Water-colour painting entitled Rydal Water, of the Lake District (circa 1870).
Dimesnions:
Frame width - 13.5"
Frame height - 10"
Painting width - 8.5"
Painting height - 5"
 
This watercolour is part of an unsigned collection of 25 catalogued paintings dating back to circa 1874. Within this collection was one hand-coloured lithograph, signed by the The Reverend Busteed Ashley.
 
The Reverend Busteed Ashley (1811-1898) was the Vicar of Wooburn. He was a  polymath, architect, artist, historian, engineer and cartographer. The Reverend Ashley was known to undertake painting expeditions to British beauty sites including the Lake District, Snowdonia and Perthshire.