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‘Blagdon Milkmaid’ – A Folk Art Prize Winning Dray Horse in his Stable by Fred Thurlby 1911
by Barbara Leigh Folk Art‘Blagdon Milkmaid’ – A Folk Art Prize Winning Dray Horse in his Stable by Fred Thurlby 1911
Circa 1911Product Details
Circa Date : 1911
Materials : Oil Painting
Country of Origin : UK
Designer/ made by : Fred Thurlby
Condition Report : Good.
Size 60 cm H x 75 cm WDescription
‘Blagdon Milkmaid’ A large early 20th century oil on canvas of a prize cart or dray horse in his stable. The painting is inscribed ‘Blagdon Milkmaid’ and is signed lower left F Thurlby 1911. A lovely example of rural folk art where such horses would be seen on a daily basis. Mounted in a fruit wood frame with gold slip. Artist note: In 1901 Fred was ‘a grazier’ living at Woolsthorpe Street, Grantham and by 1911 he was described as an animal painter. He lived until 81 years of age and never married. He was an itinerant painter of prize livestock in and around Lincoln and Grantham and there is a painting of a stallion in the Suffolk Punch Heavy Horse Museum. Dimensions include the frame.
Ref: 124
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Antique 19th Century Painting of Game Birds
by French LoftAntique 19th Century Painting of Game Birds
Circa 1890Product Details
Circa Date : 1890
Materials : Oil Painting
Country of Origin : France
Condition Report : Slight damage to canvas.
Size 68 cm H x 59 cm WDescription
19th Century painting of game birds. Oil on canvas, slight damage to the canvas. Frame in perfect condition.
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Antique 19th Century Watercolor of Young Boy with Hat
by AeologyAntique 19th Century Watercolor of Young Boy with Hat
Circa 1882Product Details
Circa Date : 1882
Materials : Water Colour
Country of Origin : FranceDescription
A framed Water-Color and Gouache Portrait Painting from France of a Young Boy wearing a big hat.
The painting came from the Acadamie Colarossi in Paris see label on reverse, which was a school of painting and sculpture founded in 1872 by the Italian sculptor Fillippo Colarossi at no. 10 rue de la Grande Chaumiere, where students painted and sculpted from live models.
The painting which dates from about 1882 has MS monogram signature bottom right, and is in its original gilded frame, now with a small amount of wear and damage.
The boy has a rather endearing dreamy quality.
Classed as French School
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Billy the Rat Catcher, English Folk Art School, Early 19th Century
by Barbara Leigh Folk ArtBilly the Rat Catcher, English Folk Art School, Early 19th Century
Circa 1825Product Details
Circa Date : 1825
Country of Origin : UK
Condition Report : Good.
Size 66 cm H x 79 cm W x cmDescription
Billy the Rat Catcher, English school, early 19th century Oil on thick mahogany panel. With old labels on the reverse: Henry Alken (1785-1851), “Billy the celebrated rat-killing dog, performing his wonderful feat of killing 100 rats in 5½ minutes, April 13th. 1823” Signed lower left H Alken, in the darkest area of the pit, lower LHS. A large and wonderful evocation of the Westminster Pit in the early 19th century. A good draftsman, the painter captures brilliantly the animated atmosphere of the pit, the cross section of society from which the ‘punters’ were drawn and the panic of the rats! Thinly painted in the main, the dark ground shines through in places, catching the candle light from above. Was this the painting from which the engravings we see were taken? Henry Thomas Alken (12 October 1785 – 7 April 1851), was an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. His most prolific period of painting and drawing occurred between 1816 and 1831. He was also a member of an acclaimed family of seven sporting artists, all of whom have similar Christian names – very confusing! Nimrod’s Life of a Sportsman, with 32 etchings by Alken, was published by Ackermann in 1842. In many of his etchings, Alken explored the comic side of riding and satirized the foibles of aristocrats, much in the tradition of other early 19th century caricaturists such as Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray. He is also known to have created engravings of bull baiting, prize fighters and other what we would now consider dubious – at the very least – sporting pursuits. Images very similar in detail to this painting can be found easily on the internet, and prints/engravings of this subject continue to sell for good sums. Period gilt frame with historic repairs. Dimensions include the frame.
Ref: 117
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Bryan De Grineau The Land Speed Record Gouache, signed, dated 1927
by Darnley Fine ArtBryan De Grineau
1883 – 1957The Land Speed Record
Gouache, signed, dated 1927 lower left and stamped lower right
Image size: 14 x 15 1/4 inches
Hand made Art Deco frameThe Sunbeam 1000 HP Mystery, is a land speed record-breaking car built by the Sunbeam car company of Wolverhampton that was powered by two aircraft engines.
It was the first car to travel at over 200 mph. The car's last run was a demonstration circuit at Brooklands, running at slow speed on only one engine. It is today on display at the Heritage Motor Center at Gaydon, having been presented to the National Motor Museum by Sunbeam in 1958
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Folk Art Cat Collage: Cats on the Rooftops at Lambeth on the River Thames
by Barbara Leigh Folk ArtFolk Art Cat Collage: Cats on the Rooftops at Lambeth on the River Thames
Circa 1880Product Details
Circa Date : 1880
Country of Origin : uk
Condition Report : Great.
