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Victorian Maritime Oil HMS Ganges anchored, Sailors alighting off Fishing Boats

1885

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...

Victorian Marine Oil Painting depicting an Old Prison Hulk and other Shipping at Sunset on the Medway in England. Oil painting on Canvas, mounted on stretchers and framed in its original ornate gilt frame, there is no visible signature on this piece but it is a genuine Thornley, anyone who is familiar with his work will know this and those that are not, will have absolutely no doubt this is by the hand of an extremely accomplished Painter. Thornley remains a staple of the British Maritime Painting...

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 honourable mention in 1881 and a third place medal in 1888. William Thornley also went by the names Georges William and William...

English School, 19th century signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 16 x 26 inches canvas: 12 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound con...