Manchester Art Gallery

A Surrey Pastoral

Somerset, Richard Gay (VPRCA, ROI), 1848 - 1928



A Surrey Pastoral

Somerset, Richard Gay (VPRCA, ROI) 1848 - 1928

Summary

Rural landscape scene depicting a group of sheep being herded across open common land near Milford, Surrey. A copse of tall trees in the background to left, the ground to right covered with low bushes and scrub. There is an overcast sky, which is lighter in the distance near the horizon.


Object Name

A Surrey Pastoral

Creators Name

Somerset, Richard Gay (VPRCA, ROI)

Date Created

1878

Dimensions

unframed: 61cm x 120.9cm
framed: 94.3cm x 155.6cm

accession number

1904.11

Collection Group

fine art
British
painting
Manchester artists

Place of creation

England

Support

canvas

Medium

oil paint

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