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Landscape with a Windmill

Peter De Wint, 1784–1849

Windmill and white buildings on rising ground to the right, with a farmhouse and church amidst trees in the background. There is a man with horse and wagon opening a gate to the road in the centre foreground. One of two works presented to the Whitworth through the Art Fund by Victor Rienaecker.

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Title of artwork, date

Landscape with a Windmill, 1784–1849

Date supported

1926

Medium and material

Watercolour

Dimensions

18 x 29 cm

Gifted by

Victor Rienaecker

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