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Henry George Hine
Gypsies Around a Camp Fire - British art Victorian painting pastoral landscape

1869

About the Item

A vibrant Victorian watercolour which is signed and dated 1869 by Henry George Hine RI. A lovely scene around the camp fire with gypsies such as the man smoking and the laundry hung up to dry. Housed in its original frame with original mount. Signed left and dated with further signature right. Provenance. Private purchase and fresh to market. Condition. Watercolour on paper, image size 18 inches by 10 inches approx. in good condition with vibrant colour. Housed in original gilt frame 26 by 18 inches framed and in good condition behind glass. Henry George Hine RI (1811-1895) was the Brighton-born son of a coachman. Hine taught himself by copying the work of A. V. Copley Fielding. He spent some years painting before becoming apprenticed to the engraver Henry Meyer in London. Thereafter he spent two years in Rouen and in 1841 became employed as a wood engraver. From 1841 to 1844 he drew for Punch and, afterwards, for rival publications, including the Illustrated London News. Hine had begun to exhibit landscapes in 1830, but it was not until 1863 that he was elected an Associate of the New Watercolour Society [i.e., the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour]. The following year he was elected to full membership and served as Vice President from 1888 until the end of his life. In 1867 the Art Journal wrote: "The landscapes of H. G. Hine are of singular beauty." Throughout his career Hine was noted for the delicacy and subtlety of his work. Collections: British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge University), Leeds City Art Gallery, Manchester City Art Gallery, Sydney Art Gallery, among a number of others. Literature: Benezit, Emmanuel. Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs. (10 vols.) 1976. Brook-Hart, D. British 19th Century Marine Painting. 1974. Clifford, Derek. Collecting English Watercolours. 2d. ed., 1976. Cundall, H.M. History of British Watercolor Painting. 1908, 1929. Dictionary of National Biography. [Great Britain, 1901 ed.] Hardie, Martin. Water-Colour Painting in Britain. 1967. Lambourne, Lionel and Hamilton, Jean, eds. British Watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the National Collection. London 1980. Maas, Jeremy. Victorian Painters. 1969. Mallalieu, Huon. Dictionary of British Watercolor Artists up to 1920. 2d [rev.] ed., 1986. Newall, Christopher. Victorian Watercolors. 1987. Paviere, S.H. A Dictionary of Victorian Landscape Painters. 1968. Wilcox, Scott and Newall, Christopher. Victorian Landscape Watercolors. 1992. Wilton, Andrew and Lyles, Anne. The Great Age of British Watercolors, 1750-1880. London, 1993. Wood, Christopher. Dictionary of Victorian Painters. 2d. rev. ed. 1978.
  • Creator:
    Henry George Hine (1811 - 1895, British)
  • Creation Year:
    1869
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU853113046662
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