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English Oil Painting on Tin
Located in Wilson, NC
English oil painting on tin depicts a tavern scene with children and dogs.
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Antique 1840s English Paintings
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Tin
English Oil Painting on Artist Board
Located in Wilson, NC
English oil painting on artist board, depicting a sailor with a lady.
The frame has some shrinkage cracking,
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Antique Early 1900s English Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Oil Painting Genre Scene
Located in Wilson, NC
English oil painting genre scene has a gold frame with egg and dart molding. It depicts children playing and a boy blowing bubbles, it has been professionally relined.
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Antique 1840s English Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas, Paint
Antique English Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful antique English oil painting on canvas signed by H Wallace. Featuring a soothing landscape scene with a cottage and a river in a nice giltwood frame. Pretty!!
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Early 20th Century English Paintings
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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century English Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely 19th century English oil painting on canvas. Painting depicts a rural scene with some farm animals and small cottages in a beautiful decorative frame. Nice!
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Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
English Oil Painting Yorkshire Terrier Dogs in Landscape
By Heather Budgett
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb signed English oil painting on canvas, depicting these two characterful Yorkshire Terrier dogs in a woodland landscape. The painting is by the listed English animal painter, H...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 18 in. W 21.5 in. D 1 in.
English Oil Painting Portrait of a 17th Century Man in Black Cape
Located in New York, NY
English oil painting portrait of 17th century man in black cape with red drape in a mahogany and decorated frame.
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Antique 17th Century British Jacobean Paintings
Materials
Mahogany
Mother & Daughter Walking Coastal Pathway, Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, late 19th/ early 20th century
Title: Mother & Daughter walking along the coastal path, with the sea beside them.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, f...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 19.5 in. W 27.5 in. D 1 in.
Cattle Watering Tranquil Pastures Signed 19th century English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Harry Pennell, British 19th century, signed lower corner
Title: Tranquil Pastures
Medium: signed oil painting on board, framed
Size:
framed:18 x 23.5 inches
board...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century English Oil Painting
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A large oil on canvas painting titled "Crossing the Stream" by Harden Sydney Melville (1824-1881) in what appears to be the original carved gilt wood frame. Signed lower right.
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The Horse Race, Signed English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Horse Race
British School, Mid 20th Century
Oil painting on board, framed
Signed on the lower right corner, with a monogram
Framed size: 12 x 22 inches
Lovely action shot of a r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
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ANTIQUE ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - STILL LIFE OF LILAC FLOWERS - ANTIQUE GILT FRAME
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, circa 1900, indistinctly signed
Title: Still Life of Lilac Flowers against deep green leaves.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size: frame...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 29 in. W 23.25 in. D 1 in.
20th Century English Oil Painting - Rural Church in Harvest Field Landscape
By English Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: English Impressionist
Title: The Parish Church
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Size: painting: 12 x 14 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed English Oil Painting by Tom Robertson
Located in Austin, TX
A beautiful English farm yard scene oil painting on canvas, in gilt and linen frame.
Signed on front: T. Robertson 1909
Signed on back: Tom Robertson
Artists canvas prepared by ...
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Early 20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
VINTAGE ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - FARMYARD BUILDINGS WITH TRACTOR & CHICKENS
By Tommaso Principe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Farmyard"
by Roy Merrington, British 20th century
signed lower front
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 20 x 24 inches
canvas: 16 x 20 inches
Lovely traditional oil painti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 20 in. W 24 in. D 1 in.
Fine Still Life Fruit Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fine Still Life Fruit
English School, Early 20th Century
Oil painting on board, framed
Dated '1902' on the lower right corner
Framed size: 25 x 22 inches
Lovely details especially...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of English Oil Paintings on Canvas, 'Sisters'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming pair of late 18th English century oil paintings on canvas. Each painting portrays a portrait of a young lady in oval within carved giltwood frame.
Circa 1790
Dimens...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Antique English Oil Painting Sunset Lake Scene, Thirlmere, The Lake District
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: William Taylor Longmire, British 1841-1914, signed.
