From above Grange Village, near Borrowdale, Cumbria
From above Grange Village, near Borrowdale, Cumbria
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From above Grange Village, near Borrowdale, CumbriaInscribed lower right: from above Grange VillagePen and grey ink and grey wash over pencil24.6 by 38.1 cm, 9 ¾ by 15 in.Ferdinand Becker was a Bath landscape artist and drawing master who is often confused with Edmund Becker. In 1796 he had an exhibition of his works at his home in Bath which included a number of Lake District views and Cecilia Powell has suggested he visited the area in circa 1795 (see Cecilia Powell, Savage Grandeur and Noblest Thoughts - Discovering the Lake District 1750-1820, p.78 - nos. 37 and 37 are other Lake District views by Becker).){kind=link}
Ferdinand Becker (c.1770-1825)
From above Grange Village, near Borrowdale, Cumbria
Inscribed lower right: from above Grange Village
Pen and grey ink and grey wash over pencil
24.6 by 38.1 cm, 9 ¾ by 15 in.
Ferdinand Becker was a Bath landscape artist and drawing master who is often confused with Edmund Becker. In 1796 he had an exhibition of his works at his home in Bath which included a number of Lake District views and Cecilia Powell has suggested he visited the area in circa 1795 (see Cecilia Powell, Savage Grandeur and Noblest Thoughts - Discovering the Lake District 1750-1820, p.78 - nos. 37 and 37 are other Lake District views by Becker).