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David Woodlock Watercolour ‘Figures Conversing Outside a Cottage with Horse and Cart’
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David Woodlock Watercolour ‘Figures Conversing Outside a Cottage with Horse and Cart’

1900 - 1920
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David Woodlock 1852-1929.Figure,landscape and garden painter.Born in Ireland.Lived in Liverpool,Sheffield and Leamington Spa,Warks.He was a key figure in the development of a distinct school of Liverpool painters.He produced some purely beautiful cottage scenes and views of Venice.He was a founder member and later President of the Liver Sketching Club and also a member of the Liverpool Academy of Arts.He developed an individualistic style of watercolour painting where the bleeding together of colours often produced dramatic results.Exhibited 17 works at the RA but principally at the Walker Art Gallery Liverpool where he showed 118 works. ‘Figures conversing outside a cottage including a horse and cart’ signed watercolour, image size, framed size 24x34.5 cms, framed size 48x57 cms.Beautifully presented in quality giltwood frame with True Vue Museum Glass.

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Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this David Woodlock Watercolour Painting to the 1900s.

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David Woodlock 1852-1929.Figure,landscape and garden painter.Born in Ireland.Lived in Liverpool,Sheffield and Leamington Spa,Warks.He was a key figure in the development of a distinct school of Liverpool painters.He produced some purely beautiful cottage scenes and views of Venice.
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He was a founder member and later President of the Liver Sketching Club and also a member of the Liverpool Academy of Arts.
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He developed an individualistic style of watercolour painting where the bleeding together of colours often produced dramatic results.Exhibited 17 works at the RA but principally at the Walker Art Gallery Liverpool where he showed 118 works. ‘Figures conversing outside a cottage including a horse and cart’ signed watercolour, image size, framed size 24x34.5 cms, framed size 48x57 cms.Beautifully presented in quality giltwood frame with True Vue Museum Glass.

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Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this David Woodlock Watercolour Painting to the 1900s.

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Graham Reed Fine Art
Graham Reed Fine Art
Sellingantiques verified Since Jun 2017

Previously I worked in london as a chartered surveyor and have been dealing in paintings for nearly thirty years.

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A watercolour painting depicting a man on a horse-drawn cart conversing with a woman outside a thatched cottage draped in blue flowering vines.
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Archive I A watercolour painting depicting a man on a horse-drawn cart conversing with a woman outside a thatched cottage draped in blue flowering vines.

David Woodlock Watercolour ‘Figures Conversing Outside a Cottage with Horse and Cart’

Archive II A watercolour painting depicting a man on a horse-drawn cart conversing with a woman outside a thatched cottage draped in blue flowering vines. View II
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A watercolour painting depicting a man on a horse-drawn cart conversing with a woman outside a thatched cottage draped in blue flowering vines.
DAVID WOODLOCK WATERCOLOUR ‘FIGURES CONVERSING OUTSIDE A COTTAGE WITH HORSE AND CART’
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A watercolour painting depicting a man on a horse-drawn cart conversing with a woman outside a thatched cottage draped in blue flowering vines.
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  • ObjectWatercolour Painting
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleVictorian Fine Art
  • MaterialWatercolour, Paper
  • ColourSoft Blue and Green
  • MotifsThatched cottage, Horse and cart, Wisteria vines, Rural figures

This signed watercolour painting dates from the 1900 Victorian fine art period and depicts a rural English country house scene. Created with watercolour on paper by artist David Woodlock, the composition uses a soft blue and green palette showing a man on a horse-drawn cart conversing with a woman outside a thatched cottage draped in wisteria vines. Specific details visible include a dark stone doorway entrance beneath cascading blue foliage, a wooden cart wheel with visible spokes, and several small fowl gathered on the dirt path to the right. The artwork measures 24 x 34.5 cm for the image size and 48 x 57 cm for the framed size, presented within a quality giltwood frame featuring True Vue museum glass and a visible signature near the lower left corner. Placed within a modern home today, this piece suits placement above a sideboard in a dining room or living room, adding a traditional English country house aesthetic to an interior wall. The soft watercolour washes create blended atmospheric tones across the cottage roof and surrounding foliage, while the giltwood frame provides a finished presentation suitable for traditional display. The painting requires standard wall hanging hardware suited to framed artworks of this scale and should be positioned away from direct sunlight to preserve the paper and pigments.

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Late 19th and early 20th-century British watercolours frequently depicted idealised rural domesticity, featuring thatched cottages, agricultural activity, and village life executed with soft washes and naturalistic light.

Artists utilised water-soluble gum arabic pigments applied onto heavy cotton or linen rag paper, combining broad background washes with fine detail brushwork.

Authentic period watercolours usually feature direct artist signatures in paint or ink, light age-related paper oxidation or foxing, and historical mounting backing.

Mount the artwork within a carved wooden or gilded frame to complement traditional interiors, or display it as part of an eclectic gallery wall alongside modern accent pieces.

Keep the artwork framed beneath UV-filtering glass, position it away from direct sunlight and heat radiators, and maintain moderate, stable humidity levels to prevent pigment fading and paper degradation.
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