Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 13

David Bates b.1840
19th Century Welsh river landscape oil painting of Moel Siabod, Snowdonia

1879

About the Item

David Bates British, (1840-1921) Moel Siabod from Brynloch Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1879, further inscribed verso Image size: 23.25 inches x 35.25 inches Size including frame: 29.25 inches x 41.25 inches A picturesque landscape painting of Moel Siabod from the river Llugwy by David Bates. Moel Siabod is the tenth highest mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales. It sits above the village of Dolwyddelan to the south with Capel Curig to the north and is part of the Moelwynion mountain range. David Bates was born in March, Cambridge in 1840 to Benjamin Bates a shoe maker and Sarah Bates. By 1851, the family had moved to Upton upon Severn in Worcestershire and from 1855 Bates became an apprentice at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works in Worcester. There he developed his artistic talent, painting flower decorations onto vases and plates. At some point after 1861, he became a full time artist and made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1863, continuing to exhibit there until 1893. He also exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor Gallery. He married Elizabeth Higgs from Worcester in 1867 and they lived at Cherry Orchard, Bath Road in Worcester where their children were later born. Their second child John Bates Noel (1870-1927) became a landscape artist and their younger son David Samuel became an art agent. Around 1879 he moved to nearby Great Malvern living at Hollymount Cottage in St Ann’s Road and then at Sydenham Villa, Newtown Road. By 1891, the family had moved to Birmingham where they lived at 158 Pershore Road in Edgbaston and later Chantry Road, in Kings Norton. Sometime after 1901, he relocated to Surrey where he lived at Blandford House, Teddington. He died on 21 February 1921 at Teddington and was buried in Kingston-upon-Thames Cemetery. Bates often travelled around Wales and the Midlands and became known for his open air painting of the area, however, he also visited other beauty spots such as the Lake District. He also spent time in North Africa painting, producing a number of works from his travels. His style and subjects were influenced by Benjamin Williams Leader and were similar to that of other members of the Birmingham School such as Joseph Thors and S.H. Baker. Examples of his work are held in many public collections including the Canterbury Museum, Derby Museum, Dudley Museum, Hartlepool Museum, Malvern Museum, Nottingham Castle Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Wednesbury Museum, The Wilson, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the Worcester City Museum. Presentation: The painting is housed in a new, English made gilt frame which is in excellent condition. Condition: As with all of our original antique oil paintings, this work is offered in ready to hang gallery condition, having been professionally cleaned, restored and revarnished. © Benton Fine Art
  • Creator:
    David Bates b.1840 (1840 - 1921, British)
  • Creation Year:
    1879
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.25 in (74.3 cm)Width: 41.25 in (104.78 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU156212303312
More From This SellerView All
  • 19th Century continental townscape oil painting of a quayside on a river
    By Ludwig Hermann
    Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
    Ludwig Hermann German, (1812-1881) A Busy Quayside Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 15.75 inches x 22 inches Size including frame: 23 inches x 29.25 inches This atmospheric contin...
    Category

    19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • 19th Century historical genre oil painting of the gunpowder plot conspirators
    By Ernest Crofts
    Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
    Ernest Crofts British, (1847-1911) The Gunpowder Plot; the Conspirators Last Stand at Holbeche Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1892 Image size: 11.5 inches x 17.25 inches Size including frame: 19 inches x 24.75 inches A dramatic historical painting depicting the last stand of the gunpowder plot conspirators at Holbeche House, near Dudley, Staffordshire by Ernest Crofts. It is the smaller version of a larger exhibition piece that was shown at the Royal Academy in 1892. Holbeche or Holbeach House was built in 1600 and is located close to Kingswinford near Dudley. The site became famous for being the last refuge of the fugitives from the gunpowder plot of 1605. After Guy Fawkes was arrested on the evening of 4 November, the remaining conspirators, including Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy and Stephen Lyttelton the owner of Holbeche House, fled London and headed for Warwickshire. Upon reaching Warwick Castle and Hewell Grange they raided weapons and gunpowder and then left with the Sheriff of Warwick, Richard Walsh and a posse of men in pursuit soon after. After reaching Holbeche House around 10pm on 7 November, they attempted to dry their damp gunpowder near a fire, but it caught fire and exploded, injuring a number of people and almost destroying the roof of the house. At around midday on 8 November, Walsh caught up with them and proceeded to storm the gates. During the short but fierce fight, several of the plotters including Percy, Catesby, Jack Wright...
    Category

