Coniston Water near Water Yeat, Lake District
Coniston Water near Water Yeat, Lake District
William Green (1760-1823)
Coniston Water near Water Yeat, Lake District
Inscribed on part of old label attached to the backboard: N.o 9/Coniston Water on the West…/near Water Yeat
Watercolour over traces of pencil heightened with bodycolour and stopping out
34.7 by 50.1 cm., 13 ½ by 19 ¾ in.
This unusually large and highly finished watercolour by Green is looking north up Coniston Water from Water Yeat. William Green was born in Manchester and worked as a surveyor before studying engraving in London. In 1800 he moved to the Lake District living on Market Square, Ambleside. He specialised in watercolours and prints of the Lakes which his daughters sold from premises in Ambleside and Keswick.