1770s Landscape Paintings

At first glance, this attractive genre scene by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand is an enigma. What is the point of depicting Dijon's Notre-Dame church in the background of a harbor landscape...

This superb 18th century Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of Richard Wilson. Painted circa 1770 it is a lovely wooded landscape with trees either side of a bend in the road beneath a blue sky. Some figures are resting in the foreground. It is a light and airy painting with some lovely brushwork and colouring making this an excellent example of a British Old Master oil painting from the 18th century. Provenance. Berkshire estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 25 inches unframed, in good condition. Frame. Housed in a gilt frame, 37 inches by 32 inches and in good condition. Richard Wilson RA...

Artist: Francis Swaine (English, 1725-1782) Title: "Dutch Fishing Vessels in Storm" *No signature found Circa: 1770 Medium: Original Oil Painting on wood panel Framing: Framed in a Louis XV style gold moulding Framed size: 10.63" x 12.63" Panel size (irregular margins): 6" x 7.75" Condition: One small restored spot upper left. Cosmetic wear to frame. In otherwise very good condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - London, England; acquired from art dealer Ernest Alden, London, England retaining his original gallery label on verso. Metal plaque inscribed "F. Swaine 1740-1782", (active dates), attached to frame bottom center. Ernest William Alden (1866-1947) was recorded in successive censuses, in 1881 as a picture mounter (card maker), age 14, living at 9 Bloomsbury St, with several other members of his family also given as picture mounters, including his father, James; in 1891 as a picture frame mounter with his father and family at 208 Shaftesbury Avenue; in 1901 as a photographer and picture dealer at 39 King’s Road, Chelsea; and in 1911 again at 39 King’s Road but the census form is damaged. His listing in trade directories, initially as picture mount cutter, changed to picture framemaker from 1904, soon after he set up in the King’s Road. He advertised his large stock of second-hand swept and other frames, claiming to have been established in 1893 (The Year’s Art 1913). Alden died in Chelsea in 1947, leaving effects worth £5,011, with probate granted to his widow Lily Alden and to Marjorie Frances Alden. Two of his younger brothers, Henry Cyril Alden (1871-1939) and James Preston Alden (1876-1960), were also active as picture framemakers. - National Portrait Gallery, London, England. Biography: Francis Swaine (1725–1782) was a British marine painter. He was born in 1725, and christened on 7 October of that year at St Dunstan's, Stepney, London. His parents were named Francis Swaine and Ann Joel. In 1735 the elder Francis Swaine, the marine painter's father, applied in writing to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy for employment as a Navy Messenger, in succession to Mr William Wyatt. He mentions that he had served "upwards of twenty eight years" in the Navy, and that his father had died Purser of the Royal Katherine. He mentions also that he had carried out "little labours in drawing", and that he at that time had five small children. The first-born of these children was the Francis Swaine who became the marine painter. The elder Swaine was duly employed as a Navy Messenger. He served for 20 years and died on 10 October 1755, aged 64. Swaine is said to have been influenced by the style of Van de Velde. There is no clear evidence of this alleged influence. The suggestion that Swaine may have been a pupil of Charles Brooking...

Special end of the year offer. This lovely and very decorative print is an ideal gift for you or your loved-ones. Rare antique print depicting a carnation and a moth metamorphosis. Caryophillus purpureus, in French "Œillet pourpré" meaning "Purple Carnation". This print originates from 'Histoire des insectes de l’Europe' by Maria Sibylla Merian...

Very nice Italian landscape attributed to William Marlow (1740-1813). Unsigned, typical of Marlow's work, period canvas or stretcher in a fine gilt frame engraved with the artists na...