Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 1860s.
William Widgery was an Exeter based landscape and animal painter. Initially he trained as a stone mason, then self-taught became an artist.
He largely painted scenery in and around Devon and Cornwall, especially Dartmoor, and was much sought after by local repute. Most of his paintings have animals, such as in this case - cattle, somewhere in his compositions. He exhibited in London at Suffolk Street, in 1866. He visited Italy and Switzerland so paintings exist of his travels to these areas.
He is listed in The Dictionary of Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood.
Signed and dated: 1862.
Dimensions: Frame: (w) 32.5 ins (83 cm) x (h) 43.5 ins (110 cm) x (d) 2.75 ins (7cm)
Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 1860s.
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"Cattle Watering" - Oil on Canvas by William Widgery (1822-1893).
