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G. Melville - Early 20th Century Oil, Shire Horses By The Coast

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A charming watercolour scene depicting a farmer driving a horse and cart over a river with two cows in tow. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.

A large rural scene depicts a rustic farmyard with two working horses and a male figure outside a thatched stable. Well presented in an ornate gilt effect with shell and acanthus cor...

A delightful genre scene in oil, depicting a local farrier fixing an issue with a carriage horse's shoe. All on board look amazed by the farrier's skill as he gets to work on the job...

A delightful oil painting of a delivery wagon selling produces at the gate of a large farm house. Free range chickens and a dog roam in the road, while two figures converse to the re...

This beautiful naturalistic painting by Niels Christiansen (1873-1960) with motive of grazing horses in the wetlands near the sea emits an atmosphere...

English School Farmyard Scene with Horses and Goat Oil on panel, unsigned The Circle of John Frederick Herring Sr. Circa 1880 Presented in a later gilt and painted frame This finely rendered 19th-century English farmyard scene captures the quiet dignity of rural life, with a group of three horses—white, chestnut, and black—gathered beneath a tree in the warm light of late afternoon. A small goat stands to one side near a rustic stable, adding a note of charming domesticity to the composition. The surrounding landscape, with its distant hills and careful play of shadow and cloud, speaks to the artist’s sensitivity to atmosphere and detail. Though unsigned, the painting is executed in a manner closely aligned with the work of John Frederick Herring Senior, one of Britain’s most celebrated animal painters of the Victorian era. The careful modelling of the horses, their distinctive postures and anatomy, and the tranquil farm setting are all hallmarks of Herring’s influence. Painted in oils on a wooden panel, the surface retains a fine, even gloss and a warm palette typical of the period. The composition is both balanced and lyrical: the interplay of form and gesture among the animals invites the viewer into a moment of repose between work and activity, emblematic of Victorian ideals of harmony between man, beast, and the land. A delightful example of 19th-century English rural painting...

Thomas Blinks British, (1853-1910) Midday Rest Oil on canvas, signed & dated (18)87 Image size: 11.5 inches x 17.5 inches Size including frame: 20.25 inches x 26.25 inches A pleasing landscape painting of a plough team at rest next to a barn by Thomas Blinks. Three horses are shown eating hay from a cart in the shade of a barn. Two figures and a dog are also depicted taking their repast. On the left of the scene, open fields can be seen through a gate whilst in the far distance a church and other buildings can be made out on the brow of a hill. Thomas Blinks was born in Maidstone, Kent on 29 October 1853 to Richard Blinks and Eleanor Poile. His father was a master butcher in Ticehurst and the family lived above the shop, which is still operates as a butchers today. Thomas initially worked for his father but his talent for art soon took him in another direction. He married Louisa Anne Winterbottom on 11 April 1874, at Rye, Sussex and together they had 3 children. They lived in Hawkhurst, Kent before moving to Hackney, London in 1878. Whilst largely self- taught, Blinks would have learnt basic anatomy from working with his father, but he also spent time at Tattersalls canine and horse auctions...

William Manners R.B.A. 1860 - 1930 A South Yorkshire landscape painter, regular exhibitor at the Royal Society of British Artists where he was a member as well as at the Academy. Si...