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Animal Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Late 18th Century
Victorian Oil Painting A Highland Breakfast, interior with woman and dogs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: James Rolfe, British 19th century, signed
Title: 'A Highland Breakfast', interior with young family and dogs,
Medium: signed oil paintin...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Scottish Oil Highlands Loch Scene Cattle under Summer Clouds Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Passing Clouds"
British School, late 19th century
indistinctly signed
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 14 x 18 inches
board: 10 x 13.5 inches
Provenance: Private collection, U...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Victorian Scottish Oil Painting Highland Loch Landscape with Deer Sunset
By Clarence Roe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset in the Highlands
by Clarence Henry Roe (British 1850-1909)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 27 x 37 inches
painting: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, England...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Flemish Oil on Panel Francois Backvis Shepherd Sheep Flock Painting 1880
By François Backvis
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique oil on panel landscape painting by the Flemish artist, Francois Backvis (1857-1926).
The painting circa 1880 depicting the parable of the lost sheep from the gospels of Matthew & Luke. The painting shows a stormy landscape with the shepherd and his flock, the shepherd is holding the lost sheep under his arm in front of a large stone crucifix...
Category
Late 19th Century Flemish School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
In Pursuit
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 20 x 30 inches
Framed size: 25.25 x 35.25 inches
Signed in lower right
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Feathered Tribe" Mary Russell Smith, 1871 Graceful Academic Chicks Painting
Located in New York, NY
Mary Russell Smith
Feathered Tribe, 1871
Signed and dated lower left
Oil on canvas
9 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches
The daughter of theater scenery and landscape painter Russell Smith (1812–1...
Category
1870s Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alfred Walter Williams, Barmouth Sands, North Wales, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist Alfred Walter Williams (1824-1905) depicts an expansive view across Barmouth Sands in North Wales.
The relaxed golden sands str...
Category
1880s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century English Signed Oil Painting Cottage by the Village Duck Pond 1896
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Duck Pond
by R. Fenson, British signed and dated 1896
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Exuberant Hunting Scene with Dogs in Motion Ornate Rococo Floral Scrollwork
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Exuberant Hunting Scene
watercolour on artist paper, stuck on black paper
painting: 10 x 12.75 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
This c...
Category
Early 19th Century Rococo Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Paisaje con ganado - Óleo sobre panel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior
La obra se presenta enmarcada con un marco de la época de la obra (el marco presenta algunas faltas)
Medidas obra: 35 cm. alt...
Category
1890s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Scottish Watercolour, Figure Walking towards Crofters Cottage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Frank Murray, Scottish late 19th century
Title: A figure returning a crofters cottage besides a river or lake in the Highlands.
Medium: watercolour painting, frame...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Five Terriers in the Forest. Signed D. Griffin
Located in St. Albans, GB
D. GRIFFIN
This is a pseudonym of George Armfield.
Picture Size: 14 x 18" (36 x 46cm
Outside Frame Size: 21 x 25" (54 x 64cm)
Signed and dated bottom left
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Category
1880s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Naturalist European painter - 19th century Still life painting - Fish and basket
Located in Varmo, IT
Dutch painter (19th century) - Still life of fish.
63 x 76 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Original canvas. Good condition of the pictorial su...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large German Orientalist Oil Painting of Horse Riders by Schreyer
Located in London, GB
Large German Orientalist oil painting of horse riders by Schreyer
German, Late 19th Century
Canvas: Height 59cm, width 96cm
Frame: Height 85cm, width 122cm, depth 8cm
This outstandi...
Category
Late 19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Highland Sheep, Scotland
By John Barker
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower left. Measures 32.25" x 37.5" including the frame.
Know for his paintings of scenes in the highlands of Scotland, John Barker, British 1811 to 1886.
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Racehorse with Owner and Jockey, 19th Century Equine Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (40 x 50 cm)
19th century gilt pierced frame
This is a wonderful scene featuring a dark bay racehorses mounted by its jockey. The pa...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gordon Setter in a Landscape by Otto Norquist (American: 1859-1906)
Located in New York, NY
Otto Norquist (1859-1906)
"Gordon Setter in a Landscape, 1890"
Oil on canvas
22 x 27 inches
Signed and dated 1890, lower right
Otto Norquist was born in...
