Attr. Thomas Creswick, Undulating Landscape With River, Cattle & Birch Trees White Heavily worn with craquelure throughout

Heavily worn with craquelure throughout and some paint losses including an area on the left that’s abraded

You can almost feel the chill in the air as you cast your eyes downriver towards the bridge in the distance

It’s monogrammed in the lower right and appears to bear an inscription

The painting is signed/dated in the lower left and housed within a handsome gilded frame with decorative borders

It depicts a woman tending cattle by a country pool at twilight

Attr. Thomas Creswick, Undulating Landscape With River, Cattle & Birch Trees White Heavily worn with craquelure throughoutIts been a privilege to handle this fine mid 19th century piece by English artist, Thomas Creswick RA (1811 1869). It represents some of the best British landscape painting of the period. Creswick was well loved by the Victorian middle classes who scattered their walls with picturesque etchings, rural idylls, and gentle pastoral scenes. He was born in Sheffield but is known as one of the leading figures of the Birmingham School of landscape painters.