19th-Century French School Barbizon School Landscape With Fisherman square while he's casually perched in

while he's casually perched in his study adjectant to a notebook and the morning news

A rare and unusual piece

after the original work by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

Snell was an interesting painter as his works span a transitionary period for British art

But good enough to hang without a problem

19th-Century French School Barbizon School Landscape With Fisherman square while he's casually perched inA wonderfully atmospheric French school landscape depicting a tree lined pond and a seated fisherman. It has a lost in time quality and appears to be a barn find. Its signed L Devedeux, which refers to the great French landscape painter Louis Devedeux (1820 1874). Its unlikely that he painted this so perhaps the artist was a follower. Its certainly from the same period. The painting is housed within a chippy gilded frame with swept foliate decoration.