Wooded Landscape with River in the Distance

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Painter George Cuit [Cuitt] the elder was born at Moulton, in Yorkshire; the son of a builder. Early in life he was employed by Sir Thomas Dundas of Aske Hall to draw portraits of his children. In 1769 Dundas sent Cuit to study painting in Italy. The young painter returned to England in 1775 and received further commissions from Dundas. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1776 and continued to show his work there until 1778, but Cuit decided against moving to London on account of his poor health. However, he remained industrious and Lord Mulgrave of Mulgrave Castle commissioned a series of views of ports on the Yorkshire coast. Cuit died in Richmond, Yorkshire, at about the age of 74, shortly after the death of his wife.

Places

Subjects

shepherd, landscape C18th, tree, dog, horse, sheep, river, hill, woodland, tent/marquee, bench

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), ink, watercolour (as object name), wash

Artist

George Cuit (1743 - 1818)

Title

Wooded Landscape with River in the Distance

Date

Medium

Pen and ink, wash and watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 41.00 cm, width: 66.20 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Sir Bruce Ingram, 1963

Inscription

none

Provenance

Collection of journalist and newspaper editor Sir Bruce Stirling Ingram (1877-1963) and on loan to the Ministry of Works from 1952; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in 1963

GAC number

1592