Francis Wheatley Figures & Cattle By A Lake Old 1795 RA Art Painting Postcard

ABIZRA250 This is a beautiful undated but modern published official postcard from Londons Royal Academy Of Arts for this historic 195 painting by Francis Wheatley of Figures & Cattle By A Lake with artist details, dates, dimensions etc & Royal Academy Of Arts logo on reverse being the official souvenir from when exhibited unused and mint. 

Executed with a delicate pencil and watercolour on paper technique, this idyllic landscape relies on a sweeping, asymmetric country view balanced by a harmonious palette of soft woodland greens, subtle earth tones, and pale sky blues that radiate a mood of pastoral tranquility. The detailed layout coordinates a serene gathering of rustic figures resting and talking in the foreground alongside horned cattle drinking at the glassy edge of a vast, unruffled lake. Hand-drawn by the artist in 1795, Figures and Cattle by a Lake represents a quintessential example of late eighteenth-century British picturesque art and is beautifully preserved in the historic permanent collection of the Royal Academy of Arts.