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The Gossip - Scottish 19thC art Victorian oil painting young romantic couple

1868

This superb large exhibited British Victorian oil painting is by noted artist Thomas Falcon Marshall. Painted in 1849 it was exhibited at the Royal Academy London that year. This lar...

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A fine portrait oil on canvas by noted British Staithes listed artist Ernest Higgins Rigg. It is a super Edwardian portrait of Enid Richards and was painted at Govilon in Wales in 1...

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‘The Pet Bullfinch’ James Sant CVO RA (1820-1916) oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) James Sant was a well known Victorian painter particularly of women and children, as both portraits are allegorical subjects, i.e. a painting that can be interpreted to have a hidden meaning, often political or moral. Sant exhibited at the Royal Academy and in 1871 was appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary by Queen Victoria, having painted many portraits of the Royal children. One of his most famous being that of Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice...

Portrait of a Child European School, early 20th century oil on canvas, framed frame: 21 x 18 inches canvas: 15 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: extensiv...

Victorian 19th-century arts and crafts figure scene from a Shakespeare play Robert Anning Bell was born on 14 April 1863 and educated at University College School in London. At the age of fifteen, he was articled for two years to an architect uncle before studying at the Royal Academy Schools, the Westminster School of Art (under Fred Brown), in Paris (under Aimé Morot...

Painting, 19th century, women portrait, oil on canvas. Dimensions with frame 63cm x 77.5cm

The Artist's Studio. c. 1914. Oil on canvas. 24 1/8 x 32. The canvas is in fine condition, having been professionally lined, cleaned and varnished. The painting is housed in a 29 1/2 x 37-inch Sully-style gold frame. Signed, lower right and also on the verso of the canvas in the center of the image. Hurlburt apparently created a 'period piece' work of art. The two maids are dressed in late 19th-century clothing. The slight puff at the top of the sleeve is 1897 - 1898. The maid on the left has her scarf done in a way that is quite Dutch or Flemish. The woman on the right has a headscarf that could just be the tie of the scarf making that shape in the front. If her hair is done up with a chignon in the back causing the scarf to be full in the back, the placement of that bun would make the piece 1908 - 1912. The "Psyche knot" was very popular in 1910. The woman in the painting on the easel is maybe old fashioned with a simpler and fuller version of early 20th century hairstyles. It's hard to tell if what is around her neck is a boa or a collar, but boas of all shapes and sizes were popular in the 1890's. Her gown is decidedly unfitted and appears to have a loose belt at the waist. If the skirt is in layers with the light skirt length over a darker skirt, that would put the outfit in 1910 or 1914. The problem is the waist. In 1910 - 1912 it was a neo-empire revival with a high waist. It wasn't until 1914 that the waists were coming back down with sashes at the waistline. It is just not specific enough to see the details that would help to date it. I guess I would be inclined to date it more 1914 - the approximate date of the woman in the painting, and assuming that the maids are dressed in an old fashioned way, but their skirts are awfully full and long for the period to be practical for cleaning. Irving E. Hurlburt lived and worked in New Haven, Connecticut. For most of his life, he resided at Wolcott Street in New Haven. Possibly the room is the artist's studio. He studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts, 1890-93 He was a member of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club. In 1888 he received the Ethel Childe Walker Prize at the Yale School of Fine Arts. His sketches of Pictures of New Haven show historic buildings, scenes and events of New Haven, CT. They were reproduced as wood engravings in the New Haven Almanack for the years 1906 to 1913, published by Ye Olde Hardware Store of the John E. Bassett Co. His other published sketches in that venue were: The Tontine Coffee House, Mayor Roger Sherman...

Portrait of a Seated Lady English School, mid 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: good and sound condition