1832
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Pool and Scottish River is a 1832 watercolor by John Frederick Lewis, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Frederick Lewis painted *A Pool and Scottish River* in 1832. It’s a watercolour landscape. Romanticism shaped how artists saw nature then. Lewis started with animal paintings before landscapes. His father painted Devon river views with care for tangled banks and rocks. John used that same close look at rivers in his work. Check out more at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts a river scene, likely influenced by the artist's father's focus on Devon river views, featuring detailed observations of tangled banks, rocks, and pools. Initially believed to represent a Scottish river, its composition resembles other works by the artist depicting rivers in the Southwest, such as the Tamar. The scene includes elements related to fishing, with the riverbank serving as a central part of the composition. The work reflects the artist's early interest in combining animal subjects with landscape painting.
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John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876) was an English Orientalist painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in detailed watercolour or oils, very often repeating the same composition in a version in each…
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