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Set of Four Orientalist Landscape Paintings by van Wijk
Located in London, GB
Set of four Orientalist landscape paintings by van Wijk
Dutch, 1879
Canvas: Height 35cm, width 65cm
Largest frame: Height 41cm, width 71cm, depth 4cm
Smallest frame: Height 39.5cm, width 69.5cm, depth 4cm
This set of four Orientalist landscape scenes is by the Dutch artist Henri van Wijk (1833-c.1889). Van Wijk is known for his landscape paintings, and often worked in the Orientalist genre - these paintings in the Mayfair Gallery collection are a fine example of his work in this style.
Each scene is filled with a small, naturalistic group of figures and animals. The figures, who either shepherd their flocks or ride on horses...
Category
Late 19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
The Hollow Beeches at Burnham
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Fine 19th century landscape oil on canvas by Alfred de Breanski Sr., this sunset, color and light, are exceptional in this work. Alfred De Brea...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Mid Victorian Scottish Oil Painting Stag & Deer in Highland Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'A Highland Landscape'
Stag and Deer in Scottish Highlands
circle of Charles Landseer (British 1799-1879)
oil on board, framed in ornate antique gilt frame.
framed: 19.5 x 17.5 inc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-19th-Century English School, Rural Scene With Family, Cattle & Cottage
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This endlessly charming mid-19th-century English oil painting depicts a rural scene with a family, cattle, pond, and cottage.
A mother and child pause to observe a drover, perhaps f...
Category
1830s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
HERMMANN LEON - Painting 19th Century - Portrait of a Dog in Interior
By Charles Herrmann-Léon 1
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
HERRMANN LEON Charles (1838-1908)
Portrait of a Dog in interior
Oil on canvas signed low left
Old frame re-gilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas : 56 X 46 cm
Dim frame : 69 X 59 cm
HERRMANN LEON Charles (1838-1908)
French painter 19th century
Born 22 july 1838 in Le Havre. Died 1...
Category
1880s Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Victorian Oil Painting Tranquil Pasture Scene Cattle Sheep Golden Light
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of Thomas Sidney Cooper (British 1803-1902)
Milkmaids and livestock in a rural landscape
oil painting on panel, framed
framed: 14 x 18 inches
board: 12 x 16 inches
provenance:...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
After a successful hunt 1858 Kitchen Genre Scene Swedish Animalist J. Arsenius
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right: Johan Arsenius and dated 1858 or 1853, attributed Johan Georg Arsenius (1818 - 1903), was a Swedish military man, painter and draftsman. Up for sale is important ...
Category
1850s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Hen and Chicks in Basket, Realist Scene by Female Pennsylvania Painter
Located in Doylestown, PA
Hen and Chicks in Basket is a 12.5 x 15, oil on canvas still life and animal scene by female, American painter, Mary Russell Smith. The painting is framed and signed en verso.
Mary ...
Category
1850s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Grazing Cattle by a Haystack]
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower left: "E. BURRILL. /96."
Edward Burrill is best-known today as one of the seven Lynn Beach Painters. However, his career as a painter began, not with the be...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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A Young Woman With Her Animals, Original Oil Painting From 1862
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting by Gustaf Brandelius, a 19th-century Swedish artist, evokes the pastoral tranquility and rural life of the era. Brandelius was not only a painter but also served in the...
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Set of Twelve Antique Chinese Painted Bird Studies on Pith Paper
Located in London, GB
Set of twelve antique Chinese painted bird studies on pith paper
Chinese, 19th Century
Panel: Height 20cm, width 32cm
Frame: Height 35.5cm, width 47cm, dept...
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor
At The Watering Place, Flock of Sheep, Shepherd, Late 19th Century
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
L. Rebecca Knox (American)
Signed: L. Rebecca Knox (Lower, Left)
" At The Watering Place ", 1886
(Titled on Canvas Verso, Date stamped on Stretcher)
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
Hou...
