Null Walker, John Rawson
1796 Nottingham - 1873 Birmingham. Oil on canvas. Heroi…

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Walker, John Rawson 1796 Nottingham - 1873 Birmingham. Oil on canvas. Heroic landscape of ruins. In the morning light, view over a rocky river landscape with splendid temples, aqueducts and ruins. In front at the bank two fishermen. Signed lower right. (Craquelé). Inscribed on the frame. Oval image section. 66 x 74 cm. (98 x 105 cm). Magnificent gilded frame. Ref. 1,11,14.

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Walker, John Rawson 1796 Nottingham - 1873 Birmingham. Oil on canvas. Heroic landscape of ruins. In the morning light, view over a rocky river landscape with splendid temples, aqueducts and ruins. In front at the bank two fishermen. Signed lower right. (Craquelé). Inscribed on the frame. Oval image section. 66 x 74 cm. (98 x 105 cm). Magnificent gilded frame. Ref. 1,11,14.

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