The River Dee, near Eaton Hall

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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This view of the River Dee in Cheshire looks upstream to the south-west and the distant hills of Wales. It was painted for Sir Richard Grosvenor, the owner of the nearby Eaton estate. The Welsh artist Wilson had recently returned from Italy where he began to concentrate on landscape painting. His experiences there enabled him to invest this British scene with a southern feel. The light from the setting sun, the framing tree, and the river curving into the distance echo paintings of the Roman countryside by Claude Lorrain.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

The River Dee, near Eaton Hall

Date

c.1759–1760

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 54 x W 88.6 cm

Accession number

37.11

Acquisition method

purchased, 1937

Work type

Painting

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