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ARTIST:, Walter Fryer Stocks, British (1842 – 1915) SUBJECT: Expansive landscape of the village of Piddinghoe, a parish in Sussex, England, from across the River Ouse MEDIUM: Watercolour on paper or card (we have not inspected this work outside its frame) SIGNATURE: Lower left DATE: Dated 1873 SIZE: Visible painting 43 x 24.5cm (17 x 9.5 inches), Frame 62 x 44cm (24.5 x 17.5 inches), Depth 3cm (1 .inch) PROVENANCE: English country estate sale, private collection Ascribed to location of Piddinghoe, Sussex to verso, by a modern hand and presumably transcribed form the original frame or back of the work CONDITION: Good, overall for its age FRAME: Contemporary frame, shows light age-related wear
We present a landscape study in watercolours, ascribed verso as ‘Evening out, Piddinghoe, Sussex’, by the prolific British painter Walter Fryer Stocks (1842 – 1915). Signed and dated lower left, 1873. Painted en grisaille, a charming scene, full of movement capturing the mid-Victorian enthusiasm for a picnic or family day out. This is a view of Piddinghoe from across the River Ouse. Walter Fryer Stocks was the second son of nine children of the painter and engraver, Lumb Stocks (British, 1811 – 1889). An artistic family, celebrated in Victorian England: his younger brother Arthur Stocks. (1845 – 1889) exhibited at the Royal Academy several times, Walter Stocks became a highly skilled and prolific painter of rural landscapes, working in watercolours He exhibited widely throughout his career, including at the Royal Academy, Royal Institution and the Royal Society o Panters in Watercolours. He developed a close association with the pre-Raphaelites, although retained his more traditional presentation for the burgeoning Victorian marketplace. Many examples of the work of Walter Fryer Stocks can be seen on artprice.com, invaluable.com, artnet.com, mutualart.com besides several provincial auction sites. In public ownership[p, included in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert collections, can be seen on ArtUK. Presented in good condition in a contemporary frame, this painting will look fabulous displayed
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