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John Wootton (1686 - 1764) A panoramic English landscape Oil on canvas, unstretched and rolled An extraordinarily rare, enormous, panoramic landscape by John Wootton. The painter is one of the first English artists to paint landscapes for its own sake, while better known for his sporting and equestrian subjects and considered the forerunner to George Stubbs. Here, Wootton explores pure landscape taking his inspiration from the Neo-classicists such as Gaspard Dughet. This particularly rare canvas appears never to have been on a stretcher (possibly because of its vast scale). The paint surface has remained in beautifully untouched condition and although crying out for a clean and a relining, it presents a collector with a unique opportunity to acquire a historically important and beautiful early English landscape painting. Provenance: Collection of John Hall, Charnes and Boughton Estates, North Straffordshire, since circa 1920; Thence by descent Dimensions: 90 in. (H) x 134 in. (W)