View of Windermere Lake

Location

Country: Czech Republic
City: Prague
Place: British Embassy

George Barret senior was born in Dublin. He began his artistic career colouring engravings and taught drawing in Dublin while making his own studies of the landscape around the city. By the time Barret moved to London in around 1763, he had established a successful career. Barret became a founder member of the Royal Academy in 1768, exhibiting there until 1782. His landscapes, influenced by Dutch and Italian art, are predominantly views of the wilder areas of Britain, including part of Wales and the Lake District, but also include views of the country estates owned by his various patrons. He was appointed Official Painter to the Chelsea Hospital in 1782, but did not live to complete any work for the hospital.

Places

England, Lake District, Cumbria, Windermere

Subjects

rowing boat, herdsman, topography, landscape C18th, tree, cow, sheep, lake, mountain, folly

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

George, Snr Barret (1728 - 1784)

Title

View of Windermere Lake

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 110.00 cm, width: 141.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Agnew's, September 1979

Provenance

With Agnew’s Gallery, London; from whom purchased by the Government Art Collection in September 2004

GAC number

14762