William Lee RI, Mother & Child In A Landscape Industrial seascapes and scenes

seascapes and scenes

Training first at the Royal Swedish Academy and later in Paris

this fascinating piece is once again beginning to tell its story

1940Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Minor paint loss but the paint is stable

dangerous currents

William Lee RI, Mother & Child In A Landscape Industrial seascapes and scenesThis beautiful mid 19th century watercolour by English artist William Lee RI (1800 1865) depicts a mother holding her child aloft within a landscape setting. Born in Southwark, London, Lee was an accomplished English watercolourist with a particular specialism for wholesome family scenes. Worn by the burden of ceaseless heat, following a climb through rocky upland terrain, a young woman looks dotingly towards her infant, who sees nothing aside from