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Governor John Penn Inspecting The Legion At The Isle Of Portland, Dorset, 1805

Garibaldi Redshirts Encampment, 19th Century attributed to Remigio Legat (19th century Italian) Large 19th century landscape of Garibaldi's Redshirt in camp with an officer in the ...

View of Pen Maen Mawr, Anglesey in the distance, dated 1864 by Edmund John Niemann (1813-1876) Large 19th Century view of Pen Maen Mawr looking towards Anglesey, oil on canvas by E...

The Village Cricket Match, 18th/19th Century English School - Indistinctly Signed 18th 19th Century English School Rural Village Cricket match, oil on ...

Huntsmen and Terriers & Ferrets Rabbiting, 19th Century attributed to George Armfield (1808-1893) Large 19th century English landscape with Huntsmen rabbiting accompanied by their...

Oil on canvas. Signed, dated 1863 Provenance: Grubbs Auction, June 8, 1984 Christie’s, New York
; Bartlett Burnap Turner was a British artist who has been referred to as “Horse Fa...

A delightful early study of St Ives, Cornwall from a view over the town looking towards the sea. Rows of boats and ships line the harbour, which the artist has captured in minute det...

A charming coastal scene depicting seaside cottages in the morning light. In the foreground, a man fills his wheelbarrow as the tide begins to roll out. Presented in a part-gilt fram...

John Holland Snr British, (1830-1886) Braintree Fair, Essex Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 13.25 inches x 20.5 inches Size including frame: 19 inches x 26.25 inches Provenance: Frost & Reed A lively painting of an annual town fair near Braintree, Essex by John Holland Snr. The middle of the scene shows a crowd of figures dancing on the green next to the Kings Head Inn whilst others watch on. In the foreground, people can be seen conversing with sellers and other visitors. John Holland Senior was a painter of landscapes and coastal scenes who was born in Nottingham around 1830. He was the son of a painter and brother to Samuel Holland also a painter and sign writer. He was also uncle to his namesake John Holland (1857-1920) whom he taught to work in charcoal and Samuel S. Holland, both of whom were artists. By 1861, he had become a full time artist exhibiting at Suffolk Street from around this time until 1879, at the British Institution between 1865-1866 as well as exhibiting locally in Nottingham. He never married and lived for many years with his father, brother and his family at Vernon Street, Nottingham. Around 1867, he moved to Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire where he exhibited locally. He would also often travel around the British countryside and coast to paint. He spent a few years in West Yorkshire but by 1871 had moved back to live with his family in Nottingham. However, he spent his final years living at Trebray Lodge, Tintagel, Cornwall where he died on 7 February 1886. A number of his works are held by the Buxton Museum, Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Nottingham Art Gallery and the Williamson Art Gallery. Presentation: The painting is housed in a new, English made gilt frame which is in excellent condition. The reverse bears a label for Frost & Reed, a well-known fine Art Gallery, frame maker and fine art publisher founded in Bristol in 1808 by William Hill. The business was bought by John Frost in 1859 who ran it until his death in 1875. His nephew Walter Frost took over the business and in 1881 brought in William Reed...