{"product_id":"oil-landscape-over-borrowdale-view-towards-glaramara-by-stephen-enoch-hogley","title":"Oil Landscape Over Borrowdale View Towards Glaramara by Stephen Enoch Hogley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Enoch Hogley (1842-1927)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGolden Afternoon Light Over Borrowdale, Cumberland, circa 1880\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSigned Victorian Lake District Oil Painting with Cattle and Figure Atmospheric Mountain Landscape with Possible View Towards Glaramara\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighlights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Original Victorian oil on canvas\u003cbr\u003e• Signed with the artist's initials\u003cbr\u003e• Titled \"Borrowdale, Cumberland\" on a label verso\u003cbr\u003e• Depicts Borrowdale, Cumberland, within the English Lake District\u003cbr\u003e• Circa 1880\u003cbr\u003e• Atmospheric golden afternoon light\u003cbr\u003e• Farmer and cattle within a peaceful pastoral landscape\u003cbr\u003e• Rich palette of golden ochres, olive and forest greens, earthy browns and russet tones\u003cbr\u003e• Cooler blue-grey and muted violet tones across the distant fells\u003cbr\u003e• Varied descriptive and atmospheric Victorian brushwork\u003cbr\u003e• Dramatic mountainous Borrowdale backdrop\u003cbr\u003e• Prominent fell possibly representing Glaramara or part of the Glaramara massif\u003cbr\u003e• G. Rowney \u0026amp; Co., London stamp to reverse of canvas\u003cbr\u003e• Original ornate Victorian gilt frame\u003cbr\u003e• Private Southern UK collection\u003cbr\u003e• Previously sold through Parker Fine Art Auctions Ltd\u003cbr\u003e• Privately loaned and exhibited with the Famous Lord Hill Museum\u003cbr\u003e• Curated and presented by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD®\u003cbr\u003e• Supplied with a Certificate of Sale \u0026amp; Dealer Attribution\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn atmospheric signed Victorian landscape by \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Enoch Hogley (1842-1927)\u003c\/strong\u003e depicting Borrowdale, Cumberland, within the English Lake District.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDating to circa 1880, the painting presents a peaceful pastoral scene illuminated by warm afternoon light. A farmer and his cattle follow a winding path through the foreground while wooded slopes, water and distant mountains extend through the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe palette is particularly attractive, combining warm golden ochres and sunlit greens with deeper olive and forest greens, earthy browns and russet tones. These warmer colours contrast with cooler blue-grey and muted violet tones across the distant fells, while soft cream and pale blue passages within the cloud-streaked sky introduce additional light and contrast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe transition from richer, warmer colours in the foreground to softer, cooler tones in the distance contributes significantly to the painting's atmospheric depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHogley's brushwork is similarly responsive to the landscape. More descriptive touches define the foreground vegetation, cattle and figure before the handling becomes broader and freer through the middle distance and increasingly soft across the distant mountains and sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist: Stephen Enoch Hogley (1842-1927)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle: Borrowdale, Cumberland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDate: Circa 1880\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium: Oil on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Victorian Landscape\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignature: Signed with the artist's initials\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInscription: Titled \"Borrowdale, Cumberland\" on a label verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanvas Dimensions: 35.5 cm high x 45.7 cm wide (14 x 18 inches)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed Dimensions: 46.5 cm high x 56.5 cm wide x 3.5 cm deep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrame: Original ornate Victorian gilt frame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReverse: G. Rowney \u0026amp; Co., London stamp to canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe farmer and cattle within the foreground provide scale, movement and a quiet narrative element within the expansive landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA winding path leads through the foreground towards the valley, where pasture, woodland and water establish successive layers of depth before rising towards the distant fells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHogley's handling changes noticeably according to distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe foreground is more deliberately articulated, with shorter and more descriptive brushstrokes defining vegetation, the winding path, cattle and figure. Through the middle distance the brushwork becomes broader and freer, allowing areas of pasture and woodland to merge naturally into the wider landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe distant fells are treated more softly, with broader and increasingly blended passages of blue-grey, green and muted violet. The loosely worked cloud formations above complement this softer treatment and reinforce the sense of atmospheric recession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm golden sunlight selectively illuminates parts of the landscape, creating a contrast between sunlit pasture and areas of deeper woodland and mountain shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf particular topographical interest is the substantial fell rising within the mountainous backdrop. Its appearance and relationship to the surrounding Borrowdale landscape suggest that it may represent \u003cstrong\u003eGlaramara or part of the Glaramara massif\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis identification remains provisional rather than definitive. Victorian landscape painters could adjust viewpoints, proportions and topographical relationships for compositional effect, and the precise viewpoint represented by Hogley has not been conclusively established.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wider identification as Borrowdale is supported by the surviving verso label recording \"Borrowdale, Cumberland\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorrowdale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorrowdale is one of the Lake District's most celebrated landscapes, extending southwards from Derwentwater towards the mountainous heart of Cumbria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe valley's combination of pasture, woodland, water and dramatic fells made it a natural subject for nineteenth-century British landscape painters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe possible identification of the prominent mountain as Glaramara or part of the Glaramara massif adds an interesting topographical dimension to the painting, although the individual fell identification remains provisional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHogley's composition captures Borrowdale in a particularly peaceful and romantic manner, balancing the intimate rural presence of the farmer and cattle with the much greater scale of the surrounding mountain scenery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Enoch Hogley (1842-1927) was a British landscape painter closely associated with Yorkshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn at Almondbury near Huddersfield in 1842, Hogley was apprenticed to Peace Sykes and studied drawing at the Holmfirth Mechanics' Institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe subsequently pursued a career principally devoted to landscape painting in oils and watercolours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHogley's work frequently incorporates hills, lakes, cattle and rural figures, with particular attention given to atmospheric conditions and warm natural light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was associated with the Yorkshire Union of Artists and became a council member in 1895. His recorded exhibition history includes works shown at Manchester City Art Gallery and the Royal Society of British Artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present painting is characteristic of this approach, combining pastoral subject matter, mountainous scenery, varied brushwork and carefully observed effects of natural light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG. Rowney \u0026amp; Co., London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse of the canvas bears a \u003cstrong\u003eG. Rowney \u0026amp; Co., London\u003c\/strong\u003e stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eG. Rowney \u0026amp; Co. was an established London manufacturer and supplier of artists' materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mark is therefore recorded as an \u003cstrong\u003eartists' materials supplier or canvas-related manufacturer's mark associated with the support\u003c\/strong\u003e, rather than as an ownership or provenance mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surviving stamp forms part of the physical and material history of the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivate Southern UK collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreviously sold through Parker Fine Art Auctions Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivately loaned and exhibited with the Famous Lord Hill Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubsequently curated and presented by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD®.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamous Lord Hill Museum, private loan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanvas:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e35.5 cm high x 45.7 cm wide\u003cbr\u003e14 inches high x 18 inches wide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFramed:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e46.5 cm high x 56.5 cm wide x 3.5 cm deep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFair antique condition consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight craquelure, foxing and age-related marks are present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original gilt frame remains structurally sound with minor scuffs, wear and areas of overpainting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease examine all photographs carefully as they form an integral part of the condition report.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorldwide shipping is available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting will be professionally packed with appropriate consideration given to the historically relined canvas and decorative gilt frame. 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