🖼️ Signed Alfred Wainwright Lake District Ink Art Low Fell Cumbria Framed

🖼️ Signed Alfred Wainwright Lake District Ink Art Low Fell Cumbria Framed 

🔎 Historic English Landscape | ✍️ Signed by A. Wainwright | 💎 Collectible Original | 🖤 Elegantly Framed | 🏞️ Cumbria, Lake District

🎨 Subject & Medium

• Subject: Striking hand-drawn landscape of Low Fell, a beloved feature of the Lake District in Cumbria, England

• Medium: Original pen & ink drawing on paper

• Date: Circa 1980's – Late-20th Century

🏞️ Composition & Technique

This highly detailed work showcases Alfred Wainwright’s renowned style, capturing both the topography and the quiet spirit of the Cumbrian countryside. The illustration presents a wide, panoramic view of Low Fell, gracefully rising above the surrounding farmland and rolling fields, bordered to the north by Fellbarrow and overlooking Loweswater to the south.

Executed in precise black pen and ink, the drawing uses line weight, shading, and subtle cross-hatching to build depth, structure, and mood. There’s an architectural discipline in his strokes, yet they breathe with natural rhythm — suggesting a landscape both carefully observed and deeply cherished. The absence of color emphasizes the strength of form and contrast, allowing the viewer to focus fully on the beauty of the contours and textures.

The foreground is a tapestry of enclosures, stone walls, and trees, progressing naturally to the fell itself, whose steep flanks rise confidently. The sky, soft and clouded with loosely rendered shading, adds atmosphere and balances the landscape’s grounded weight. The entire composition feels quiet, expansive, and deeply contemplative — typical of Wainwright’s mapmaker-meets-artist style. It's not just a landscape: it’s an intimate portrait of place, created by someone who knew every footpath and fell from firsthand experience.

✍️ Signed

• Signed in the bottom right corner: “A. Wainwright”

• Inscribed in the artist’s hand lower left: “Low Fell”

🧑🎨 About the Artist

Alfred Wainwright MBE (1907–1991) was one of Britain’s most respected guidebook authors, illustrators, and fellwalkers. His meticulous and heartfelt Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells have sold over 2 million copies and remain treasured by walkers to this day.

Wainwright’s love for the Lake District was life-defining. His guides, drawn entirely by hand, are part reference book, part artistic tribute. He also created the Coast to Coast Walk, now one of the UK’s best-loved long-distance trails. His works continue to be exhibited and sold worldwide, with top prices exceeding $12,000 USD.

🖤 Frame

• Mounted with a recent crisp white border mat

• Framed in a Larson Juhl Baroque-style black lacquered Radiata Pine moulding

• Fitted with AR70 museum-quality glass for crystal-clear viewing and UV protection

• A frame that complements the work’s sophistication while preserving its legacy

📏 Size

• Overall Frame Dimensions:
  Height: 47.2 cm
  Width: 52 cm
  Depth: 5.5 cm

• A perfect display piece for a study, gallery wall, or collector’s cabinet

🏷️ Provenance

• Sourced from a private shire collection in Cumbria

• Accompanied by provenance label from Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd

• A truly authentic, original work by a historically significant British artist

❤️ Why You’ll Love It

✅ A signed, original Wainwright drawing — incredibly rare and deeply collectible
✅ Captures the beauty, peace, and personality of the Lake District
✅ A work of both artistic and historic value
✅ Expertly framed, protected, and ready to hang
✅ A stunning and meaningful addition to any art or nature-lover’s collection

🔍 Condition

• Artwork: Excellent for its age; minimal foxing in places adds vintage character

• Frame: Beautiful handmade condition with light natural imperfections consistent with craftsmanship and age

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