Nº 85
Reading edition
J. H. Wijsmuller DUTCH: 1855-
THE LOCK IN WINTER
Height, 26½ inches; length, 40 inches
A broad canal in the middle distance is closed by a lock with curious windlasses surmounting the piers on either side. On the left is a row of houses in perspective along a road partly covered by snow, and on the right in the foreground is a double brick farmhouse with out-buildings surrounded by tall, leafless trees growing out of the low snow-covered canal bank. The sun has already set, and the glow of evening is concentrated at the horizon, where a few clouds gather, and is, together with the houses, trees and other objects, reflected in the quiet waters of the canal.
Signed at the lower right, J. H. Wijsmuller.