Period: the work is dated 1880
Title: 'The Footbridge, Thirlmere, Cumberland'
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique English Oil Painting 'The Knight Errant' Pre-Raphaelite Nude & Knight
By John Everett Millais
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Knight Errant
English School, circa 1900
after the painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896)
oil painting on board, framed
board: 13 x 10 inches
framed: 17 x 14 inches
Category
Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 17 in. W 14 in. D 1 in.
Antique English Oil Painting Farmer in Field with Donkeys & Goat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 19th century
Title: Rural landscape, farmhand with animals.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size: framed: 15 x 17
painting: ...
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
LARGE ENGLISH OIL PAINTING TUDOR HOUSES IN WINTER SNOW LANDSCAPE
By Roy Merrington
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Tudor House in Winter Landscape"
by Roy Merrington (British, contemporary)
Signed, Oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting size: 16 x 21.75inches
Lovely depiction of this trad...
Category
20th Century Gothic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 16 in. W 21.75 in. D 1 in.
SIGNED VINTAGE ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - CHILDREN PLAYING BY WOODLAND STREAM
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, circa 1970's, indistinctly signed lower corner.
Title: Playing by the Woodland Stream.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed.
Size: canvas: 20 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 23.75 in. W 33.75 in. D 1 in.
House By The Sea 19Th Century English Oil Painting
Located in Delray 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...
Category
1880s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 31 in. W 43 in. D 2 in.
BRITISH HUNTING SCENE - LARGE SIGNED ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - GILT FRAME
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, indistinctly signed and dated lower corner.
Title: The Hunt
Medium: oil painting on board.
Size: frame: 23.5 x 33.75 inches
...
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20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 23.5 in. W 33.75 in. D 1 in.
SIGNED VICTORIAN ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - CHILDREN PLAYING WATERMILL STREAM DUCKS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th century, signed lower corner.
Title: The Watermill.
Medium: oil painting, on canvas.
Size: frame: 21 x 27 inches
painting: ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SIGNED VICTORIAN ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - FARMYARD SCENE OLD BUILDINGS -DATED 1875
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: T. Turner (British, 19th century), signed and dated 1875 verso.
Title: The Farmyard.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed.
Size: painting: 17 x 25 inches, fra...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 20.25 in. W 29 in. D 1 in.
The Park Bench overlooking the Sea Mid Century English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Park Bench
English School, mid 20th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas size: 41cm x 51cm
framed: 48cm x 58cm
Lovely soft green colours, with a far reaching view over ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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H 18.9 in. W 22.84 in. D 1.97 in.
Victorian English Oil Painting Huntsman and Hounds in full cry, Sporting Art
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, initialed EC in the lower corner, late 19th century
Title: Huntsman and hounds in full cry
Medium: oil painting on canvas , framed
actual painting:...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 17.25 in. W 20.5 in. D 1 in.
ANTIQUE ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - THE OLD MILL IN RIVER LANDSCAPE - SIGNED INITIALS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, turn of the 19th/20th century, signed with initials
Title: The Old Watermill
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: painting: 8 x 12 inch...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 8 in. W 12 in. D 1 in.
LARGE ENGLISH OIL PAINTING HUNTING HOUNDS ON THE SCENT IN LANDSCAPE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"On the Scent"
English School, late 20th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 30 x 24 inches
Wonderful depiction of these hunting hounds standing in an open landscape...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 30 in. W 24 in. D 1 in.
Fine Victorian English Oil Painting, Cattle in Tranquil Wooded Landscape & Pond
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, 19th century, circle of Sidney Richard Percy
Title: pastoral landscape with cattle watering.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Painting: 12 x...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 1800's English Oil Painting The Country Stable Groom Horse & Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Englsh School, early 19th century, circle of George Morland
Title: The Country Stable
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
actual canvas size: 25. x 30 inches
framed: 34....
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 34.75 in. W 40 in. D 4.25 in.
