{"product_id":"r-j-blesard-glencoe-scotland-from-sketch-by-alphonse-dousseau-original-1832-watercolour-painting-ke-083","title":"R.J. Blesard, Glencoe, Scotland from Sketch by Alphonse Dousseau – 1832 watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1832 watercolour painting – R.J. Blesard, Glencoe, Scotland from Sketch by Alphonse Dousseau.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA superb watercolour, darkly brooding with Romantic imaginative sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artist is believed to be Robert John Blesard (1809–1839) of Woodhouse, Leeds, son of a woollen merchant and descendent of the prominent Quaker Blesard family of Guiseley. This Scottish view is described as being 'From a sketch made on the spot' in 1829 by the French artist Alphonse Dousseau (1796–1876). In the 1820s Dousseau settled in Leeds where he ran a school of art. He undertook extensive tours of Britain and Ireland. Blesard undoubtedly encountered Dousseau's work because of the Leeds connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn watercolour with scratching out to denote the driving rain. On watermarked J Whatman wove paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55696451109193,"sku":"KE-083","price":210.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KE-083.jpg?v=1792671182","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/de\/products\/r-j-blesard-glencoe-scotland-from-sketch-by-alphonse-dousseau-original-1832-watercolour-painting-ke-083","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}