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Painting of a man pushing a wooden lock gate beside a sailing boat, under dramatic clouds with a distant church tower.

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A painted river landscape shows a wooden lock with a man leaning on a gate beside a sailing boat moored at the water's edge. Dramatic storm clouds part to let sunlight fall across the fields, with willow trees on the right and a distant church tower on the horizon.

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Date

1826

Medium

Print

Museum

Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

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