George William Mote (1832-1909)
Middle Hill Under Snow
Oil on canvas; signed, inscribed and dated 1861
14 x 22 inches
£9,500
Literature
Jeremy Maas, Victorian Painters, p 229 (ill)
Mote was a self-taught landscape painter, whose first profession had been that of gardener to Sir Thomas Phillipps, the great manuscript collector, at Middle Hill near Broadway, Worcestershire. His untutored technique, direct and fresh, is based upon meticulous observation.