Oak Forest with a Pig early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British British nineteenth-century viewers would have recognized these mature oaks as symbols of sturdy national character and, more concretely, a resource crucial to the country's famous "wooden walls"--the navy that protected the coasts. This composition by an unknown draftsman recalls precedents by the Dutch artist Antoine Waterloo (1609-1690), and the soft draftsmanship indicates a possible connection to the Oxford drawing master John Malchair (ca. 1770-1812). A pig searching for acorns in the foreground adds a note
Oak Forest with a Pig early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British British nineteenth-century viewers would have recognized these mature oaks as symbols of sturdy national character and, more concretely, a resource crucial to the country's famous "wooden walls"--the navy that protected the coasts. This composition by an unknown draftsman recalls precedents by the Dutch artist Antoine Waterloo (1609-1690), and the soft draftsmanship indicates a possible connection to the Oxford drawing master John Malchair (ca. 1770-1812). A pig searching for acorns in the foreground adds a note of Oak Forest with a Pig 384515
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