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57. William Lionel Wyllie, 1851-1931

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Description

Barges on the Medway

Oil on canvas; signed, inscribed verso

10 1⁄2 x 18 1⁄2 inches

Additional Description

An oil sketch looking back towards Hoo Lodge, near Chatham, where Wyllie lived from 1885. Recently, in 2014, the woods above the hill were a battlefield between developers who wanted to build 5,000 homes on land owned by the Ministry of Defence and conservationists who wanted to build a sanctuary for the biggest population of nightingales in Britain, already living there. The nightingales won. Wyllie loved the river, which teemed with life, natural and manmade, and provided him with his happiest times, sailing and painting in the open air.