EDMUND MORISON WIMPERIS Oil on Canvas Painting, Cattle Droving on the Heath

(English, 1835-1900)

This British Victorian period, antique painting shows a drover in a field with his dog and cows, with a view to an expansive field and cloud filled sky and a windmill in the distance. The artist was known for this type of pastoral scene. Wimperis was a landscape watercolorist and oil painter and a member of the Society of British Artists and a highly respected member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. Signed (lower right): EMW 79.

Dated 1879 W 41.5 D 2 H 30 in. Sight: W 35 H 23.5 in. Condition note: recently cleaned.