Reserved - Henry William Carter, Rural Landscape With Figures Collecting Kindling

Reserved - Henry William Carter, Rural Landscape With Figures Collecting KindlingA fine 19th century rural landscape by English painter, Henry William Carter (act. 1867 1904). In the foreground, we see a child walking alongside her mother who is carrying firewood. While, beyond the trees, smoke from a chimney drifts up into the air. Henry William Carter was a London based painter thats known to have exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Academy. The painting is signed in the lower right and housed within

subtle and devoid of people and I do wonder whether he was continually painting his own home

which was held at the New Gallery in Paris

Overall size 30” x 25” / 75cm x 64cm

craquelure and creases

a flock of sheep

It’s been created with a great deal of skill particularly around the face and the handling of the skin

14” x 16” / 35cm x 41cm

He exhibited widely

a mother and her child are walking along a well-worn track

nose and eyes

A solitary bench is gently lit via an open doorway as the warm patina of stone walls catches the light

She’s leaning back onto a grassy verge as he’s leaning forward while sitting on a large rock