G.V. Sheriff

G.V. Sheriff - Signed 19th Century Welsh Watercolour, Sheep at Capel Cureg

An early 20th century English watercolour painting with body colour, by the talented English watercolourist Thomas William Morley. Painted on artist's board. Signed to the lower right.

An original watercolour by the Cornish artist Elizabeth Rosemary Ziar. The scene depicts a rural farmstead with a dutch barn full to the brim with straw bales. The artist has been pl...

An original watercolour by British artist Arthur B. Rigby (fl.1902-1926), depicting the bridge at Tal-y-Bont, Gwynedd. The watercolour has been signed by the artist to the lower left...

A fine watercolour study of huntsmen and hounds in a landscape. The horses jump and gallop through a shallow river following a large pack of dogs in a distant field. The artist the i...

A delicate 19th Century watercolour of a motte-and-bailey castle. Signed and dated to the lower right. On paper laid to card.

A charming 19th century study of a yacht with a red duster flag passing through a city on the river. The yacht passes a parish church on the river bank with a spire at the centre. Th...

William Crouch (active 1817-1850) A view of a country estate in the mountains Watercolour 3 x 4½ 8¼ x 9¼ inches with frame William Crouch was a prolif...

Two delightful watercolours, with wonderful details by the highly collectable Charles Robertson. They depict two different aspects of Victorian life, the first captures two boys fis...

A very attractive rural scene of a fisherman and his dog on a riverbank, in very good colour and an appealing composition. Claude Hayes (1852-1922) A fisherman and his dog by a riverbank Signed Watercolour with touches of pencil 6½ x 10 inches, image only 13 x 16 inches with the frame Claude Hayes was a Dublin born painter who to avoid his father's wish to make a businessman of him ran away to sea and served on the Golden Fleece, one of the transports used in the Abyssinian expedition of 1867-68, and also spent a year in the United States. Returning to London, he studied art at Heatherley's and the Royal Academy Schools, and then in Antwerp, under Charles Verlat. He worked in Hampshire with James Aumonier and also in Surrey with William Charles Estall, whose sister he married. Hayes exhibited widely in London and provincial centres, and was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1886, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, 1902. He also showed at the RA, RBSA, Brook Street Art Gallery, Dudley Gallery, FAS, GI, Grosvenor Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, MAFA, RBA, RHA, Ridley Art Club, RSW and Walker's Gallery, London. In 1912, Claude Hayes represented England at the Venice Biennale. His work is in various public collections in England and Ireland including the Ulster Museum, Museums Sheffield, Torre Abbey Museum and the Leeds City Art Gallery. His father was the artist Edwin Hayes.

A very finely observed pair of marine watercolours. The artist has meticulously depicted the rigging of the vessels, suggesting a working knowledge of the maritime world. Richmond M...

A very atmospheric snapshot of a sailing vessel in a stiff wind just off a jetty. The artist has captured the sense of drama, with both sails straining against an off shore breeze an...

On the Lea River attributed to Peter de Wint (British 1784-1849) signed lower right corner, titled verso original watercolour painting, unframed painting: 11 x 14 inches Condition ...