Landscape with Fisherman and Washerwoman

by John Rathbone

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower right, in red paint: J. R. / G Morland

Provenance

Walter T. Fisher, Winnetka, Illinois; given to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1962.

Publications

John Maxon, "Recent Acquisitions," AIC Quarterly 57, 4 (1963/64), n. pag. (ill.). Malcolm Warner, in Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago, Princeton, NJ, 1996, pp. 274-275 (ill.).

Quick Overview

Artist: John Rathbone (English, c. 1750–1807) / George Morland (English, 1763–1804)
Date: 1790–1800
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 30.4 × 40.8 cm (12 × 16 5/16 in.); Framed: 38.1 × 48.3 × 4.5 cm (15 × 19 × 1 3/4 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: oil on panel
Style: 18th Century
Place: England
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Gift of Walter T. Fisher
Accession no.: 1962.968

More by John Rathbone in museum collections

Landscape with Figures Crossing a Bridge
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1790–1800 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000681

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.