Hedley John Le Noury

Fine British Maritime Signed Oil Painting 18th C. Warship Anchored Coastline

War Ship at Sea signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 23 x 33 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches provenance: private collection, England The painting is in very go...

Anchored for the Night English School, circa 1970 signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 26 x 38 inches canvas: 25 x 35 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: a few surf...

A fine & large antique maritime oil painting of the war ship HMS Britannia, by Robert Strickland Thomas (1787-1853), the painting circa 1835. The painting depicts HMS Britannia broadside with several other war ships of the British fleet, most likely returning from the Mediterranean. In the foreground are several small boats with sailors variously occupied attending to them. A yacht with a crowded deck is visible on the left. In the center foreground there is a barrel or possibly a buoy in the water, a device commonly employed in some of Thomas's paintings. To the verso is an old auction label from the 1920s and another partial label, there are also some annotations on the stretcher with details of photographic images of the painting. There is also an old label of ownership "Mrs. Strange 6 Elvaston Place", this address was a large Georgian house in the prestigious London borough of South Kensington. The painting is in very good condition, this investment quality antique maritime painting...

This superb British Old Master marine oil painting is attributed to Peter Monamy. Painted circa 1730 it depicts Morning Gun - A morning gun is a gun fired at the first note of revei...