19th Century Landscape Oil Painting of Wales Snowdon Mountain Rainbow by Charles Leslie

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Adorn your space with this huge Traditional British 1 stunning Victorian-era oil painting of the Snowdon Mountain Range by Charles … Read more Adorn your space with this huge Traditional British 1 stunning Victorian-era oil painting of the Snowdon Mountain Range by Charles Leslie 1839-1886. With the frame measuring an impressive 140 cm wide & 89.5 cm in high, this artwork showcases Leslie's mastery of landscape painting with its captivating detail and accurate representation of the majestic Welsh mountain range. Own a piece of art history with this unique piece.
Subject Welsh landscape view of the Snowdon mountain range with lakeland.
Oil on canvas.
Title "A Summer Shower Passing Over The Snowdon Range".
The hue shade colors are wonderful with grays, light blue shades, hints of green, white and browns so beautiful.
Having such incredible perspective, which is so breathtaking your focus is first drawn to the arched rainbow that is overhead reaching to the clouds above, with the beautiful mountain range in the background with hills either side, in the foreground beautiful view of the lakeland area with bird sflying overhead. To the right you can see 2 figures standing on the grassland a father and son by the shoreline who are fishing, the father is wearing a hat & holding the fishing rod, with trees behind and large stone boulders behind them.
Impressive huge size with the frame being 140cm wide and 89.5cm high.
Signed by the famous listed artist Charles Leslie bottom left in red and dated 1878 also having the artist brass name plaque at the base showing title.
This is one of his very fine works.
Snowdon (/ˈsnoʊdən/; Welsh: Yr Wyddfa, pronounced [ər ˈʊɨ̯ðva]) is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands. It is located in Snowdonia National Park.
Charles Leslie should not be confused with another painter Charles Robert Leslie, RA, who was the father of George Dunlop Leslie, RA. Charles Leslie was one of the first Victorian landscape artists to show scenes of Scottish & Welsh moorlands, and he became the better known painters of landscape themes. Charles Leslie landscapes often show stark mountains in the background towering over still waters with open skies above.
Leslie exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, the Suffolk Street Gallery of the Society of British Artists, & exhibited in other known Victorian art venues also. He died of liver disease at the age of 46 on 9 September 1886 at Mitcham Road Tooting near Wandsworth, Surrey. British museums have examples of his work like the National Library of Wales, the Royal Holloway Museum at the University of London and the Victoria Museum and Gallery in Liverpool. One of his landscapes is also on view at the Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Sources Graves, Algernon (1884). Dictionary of artists who have exhibited works in the principal London exhibitions from 1760–1893. George Bell & Sons, London. 265 p. Graves, Algernon (1905). Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769–1904. London: George Bell & Sons. 8 vol. C.Wood, Dictionary of British Art, Vol IV, Victorian Painters, E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessineurs et Graveurs. Paintings by Charles Leslie in British Museums UK.
Provenance fine art label verso.
Circa late 19th century dated 1878.
Such a delightful scene to the eye a great conversation piece.
Highly sought after due to the collectible nature of subject matter such elaborate detail.
With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home wall display.
Incredible conversation piece for your guests.
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Condition report.
Offered in fine used condition.
Front painting surface in good overall order. Some paint loss in places & scuffs craquelure also foxing the canvas has been relined on the back. Set in fine impressive huge gilt frame which has general wear, various repairs and losses, cracking, scratches to the frame in places commensurate with usage & old age.
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Dimensions in centimetres of the frame approximate

High (89.5cm)
Wide (140cm)
Depth thickness of frame (6cm) See less