Lovely pair of atmospheric original watercolours by listed artist William Richard Lavender, painted around 1910, showing two views of Rydal Water, the Lake District, in Cumbria.

Signed lower left and inscribed on original back board 'Rydal Water'

Good condition throughout, some slight foxing in the sky area on one painting- hard to see but please check the photos. 

Later matching gilt wood frames with single line mounts in good condition - some small nicks on the frames.

Image 24cm x 34.5cm, frame 42cm x  53cm for both.

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William Richard Lavender 1877 – 1915

English landscape and figure painter in Watercolours and Oils who lived in Southport, Lancashire.

Lavender died at the age of 38 years, probably serving in The First World War and little else is known of him, other than his pre-war exhibition record.

Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham, 2 works

Manchester City Art Gallery, 1 work

The Royal Academy, 4 works

The Royal Cambrian Academy, 1 work

Rydal Water is a small body of water in the central part of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is located near the hamlet of Rydal, between Grasmere and Ambleside in the Rothay Valley.

The lake is 1,290 yards (1.18 km) long and varies in width up to a maximum of 380 yards (350m), covering an area of 0.12 mi² (0.31 km²). It has a maximum depth of 65 ft (17m) and an elevation above sea level of 177 ft (54m). The lake is both supplied and drained by the river Rothay, which flows from Grasmere upstream and towards Windermere downstream.

The waters of the southern half of the lake are leased by the Lowther Estate to the National Trust, whilst those of the northern half belong to the estate of Rydal Hall. Numerous walks are possible in the surrounding hills, as well as a walk around the lake itself, which takes in Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount, both homes to William Wordsworth, and Rydal Cave, a former quarry working. At the western end of the lake, steps lead to Wordsworth's Seat, which is considered to have been Wordsworth's favourite viewpoint in the Lake District.

White Moss House, at the northern end of the lake, is believed to be the only house that Wordsworth ever bought. He bought it for his son Willie, and the family lived there until the 1930s. Nab Cottage overlooks the lake and it was once home to Thomas de Quincey and Hartley Coleridge, the son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Close by is the historic Rydal Hall.