© Wordsworth Trust
Ullswater
Artist: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797)
Location: Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum
Date: 1794 - 1795
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46 x 54 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £65,000)
Vendor: James Mackinnon
Review number: 3681 (1992)
Provenance:
Cyril Plannt; Sold Christie's 14/7/89; James Mackinnon.
Description:
It portrays the mountains in the southern part of Ullswater and provides the setting for one of Wordsworth's most significant passages, where the young Wordsworth steals the boat and provokes the wrath of the mountains.
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