Thomas James Soper, Rural Landscape With River & Distant Church Summer which perhaps suggests that the

which perhaps suggests that the artist knew the sitter

8½” x 9½” / 21cm x 24cm

He’s dressed smartly in a frock coat with a white shirt and black necktie

a snow-covered track winds its way towards two farm buildings past trees and a dry stone wall

Thomas James Soper, Rural Landscape With River & Distant Church Summer which perhaps suggests that theA charming Victorian oil on canvas by the ever popular painter, Thomas James Soper (1836 1890). Its a beautiful example of traditional British landscape painting from the mid 19th century. On the left of the composition, we see a boy walking alongside a donkey, perhaps returning home. Hes turning his head to look across the river towards a distant church and several grazing cows. The brow of a substantial hill is visible on the horizon. Soper was