Joseph Wright
1734-1797
Langdale Pikes from Lowood
ca. 1795
17 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches (445 x 335 mm)
Pencil on paper.
2009.418
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from inscription in ink at upper left.
A painting by Wright of the same subject, with the addition of a figure pushing off a boat in the foreground, is recorded as a lost painting by Nicolson, who reproduces a painting of Lake Windermere with Langdale Pikes answering this description which he identifies as a copy after Wright; this same painting, newly reattributed to Wright, was later sold at Sotheby's in London on June 7, 2006 (Sale L06120, Lot 187).
A painting by Wright of the same subject, with the addition of a figure pushing off a boat in the foreground, is recorded as a lost painting by Nicolson, who reproduces a painting of Lake Windermere with Langdale Pikes answering this description which he identifies as a copy after Wright; this same painting, newly reattributed to Wright, was later sold at Sotheby's in London on June 7, 2006 (Sale L06120, Lot 187).
Inscriptions/Markings
Caption title in ink at upper left: Langdale Pikes from Lowood; initialed "J.W." in ink at upper left.
Summary
Lake Windermere with trees in the foreground and Langdale Pikes in the distance.
Associated names
Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797. Rydal waterfall.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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