House By The Sea 19th Century English
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
House By The Sea signed and dated "88 Charles Haigh-Wood was born in 1856 in a home above a workshop in Bury, England where his father Charles Wood, a master craftsman, built pictur...
Canvas, Oil
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19th Century genre oil painting of two women in a country house interior
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Charles Haigh Wood British, (1854-1927) The Letter Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 17.25 inches x 23.25 inches Size including frame: 25.5 inches x 31.5 inches A lovely genre pain...
Canvas, Oil
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H 51 in W 24 in D 3 in
Picking Flowers for a Posy - 19th Century Oil Painting of English Society Girls
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Picking Flowers for a Posy’ by Charles Haigh-Wood (1856-1927). The painting – which depicts two young ladies in an English garden in summertime – is signed by the artist and prese...
Oil
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H 33.86 in W 40.95 in D 2.17 in
How long will it take him to propose to me? 1891. Victorian England Parlor Scene
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Charles Haigh-Wood. English ( b.1856 - d.1927). How long will it take him to propose to me?
Canvas, Oil
Summer Afternoon, 1887 by Charles Haigh-Wood
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
CHARLES HAIGH-WOOD (British 1856-1927) Signed and dated lower left corner "C Haigh Wood 1887" Oil on canvas 34 x 44 in.
Canvas, Oil
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