John Brett R.A. (1831-1902) The Rill Titled and dated Sep 29 77 below frame Oil on panel 17.5 x...

John Brett R.A. (1831-1902)

The Rill

Titled and dated Sep 29 77 below frame

Oil on panel

17.5 x 35.5cm; 7 x 14in

Provenance:

No. 815 in the Catalogue Raisonné by Charles Brett

Nahum; Sotheby's Belgravia, 18 June 1974, lot 146

By descent in the family

The Rill is the cliff-top path above Kynance Cove on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, a favourite sketching ground for the artist

We are grateful to Charles Brett for his assistance in cataloguing this painting