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Under The Olives

by William Mark Fisher

oil on canvas
Height: 60.3 cm Width: 82.1 cm

Manchester City Art Galleries

Manchester, UK

Fisher, William Marknotes
A mediterranean landscape scene depicting men, women and children picking olives in a grove. On higher ground to the right, a large house with surrounding walls is visible between the trees. The scene is rich in colour; the ground is lush and green, the sky is blue with hazy clouds.
The Pond, Hadfield Heath, Essex

by William Mark Fisher

about 1900
watercolour on paper
Height: 52.4 cm Width: 61.8 cm

Manchester City Art Galleries

Manchester, UK

Fisher, William Marknotes
Landscape with a pond in the middle ground with trees on each bank. There are cattle on the far bank and a cow to the left.
Mrs. Percival Duxbury and her Daughter

by John Singer Sargent

1918
Oil on canvas
143.5 x 120.7 cm (56 1/2 x 47 1/2 in)

Manchester City Art Galleries

Manchester, UK

Sargent, John Singernotes
Note: Bibliography    Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 581. McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956. Illustration    Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent:...
Horses By A Lock

by William Mark Fisher

oil on canvas
Height: 80.0 cm Width: 131.8 cm

Manchester City Art Galleries

Manchester, UK

Fisher, William Marknotes
A calm landscape scene of a brown and a white horse, both bridled, grazing on a canal path, with a canal and lock to their left. A single figure is standing by the lock beams on the opposite bank, with groups of trees in the background behind him. The canal path tails off into distance to right, into the bright horizon.
Girl Reading

by John Singer Sargent

c. 1900
33.3 x 22.3 cm

Manchester City Art Galleries

Manchester, UK

Sargent, John Singer 
Garden Scene

by William Mark Fisher

about 1890
watercolour
Height: 35.8 cm Width: 51.4 cm

Manchester City Art Galleries

Manchester, UK

Fisher, William Marknotes
Classical style walls and open roof bridged by a tracery covered in climbing vines. Potted plants line the wall. The main wall on view is on the left with a large tree behind it. Suggestion of figures along the passageway wearing long outfits and hats. Blue sky.
Garden Party

by William Mark Fisher

watercolour
Height: 32.8 cm Width: 49.9 cm

Manchester City Art Galleries

Manchester, UK

Fisher, William Marknotes
Garden party scene. Woman standing on the left, wearing green long skirt, opposite her there is a woman with grey skirt seated down. To the right there are pink and red flowers. Group gathering in middle ground. Blue sky.
Cattle In A Meadow

by William Mark Fisher

1861-1920
oil on canvas
Height: 35.5 cm Width: 41.4 cm

Manchester City Art Galleries

Manchester, UK

Fisher, William Marknotes
A flat meadow landscape with group of tall dark trees in background to right and high cloudy sky. Cows are scattered about meadow grazing: two in the foregrond to the left, one standing, one lying down. A group of sheep are lying on the grass to the right.
Cattle

by William Mark Fisher

oil on canvas
Height: 62.1 cm Width: 77.8 cm

Manchester City Art Galleries

Manchester, UK

Fisher, William Marknotes
A group of three orange cows are standing feeding beneath a shelter with a thatched roof. There are trees behind the shelter and more extending beyond to the left, and their bright greens against the bright blue sky give an almost exotic impression of the sunlight. Sunlight also catches on the white back of central cow giving off a sudden bright...
At Widdington, Suffolk

by William Mark Fisher

about 1875
watercolour
Height: 31.2 cm Width: 45.6 cm

Manchester City Art Galleries

Manchester, UK

Fisher, William Marknotes
Landscape featuring a leafy glade. There is an expanse of water in the background, with blue hills beyond. The foreground has a group of leafy trees with grassy and flowery ground beneath them. A group of figures are circling a tree to the left.
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