Subject

John Samuel Raven (1829-1877)

Sheep in a Storm

Oil on panel; signed and inscribed 'To J.W. Lea', labelled with inscription 'Sheep in a Storm/ this picture is the property of HM Raven/ Broadstairs, Trustee to the Raven Collection/ & is loaned to Mrs Holliday/ Oak Tree House, Branch Hill/ Hampstead'

4 ¾ x 7 ½ inches

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Provenance

J W Lea

HM Raven

Mrs Kate Holiday (the artist's sister)

Raven was the son of the Reverend Thomas Raven, a talented amateur painter in the manner of Constable and Old Crome. He was devout, and whilst his early paintings were Pre-Raphaelite, and are much celebrated today, his later work had a mystical character. This visionary sketch was gifted to a Tractarian friend, John Walter Lea (1827-1888). It is freighted with atmosphere. A fiery sun sets in a turbulent sky above a meadow, where a flock of sheep graze around an ancient Dartmoor Cross. These were put up across the bleak moor by monks to keep travellers from getting lost.

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