Size 40 cm H x 48 cm WDescription
Wonderful mid-19th century collage, hand painted in watercolours, of three playful street cats perched upon the roof tops with a birds-eye view of the Thames and Lambeth Palace. With wonderful detail of river life. The foreground of the picture is hand painted and skilfully constructed to create a 3D effect, the background, a hand coloured etching of the Thames and Lambeth Palace. Excellent condition. Sight: 14. ½ ” x 12” (37 cm x 30cm) Frame: 18 ¾” ” x 16” (48cm x 40cm) £ 350.00
Ref: 199
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J. A. Harington Bird The Drinking Well Oil on Canvas – POA
by Darnley Fine ArtJ. A. Harington
1846 – 1936
The Drinking Well
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Image size: 16 x 24 ½ inches (40.5 x 62.5 cm)
Hand made Orientalist gilt frameHarington Bird was a painter of animals, often in watercolour. Born on 23rd May 1846, he was destined for the Army but took up painting instead. He studied at The Royal Academy Schools and in 1870, aged 24, exhibited his first picture there. A second Royal Academy exhibit, ‘On Sufferance’, followed in 1874 before Bird set off for Montreal, Canada, where he became an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy, but in 1885, after a ten year absence, he returned to England.
Once back, Bird resumed his Academy career and seems also to have been engaged in commissions, painting prominent English racehorses of the time. Around the turn of the century, Bird started to concentrate on the Arab horse, and probably visited North Africa to study this noble animal in its natural environment.
On the whole, Bird painted the Arabian horse in watercolour and achieved remarkable effects in this medium, capturing in particular the sheen of the horses’ coats and the dust of the desert.
Bird’s meticulous attention to equine anatomy and skill as an artist make him the leading horse painter of the Orientalist movement. His work is to be found in many prominent collections, including The Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace.
This painting is a rare oil, as he mainly painted in watercolour. The horses are depicted in profile, with the classical grace of a horse on the Parthenon frieze or a Stubbs. The pose conveys their elegant configuration, fine musculature and glossy coats. The desert setting is painted more broadly, as a strong backdrop in beautiful tones of blue with flecks of gold on the sunlit sky, so as not to detract from the visual impact of the powerful horses.
The coats of the three horses draw the viewer in to these magnificent animals. Two of the main reasons western artists travelled to the Middle East was for the strong light and the brilliant colours, both of which Bird uses to full effect in this scene.
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Norman Wilkinson CBE PRI Rhuddlan Castle Oil on Canvas – POA
by Darnley Fine ArtNorman Wilkinson CBE PRI
1878 – 1971
RHUDDLAN CASTLE
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Image size: 30 x 45 inches (76 x 114 cm)
Hand made frameProvenance
Commissioned by London, Midland & Scottish Railway 1929
Private CollectionSir Norman Wilkinson was a successful marine painter and illustrator. He was also responsible for developing the concept of “dazzle camouflage” for British warships during the First World War. But it was as a poster artist that he reached his highest artistic level.
In 1905, Wilkinson was commissioned by the London and North Western Railways to produce a poster advertising their rail/steam link to Ireland. Recognising the opportunity to create a new approach to railway poster design, he depicted the product as just one element of a broader landscape. It was the first time this had been done and its revolutionary concept was an important influence in the development of the pictorial poster.
He went on to organise the celebrated commissioning of poster designs from members of the Royal Academy for the London Midland and Scottish Railway company in the 1920s. Wilkinson believed that art should play an important part in advertising. His posters were well-planned and executed in broad tones of colour with a skilful use of black to strengthen the design. He was, in his words, “the father and mother of the artistic poster on English railway stations”
Rhuddlan Castle is a castle located in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. It was erected by Edward I in 1277 following the First Welsh War. A popular tourist destination, it was ideal to use as a lure for people to travel to for their holidays.
Wilkinson brings into the painting simplicity of the forms and the use of regular shapes, which clearly defined by light recalls paintings by the Renaissance artists. Using broad areas of colour the work depicts an overall pictorial coherence and makes sense in terms of paint of the light and movement in the landscape. The public were amazed on seeing these new works as Wilkinson was breaking new ground in his style of painting.
The light breaks across the field in front of the castle, almost highlighting its importance in the landscape. Brilliantly atmospheric, the large clouds and reflections in the water set up a tension between the illusion of space and depth. Adding the cattle to the painting helps to give a sense of scale to the landscape and dashes of colour.
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Painting of a Young Man On Panel
by Robert BarleyPainting of a Young Man On Panel
Description
Painting of a Young Man On Panel.
Sadly unsigned.
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Signed Antique Pastel Painting of Girl in White Dress- French Circa 1898
by AeologySigned Antique Pastel Painting of Girl in White Dress- French Circa 1898
Circa 1898Product Details
Circa Date : 1898
Materials : Drawing
Country of Origin : France
Designer/ made by : Dufour (1898)
Condition Report : Very Good.Description
An attractive original painting in pastels of a Young Girl wearing a white dress. Signed Dufour 1898 the elegantly framed painting from France is set behind glass.
The girl has a slight stigmatism in one eye giving her an endearing quality. Born around 1890, she could be your great great grandmother !
Measures 34 inches high x 29 wide.
In very good condition.
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