Fingle Bridge
William Widgery was born in North Molton where his father was a farm labourer. He came to Exeter as a young man and at first worked as a builder. In his spare time he copied paintings by famous Victorian artists such as Sir Edwin Landseer. Dartmoor was his major inspiration, especially the area around Lydford where in 1880 he built a house and studio.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 46/1922/1
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- Fingle Bridge
- Simple Name
- painting
- Inscription Transcription
- W Widgery
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- William
- Production Person Surname
- Widgery
- Production Year Low
- 1860
- Production Year High
- 1890
