Another fine example of a Blacklock watercolour painted on the spot. This shows the view facing west of Cumrew on the East Fellside in northern Cumbria not far from the family home at Cumwhitton.
Cumrew, East Fellside, about 1850-58 watercolour by William James Blacklock (1816-1858).
This watercolour is a view facing west of Cumrew, East Fellside on the edge of the Pennines in northern Cumbria. Foreground consists of moorland scattered with birch trees in front of a drystone wall. Beyond this can be seen to left of composition a low stone cottage. Beyond are shadowy distant fells of the Eden Valley and the northern fells of the Lake District in the far distance.
Blacklock is one of Cumbria’s most important landscape painters. He painted the scenery of Cumbria, the Lake District and the Borders and particularly favoured remote areas. He painted these landscapes in his own uniquely precise style.
There are these inscriptions on the exhibit:
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery collection, bequest of Clara Houlgate, 1946
Image © Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
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