Edmund Marriner Gill, British 1820-1894- View of a waterfall in a wooded landscape; oil on board, signed 'E. Gill.' (lower left), 23.3 x 15.8 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Gill was the son of the portrait painter Edmund Ward Gill (1794-1845), and brother to painters William Ward Gill (1823–1894) and George Reynolds Gill (1827–1904). Gill's landscapes are heavily influenced by those of David Cox (1783-1859), with the subject of waterfalls one to which the artist returned throughout his career.

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