    19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • 19th Century genre landscape oil painting of three boys fishing on a river
    By William Bromley
    Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
    William Bromley British, (1816-1890) Gone Fishing Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 13.5 inches x 17.5 inches Size including frame: 18.75 inches x 22.75 inches A picturesque genr...
    Category

    19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • 19th Century historical genre oil painting of English civil war soldiers
    By Ernest Crofts
    Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
    Ernest Crofts British, (1847-1911) On the March Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 8.5 inches x 12.5 inches Size including frame: 17 inches x 21 inches A wonderful historical painti...
    Category

    19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • 19th Century winter townscape oil painting of a quay on a frozen river
    By Ludwig Hermann
    Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
    Ludwig Hermann German, (1812-1881) Winter on the Quay Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 15.75 inches x 22 inches Size including frame: 23 inches x 29.25 inches This highly detailed...
    Category

    19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • 19th Century genre landscape oil painting of women picking flowers
    Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
    Thomas Brooks British, (1818-1891) Picking Flowers on a Coastal Path Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1878 Image size: 15 inches x 10 inches Size including frame: 20 inches x 15 inches...
    Category

    19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

You May Also Like
  • Cornish Fisherwoman with Net, Victorian Painting by D.W. Haddon
    By David W. Haddon
    Located in Long Island City, NY
    A late Victorian period painting by British artist, David W. Haddon, active (1884-1914). The canvas measures 20 x 14 inches and is signed low...
    Category

    Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • Ezekiel in the Valley of Dry Bones
    By Philip Burne-Jones
    Located in New York, NY
    Provenance: Christie’s, London, 3 March 1922, lot 46 (with The Tower of Babel); James Nicoll Private Collection Sotheby’s, London, 29 March 1983, lot 157 Private Collection, New Yo...
    Category

    Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Breton Chores
    Located in Missouri, MO
    Clement Nye Swift "Breton Chores" 1870 Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated Lower Right Canvas Size: approx 27 x18 inches Framed Size: approx 34 x 35 inches Provenance: Private Midwes...
    Category

    1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Figures by a Pond, with Cattle and a Church beyond by Sarah Ferneley
    Located in London, GB
    Figures by a Pond, with Cattle and a Church beyond by Sarah Ferneley (1812-1903) Oil on canvas 76.5 x 63.5 (30 ⅛ x 25 inches) Executed circa 1840 Beaut...
    Category

    1840s Victorian Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • 19thC. French Oil Ladies Praying to Madonna Statue South of France Landscape
    Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
    Artist/ School: French Romantic School, 19th century. There is an artists label verso, "P. Grimaud, Toulon". Title: Ladies in Southern French landscape praying to a statue of the M...
    Category

    19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Antique Scottish Highland Loch landscape, with sunlit streaming onto the water
    By Francis E. Jamieson
    Located in Woodbury, CT
    Francis Jamieson was a painter in oil and watercolor of highland landscapes and coastal scenes. (The work of this highly prolific artist is curious since the oils and watercolors have two quite distinctive styles and subject matter. The oil paintings are most frequently seen and these are highland landscapes or loch scenes - sometimes they appear to be signed with pseudonyms such as 'W. Richards' and 'Phil Hips' - the location is usually inscribed on the reverse. The watercolors are often coastal scenes with boats and figures on a shore, painted in a more traditional Victorian style, and possibly pre-date the oils. F. E. Jamiesons's beach scenes were published as postcards around 1920 by G. Ajelli & Co. of London on a textured card to give the appearance of oils. Jamieson is known to have traveled widely in the South of England between the wars selling his work but does not appear to have exhibited.) This quote in parentheses is taken from Jeremy Wood's excellent book 'Hidden Talents - A Dictionary of Neglected Artists Working 1880-1950'. - Work by Francis Jamieson can be seen at the usual sites. Please note that on all these sites you will find F. E. Jamieson variously listed as Francis E. Jamieson, F.E.Jamieson, Frank E. Jamieson, Frederick E. Jamieson etc. You may also find some listings under his various pseudonyms of Arnould Pienne, Charles Maurice, Graham Williams...
    Category

    1910s Victorian Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All