Wooded Landscape - Sepia Wash Attributed to Edward Hargitt - 19th Century

Sepia wash with touches of white on paper: a clearing among trees opening onto an estuary, the distance barely suggested and the foreground laid in with broad brushstrokes. Freely handled work, of the kind a landscape painter made from nature. Attributed to the Scottish painter Edward Hargitt.

Edward Hargitt (Edinburgh, 1835 - London, 1895) was a landscape painter and member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours as well as a respected ornithologist; he worked mainly on English and Scottish landscape in watercolor.

Medium: Sepia and lead white wash on paper.
Artist / after: Attributed to Edward Hargitt (1835-1895).
Date: 19th century.
Dimensions: 15.4 x 10.9 in (39 x 27.7 cm).
Condition: Paper toned, with wear and small losses at the edges; on the reverse, mounting residue and the inventory number.