William Wyld R.I.

The Waterfront, Venice - Large 19th Century Venetian Oil Painting of Grand Canal

Cirac 1865

‘Castelli di Cannero, Lake Maggiore’ by George Clarkson Stanfield (1828-1878). The painting – which depicts the ruins of the 16th century Rocca Vitaliana fortress on Lago Maggiore ...

‘Fabbriche di Careggine’ by Edmund John Niemann (1813-1876). Fabbriche di Careggine is the name of a Italian ghost village that today lies beneath Vagli di Sotto, a man-made lake in Tuscany. Prior to its flooding in 1953 the village was home to a community of subsistence farmers who raised sheep and Garfagnana goats. The painting depicts one of these goatherds and a young woman riding out from the village at sunrise. It is not uncommon for paintings by one member of famous family of artists to be mistakenly attributed to a relative; a picture by “the Elder” is erroneously credited as being by “the Younger” and the work of one brother is confused with another, and so on. In 19th century British art...

‘Piazza San Marco from the Palazzo’ by Edward Pritchett RWS (1807-1876). The painting – which depicts St. Mark’s Square and the Campanile seen from the Porto della Carta entrance to...

‘Vale of the Conwy’ by Samuel Lines (1778-1863). The painting – which depicts a single female figure in Welsh dress walking with a goat in an extensive mountain landscape – is signed...

The Naval Battle by F. C. Fagan, British 20th century signed oil on board, framed artists label verso framed: 35 x 23 inches board : 30 x 17 inches provenance: private collection, UK...

Travellers in Landscape English artist, early 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 22 x 24 inches canvas: 15 x 15.5 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: ve...

Heading to Church E. Oldham, British 1913 signed & dated oil on canvas, framed framed: 17.5 x 24 inches canvas : 13 x 19 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very goo...

"Extensive Early Industrial Landscape with Mill" by John Pennington (1773-1841, British) subsidiary buildings, bleaching fields and a country house beyond, three children with a bir...