A View of Lower Rydal Falls, Cumbria, 1837, Watercolor, pen and ink, gray and white heightening, on beige paper, sheet: 20 9/16 x 14 5/8 in. (52.3 x 37.1 cm), Drawings, Thomas Fearnley (Norwegian, Frederikshald 1802–1842 Munich), Fearnley visited the Lake District with Charles West Cope in August 1837, and here sketched Lower Rydal Falls from a summer house built to allow a comfortable vantage point. Born in Norway to a merchant father of British parentage, the artist studied with the leading painting Christian Dahl in Dresden and, like his teacher, became a proponent of Romantic naturalism
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View, Lower Rydal Falls, Cumbria, 1837, Watercolor, pen, ink, gray, white heightening, beige paper, sheet, 20 9/16 x 14 5/8, 52.3 37.1 cm, Drawings, Thomas Fearnley, Norwegian, Frederikshald, 1802–1842, Munich, Fearnley visited, Lake District, Charles West, Cope, August 1837, sketched Lower, Rydal, Falls, summer house, built, allow, comfortable vantage, point, Born, Norway, merchant father, British parentage, artist studied, leading painting, Christian, Dahl, Dresden, teacher, proponent, Romantic naturalism
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