Scale Force Waterfall near Crummock Water, Lake District
Scale Force Waterfall near Crummock Water, Lake District
Scale Force Waterfall near Crummock Water, Lake DistrictInscribed on part of old mount: waterfall of Scale Force near Crummock Lake in Cumberland 18 Septbr 1818Watercolour over traces of pencil17.4 by 26.3 cm., 6 ¾ by 10 ¼ in.Provenance:With the Ruskin Gallery, Stratford-upon-AvonBorn in Edinburgh, Heriot studied drawing at the Woolwich Military Academy under Paul Sandby. From 1799 to 1816 he was deputy Postmaster General of Canada and travelled widely through the country. His Canadian watercolours are much sought after. On his return he travelled widely in Europe.){kind=link}
George Heriot (1759-1839)
Scale Force Waterfall near Crummock Water, Lake District
Inscribed on part of old mount: waterfall of Scale Force near Crummock Lake in Cumberland 18 Septbr 1818
Watercolour over traces of pencil
17.4 by 26.3 cm., 6 ¾ by 10 ¼ in.
Provenance:
With the Ruskin Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon
Born in Edinburgh, Heriot studied drawing at the Woolwich Military Academy under Paul Sandby. From 1799 to 1816 he was deputy Postmaster General of Canada and travelled widely through the country. His Canadian watercolours are much sought after. On his return he travelled widely in Europe.