Hofjägermeister Thomas Fearnley (only son of the artist) 1841-1927; Shipowner Thomas Fearnley (grandson of the artist), 1880 –1961; By family descent, until 2006
On 2nd August 1837, Fearnley arrived in the Lake District where he was to tour for the next six weeks in the company of his close friend from his Italian travels, the English artist Charles West Cope. From dated and identified sketches we know that at the end of August he painted near Derwent Water and in September he was in Borrowdale, Ullswater and Patterdale before returning to London on 13th September. His Lake District studies, mostly on a small scale, have a freshness of execution and a monochromatic, darkish-green colouring.
