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Painting, oil painting, Borrowdale, by Samuel Bough,
1846.
Borrowdale 1846 oil on canvas by Sam Bough. View of Grange
village in Borrowdale, the Lake District. It shows the
Lakeland valley in summer with clouds gathered over the
fells which rise beyond the valley. On the right stands a
small stone mill, partially obscured by a stand of tall
trees; two men stand conversing on the path which fords the
river crossing composition diagonally from lower right
corner. In the foreground two women pause in a patch of
sunlight to talk to a third woman seated on a log beside the
river. To their left a man on horseback turns in his saddle
to regard them. To extreme left, a small flock of sheep are
accompanied by a sheepdog; in middle distance a herd of
cattle stand in the river beyond. Bough has dramatically
altered the appearance of the valley by exaggerating the
size of the fells in this painting which resemble the
Scottish highlands and show a considerable amount of
artistic licence. Bough would have sketched this view of
Grange on the spot on his occasional visits to the Lake
District, completing the finished oil painting back in his
studio.
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