Charles James Lewis, A Voyage of Discovery – Late 19th-century watercolour

Charles James Lewis A Voyage of Discovery

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An original mid-19th-century watercolour painting, Charles James Lewis, A Voyage of Discovery.

This pretty small watercolour shows a cherubic boy setting sail in a makeshift boat with a mountainous horizon behind. Titled 'A Voyage of Discovery', the dramatic skies and landscape give the image a mythical, metaphorical air—the child, playful and courageous, setting sail on the sea of life.

We acquired this watercolour as part of our collection titled Armenia & Turkey in the Mid-19th-century: Watercolours from the Circle of Elijah Walton.

In watercolour with white bodycolour highlights.

Charles James Lewis (1830–1892)

Charles James Lewis (1830–1892) was a prolific and very popular painter of rustic genre scenes and landscapes. His work in watercolour was most highly regarded and in 1882 he was elected a member of the Institute of Painters in Water-Colours. He also became a member of the Institute of Painters in Oil Colours. He was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists and the British Institution. He was born, lived and died in Chelsea, London.