Category
Late 19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hide and Seek, 1880 Oil on Canvas, Kittens in Basket, Cats, Cat, Kitten, Pet
By August Laux
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
August Laux (German/American, 1853-1921)
Signed: August Laux (Lower, Right)
" Hide and Seek ", circa 1880
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
Housed in a 3" Period Ornamented Frame with a 1...
Category
Late 19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sir Richard Sutton's Most Famous Hunter Hotspur
By Claude-Lorraine Ferneley
Located in London, GB
Claude-Lorraine Ferneley
Sir Richard Sutton's Most Famous Hunter Hotspur
c.1840
24 X 28.5 inches framed
A genuinely famous hunter! Even mention in...
Category
1840s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Sussex Landscape with Chickens
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming late 19th century landscape of English country Tudor style houses and chickens in style of Edward Wilkens Waite (English, 1854-1924) and...
Category
1880s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English interior barn scene with a family of goats and baby goats.
Located in Woodbury, CT
This captivating early 19th-century painting of an interior farm scene by Abraham Cooper, circa 1830, is a testament to the artist's skill in capturing ...
Category
1830s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog Vintage English Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog
English artist, late 19th century
Watercolour drawing on paper stuck on card
card: 10 x 8 inches
paper: 5.5 x 4 inches
Provenance: Private collection, UK
...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century sporting dog oil painting of a terrier chasing a rabbit
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Colin Graeme Roe
British, (1855-1910)
The Escape
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 11.5 inches x 15.5 inches
Size including frame: 17.75 inches x 21.75 inches
A wonderful sporting ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman in the field preparing a draft horse
By Leon Georges Calves
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
19th Century French School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Meal, Charles Van Den Eycken, Brussels 1859 – 1923, Belgian Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
A Meal
Van Den Eycken Charles
Brussels 1859 – 1923
Belgian Painter
Signature: Attributed to Charles Van Den Eycken
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimens...
Category
19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
German School, Animal Hunting Scene, Hunter with Dogs, Hares, Cabinet Painting
Located in Greven, DE
German School or Swiss School, 19th Century, Hunting Scene, Hunter with Dogs, Hares, Painting
indistinctly signed.
Fine and detailed painted scene of a hunt with dogs, a hunter and h...
Category
19th Century Romantic Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas
A Chestnut Horse in a Field
Located in St. Albans, GB
Abraham COOPER
Canvas Size: 28 x 36" (70 x 90cm)
Outside Frame Size: 38 x 46" (95 x 115cm)
A fantastic example of Cooper's work. A piece on a grand s...
Category
1820s English School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The Little Donkey' by Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven (1798 – 1881), dated 1856
Located in Knokke, BE
Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven
Waasten 1798 – 1881 Schaarbeek
Belgian Painter
'The Little Donkey'
Signature: signed lower left and dated 'Eugene Verboeckhoven 1856'
Medium: oil on pan...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil, Canvas
Antique American Fluffy Pomeranian Dog Portrait Wide Gold Frame Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible signed early American dog portrait painting. Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a period gold giltwood frame.
Category
1870s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Pasture, Barbizon School, Sheep, Shepherds, Landscape
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Felix Saturnin Brissot de Warville, in the style of the Barbizon School, regularly captured scenes of the French countryside and the people who lived and worked there. Paintings by B...
Category
19th Century Barbizon School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
English 19th century portrait painting of a Pointer dog in a woodland landscape
Located in Bath, Somerset
A black pointer in a woodland landscape by John Frederick Herring Senior, circa 1830. Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame.
Provenance:
Arthur Ackerman and Son
Frost and Reed
Blains, Bruton Place, London
John Frederick Herring, born in London in 1795, was the son of a London merchant of Dutch parentage, who had been born overseas in America. The first eighteen years of Herring's life were spent in London, where his greatest interests were drawing and horses. In 1814, at the age of 18, he moved to Doncaster in the north of England, and by 1815, had married Ann Harris. His sons John Frederick Herring Jr., Charles Herring, and Benjamin Herring...