STEPS IN PROVENCAL OLD TOWN VILLAGE STREET - SIGNED ENGLISH OIL PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Steps"
by Roy Merrington, British contemporary
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
This work really transports the viewer to the South of France...where the hi...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 24 in. W 18 in. D 0.1 in.
Antique English Oil Painting - children in country rural cottage Meadow & Pond
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: H. Johnston, British 19th/20th century.
Title: The Country Cottage.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed.
Size: painting: 16 x 24 inches, frame: 22.5 x 30.5 i...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H. JohnstonAntique English Oil Painting - children in country rural cottage Meadow & Pond, c. 1900's
H 22.5 in. W 30.5 in. D 1 in.
Lake District Cumbria Landscape Fine English Oil Painting Open Panoramic View
By Arthur Terry Blamires
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Great Gable and Black Sail Youth Hostel Emmerdale"
by ARTHUR TERRY BLAMIRES (b.1930)
signed and dated, 1995
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
framed: 24 x 34 in...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th CENTURY ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - BATHERS CLASSICAL PORT LANDSCAPE AT SUNSET
By Samuel Colman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Bathing at the Close of Day"
British School, second half 19th century
oil painting on artists millboard, framed
painting: 7.5 x 10 inches
Charming antique oil painting dating to ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 11 in. W 14 in. D 1 in.
Signed English Oil Painting Children Feeding Horse With Terrier Dog Lovely image
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Martin Spencer Coleman, British b. 1952, signed.
Title: Young Companions.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed.
Size: painting: 20 x 16 inches
Provenance: p...
Category
20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
VICTORIAN 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - CATTLE DRINKING FROM WOODLAND POOL
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 19th century
Title: Cattle Watering from Woodland Pool
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size: painting: 16 x 24 inches, frame: 18.75 x 26.7...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 18.75 in. W 26.75 in. D 1 in.
Mid 19th Century English Oil Painting - Open Landscape Boy on Donkey with Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Boy
English School, mid 19th century
oil painting on board, framed
framed size: 13.5 x 19 inches
condition: very good and presentable
provenance: private collection, England
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 13.5 in. W 19 in. D 1 in.
18th Century English Oil Painting Cattle Watering from Woodland Pool at Dusk
By (circle of) Thomas Gainsborough
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 18th century, circle of Thomas Gainsborough (English 1727-1788)
Title: Cattle Watering from the Pool
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size: ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 22.84 in. W 20.48 in. D 2.56 in.
English Oil Painting Signed Edwin Frederick Holt, Titled the Anglers Companions
Located in Atlanta, GA
This English oil on canvas painting by Edwin Frederick Holt (1830-1912) is titled The Anglers Companions. The scene, painted in 1879 and signed in the lower left, depicts two dogs in...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
H 28.25 in. W 38 in. D 3 in.
Mid-19th Century Pair of English Oil Paintings on Board, Early Frames
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A pair of oil paintings on board in early giltwood frames, England circa 1840-1850. One titles "Siblings" the other "Courting Couple".
Category
Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Paintings
Materials
Hardwood, Giltwood
English Oil Painting of Horse and Groom Attributed to Ben Marshall, circa 1805
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A stunning circa 1805 English equestrian oil on canvas painting firmly attributed to prominent late-Georgian period artist Benjamin Marshall portraying a dark bay thoroughbred horse ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
H 27.57 in. W 33.5 in. D 2 in.
19th Century, English Oil Painting of a Father and Daughter Fishing on a Lake
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique original English oil on canvas painting of a father and daughter fishing from a boat on a pond or lake, circa 1880. The painting is unsigned and mounted in a period giltwood ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings
H 24 in. W 31.75 in. D 2 in.
Antique English Oil Painting, Country Scene by Yeend King
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A good quality oil painting of a Country scene of a Hay Stack by a well known Artist (Yeend King). It is signed by him, but not dated. Purchased in London, 1988. See reverse photo of...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Pedestals
Materials
Paint
19th Century English Oil Painting of Classical Lady with Urn in a Gilt Frame
Located in New York, NY
English (19th Cent) Pre-Raphaelite style gold framed oil painting on board of classical dressed lady holding urn by round window (signed H. READ).
