Samuel Woodforde R.A. (1763-1817) A Country Girl Signed and dated 1809 Oil on canvas 76 x 64cm;...

Samuel Woodforde R.A. (1763-1817)

A Country Girl

Signed and dated 1809

Oil on canvas

76 x 64cm; 30 x 25in

Provenance:

Private collection, West Country

Exhibited:

Possibly Royal Academy 1811, no 431

The artist was born at Castle Cary, Somerset in 1763. He became a full member of the Royal Academy in 1807 and exhibited 133 pictures. He married Jane Gardner in 1815 and that year left for Italy, but died 2 years later of fever in Bologna, where he is buried.