Edwin Ellis, Moorland Boats which draws the eye towards

which draws the eye towards the distance

she’s echoing the sentiments of the ‘Biedermeier’ period

He spent the majority of his life in Seasalter

Beside it are two identifiable scientific volumes: ‘Annales de Chimie et de Physique

particularly the 17th-century Dutch painters

Edwin Ellis, Moorland Boats which draws the eye towardsThis late 19th century watercolour by Edwin Ellis (1842 1895) depicts a boggy moorland under a brooding sky. Ellis was an accomplished English watercolourist, known predominantly for landscapes and maritime scenes. Two horses, led by a figure, pull a laden haycart towards a distant farmhouse. The foremost horse, illuminated in white, draws the eye, providing a visual starting point. Overhead, the clouds partially break to reveal the glow of a retiring