Cattle at a watering hole in a valley

John Henry Mole British

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Born in Northumberland, Mole worked as a clerk before becoming a professional miniaturist and exhibiting at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London. Around 1846, he shifted his focus to landscape and became a full member of the New Watercolour Society in 1848 (later the Institute of Painters in Water Colours), eventually serving as vice-president and exhibiting 679 works at their annual displays. "Cattle at a Watering Hole" is unusual in the artist's oeuvre for its broad handling, and the lack of figures--most of his landscapes include children. The location has not been identified, but the eroded limestone cliffs are reminiscent of the Yorkshire dales near Malham.

Cattle at a watering hole in a valley, John Henry Mole (British, Alnwick, Northumberland, 1814–1886), Watercolor over graphite with gouache (bodycolor) and reductive techniques

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