A pair of charming 18th century English landscape drawings in matched antique water gilded frames.These highly decorative pastoral pen and ink and watercolour studies depict scenes from the English countryside as it would have appeared in the eighteenth century, In one the sun streams down upon two country folk returning home over a rustic wooden bridge in a forest clearing In another fishermen cast their nets into the water in the midst of an expansive mountainous landscape.Both works are in an excellent state of conservation and are ready to hang in slim antique frames with water gilding.Jonathan Skelton ( c.1735. -1759). Jonathan Skelton played a pioneering role in the development of British landscape drawing as one of the first artists to depict ''Grand Tour'' subjects during a residence in Italy. Skelton worked in the eighteenth-century tradition of ''tinted drawing,'' first sketching a subject in graphite, then strengthening the lines with pen-and-ink, and finally adding subtle monochromatic watercolour washes. His accomplished draftsmanship and methods, which included sketching out-of-doors, anticipate those of Paul Sandy, who is generally regarded as the father of British watercolour painting. Interestingly, Skelton was largely unknown to modern scholars until a cache of his drawings and letters came to light in 1909. (c. TheTate Gallery)Higher resolution images upon request. Worldwide shipping available.Height is 35cm (13.8inches)
Width is 27cm (10.6inches)
Depth is 1cm (0.4inches)