Sidney Yates Johnson, Ben Nevis From The River Gentlemen who is seemingly desperate for

who is seemingly desperate for attention

Notting Hill

A few minor losses and some scuffing around the edges

and ultimately

The painting was created on paper and it seems that it’s been saved at some point by attaching it to board

Sidney Yates Johnson, Ben Nevis From The River Gentlemen who is seemingly desperate forThis atmospheric early 20th century oil painting by British artist Sidney Yates Johnson (1861 after 1936) depicts Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain, rising beyond the tranquil waters of a broad river. In the foreground, reeds bend gently along the water's edge while a shepherd tends sheep amongst autumnal grasses. Johnson's treatment of atmosphere is particularly effective. The mountain itself appears softened by distance, its slopes