Edward Williams, River Scene With Punt & Windmill

Edward Williams, River Scene With Punt & WindmillThis charming early 19th century oil painting by English artist Edward Williams (1782 1855) depicts a river scene with punt and windmill. Under the bough of a gnarled tree, two figures within a ramshackle punt attempt to set off, prodding poles into the riverbank. Its probably morning with a peppering of tinted clouds amid gentle gradients of blue. A windmill, battered by time, stands motionless. Old Williams was a British painter of landscapes and

Olsen framer’s stamp

The artist of this piece is unknown but the fine brushwork and genteel characteristics align with the Dutch School more than the British

Another requested that he should “let his own countrymen see more of his realistic paintings of the briny”

and shimmering waters

Lulworth was built in the 17th century

Hans Lytzen Albeck ran the family business

and secondly the looser brushwork of the French plein air painters

Quick daubs of built-up oil paint scatter the canvas with the artist paying close attention to the light atop the water

At the Palace of Versailles

has us standing on a worn woodland track - essentially a ditch cut into the landscape

Housed within a later frame and signed

The theme is synonymous with a certain type of mid to late 19th-century landscape painting in Britain