Category
1830s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Scottish landscape oil painting of Highland cattle at Glen Goil
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
William Watson Jnr
British, (1847-1921)
Up Glen Goil, West Highlands
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1892, further inscribed verso
Image size: 23.5 inches x 35.5 inches
Size including frame: 36.25 inches x 48.25 inches
This highly atmospheric and well executed painting by William Watson Jnr depicts Highland Cattle watering at Glen Goil. Glen Goil is a valley area of Argyll and Bute in the West Highlands. It is situated at the junction of Hell’s Glen and Gleann Mor and has the river Goil flowing through. Located around 2 miles from Lochgoilhead, it is well known as an area of outstanding natural beauty. Watson made several trips to the Highlands and produced a number of paintings of the locality, many of which included highland cattle such as this fine example. Another painting by him of Glen Goil is held by the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
William Watson was born in Islington in 1847, the son of the London miniature painter William John Watson (1810-1871) and his wife Caroline (née Butcher). His brothers Charles Watson (1837-1900) and Robert Watson (1855-1921) were also artists. His father seems to have travelled around and after spending time in Brighton, the family moved to Bransford Road in Worcester during the early part of the 1860’s.
As well as being taught by his father, Watson received his early training in the studio of Sir Francis Grant PRA (1803-1878). He later became a pupil of Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA (1802-1873) and Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899). Both Landseer and Bonheur had a great influence on his work and he began specialising in scenes of cattle and sheep. By 1866 he had become a full time artist and began exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists.
Perhaps to take advantage of the inspiring scenery, Watson moved to Birkenhead, Cheshire where in 1871 he met and married Eleanor Davies who was from Caernarvonshire. Four of their children Sidney Watson (1881-1931), Caroline Ellen Watson (1871-1947), William Robert Charles Watson (1873-1928) and Walter James Watson...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Scottish Signed Oil Painting Cattle over Stone Bridge Highland River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Crossing the Bridge
Scottish School, late 19th century
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 9 x 13 inches
canvas: 7 x 11 inches
provenance: private collection, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine Victorian Signed Oil Painting Winter Landscape Sheep Grazing Golden Glow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Andrew Adie Dalgleish (Scottish active 1880-1904), signed and titled verso
Title: Winter, Ayrshire
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 28.5 x 22 inches
Canvas: ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Girl with Puppy - British Victorian portrait oil painting dog art
Located in London, GB
This Beautiful Victorian oil painting is attributed to Scottish master Sir George Reid. Painted circa 1870, the detail in the young girl's facial features and hair are just stunning,...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
19thC George Armfield Oil Painting Terrier with a Bowl Original Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Charleston, US
London painter, George Armfield's original oil painting "Untitled -Terrier with Bowl" is an excellent example of this wonderful 19th century artist who is highly sought after for his dog paintings of Terriers. Original's by the renowned 19th century dog painting...
Category
1850s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century landscape animal oil painting of cattle & sheep by a river
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Thomas Sidney Cooper
British, (1803-1902)
Canterbury Meadows
Oil on canvas, signed & dated ‘T. Sidney Cooper RA/1894
Image size: 14.75 inches x 24.75 i...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Victorian English Figures In Sheep Field With The Sunrise Over Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century.
The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A portrait of an English terrier dog standing in a walled garden, signed.l
By John Emms
Located in Bath, Somerset
A terrier named Joe standing in an English country house walled garden, painted by the eminent animal painter John Emms (1844-1912) in the late 19th cent...
Category
1890s English School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Mountain River Scene, original oil on canvas, 19thC German artist
Located in Naples, Florida
Julius Lange (17 August 1817, Darmstadt – 25 June 1878, Munich) was a German landscape painter. In 1834, inspired by his older brother, the architect Ludw...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On the Farm
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 21 x 17 inches
Signed lower right
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th C. Barnyard Interior Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming 19th C. barnyard interior scene with your typical barn animals including horses, a goat, and a few hens. Signed lower right with monogram and dat...
