George Vicat Cole RA

George Vicat Cole, Victorian oil painting of Ducks by a pond, cottage scene

1876

William Calcott Knell (1830 - 1880) Extensive view of Portsmouth Harbour with vessels under sail Signed and dated '1874' bottom left Oil on canvas 23½ x 11½ inches 29 x 17¼ inches with the frame William Calcott Knell was a celebrated maritime painter of the nineteenth century who worked in Britain and exhibited at the Royal Academy. This painting, typical of his oeuvre, shows Portsmouth harbour, home to the Royal Navy, the Mary Rose...

A charming rustic scene with a rider and his horse pausing on the banks of a brook. Follower of William Joseph Shayer , mid 19th Century A rider and his horse at a watering place Oi...

A wonderful image of hop pickers in the Kentish countryside, Southern England. Franklin White (1892-1975) Hope pickers Signed and dated (19)32 Oil on canvas laid on board 9 x 12 inc...

A magnificent rural scene by this master of Scottish Impressionism George Smith (1870-1934) Harvest time Signed Oil on canvas 28 x 36 inches unframed 40 x 48 inches including the frame George Smith was born in 1870 in Mid-Calder in Mid-Lothian. He studied art at the Board of Manufacturers School, Edinburgh and subsequently at Antwerp under Charles Verlat. ​ He exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy, The Royal Academy and the Glasgow Institute...

A charming rustic scene of a shepherdess herding her stock of cattle, sheep and goats through an Italianate landscape. Follower of Balthazar Paul Ommeganck (1755-1826) A shepherdess...

A highly decorative pair of charming vignettes skilfully painted en grisaille that would look superb either hung as a pair or gracing either side of a mantlepiece Follower ofJacob d...

‘Rydal Water, Westmorland’ by Sidney Richard Percy (1822-1886). The painting – which depicts cattle watering in the Lake District – is signed by the artist and dated 1882. It hangs in a bespoke gold metal leaf frame. Academy Fine Paintings...

Wonderful English 19th century Fall landscape, with a figure on a pathway passing sone Elm or Oak trees. This piece is signed lower right and is framed in a Vintage American Gold Le...

Joseph Thors British, (1835-1920) A Country Track Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 15.5 inches x 23.25 inches Size including frame: 22.75 inches x 30.5 inches Joseph Thors was born in Amsterdam on 25 August, 1835 the son of Samuel Joseph Thors and Jeannette Keijzer. By 1861, he was living in London where he lived in Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury and began earning a living as an artist. He married Hendrina (Harriet) Mendelson in 1862 who was also from Holland and their first son Samuel was born in 1863. Around this time, he began exhibiting at the Royal Academy. He also exhibited at the British Institute and Suffolk Street and in Birmingham between 1869 and 1900. The family continued living in the Bloomsbury area, before moving to 42, Ampthill Square, St Pancras in the early 1870’s. Sometime after 1881, Thors and his wife moved to Islington. This event may have coincided with the immigration of their son Samuel to New York in 1887. He remained in Islington until after 1891, when he moved to the Midlands area and is listed in the local directories of 1892 as living at 3 Oxford Road in the Erdington area of Birmingham. He also exhibited at local Midland galleries and enjoyed considerable popularity and acclaim. By 1901, he had moved back to Islington in London and had become a British Subject. He died at Islington in 1920. Thors is considered at member of the Birmingham School, however, his style is also similar to that of the Norwich school, whose work he admired. Both school’s aims were to achieve naturalistic landscape painting which Thors adopted. His landscapes are mainly of figures, animals and rustic cottages...

'The Parting Day’ by Henry H Parker (1858-1930). The painting – which depicts figures and cattle on a country lane at sunset – is signed by the artist and hangs in a good quality giltwood frame. Academy Fine Paintings only offers artwork for sale in the finest condition it can be for its age, having been professionally cleaned, conserved, and re-varnished. Clients should also note that tracked and signed for international shipping is complimentary. Henry Deacon Hillyer...

‘Children of the New Forest’ by Edgar Barclay (1842-1913). Depicting two girls gathering kindling in winter woodland, this very large painting ...

Ernest Walbourn British, (1872-1927) By the Pond Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 24 inches x 36 inches Size including frame: 31.5 inches x 43.5 inches Ernest Walbourn was painter ...

William Mellor British, (1851-1931) A River Glen Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 19 inches x 29 inches Size including frame: 27.5 inches x 37.5 inches William Mellor was a landsca...

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 ...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 16 x 24 inches Framed size: 21.25 x 29.25 inches Signed lower left

Edward Henry Eugene Fletcher British, (1857-1945) Shipping in the Pool of London with Tower Bridge & St Paul’s Beyond Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 14.25 inches x 29.25 inches S...

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...

William Edward Webb British, (1862-1903) Penzance Harbour Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 29 inches x 45.5 inches Size including frame: 38 inches x 54.5 inches William Edward Web...

Ernest Walbourn British, (1872-1927) By the Pond Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 24 inches x 36 inches Size including frame: 31.5 inches x 43.5 inches Ernest Walbourn was painter ...

Robert Alexander Hillingford British, (1828-1904) Napoleon’s Retreat Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 12.5 inches x 16.25 inches Size including frame: 20.25 inches x 24 inches Ro...

William Shayer British, (1787-1879) Fisher Folk on the Beach Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1839 Image size: 27.25 inches x 35.25 inches Size including frame: 37.25 inches x 45.25 in...

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...