Red Tarn, Helvellyn by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995)

Red Tarn, Helvellyn by William Heaton Cooper R.I. (1903 - 1995)"On the day when I made this painting I had walked up from the lead mines, crossing the Glenridding Beck by a weir below the buildings, then crossing Red Tarn Beck near a sheepfold and following its left bank to the tarn. The October midday sun was shining across the great mass of Helvellyn, picking out in golden profiles a few crags here and there, but leaving most of this great wall of rock in smoky blue grey shadow" (WHC The Tarns of Lakeland,

About seventy-one per cent of the Earth’s surface is water

Wordsworth wrote these enduring lines about Blea Tarn in his long philosophical poem 'The Excursion' capturing a sense of the unique place it has in people's hearts

7 ins (18cm) when assembled as a brush

greeting cards

The Sable hair has excellent spring

highlighting perfectly the steeper rougher sides of the immense mountainside

well up the breast-across to the W

3 inches (Inner Print: 172 x 172mm / 6

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fine details and decorations as well as Pitt Artist Pens with brush tip for lettering

(WHC – Lakeland Portraits)