Victorian Animal Paintings

Playful Terriers English dog artist, early 20th century Oil painting on board, framed Framed: 16 x 19.5 inches Board: 11.5 x 14.5 inches Condition: The painting is in excellent condi...

The Beach Cart British artist, late 19th century signed with monogram lower corner oil on canvas, framed framed: 30 x 41 inches canvas: 25 x 36 inches provenance: private collection,...

George Wright British, (1860-1944) Fleabitten Grey Horse in a Stable Oil on canvas, signed, old label verso Image size: 15.5 inches x 21.25 inches Size including frame: 22.75 inche...

Thomas Percy Earl British, (1874-1947) Deerslayer Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1913 & inscribed ‘Deerslayer’ Image size: 24.25 inches x 29.25 inches Size including frame: 30.5 inch...

John Frederick Herring Snr (Surrey 1795-1863 Kent) Deer in Windsor Park Signed and dated 'J.F. Herring 1835' Oil on Panel Painting size 10 x 12 in Framed Size 15 x 17 in John Frederick Herring Sr. was born on September 12, 1795, in London, England. He was the son of a London-based fringe maker, and the family lived in modest circumstances. Although little is known about his early education, Herring showed a natural affinity for art and horses from a young age. His father moved the family to Doncaster when Herring was still a boy, a town famous for horse racing, which would play a significant role in shaping his future career. Herring’s love for horses became evident during his youth, where he worked as a coachman and sign painter. He often painted inn signs...

This charming portrait of a Collie dog by Frederick French, painted circa 1896, captures the loyal and calm nature of one of the most beloved breeds. French's delicate attention to d...

Heywood Hardy British, (1842-1933) The Arrival of the Coach Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 19 inches x 29 inches Size including frame: 25.75 inches x 35.75 inches A superb paint...

Bringing in the Harvest British School, late 19th century signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 29.5 x 55.5 inches canvas: 24 x 50.5 inches provenance: private c...

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: ...

Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th Century) dated 1993 and inscribed verso Title - The Shepherd and his flock Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on artist paper, u...

Charles Jones British, (1836-1892) Sheep Resting Oil on canvas, signed with monogram & dated 1877, further inscribed verso Image size: 35 inches x 59 inches Size including frame: 47 inches x 71 inches Exhibition Size Painting A fantastic exhibition sized landscape painting of sheep on a cliff top by the coast by Charles ‘Sheep’ Jones. At the time he produced this painting, Jones was living at Heathercroft, Balham Hill in London. Given the size and quality of the work it was most likely an exhibition piece. The topography and landscape suggest that this is the Dorset coast, one of his favourite places to paint. Charles Jones was an animal painter who was born in Stepney, London in 1836. He was the son of the artist Samuel John Egbert Jones (1797-1861) and Dinah Jones. He lived with his parents and 9 siblings in Mile End and was a pupil of his father. In September 1859, he married Frances Rosalinda Downe, who was born in America. His son Arthur Bertram Loud (1863-1930) also became an artist. They lived at 12 Hayes Place, Lisson Grove from where he made his debut in London at the Royal Academy in 1861. He also exhibited at the British Institution, Suffolk Street, New Watercolour Society, Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. By 1867, he had become a successful artist and they had moved to 7 Paragon Place, Brixton Hill. From 1874 he lived at Heathercroft, Balham Hill where he spent the rest of his life. Jones became well known for specialising in paintings of sheep, cattle and deer in landscape settings. He spent his time travelling around visiting areas such as Devon, Dorset, Kent, Sussex and the Highlands. However, it is for his skilful painting of sheep that he is perhaps best known, and for which earned him the nickname of ‘Sheep’ Jones. As well as the major London galleries, he also exhibited provincially at various locations including: the Royal Cambrian Academy where he was elected a member in 1886, the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Manchester City Art Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Birmingham and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Some of the smaller more intimate galleries he exhibited at were Arthur Tooth & Sons and Thomas...

"Waiting for Master" British School, 19th century oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 26 x 32 inches framed: 29 x 35 inches Lovely quality Victorian oil painting, painted on thi...

Alfred De Breanski Senior Oil on canvas Signed and inscribed on the reverse Canvas Size: 24 x 36" (60 x 90cm) Outside Frame Size: 35 x 47" (87.5 x 117.5cm) Free shipping worldwide ALFRED De BREANSKI Snr Alfred De Breanski was a distinguished landscape painter who became famous for his resplendent views of the Welsh and Scottish Highlands; he also painted many views of the Thames. Often bathed in a flood of golden light, these landscapes usually feature water and cattle or sheep on grassy banks; sometimes a solitary figure is seen the distance. Breanski belonged to the real stamp of those landscape painters who nimbly seized moments of the day. He had a great passion for the Highlands and perhaps more than any other, caught the atmospheric influences of the undulating landscape. Born in Greenwich...

