A Rocky Stream, Italy, Samuel Woodforde, ca. 1786–91

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A Rocky Stream, Italy, ca. 1786–91, Watercolor, pen and gray ink, over graphite, sheet: 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Samuel Woodforde (British, Castle Carey, Somerset 1764–1817 Bologna), Formerly attributed to John Downman (British, Ruabon, Wales 1750–1824 Wrexham, Wales), In addition to landscapes, Woodforde painted portraits and histories, contributing, for example, to Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery and to Macklin's Bible. He worked in Italy from 1786 to 1791, based in Rome and spending time with his most important patron Sir Richard Colt Hoare, who built Stourhead

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