration. The frame is in truly remarkable condition for its age with no losses to any of the fine ornamentation and only minor tarnishing to the gilt. There are several small losses to the lamb's tongue strap work. There are losses to the plaster at the reverse top edge.
32 x 46cm (12.6" x 18.1")
Sidney Edward Paget (1860 – 1908) was a British illustrator of the Victorian era, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand Magazine.
In 1881 Paget entered the Royal Academy Schools. Here he befriended Alfred Morris Butler, an architecture student who may have become the model for Paget's illustrations of Dr. John Watson. Between 1879 and 1905, Paget contributed eighteen miscellaneous paintings, including nine portraits, to the Royal Academy exhibitions.
Paget's drawings appeared in the Strand Magazine, the Pictorial World, The Sphere, The Graphic, The Illustrated London News, and The Pall Mall Magazine, and his work became well known in both the United Kingdom and United States. He provided illustrations for Arthur Morrison's Martin Hewitt detective stories and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes work, doing much to popularise both series.
| SKU | qm913 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Sidney Edward Paget (1860–1908) |
| Date | Late 19th Century |
| Dimensions | 32 x 46cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Landscape |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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