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English Country House

Circa: 1883

Artist: Maud Hollyer (English, 1867-1910) Title: "Cotswold Village, England" *Signed by Hollyer lower left Circa: 1900 Medium: Original Watercolor on paper Framing: Not framed, but beautifully matted with hand decorated archival French matting...

Artist: Alfred Sale Watson (English, Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century) Title: "Bridge at Sonning on Thames" *Signed and dated by Watson lower left Year: 1905 Medium: Original Gouache/Watercolor Painting on thin Illustration Board Framing: Recently framed in a gold brush and rope-motif moulding with hand decorated archival French matting Framed size: 26" x 31.88" Matted size: 20.25" x 26.25" Image size: 15" x 21" Condition: Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition Notes: It is also titled and dated on verso, likely by a previous dealer. Sonning is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book Three Men in a Boat...

Artist: Harry George Theaker (English, 1873-1954) Title: "Moors, Yorkshire, UK" *No signature found Circa: 1935 Medium: Original Watercolor on watercolor paper Sheet size: 9.75" x 13.75" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Corsham, UK. "GAC" and "H.G. Theaker" pencil inscribed upper left and center on verso. Biography: Born January-March 1873 in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. He was the son of George Theaker (1835-1902, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire), headmaster (principal) of the School of Art in Burslem from 1869-94 and designer for pottery. His younger brother, Charles Edmund (1875-1903) was an apprentice designer modeller and then a teacher at the Wedgwood Institute in Burslem around 1900. Harry George was an apprentice pottery decorator and then a teacher. He settled in London c.1900-05 and was in charge of design at the Polytechnic in Regent Street from about 1906 onwards, where he also taught courses in 'modelling from design'. Theaker remained at the Polytechnic and is listed in prospectuses as headmaster (principal) between 1931-2 and 1937-38. Theaker was also a successful illustrator, particularly of children's books. His first known published works date from about 1911, and most of his illustrations date from the 1920s and 1930s. Amongst the books he illustrated are 'The Ingoldsby Legends' by Sir Thomas Ingoldsby, London, 1911; 'Children's Stories from 'The Arabian Nights', by Rose Yeatman Woolf, 1914 (and later editions); 'The Adventures of Don Quixote', c.1920 and 1929; 'Gulliver's Travels', 1928; 'The Water Babies', 1930; 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', 1930; 'Stories of King Arthur', 1925 and 'Long, long ago: stories from the classics' both retold by Blanche Winder, the latter probably in the 1930s (see National Art Library catalogue...

Artist: Tom Whitehead (English, 1886-1959) Title: "A Windy Day ... Blackstone Edge" *Signed by Whitehead in green watercolor on verso Circa: 1920 Medium: Original Watercolor on paper, laid down to thin board Framing: Not framed, but beautifully matted with hand decorated French matting Matted size: 16.25" x 20.25" Image size: 9.25" x 13.75" Condition: A few cosmetic surface marks on lower margin of mat. In excellent condition Notes: Retains partial original gallery label with pencil inscriptions upper left on verso. Blackstone Edge is a gritstone escarpment at 1,549 feet (472 m) above sea level in the Pennine hills surrounded by moorland on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire in England. Biography: Tom Whitehead (English, 1886-1959) was born in Leeds and died in Halifax in 1959. He studied at the Halifax School of Art and the Royal College of Art in Paris, France. In addition to his printmaking primarily in etching, Whitehead, a member of the Society of Yorkshire Artists...

Artist: Gillie Cawthorne (English, 1963-) Title: "Dustanburgh Castle" *Signed and dated by Cawthorne lower left Year: 2008 Medium: Original Watercolor on paper Framing: Not framed, b...

Artist: Gillie Cawthorne (English, 1963-) Title: "Bamburgh Castle Sunrise, Northumberland" *Signed and dated by Cawthorne lower left Year: 2008 Medium: Original Watercolor on paper F...

John Faulkner (Irish, c. 1830-1888, active United States c. 1870-80) Farm Scene with Figures, c. 1870 Watercolor on paper, 20 x 28 inches (sight) FRAMED: 31 1/4 x 39 1/4 inches Sign...

An enchanting scene of maidens conversing under the shade of an oak tree with lovely detailing and good strong colour. John Edmund Buckley ( 1824-1876) Maidens under an oak tree Sig...

Frederick George Cotman (1850-1920) Lugger on the shore Watercolour with trace of pencil 9 x 10 inches Provenance: Cotman family collection Frederick George Cotman was born in Ipswich on 14 August 1850. His uncle, John Sell Cotman, was one of the cornerstones of the Norwich school and a very influential watercolourist. Frederick's first tuition came from William Griffiths...

Frederick George Cotman (1850-1920) A rowing boat on the shore Watercolour with trace of pencil 4¼ x 10¼ inches Provenance: Cotman family collection Frederick George Cotman was born in Ipswich on 14 August 1850. His uncle, John Sell Cotman, was one of the cornerstones of the Norwich school and a very influential watercolourist. Frederick's first tuition came from William Griffiths...

A really charming study of a blacksmith puffing on a clay pipe at the forge door. Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham Junr (1823-1875) Village Blacksmith Patterdale, Aug 1848 Signed, in...

Frederick George Cotman (1850-1920) Fishing baskets on the shore Watercolour with trace of pencil 6 x 8 inches Provenance: Cotman family collection Frederick George Cotman was born in Ipswich on 14 August 1850. His uncle, John Sell Cotman, was one of the cornerstones of the Norwich school and a very influential watercolourist. Frederick's first tuition came from William Griffiths...