An Old Forge near Ambleside (1864)
by
Henry John Boddington
(1811-1865)
Boddington was an English painter, primarily of landscapes; he was from a family of painters and engravers, and when he married took his wife's surname, Boddington (his birth name was Henry John Williams), in order to distinguish himself from his four brothers, all of whom were also painters, and other artistic members of his family. (The "Williams" name was so widely known in artistic circles in England that another, unrelated painter, Benjamin Leader Williams, would later swap his middle and surnames, painting as Benjamin Williams Leader, in order to avoid confusion.) He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), a competitor to the more established and prestigious Royal Academy.
This picture is also known as Figures watering a horse beside a country road.
The low level of detail makes it impossible to say for certain, but the dog depicted here just may be a Newfoundland:
