Bridge in the Wirral by Robert Tonge, 1822-1855. Oil on board; signed and dated 1851. 10 ½ x 13 inches. Collection: The Maas Gallery. Click on image to enlarge it.
Commentary from the Maas Gallery catalogue
Tonge was a short-lived Liverpool artist just young enough to have been influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites that showed there in the fifties. He also admired and studied the work of John Linnell, as the vaulted, luminous sky in this painting attests. He was known to be ‘a very quick worker in the open air, both in oil and water-colour, and finished his work on the spot with extreme delicacy.
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Bibliography
Pre-Raphaelitism. Exhibition catalogue. London: Maas Gallery, 2013. No. 26.
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