OIL PAINTING By MAJOR John E . Bale 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
By John Edward Bale
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING SIGNED 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
Fine Original Antique 19th Century British
OIL PAINTING
GOLD GILT FRAME
By Major John Edward Bale
Excellent Condition Panel, Professional Cleaned & re-varnished
Ready to hang.
frame is in wonderful condition .
John Edward Bale, was born at Low Farm House, Pattesley-cum-Oxwick,
South Creake, Norfolk on 27 July and baptised at South Creake on
1 August 1834, eldest child of John Edward Bale (1803-27 April 1862),
a farmer of 620 acres, and his wife Mary née Branford,
who married at Horningtoft, Norfolk on 27 November 1833. In 1841,
a 6 year old, living at Low Farm with his parents, 35 year old John and
28 year old Mary, and his two sisters, Mary 3 and Esther 1. In 1861,
a 26 year old 'artist architecture' boarding at 11 Bulstrode Street,
Marylebone, London but in October 1863, he was an Ensign by purchase
in the 1st West Indian Regiment. As a lieutenant, whilst on a tour of
duty in West Africa, Surgeon Major Augustus Frederick Elliott (born 1834),
kept a diary (now at Duke University Library) which is embellished with
calligraphy and watercolour titles by Bale. During this tour, Bale was
promoted to Captain and retired from the army in 1881 with the rank of major.
Bale married at Christ Church, Ealing on 10 November 1868,
Charlotte Gordon Lee née Johnson (c1847-1910).
A painter in oil and watercolour and a member of the Ipswich
Fine Art Club 1886-1890 and as Major Bale exhibited from 9 Creffield Terrace,
Colchester, Essex in 1888, 'View from Museum...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Freeman Baldridge Paintings
