Benton Fine Art

Haynes King British, (1831-1904) The Daily News Oil on panel, signed & dated 1871 Image size: 20.5 inches x 16.5 inches Size including frame: 27.5 inches x 23.5 inches Provenance: W...

Charles Burton Barber British, (1845-1894) Coaxing is better than Scratching Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1883 Image size: 14.75 inches x 9.75 inches Size including frame: 22.75 i...

Laslett John Pott RSA British, (1837-1898) Before Naseby Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1881 Image size: 20 inches x 35.5 inches Size including frame: 27.5 inches x 43 inches Provenance: Exhibited at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1881, no. 515. A wonderful historical painting by Laslett John Pott of Charles I playing chess before the battle of Naseby. The King is depicted sat at a table in front of a chess board opposite a member of his household. With the white king in check the game appears to be over, but Charles is yet to admit defeat. To the left an older boy, a page or possibly one of his sons, is shown bending down to pick up a glove. Meanwhile a lurcher can be seen on the rug beneath the table, its attention drawn towards other courtiers waiting behind a screen to the left. On the far right of the painting, two men stand next to a large window watching smoke rising from a distant fire. This painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1881, no. 515, under the title ‘Before Naseby’. It was believed to have been inspired by an anecdote of the checkmate of the white king at a game of chess foreshadowing Charles I defeat at the battle of Nasesby. Charles I, who was often referred to as the ‘White King’, was a keen chess player and was known to have played during stressful times in the Civil War. Laslett John Pott was a genre and historical painter born in Newark, Nottinghamshire in 1837, the son of John Manger Pott, and his wife Sophia Charlotte Moss. His father was a successful auctioneer and land valuer and his wealth enabled Pott to receive a good education. Although he showed an early talent for art, his father wanted him to become an architect and at the age of 16 he became an apprentice at a local firm. After his apprenticeship, he was able to persuade his father to let him change careers and enrol at the Bloomsbury Art...

Thomas Edward Roberts British, (1820-1901) A Quiet Contemplation Oil on canvas, signed with monogram Image size: 34.75 inches x 26.75 inches Size including frame: 45.25 inches x 37...

**PLEASE NOTE: EACH PAINTING INCLUDING THE FRAME MEASURES 15 INCHES X 17 INCHES** John Frederick Herring Jnr British, (c1820-1907) Farmyard Scene of a figure with Horses & Ducks & F...

Henry John Yeend King British, (1855-1924) The Stream Oil on canvas, signed, transcribed verso Image size: 23.5 inches x 19.25 inches Size including frame: 32.25 inches x 28 inches ...

**PLEASE NOTE: EACH PAINTING INCLUDING THE FRAME MEASURES 17 INCHES X 25 INCHES ** John James Wilson British, (1818-1875) Shipping off the Dover Coast & Shipping off the Harbour Oi...

Robert Watson British, (1855-1920) Highland Cattle by a Stream Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1920 Image size: 19.25 inches x 29.25 inches Size including frame: 27 inches x 37 inches...

Edward Lloyd of Ellesmere British, (1818-1901) Bay Horse in a Stable Oil on canvas, signed & dated May 1867 Image size: 24.25 inches x 29.25 inches Size including frame: 31.5 inche...

Sidney Richard Percy British, (1821-1886) Moel Siabod, North Wales Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1875 Image size: 23.5 inches x 37.5 inches Size including frame: 30.5 inches x 44.5 ...

John Robert Dicksee British, (1817-1905) The Daughter of the House Oil on canvas, signed with monogram, transcribed verso Image size: 17.5 inches x 13.5 inches Size including frame: 22.25 inches x 18.25 inches A beautiful and sensitively painted half-length portrait painting of a young woman holding a tray of fruit by John Robert Dicksee. The woman is posed in a panelled room as if having just emerged from a darkened entrance and walking towards the light of an unseen window, with her head turned to look directly out towards the viewer. She is depicted wearing a turquoise blue gown with lace edged sleeves and an orange beaded necklace...

Léon Joseph Voirin French, (1833-1887) Le Douanier (The Custom’s Officer) Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1877 Image size: 17 inches x 28.25 inches Size including frame: 26 inches x 3...