No. 9 Breaking the Ice

by John Raphael after George Morland Smith

$1,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A touching scene after Morland: 'a master of genre and animal painting, an artist worthy to be placed in the same rank as the best of those Dutch masters whom he studied as a boy' DNB This print is a wonderful example of the manner in which Morland perfectly conveys the hardships and beauties of country life, his depiction of a poor country family battling the hardships of winter shows the bitter side of the pastoral life with grace and sympathy. George Morland was one of

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