Adolphus Knell

19th Century seascape oil painting of a steam boat & sailing ships off Dover

C1870

Abraham Hulk Snr British, (1813-1897) Fishing Boats off the Dutch Coast Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 11.75 inches x 17.75 inches Size including frame: 21.25 inches x 27.25 inch...

George Wright British, (1860-1942) On the Scent Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 9.5 inches x 15.5 inches Size including frame: 13 inches x 19 inches George Wright was a sporting and landscape artist who was born in Leeds in 1860. He was the son of George E Wright a cashier and his wife Elizabeth. His brother Gilbert Scott Wright...

Walter Waller Caffyn British, (1850–1898) Walking by the Pond, South Mimms Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1897 Image size: 11.75 inches x 17.75 inches Size including frame: 17.75 inches x 23.75 inches Walter Waller (or Wallor) Caffyn was born in Dorking, Surrey in 1850 the son of a hairdresser also named Walter Waller Caffyn. The family lived at High Street, Dorking where his father probably also conducted his business. Whilst there is no record of which art school he attended, he undoubtedly received an artistic education due to the highly skilled work he produced. He is known to have spent time working with his father as a hairdresser before becoming a professional artist around the age of 22. His skills were not just confined to art; he also had a talent for music and was an excellent violinist. He married Eliza Beagley at Southwark on 1 June 1873 and they went on to have four children together. The family lived in Dorking at Howard Road before settling at 14 Vincents Road by 1881. He made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1876 and continued to exhibit there throughout his life. He also exhibited at the Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Caffyn was a skilled artist and specialised in river and harvest landscapes of Surrey and the surrounding counties including Kent. He also visited Yorkshire to paint a number of there. He was friends with Henry Leonidas...

John Clayton Adams British, (1840-1906) Hay Making Oil on canvas, signed & indistinctly dated 187(5)? Image size: 19.5 inches x 31.5 inches Size including frame: 28.5 inches x 40.5 ...

Georgina Lara British, (fl. 1862-1871) Bustling Village Life Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches Size including frame: 25.5 inches x 35.5 inches Georgina Lara also known as Edwina Lara was a London painter of rustic farmyard and village scenes. Her work also closely resembles that of Edward Masters...

John Holland Snr British, (1830-1886) The Malt Shovel Tavern Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 13 inches x 20.5 inches Size including frame: 18.25 inches x 25.75 inches Provenance: Frost & Reed A wonderful painting of figures sat outside a village inn by John Holland Senior. A wagon is shown delivering supplies as another cart drives off towards a windmill in the distance. In the foreground two people cut a log in half whilst their family looks on. The Malt Shovel Inn was most likely the one at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire. Over 500 years old, it was located on Malt Shovel Lane, and was originally a bakery, becoming an inn sometime during the mid 1700’s. It remained as a pub until its closure in 2016. The windmill in the distance was situated outside Lambourn on the road to Baydon. It was built in 1771 but was demolished around 1887 and is now the site of a farm. 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 an old label for Frost & Reed. Frost & Reed are 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...

R.Ellis English late 19th-century landscape of a Watermill by a Stream and a bridge. Original frame oils on card Signed and dated on the reverse and lower right. Ellis was a la...

Pretty and well-painted, View of Vevey on the north shore of Lake Geneva. Dating from the early 20th century this painting would have been painted for one of the many visitors who w...

Antique Victorian, Impressionist 19th century English oil, Fishings boat at Sea. Adolphus Knell was a superb painter of marine subjects during the middle of the 19th century. His wor...

James Edward Butteerworth Owning a painting by James Edward Buttersworth depicting the heroic rescue of passengers from the ship 'Winchester' by the inscribed steamship 'Washington...

David Hardy was an English genre painter who exhibited from 1855 -1870 in various English galleries such as the British Institute, the Suffolk Street Gallery, and one example at the ...

19th-century English yacht, sailboat, and steamer off a coast with a stormy sky. John Niemann was a prolific and highly successful British landscape artist working mostly in oils. ...