Alfred De Breanski RBA, Aberglaslyn, North Wales people It’s titled ‘Surprised Bandits’ and

It’s titled ‘Surprised Bandits’ and probably inspired by the popularity of Western films in the early 20th century

the earth is raised

and his circle of friends included the Lake poets

dated and inscribed in the lower right and held in a gilt frame

Perhaps he stayed here awhile on a rural excursion

Alfred De Breanski RBA, Aberglaslyn, North Wales people It’s titled ‘Surprised Bandits’ andThis glorious late 19th century Welsh landscape painting by English artist Alfred de Breanski RBA (1852 1928) depicts the rugged beauty of Aberglaslyn in North Wales at the close of day, when the last warmth of sunlight catches the mountains and turns the river below into a shimmering ribbon of reflected gold. The work is a particularly fine example. The intelligent composition draws the eye into the valley through the rushing river, which threads its