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Re: Where might this be?
« Reply #36 on: Saturday 08 April 17 22:16 BST (UK) »
How do you know when it was painted and was the location of the other painting identified and was it also a pastoral scene? Are any of them signed?
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Re: Where might this be?
« Reply #37 on: Saturday 08 April 17 23:37 BST (UK) »
Some interesting bridge facts Nick. (You learn something new every day)  :) My reason for the observation that the triangular pillars was unusual were based solely on looking at several pages of google images where I couldn't find any images of other bridges with similar triangular pillars. Your explanation about the reason for this is something I had no idea about, but it all makes perfect sense.  :)

I think there are some similarities in the women's dress in both pictures durhamgirl.

It is disappointing that there is nothing to help identify this location on the back of the watercolour.  :(

Carol, I think the painting has a date on the front by the signature - bottom right corner.

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« Reply #38 on: Saturday 08 April 17 23:55 BST (UK) »
Oh yes Ruskie....I see it now....I was taking in the detail and overlooked it  ::)
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Re: Where might this be?
« Reply #39 on: Sunday 09 April 17 00:13 BST (UK) »
The ladys hat and dress, also the child's could be a Dutch Style.


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Re: Where might this be?
« Reply #40 on: Sunday 09 April 17 00:38 BST (UK) »
Good morning,

He started painting around Saltburn, the nearest river is the Tees. You need to go inland a bit to find narrower waters. He was chief mining engineer at Brotten colliery amongst other places. Only on tablet as laptop out of action so can't give links. If you google him you get several hits but don't get mixed up withthe American artist of the same name.

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Re: Where might this be?
« Reply #41 on: Sunday 09 April 17 00:55 BST (UK) »
My reason for the observation that the triangular pillars were unusual were based solely on looking at several pages of google images where I couldn't find any images of other bridges with similar triangular pillars.

Yes, that was the point I was trying to convey in my response to Geoff-E. Although it isn't unusual to see triangular shaped cutwaters at water level, and on low-height bridges like Geddington it isn't unusual to see them extend to parapet height. But the subject of the painting is a high-level bridge which means considerable extra material and effort went in to building these structures to full-height, which is not something you see that often.

The closest I've found in design terms is the Loyn Bridge over the River Lune. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyn_Bridge

However the backdrop of the Loyn Bridge is completely wrong for the bridge in the picture. In addition the area the 'family' are walking in is heavily wooded in the Loyn Bridge location. Although the far river bank does look a bit similar and there is even a tree (possibly Ash?) standing on its own like the one in the painting. (This would be on the basis of viewing the bridge from the south).

One thing I wasn't sure about the painting bridge is whether it has two spans, or if a third is hidden from view by the trees/bushes on the right-hand side of the picture. The third span possibly being shorter than the other two based on the line of the riverbank.

That was one of the things which made me take a good look at the Loyn Bridge - it to has two roughly equal spans with a third shorter span on the eastern side of the river.

If no other location for painting turns up then my guess would be the artist has taken the Loyn Bridge (not a million miles from Silverdale) as inspiration and planted it in a more interesting backdrop.

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Re: Where might this be?
« Reply #42 on: Sunday 09 April 17 02:19 BST (UK) »
I may be way off but thought the bridge shape/formation looked similar to this;

https://www.wikiart.org/en/thomas-girtin/durham-cathedral-and-bridge-1799

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Re: Where might this be?
« Reply #43 on: Sunday 09 April 17 07:16 BST (UK) »
This definitely isn't the Lancashire Silverdale which I live near. The Bela doesn't flow near the village and is a smaller river than depicted here. The Kent is bigger but is not road-bridged downstream of Levens Bridge, which this is not. Roofs hereabouts were of slate until very recently - the same would apply to the Staffs Silverdale I think.
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Re: Where might this be?
« Reply #44 on: Sunday 09 April 17 10:35 BST (UK) »
That's what the painting looked like when i saw it Rosinish - Framwellgate Bridge next to Durham Cathedral - there is a church in that general direction but doesn't look like the one in the painting