Darnley Fine Art

19th Century French Shako Partial Shako from Napoleon’s 42nd Infantry Regiment 1869 Brass and leather Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 3 inches (18.2 x 29 x 8 cm) Handmade display case ...

Charles Franklin White The Hop Pickers 1892-1975 Oil on canvas, signed and dated '1924' verso Image size: 10 x 13 inches (25.6 x 32.7 cm) Provenance: From the collection of Gertrude...

Felice Ficherelli Cupid 1603-1660 Oil on canvas, unsigned Image size: 32 x 28 1/4 inches (81.3 x 71.8 cm) Original gilt frame Depicting a relaxed Cupido, the gentle beauty of this p...

Circle of Thomas Derrick British 1885 - 1954 Oil on panel, unsigned Image size: 21 1/2 x 14 inches (55 x 36 cm) Hand made frame

Oil on board, unsigned Image size: 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (31.75 x 40 cm) Contemporary style handmade frame Exhibitions 1952 Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition, Gallery no. VII, no.429. This forest scene invites the viewer into a multi-sensory event where the cool, damp shadows of the foliage can almost be felt and the rich bouquet of the forest floor recalled. Here, Sherlock has chosen a somewhat unusual angle and composition, dissecting each truck and tree form so that only a part can be seen. Furthermore, as we look into the depths of this space it becomes clear that we are stood gazing down into a valley that is in the distance, behind this wooded area. Indeed, instead of giving us an uninterrupted view of this vista, as perhaps would be expected, this view is deliberately blocked and our focus is directed instead towards the organic forms in the foreground. The Artist  Marjorie Sherlock was born at Fir Tree Cottage, George Lane, Wanstead, Essex, on 3 February 1891, the elder child of the civil engineer, Henry Sherlock, and his wife, Alice (née Platts), who was born in Benares, India. By 1901, the family was living at ‘The Limes’, 121 Mill Road, Cambridge, and Marjorie received an education locally. In 1918, she entered into marriage with her cousin, Major Wilfrid Barrett, though this proved unsuccessful and they later divorced (he remarrying in 1941). She then continued to live at the family home until the Second World War. During the First World War, Marjorie Sherlock studied at Westminster Technical Institute under the Camden Town School painters, Walter Sickert and Harold Gilman. She exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1917, when she showed a powerful view of the interior of Liverpool Street Station (Government Art Collection) (to which the current etching [202] relates). In time, she would exhibit at the International Society, the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Society of 207 Graphic Art and the Women’s International Art Club (becoming a member of the last two). She also showed work internationally. Developing as a printmaker as well as a painter, Sherlock studied etching under Malcolm Osborne at the Royal College of Art in 1925. She published her etchings in four series, the titles of which indicate her love of travel: ‘English Etchings, ‘Egyptian Etchings’ (both 1925), ‘German Etchings’ (1929) and ‘Indian Etchings’ (1932). During this period, she also visited the united States. More admiring of Continental painters than British ones, she furthered her studies, in 1938, by working in Paris under André L’Hôte and André Dunoyer de Segonzac. During the Second World War, Sherlock moved to East Devon and settled at Oxenways, a Victorian hunting lodge...

19th Century European School Bust Portrait of a Lady 19th Century Pen and ink on paper, unsigned Image size: 8 x 10 inches (20.4 x 25.6 cm) This charming pen and ink drawing depicts...

Frank Henry Mason 1875 – 1965 Steamship in Asia Gouache on paper, unsigned Image size: 8 x 15 inches Acid free mount and hand made gilt frame Original artwork for a carriage print...

Patrick Nasmyth A View of Edinburgh and self portrait 1787-1831 Oil on panel, unsigned Image size: 6 x 9 1/4 inches Original gilt frame This painting appears as a charming countrysi...

European School Portrait of a Boy with a Hat 18th Century Oil on panel, unsigned Image size: 4 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches (10.5 x 14.8 cm) This charming portrait miniature depicts a boy, sp...

Ludwig Wilhelm Busch Portrait of a Bearded Man 1703-1772 Oil on panel, signed mid right Image size: 8 x 9 3/4 inches (20.3 x 25 cm) The influence of Rembrandt on Busch’s work is evi...

David Roberts RA The Holy Tree Of Metereah 1796 - 1864 First Edition lithograph Half plate: 227 Presented in a acid free mount

David Roberts RA Interior Of The Mosque Of The Sultan Hassan 1796 - 1864 Subscription & First Edition lithographs Full plate: 220 Presented in a acid free mount Open media 1 in moda...