This endlessly charming mid-19th-century English oil painting depicts a rural scene with a family, cattle, pond, and cottage.A mother and child pause to observe a drover, perhaps father, artfully guiding his flock along a dusty country track. Beyond them, a quaint thatched cottage with a white picket fence is nestled into foliage. A family pig snuffles in the garden.In the distance, a medieval church stands before a distant hill, while cattle graze in ample pasture. It�s a homely representation of bucolic bliss, a rose-tinted impression of imagined country life.Stylistically, it�s a little reminiscent of works by the Norwich School of painters such as Henry Ladbrooke (1800-1870) and George Vincent (1796-1831).Held within a gilt frame, which could be original.Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 22� x 16�� / 52cm x 42cmYear of creation: c. 1830Condition: Cleaned. Canvas relined. Craquelure throughout. The paint layer is stable. Frame with various marks and showing its age.Our reference: BRV1947Height is 42cm (16.5inches)
Width is 52cm (20.5inches)
Depth is 4cm (1.6inches)