Highland Cattle at Dusk by WILLIAM LANGLEY (1852-1922 signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 21 inches canvas: 12.5 x 16.5 inches Provenance: Private collection, previously exhibi...

Hunting in Scotland by T.H.Parker, British 20th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 23 inches board: 16 x 20 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very go...

Artist/ School: Englsh School, early 19th century, circle of George Morland Title: The Country Stable Medium: oil on canvas, framed actual canvas size: 25. x 30 inches framed: 34....

This is an original, unique oil painting by the artist William Watson Jnr., a Liverpool (Birkenhead) painter of animals and landscapes. He was the t...

Artist/ School: English School, circa 1870's, circle of Charles Cooper Henderson (British, 1803-1877) Charles Cooper Henderson was one of th...

Feeding the Lamb by William Underhill ( 1808-1908) British signed and dated 1847 Inscribed on a label verso ' Granny ( Clementine Cooper) feeding th...

The New Arrival Colin Impey (20th Century), British signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 2018 canvas: 16 x 20.5 the painting is in overall very good and ...

Shepard Boy Crossing A Ford Frank Traies (British, fl. 19th Century) signed & dated 1852 oil on canvas, framed framed: 23 x 29 inches painting: 18 x 24 in...

James Cassie was born at Keithhall near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, the son of a prosperous tea and spirit merchant. Although briefly a pupil of the artist James Giles, Cassie was largely self-taught. He began his career as a painter of animals and portraits, but on moving to Aberdeen he increasingly turned his attention to local seascapes and coastal scenes, especially at dawn and sunset. He favored these outdoor scenes but continued to paint some domestic subjects and portraits throughout his life. In 1869 he moved to Edinburgh and was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy. Shortly before his death in 1879 he was elected an Academician. This piece is framed in its original frame and the painting is signed lower right and inscribed on the reverse. From the inscription on the reverse, this painting was purchased from an important house sale...

Waiting for the Master English School, first half 20th century oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 28 inches canvas: 22 x 27 inches provenance: private collection, England ...

The Sporting Gentlemen Attributed to Dean Wolstenholme Snr (1757-1837) oil on canvas, framed framed: 18.5 x 22 inches canvas: 14 x 18 inches provenance: from a collection in the UK c...

Artist/School: 19th Century English School Title: Milking on a riverbank with church beyond Medium: oil on canvas, framed Size: 19 x 23 ...

Hare Coursing by J.C Mitchell (British sporting artist, 19th century) dated 1879 signed oil on board, framed framed: 11.5 x 14 inches board: 9.25 x 12 inches provenance: private coll...

Charles Jones British, (1836-1892) Highland Cattle & Sheep in Winter Oil on canvas, signed with monogram & dated (18)65, further inscribed verso Image size: 23.5 inches x 35.5 inches...

The Highland Loch by Prudence Turner, British b. 1930, signed. oil painting on canvas, framed. framed: 13.25 x 15.25 inches canvas: 8 x 10 inches Provenance: private collection, ...

Two Terriers by E. S. England (British, active c. 1890-1910) signed & dated 1890 oil on board, framed Framed: 11 x 14 inches Board: 9 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection, Suff...

Artist/ School: James Rolfe, British 19th century, signed Title: 'A Highland Breakfast', interior with young family and dogs, Medium: signed oil paintin...

This charming British Victorian genre oil painting is by attributed to noted exhibited artist Henry Turner Munns. Painted circa 1870 the composition is of a baby by a hearth, asleep ...

With dramatic simplicity, this large oil painting on canvas of a dog or Pit Bull, certainly gathers your attention, executed in a tongue in cheek Victorian pa...

Very decorative animal scene of two dogs in an interior surprising a cat walking towards them. Grover Hawking was a late 20th-century painter active in New Jersey and Long Island. ...

"Leading them Home" 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...

Artist/ School: Singleton Jowett (1878–1927), signed Title: Pausing for Refreshments Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 24 x 20 inches Canvas: 2...

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...

Artist: Thomas Sidney Cooper (English, 1803-1902) Title: "Cow and Chickens in Stable" *Signed and dated by Cooper lower left Year: 1871 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Wood Panel Fr...

