19th century British Marine School, ship in rough seas, with setting Sun

circa 1870

Adolphus Knell 19th-century English fishing boast at Sea. Owning in a 19th-century English fishing boat captured at sea circa 1880 by Adolphus Knell, with the sun rising or setting...

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 w...

William Thornley was a painter of coastal scenes whose work is very similar to Hubert and Charles Thornley, who may have been members of the same family. He painted scenes of genre, architecture, and landscapes as well. A number of the landscapes were of Belgium, Holland, Italy, and Norway. However, it is for his seascapes that he is best remembered. Thornley’s works are beautifully detailed and show a masterful understanding of the moods of both weather and sea. They are often small in size and put together with fine detail and great artistic merit. Thornley’s fishing scenes are spirited and similar in style to those of “Jock” Wilson, and are often painted in pairs. Thornley’s works have always been popular when they appear on the art market. He was believed to have first exhibited marines at the Royal Academy in 1859 from an address in Paddington, London and also at the British Institution from 1861 until it closed in 1867. He continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy until 1898. Thornley also exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Salon of French Artists, receiving an honorable mention in 1881 and a third-place medal in 1888. William Thornley also went by the names Georges William and William...

English 19th century Victorian Sailing scene, with fishing vessels off of a landscape. Outstanding Victorian marine scene of a yacht at sail possible in the English Channel. Knell w...

19th Century Seascape with a Brig in High Seas, signed illegibly and dated 1857, an oil on canvas painting featuring a Brig laboring in heavy sea...

Condition: The paintings are in overall very good and sound condition, with age related craquelure running throughout. Framed in period frames.

A fine painting by Charles martin Powell , The scene depicting shipping off the Dutch coast This is an oil on panel, the size of the image being ...

Victorian Marine Oil Painting of Sunset Scene with Shipping and Row Boats returning to Shore at the end of the day. A beautiful small framed Oil on Panel that is framed in a handmad...