Alfred Vickers, A Welsh Lane With Cattle & Drover men which sold at Christie's in

which sold at Christie's in 2000:

Neither were called The Magpie but

A worn 19th-century oil on canvas depicting a river landscape with buildings and a woman carrying a basket

Johan Fredrik Damm (1820-1894)

it became fashionable to adopt a looser brushstroke and flood your canvases with light

Alfred Vickers, A Welsh Lane With Cattle & Drover men which sold at Christie's inThis charming mid 19th century oil painting by British artist Alfred Vickers (1786 1868) depicts a drover with livestock navigating an upland country road. A young shepherd boy rests on a low stone wall, his back to the sun. While an older lady, perhaps his mother, guides the cattle onward. She appears to be wearing a red shawl and tall traditional Welsh hat. Over on the right, wisps of smoke rise from the chimney of a nestled cottage, as