Scottish Highland landscape scene with English Setter gun dogs, the day's bag, and Red Grouse, after a day shooting. M. Fawcett was a pseudo name for Robe...

Frank Cassell (British 19th century) signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 18.5 x 22 inches canvas: 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection...

Artist/ School: Scottish School, 20th century Title: Young deer roaming in a Scottish summers glen next to a pool of water. Very atmospheric work. M...

The Mountain Pass Italian School, 19th century signed initials oil on canvas, framed framed: 13 x 11 inches canvas: 10 x 7.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: ...

Artist/ School: Signed by Eric Roberts and inscribed verso Title: titled verso Medium: oil on canvas on board, framed Framed: 22 x 29 inches Painting: 15 x 22 inches Provenance: ...

This superb oil on panel painting is by British Victorian artist William Henry Crome, son of artist John Crome, founder of the Norwich School. Painted circa 1850 the painting depicts...

Thomas Baker British, (1809-1864) View on the Leam from the Private Estate of Lord Somerville Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1853 Image size: 19.25 inches x 29.25 inches Size includ...

John Murray Thompson R.S.A (1885-1974) A mother and pups signed 'J Murray Thompson -' (lower left) Oil on canvas Painting Size - 18 x 24 in Framed Size - 22 1...

Wright BARKER 1864 - 1941 Canvas Size: 24 x 30" (61 x 76cm) Outside Frame Size: 31 x 37" (79 x 94cm) Oil on Canvas Free Shipping Exhibited : 1885 - 1935 He was a figure and animal painter who was based originally in Bradford, where he lived until 1885, when he moved to Edwinstowe, near Mansfield, Nottingham. In 1901 he moved to Hampstead and then back north to Harrogate where he stayed until his death. In his later years he became a picture dealer, but in his will he referred to himself as ‘animal painter’. Barker became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1896. Although he called himself an animal painter he is also known to have painted ‘Roman Maidens...

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...

This lovely British Victorian landscape oil painting is attributed to noted artist Sam Bough. It was painted circa 1855 after Bough had moved to Hamilton Lanarkshire in Scotland to focus on painting landscapes along side fellow artist Alexander Frazer. The composition is several cattle watering in a stream under the boughs of an ancient tree. There is superb impasto, for example on the clouds and this is a charming 19th century oil painting. Provenance. London estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 29 inches by 16 inches unframed and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt Victorian frame, 36 inches by 23 inches framed and in good condition. Samuel Bough RSA (1822–1878) was an English-born landscape painter who spent much of his career working in Scotland. He was born the third of five children in Abbey Street, Carlisle in northern England, the son of James Bough (1794-1845), a shoemaker, and Lucy Walker, a cook. He was raised in relative poverty, but with a keen encouragement in the arts. He was self-taught but mixed with local artists such as Richard Harrington and George Sheffield, and was strongly influenced by the work of Turner. After an unsuccessful attempt to live as an artist in Carlisle he obtained a job and as a theatre scenery painter in Manchester in 1845, later also working in Glasgow in the same role. Encouraged by Daniel Macnee to take up landscape painting he moved to Hamilton from 1851-4 and worked there with Alexander Fraser. In 1854 he moved to Port Glasgow to work on his technique of painting ships and harbours. His paintings were noted for their sensitivity to atmosphere and light, were often of cloudy shorelines and busy harbours. He also began supplementing his income by illustrating books, before moving to Edinburgh in 1855. On coming to Edinburgh he lived in a terraced house at 5 Malta Terrace in the Stockbridge area of the city. Following Turner's example, he became a skilful painter of seaports. He was buried in Dean Cemetery Edinburgh on 23 November 1878. The grave bears a bronze medallion of his head by William Brodie...

John Ferneley Jnr British, (1815-1862) Horse & Groom in a Stable Oil on canvas, indistinctly signed Image size: 18.75 inches x 23.25 inches Size including frame: 23.5 inches x 28 inches Provenance: The Parker Gallery, Berkeley St., London A mid-19th century sporting painting of a horse and groom in a stable by John Ferneley Jnr. A stable hand is depicted in the middle of a stall grooming a bay horse. Nearby, a tabby cat can be seen resting on table whilst a small black and tan dog wanders by a door to the left. John Ferneley Junior was born in 1815, at Melton Mowbray, the son of the sporting artist John E Ferneley (1782-1869) and his first wife Sarah. His brother Claude Lorraine Ferneley (1822-1892) and sister Sarah Ferneley...

