£4,000
Arthur Joseph Palliser Severn (British, 1842-1931) - Coniston Lake - Gouache heightened with gum arabic - 54.5 x 76.5cm - 77.5 x 99cm framed - The picture is a view of Coniston Old Man from the garden of Brantwood, John Ruskin's house beside Coniston Water in the Lake District. Ruskin moved to Brantwood in 1871 after his parents had died. Before he had lived with them in Herne Hill, S E London for 50 years. In 1871 Arthur Severn married Joan Agnew, Ruskin's cousin who had been Ruskin's mother's companion and they both went to live at Brantwood with Ruskin, looking after him till his death in 1900. Severn had his own studio there. Ruskin left the estate to the Severns. Brantwood is now operated as a museum by the Brantwood Trust.
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