Category
Antique 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Gold
H 27.5 in. W 36 in. D 2 in.
LARGE SIGNED BRITISH OIL PAINTING - EXTENSIVE RIVER LANDSCAPE DISTANT HILLS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, signed lower corner, late 20th century
Title: The Extensive River Landscape
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed, signed.
Size: frame: 23 ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 22 in. W 33 in. D 1 in.
Large English Framed Oil Painting, Circa 1908, Country Landscape by A. Watts
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large rectangular English oil painting on canvas in a giltwood frame, featuring an English country landscape.
Signed: A. Watts 1908
DIMENSIONS
H 30.25 in. x W 40.25 in. x D ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
H 30.25 in. W 40.25 in. D 2.25 in.
English Framed Oil Painting of a River Landscape by L. Richards
Located in Austin, TX
A fine rectangular English oil painting on canvas in a giltwood frame, featuring an English river landscape with cottage.
Signed: L. Richards
Dimensions: H 23 1/2 inches x W 31 inc...
Category
20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Large English Framed Oil Painting, circa 1908, Country Landscape by A. Watts
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large rectangular English oil painting on canvas in a giltwood frame, featuring an English country landscape with tower.
Signed: A. Watts 1908
Dimensions:
H 30.25 in. x...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
H 30.25 in. W 40.25 in. D 2.25 in.
English Still Life Oil Painting of Fruit Basket with Maple Frame
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English oil painting from the 19th c. in a beautifully patinated maple frame, featuring a still life of apples, pears, peaches and grapes arranged in a wicker basket. The pain...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Maple, Paint
Coastal Seascape Signed Antique British oil painting Rocky Coastline waves
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, indistinctly signed, antique
Title: The Rocky Coastline, with waves.
Medium: signed oil painting on board, unframed.
board: 8.5 x 14.5 inches
Pr...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair Romantic Oil Paintings English Landscape Barnstable Devon
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful pair of antique English oil paintings in the Romantic style
Believed to be a scene from near Barnstable, Devon
We date this pair to circa 1890
Very evocative treatment o...
Category
Antique 1890s English Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 1900's English Impressionist Oil Painting Beautiful Sunset Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, early 1900's
oil painting on wood panel, unframed
inscribed verso
measures: 7 x 9.5 inches
condition report: some surface scuffs and marks from previous storage
prov...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 1900's English Impressionist Oil Painting Elegant Garden Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, early 1900's
oil painting on wood panel, unframed
measures: 7 x 11.25 inches
condition report: good, some surface scuffs and marks from previous storage
provenance: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage English Impressionist Oil Painting Artist Painting by Estuary Boats
By English Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Barbara Doyle, British b. 1917
Barbara Doyle (British b.1917, born in Halifax Yorkshire, lived most of her life on the South Coast of England. She was an extremely a...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique English Marine Oil Painting, dated 1906, Sunset Rocky Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, signed and dated verso, 1906
Title: Sunset on the Coast
Medium: oil painting on board, framed and inscribed verso.
framed: 9 x 11 inches
board: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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H 14.25 in. W 16.25 in. D 1 in.
Large Victorian English Portrait of a Gentleman, Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 19th century
Title: The Country Gentleman
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 34.25 x 30.25 inches
canvas: 27 x 23 inches
Provenance: ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 34.25 in. W 30.25 in. D 2 in.
English Impressionist Oil Painting Country Church in Rural Landscape
By English Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The English Church
British School, late 20th century
oil painting on board, unframed
board measurements: 12 x 14 inches
provenance: private collection, England
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Profile Portrait of a 1930's Period English Lady, beautiful oil painting & frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
English School, circa 1930's
oil painting on board
original gilt frame
overall size: 16 x 12 inches
condition: very good, ready to hang
provenance: from a collecti...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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