Horses Standing in Landscape French School, 20th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 34 inches canvas: 19.5 x 30 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very ...

Artist/ School: French School, early 19th century Title: Cattle being Driven through the town. Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Size: canvas: 21 x 25.5 inches Provenanc...

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...

The Highland Stag by Charles W. Middleton, British, signed and dated 1896 signed oil painting on board, unframed dated 1896 board: 8 x 11 inches condition: overall very good

The Harvest French School, 19th century oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 16 x 21.5 inches framed: 20 x 25.5 inches condition: the painting is in very good and presentable cond...

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...

"Western Travellers" by Rudolf Stone, British late 19th Century signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner oil painting on wood panel, framed framed size: 8 x 14 inches Won...

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 Free Shipping He was bor...

Very fine original oil painting by the highly regarded Suffolk School artist, Edward Robert Smythe (1810-1899). The painting is signed to the lower left and is a very fine example of this important artists work. Painted in oils on canvas, the artist has captured a traveller resting beside her camp, with a small fire burning to the right and her horse standing to the left. With the frame, the painting measures 16 by 18 inches. The painting comes to us from a private collection of Suffolk School paintings, housed in Suffolk, England, where we understand it has resided for many years. Born at Berners Street, Ipswich in 1810, son of James Smyth (1780-1863) and his wife Sarah Harriet née Skitter; James, who was an accountant with the bank Bacon, Cobbold, Durningham & Cobbold in Tavern Street, Ipswich added a final 'e' to his surname. Edward attended the school of Robert Burcham Clamp and had a liking for a military career but his love of art took his fancy. Elected a member of the Ipswich Society of Professional and Amateur Artists on 1 March 1832 and attended his first meeting on 18 November the same year and was probably working under Henry Davy [q.v.] and where he met many local artist members. In his younger days he had a studio in the Old Shire Hall, Ipswich where he painted with such artists as Samuel Read [q.v.], Walter Hagreen [q.v.], Frederick Russel [q.v.] and Robert Burrows [q.v.]. About 1840 he moved to Norwich to study the Norwich School of painting where he became acquainted with Robert Ladbrooke’s son, Frederick [q.v.] and is said to have worked with John Sell Cotman [1782-1842] but returned to Ipswich some five years later, taking a house in Bramford Road. He married at Ipswich in 1848, Ellen Bowman of Ipswich and where his first child Edward Robert, jun. was born the following year. In 1851, giving his age as 32, is living at Elmswell, Suffolk with his 24 year old wife Ellen and son but later that year moved to 3 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmund’s, where he kept company with his friend Fred Ladbrooke. By 1861, still at Angel Hill, they had further children born at Bury St Edmund’s, Francis (Frank) Rowland 1852, Ellen Kate 1854 and Mary Emily 1856, their daughter Louisa Jane, died at Angel Hill, Bury St Edmund’s on 7 April 1861, aged 3 years and 7 months. He exhibited at the Suffolk Fine Arts Association at the New Lecture Hall of the Mechanics' Institution, Ipswich in August 1850 several oil paintings including 'Chapel Viaduct, Colne Valley', 'A Group of Animals', 'A Sketch Ploughing', 'Ponies and a Dog' and 'A Landscape' and a watercolour 'The Ruling Passion strong in Death' and was also a member and exhibitor at the Ipswich Art Club 1886-1898. He also exhibited five works at the Royal Academey including 'View in the Colne Valley at Chappel, Essex' and exhibited five works at the British Institution including 'Pony and Boy' and 'The Village Blacksmith'. In 1865 Edward was living at 98 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmund’s, and his wife died at 69 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmund’s in 1879, aged 52. By 1891 he had moved in with his married daughter Ellen Kate, who had married at St Matthew’s church Ipswich on 10 May 1886, George Robert Chilvers, a tobacco manufacturer, at Burlington Lodge, 30 Burlington Road, Ipswich where he died on 5 July 1899, aged 88, and buried in Ipswich cemetery three days later. Five of his painting were on show at the Centenary exhibition of the Ipswich Art Club in 1974 a pastel 'Crossing the Stream...

James Hardy Jnr (1832-1889) Brace of Gordon Setters Oil on panel Painting size 10 x 14 in Framed size 15 x 19 in James Hardy Jr. (1832-1889): Master of Sporting and Canine Art James...

Artist/ School: Singleton Jowett (1878–1927), signed Title: Pausing for Conversation Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 24 x 20 inches Canvas: 2...