Category
19th Century English School Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Scottish landscape oil painting of Highland cattle at Loch Linnhe
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Charles Jones
British, (1836-1892)
Highland Cattle by Loch Linnhe
Oil on canvas, signed with monogram & dated (18)87, inscribed verso
Image size: 23.25 inc...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of "Cablefoot" Champion Greyhound, 19th Century by George PAICE
By George Paice
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of "Cablefoot" Champion Greyhound, 19th Century
by George PAICE (1854-1925) to $15,000
19th century portrait of Cablefoot a champion racing greyhound, oil on canvas by Geo...
Category
Late 19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century, Grey Horse in a Stable, oil, Albert Clark
By Albert Clark
Located in York, GB
A 19th century oil painting on canvas of a Grey Horse in a Stable.
Signed and dated 1890, housed in a gilt frame.
The size of the painting being 17" x 21" (43.2 x 53.3cm) whilst overall size is 67 x 56
The painting is in very good condition having had some restoration in the past and a recent clean
Albert Clark (1843-1928) British.
Albert Clark (October 1843–December 1928), was an English painter.
Born in October 1843, Clark was the second Son to acclaimed animal painter, James Clark and his wife, Elizabeth who died when Albert was a child.
Living with his father in a small town in Middlesex, South East England, Albert began to learn from James and started creating notable paintings of animals – namely horses – under the 19th century naïve style. At the age of 17, Albert Clark had defined himself as a ‘naïve animal...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study of the Head of a Moorhen
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper
Paper size: 4 x 5 inches
Framed size: 19 x 19.75 inches
PROVENANCE
A gift from Joseph Mallord William Turner to Miss Amelia Hawksworth (later Mrs Hotham), niece of Walter Fawkes. The watercolour descended through the ownership of Amelia Hawksworth, daughter of Francis Fawkes ( Walter Fawkes's brother) who was the main compiler of the Ornithological Collection (Miss Hawksworth owned five other bird studies by Turner).
Private collection, London
LITERATURE:
For similar works by J M W Turner see Anne Lyles, The Tate catalogue for the exhibition 'Turner and Natural History, The Farnley Project', 1988.
The present watercolour was drawn circa 1815-1820 for Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, for his Ornithological Collection Volume IV.
Between 1808 and 1824, Turner visited Farnley Hall in Yorkshire to stay with the Fawkes family. Turner felt at home at Farnley - the Fawkes daughters reminded him of his own. He helped illustrate a five volume ornithological scrap book for the Fawkes children, making watercolour studies of the birds for the children to stick in opposite the pages on which feathers from similar birds were attached. His bird portraits were most effective, most "life-like", when in fact the bird was dead ! His watercolours of a live robin and goldfinch have a more hesitant touch.
At this time Turner enjoyed the patronage first of Edward Lascelles, the heir to Harewood, and after 1808, of the radical landlord Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, near Otley. He became a close friend of the Fawkes family with whom he stayed for most summers until 1824.
The last owner of Old Farnley Hall was Francis Fawkes, a rich widower with no direct heirs. When Francis Fawkes died in 1786 he left the house to Walter Beaumont Hawksworth of Hawksworth Hall, on condition that Hawksworth adopt the Fawkes name by Royal Licence. Walter Fawkes brought in architect John Carr of York to make extensions to the house, but he died before the work was completed, and Farnley Hall was passed on to his son, also called Walter who also took the Fawkes name and was known as Walter Ramsden Fawkes. It was this Walter who was a great friend of J M W Turner.
Anne Lyles has confirmed the attribution and writes:
"Everything fits in relation to the style of the watercolour and most especially the provenance - in the Turner and Natural History exhibition catalogue of 1988 we know that Amelia Hawksworth (Mrs Hotham) owned three studies of birds' heads by J M W Turner (previously with the Maas Gallery, and numbers 36, 37 and 61 in that catalogue) as well as two studies of dead game by the artist (catalogue numbers 59 and 63, the latter untraced in 1988). Interestingly, catalogue numbers 36 and 37 (the Merganser and the Smew) seem also originally to have been intended for Volume IV of the Ornithological Collection - it is likely that the "Study of the Head of a Moorhen...
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Animal Paintings for Sale
Animal paintings depict the beauty and power of nature in an elegant way that can complement any room. Interacting with animals has long captured the imagination and has been interpreted in diverse artistic media.
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