Giovanni Giordano Lanza

The First and Second Temple of Hera, Paestum

Circa: 1880

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: 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: F. Denner Smith (English, fl. 1901-1908) Title: "Canal in Norfolk Broads" *Signed by Smith lower right Circa: 1905 Medium: Original Gouache/Watercolor Painting on paper Framing: Not framed, but beautifully matted with hand decorated archival French matting...

John Strickland Goodall John Strickland Goodall was born in Heacham, Norfolk on 7 June 1908. He was the son of a famous heart specialist whose boasted seven generations of medics, a...

J. Wilson. English ( fl.1837 - 1870 ). Looe Town & Harbor, Cornwall. Watercolor. Monogramed Lower Left. Image size 6.5 inches x 10.4 inches ( 16.5cm x 26.5cm ). Frame size 12.6 inc...

just purchased more information to follow Cypher lower right Within a grey mount, 14cm high, 28cm long The gilded cavetto moulded frame 28 cm high, 41 cm long, 3.5cm deep

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...