Frederick Walker and his works . found in Walkers studio after hisdeath. FREDERICK IVALKER 41 To about this period belongs, as may be inferred from its style, theexquisite water-colour. In an Orchard, belonging to Mr. J. P. is almost as markedly an exception in Walkers truvre as the picturejust described, but a happier excursion, and one in an entirely differentdirection. The scene is a plantation of fruit-trees, depicted in all theglory of delicately tinted blossom and bright unstained foliage, underblue heavens literally flooded with joy-giving sunlight. Beneath the. Design fo
Frederick Walker and his works . found in Walkers studio after hisdeath. FREDERICK IVALKER 41 To about this period belongs, as may be inferred from its style, theexquisite water-colour. In an Orchard, belonging to Mr. J. P. is almost as markedly an exception in Walkers truvre as the picturejust described, but a happier excursion, and one in an entirely differentdirection. The scene is a plantation of fruit-trees, depicted in all theglory of delicately tinted blossom and bright unstained foliage, underblue heavens literally flooded with joy-giving sunlight. Beneath the. Design for an Invitation Card. trees, all youth and growth like them, a company of happy childrentoddle along. At first sight one might take the picture for an unusuallysubtle and lovely plein air of foreign growth, so boldly is the difficultyof full sunlight attacked and overcome, so happy the treatment of thecoloured shadows. But the figures are English, and English in the bestsense of the word ; they are touched with just that sympathy, thatreticent truth upon which it is difficult to insist too strongly, as one ofWalkers finest and most distinctive qualities.
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