Bidspirit auction | Early 20th Century W Baker

Early 20th Century W Baker Watercolour Landscape with Castle Ruin - This early 20th-century watercolour on paper, dated 1911, depicts a romanticised landscape featuring a ruined square tower castle situated on a wooded, rocky promontory overlooking a calm body of water. The work is executed with soft washes and fine brushwork, particularly evident in the foreground reeds and the detailed stonework of the castle. The painting is signed and dated in the lower left corner in brown pigment reading W Baker '1911. It is housed in a multi-stepped cream-coloured mount with gilt-line decoration, set within a gilt wood and gesso frame under glass. No other maker marks, labels, or inscriptions are visible.