Lot 405: William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932) Top of the

William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932) Top of the Moor, Misty Evening, Coniston Old Man" Signed and dated 1912 watercolour 25cm by 35.5cm William Gershom Collingwood MA, FSA. Educated at Liverpool College and University College Oxford and met Ruskin in 1872. He studied painting at the Slade School under Legros and set up a studio in London. Known as WG. He was late president Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian Society and late President Lake Artists Society. Married Edith Mary in 1883 (she died 1928). His address was Lane Head Coniston Lancashire."