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Charles Pettitt "Sunset on the Langdale Pikes, Blea Tarn".
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Charles Pettitt "Sunset on the Langdale Pikes, Blea Tarn".

19th century
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Artist: Charles Pettitt. (1831-1885).

Title: "Sunset on the Langdale Pikes, Blea Tarn". (The scene of Wordsworth's Solitary). Westmorland.

Signed with monogram and dated 1882. Also signed and inscribed on the reverse.

Oil on canvas. Size: 20"x 30". Framed size: 26 1/2"x 36 1/2".

Now cleaned and framed. In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

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Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

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A superb example of Pettitt's work.

Born into the Birmingham family of artists, Charles Pettitt was a landscape painter who painted in oils and travelled extensively throughout the British Isles to paint his landscapes. He loved the mountains of the Lake District, Wales and Scotland and his paintings are as popular today as they were during his lifetime.He exhibited at the Suffolk Street Galleries, London, the British Institution, and other provincial galleries. His work is held in York Art Gallery.

Physical Dimensions
Height
67cm (26.38")
Width
93cm (36.61")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Victorian Landscape Oil Painting to the Victorian era.

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Description
Artist: Charles Pettitt. (1831-1885).

Title: "Sunset on the Langdale Pikes, Blea Tarn". (The scene of Wordsworth's Solitary). Westmorland.

Signed with monogram and dated 1882. Also signed and inscribed on the reverse.

fig 1. A nineteenth-century oil painting depicting the sunlit pink peaks of the Langdale Pikes overlooking Blea Tarn with tall pine trees and a figure in the foreground.
fig 1. Charles Pettitt "Sunset on the Langdale Pikes, Blea Tarn".

Oil on canvas. Size: 20"x 30". Framed size: 26 1/2"x 36 1/2".

Now cleaned and framed. In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

fig 2. A nineteenth-century oil painting depicting the sunlit pink peaks of the Langdale Pikes overlooking Blea Tarn with tall pine trees and a figure in the foreground.
fig 2. Charles Pettitt "Sunset on the Langdale Pikes, Blea Tarn".

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Trade enquiries welcome.

A superb example of Pettitt's work.

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Born into the Birmingham family of artists, Charles Pettitt was a landscape painter who painted in oils and travelled extensively throughout the British Isles to paint his landscapes.
William Greenwood Fine Art

He loved the mountains of the Lake District, Wales and Scotland and his paintings are as popular today as they were during his lifetime.He exhibited at the Suffolk Street Galleries, London, the British Institution, and other provincial galleries. His work is held in York Art Gallery.

Height
67cm (26.38")
Width
93cm (36.61")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Victorian Landscape Oil Painting to the Victorian era.

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Archive I A nineteenth-century oil painting depicting the sunlit pink peaks of the Langdale Pikes overlooking Blea Tarn with tall pine trees and a figure in the foreground.

Charles Pettitt "Sunset on the Langdale Pikes, Blea Tarn".

Archive II A nineteenth-century oil painting depicting the sunlit pink peaks of the Langdale Pikes overlooking Blea Tarn with tall pine trees and a figure in the foreground. View II
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A nineteenth-century oil painting depicting the sunlit pink peaks of the Langdale Pikes overlooking Blea Tarn with tall pine trees and a figure in the foreground.
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Victorian Romantic landscapes emphasise dramatic natural light, grand topographical features, and idealized wilderness views, often reflecting a nationalist pride in regional natural beauty.

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