[Godstowe Bridge, near Oxford] [art original]

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Title: [Godstowe Bridge, near Oxford] [art original]
Creator: Rooker, Michael Angelo, 1746-1801, artist
Published / Created: [second half of the 18th century]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: View of a stone bridge from the riverbank. A covered barge with passenger punts in the river while a single figure punts in a small boat. The treed landscape is populated with many figures: among them is a small group with a dog occupies the on the near shore near a docked boat. A rider on horseback crosses the bridge. In the distance, the ruins of a large stone structure. Horses and sheet graze on the lawn
Description: Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Signed by the artist on the skiff: M. Rooker pinx.
Provenance: Purchased from Daniel H. Farr, New York, from whom acquired by W.S. Lewis, in January 1933, for $330.
Extent: 1 painting : framed to 19.5 x 23.5 in.
Language: No linguistic content

Access: Public
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Citation: Michael Angelo Rooker. Godstowe Bridge, Near Oxford. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.