Walter Fryer Stocks (1842-1915) - Late 19th Century Watercolour Culham Bridge

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A fine watercolour study by the British artist Walter Fryer Stocks, depicting the Culham Bridge over the River Thames. Culham Bridge was built of stone between 1416 and 1422 to replace an ancient ford called Culham Hythe. The bridge is currently classified as an ancient monument. Inscribed in graphite to the reverse with the artist's name and location. On drawing board.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration and foxing. Minor scuffs to the corners of the card.

Size

30.8 x 47.2cm (12.1" x 18.6")
Sheet: 34.2 x 51.7cm (13.5" x 20.4")

Artist Biography

Artist born in Islington, London the son of engraver Lumb Stocks, (1812-1892) and the brother of portrait painter Arthur Stocks, (1846-1889) and still-life painter and engraver Bernard Octavius Stocks. Quite the itinerant, he lived in Hampstead, Leamington Spa, Hatfield and Salisbury, travelling widely throughout the British Isles while recording views in Scotland, Staffordshire, Devon, Lancashire and the home counties. His portraiture owed much to the Pre-Raphaelites particularly Dante Gabriel Rossetti and a fine example of this in in the collection of Princetown University Art Museum in America.

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SKU ql202
Artist Walter Fryer Stocks (1842-1915)
Date Late 19th Century
Dimensions 30.8 x 47.2cm
Medium Watercolour
Style Realism
Subject Landscape
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