Edward Charles Williams (Attributed), Wooded River Landscape With Cottage, Fishermen, Mother & Child 1850s Minor stretcher impressions

Minor stretcher impressions

homogenised for overall aesthetic effect

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Edward Charles Williams (Attributed), Wooded River Landscape With Cottage, Fishermen, Mother & Child 1850s Minor stretcher impressionsThis mid 19th century oil painting attributed to English artist Edward Charles Williams (1807 1881) depicts a wooded river landscape with a thatched cottage, fishermen, mother, child and dog. Williams was an accomplished landscape painter and a member of the Barnes School. Two fishermen wait patiently for a bite adjacent to a time worn cottage, which is nestled into foliage. A mother and child, together with their loyal hound, wander by the river.