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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 25

Cat. 99 · Painting

The Castle On The Hill

Assigned title

Attributed to Barbara Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
40.5 cm × 30.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 99
Source
Catalogue, entry 99
Status
Private collection
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Description

A ruined castle on a small promontory with trees to the right hand side. A lone tree to the foreground.

Commentary

An English pastoral scene, likely painted from life in a rapid style, possibly to inform a future painting.

Attribution

Attributed to Barbara Fleming.

Given to Barbara Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Barbara Fleming No signature.”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

No signature.

Verso

A Fleming.

The reverse is marked “A Fleming” in block capitals. Many boards in the collection carry this marking, and some of them are considered to be by Barbara Fleming. The marking may record ownership rather than authorship and is not treated here as evidence of attribution.

Condition

Fair Unvarnished. Some contact marks on painted surface which should clean away.

Provenance and research

Research notes

  • The title is marked [assigned] in the catalogue.

Further works

Barbara Fleming