English Naive Oil on Canvas of a Country Farmstead
An English Naive Oil on Canvas of a Country Farmstead Depicting a pony, Cows and Goats in a Field with a Young Shepherdess and a Man making a Haystack with the Farmhouse at the End of a Drive Lined with Trees
Inscribed on the stretcher frame in black ink: ‘John Adolphus Cock July 6 1797 Born at Ridgwell Essex’
The canvas relined
Late 18th Century
Size: 56cm high, 76cm wide – 22 ins high, 30 ins wide
Inscribed on the stretcher frame in black ink: ‘John Adolphus Cock July 6 1797 Born at Ridgwell Essex’
The canvas relined
Late 18th Century
Size: 56cm high, 76cm wide – 22 ins high, 30 ins wide
These paintings are the folk art of the British Isles, and provide us with a glimpse of a genuinely rural past. We are given a view of 18th century country life that is untainted by the Grand Tour and the constraints of ordered perspective. This example of a ‘farm-scape’ contains figures painted as isolated profiles, which is typical of the naive art of the period, and it was most probably painted by an itinerant artist or ‘limner’.
English Naive Oil on Canvas of a Country Farmstead
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