John Glover, OWS, British 1767-1849- Cattle watering in a river,...

John Glover, OWS,
British 1767-1849-

Cattle watering in a river, North Wales;

pencil and grey wash on paper, 8.5 x 16.5 cm.

Provenance:
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London [no.20933].
Private Collection, UK.

Note:
The son of a Leicestershire farmer, Glover was appointed writing master at a school in Westmorland in 1786, and eight years later became drawing master in Lichfield, Staffordshire. He was a pupil of William Payne (1760-1830), and in 1795 began exhibiting oil paintings at the Royal Academy, which were favourably received compared to those of Turner, much to the irritation of John Constable. A founding member of the Old Water-Colour Society, Glover exhibited regularly before he emigrated to Tasmania in 1831, where he came to be known as the father of Australian landscape painting. There are several known drawings and paintings that Glover made in and around North Wales and the present work is a particularly fine example of the subject.