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Henry Bright 1810 - 1873 River Cottage with Snowden in the Background
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Henry Bright 1810 - 1873 River Cottage with Snowden in the Background

19th century
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Henry Bright 1810 – 1873 was born in Saxmundham Suffolk. Brights first job was as an apprentice chemist in Norwich. As his interest in art developed he took lessons from both JB Crome and JS Cotman. He also took lessons from Alfred Standard who famously snubbed him in Norwich. Bright famously confronted Standard in letter held at Norwich Castle Museum. Bright was a close associate of Thomas Lound and John Middleton; both respected Norwich School artists.

Henry Bright then moved to London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy and The British Institution. He also sold in 1844 The Entrance to a Prussian Town to Queen Victoria from the Royal Academy exhibition of that summer.

The picture is well painted and shows all of the hallmarks of Brights quality. His paintings often feature tree trunks which provide the depth and water with large square boulders. This picture also includes the riverside cottage which features in a number of his paintings and sketches.

Bright visited Wales during 1838 and 1844 and we assume this dates from that period.

Frame 53cm W x 44cm H

Image 40cm W x 30cm H

Physical Dimensions
Height
53cm (20.87")
Width
44cm (17.32")
Depth
18cm (7.09")
Declaration

Timberhill Gallery has dated this Victorian Landscape Oil Painting to the Victorian era.

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Description
Henry Bright 1810 – 1873 was born in Saxmundham Suffolk. Brights first job was as an apprentice chemist in Norwich. As his interest in art developed he took lessons from both JB Crome and JS Cotman. He also took lessons from Alfred Standard who famously snubbed him in Norwich. Bright famously confronted Standard in letter held at Norwich Castle Museum.
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Bright was a close associate of Thomas Lound and John Middleton; both respected Norwich School artists.
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fig 1. A nineteenth-century oil painting depicting a river cottage with distant mountains, contained in a gilded rococo revival frame.
fig 1. Henry Bright 1810 - 1873 River Cottage with Snowden in the Background

Henry Bright then moved to London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy and The British Institution. He also sold in 1844 The Entrance to a Prussian Town to Queen Victoria from the Royal Academy exhibition of that summer.

fig 2. A nineteenth-century oil painting depicting a river cottage with distant mountains, contained in a gilded rococo revival frame.
fig 2. Henry Bright 1810 - 1873 River Cottage with Snowden in the Background

The picture is well painted and shows all of the hallmarks of Brights quality. His paintings often feature tree trunks which provide the depth and water with large square boulders. This picture also includes the riverside cottage which features in a number of his paintings and sketches.

Bright visited Wales during 1838 and 1844 and we assume this dates from that period.

Frame 53cm W x 44cm H

Image 40cm W x 30cm H

Height
53cm (20.87")
Width
44cm (17.32")
Depth
18cm (7.09")
Date of Manufacture

Timberhill Gallery has dated this Victorian Landscape Oil Painting to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA401245
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Nineteenth-century British landscape painting often focused on rural scenery, dramatic weather conditions, and natural topography, influenced by romanticism and artistic groups such as the Norwich School.

Paintings from this era were primarily executed using oil paint on stretched linen canvas or wood panels, frequently housed in heavy gesso and carved giltwood frames.

Authentic period paintings display natural surface craquelure, age-related darkening of the varnish, traditional wooden stretcher bars, and period-correct gilding techniques on the frame.

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