Ernest Crofts Art
British, 1847-1911
Ernest Crofts was one of the most famous and successful military-historical painters of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. He favoured historical subjects of the Napoleonic era and English Civil War.
Crofts had an outstanding knowledge of military costumes and built a large collection of original uniforms and militaria enabling him to depict these in minute and authentic detail. Crofts was also known to have sketched on various battlefields during the Prussian war with France and was present at the battle of Gravelotte.
Between 1867 and his death in 1911, Ernest Crofts exhibited 47 paintings at the Royal Academy in London, as well as at the Royal Society of British Artists. Crofts was made an Associate of the RA in 1878 and a full Royal Academician in 1896.(Biography provided by Academy Fine Paintings)
to
2
2
2
1
1
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
2
1
1
2
2
6,886
3,213
2,514
1,217
2
2
2
2
Artist: Ernest Crofts
19th Century historical genre oil painting of English civil war soldiers
By Ernest Crofts
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Ernest Crofts
British, (1847-1911)
On the March
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 8.5 inches x 12.5 inches
Size including frame: 17 inches x 21 inches
A wonderful historical painti...
Category
19th Century Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century historical genre oil painting of the gunpowder plot conspirators
By Ernest Crofts
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Ernest Crofts
British, (1847-1911)
The Gunpowder Plot; the Conspirators Last Stand at Holbeche
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1892
Image size: 11.5 inches x 17.25 inches
Size including frame: 19 inches x 24.75 inches
A dramatic historical painting depicting the last stand of the gunpowder plot conspirators at Holbeche House, near Dudley, Staffordshire by Ernest Crofts. It is the smaller version of a larger exhibition piece that was shown at the Royal Academy in 1892.
Holbeche or Holbeach House was built in 1600 and is located close to Kingswinford near Dudley. The site became famous for being the last refuge of the fugitives from the gunpowder plot of 1605. After Guy Fawkes was arrested on the evening of 4 November, the remaining conspirators, including Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy and Stephen Lyttelton the owner of Holbeche House, fled London and headed for Warwickshire. Upon reaching Warwick Castle and Hewell Grange they raided weapons and gunpowder and then left with the Sheriff of Warwick, Richard Walsh and a posse of men in pursuit soon after.
After reaching Holbeche House around 10pm on 7 November, they attempted to dry their damp gunpowder near a fire, but it caught fire and exploded, injuring a number of people and almost destroying the roof of the house. At around midday on 8 November, Walsh caught up with them and proceeded to storm the gates. During the short but fierce fight, several of the plotters including Percy, Catesby, Jack Wright...
Category
19th Century Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Related Items
Fine Large 19th Century Rural Traditional Landscape Signed Oil Painting Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country lane
by Frans Hopfner (1840-1893) German
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23.5 x 41.5 inches
canvas: 18 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very...
Category
19th Century Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 23.5 in W 41.5 in D 1 in
Antique 19th century English fishing vessels In the English Channel
By William Henry Williamson
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique 19th century English fishing vessels In the English Channel
William Henry Williamson was a gifted, London painter of coastal scenes, ...
Category
1880s Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Free Shipping
H 14.5 in W 22.5 in
Antique Scottish Highland Loch landscape, with sunlit streaming onto the water
By Francis E. Jamieson
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francis Jamieson was a painter in oil and watercolor of highland landscapes and coastal scenes. (The work of this highly prolific artist is curious since the oils and watercolors have two quite distinctive styles and subject matter. The oil paintings are most frequently seen and these are highland landscapes or loch scenes - sometimes they appear to be signed with pseudonyms such as 'W. Richards' and 'Phil Hips' - the location is usually inscribed on the reverse. The watercolors are often coastal scenes with boats and figures on a shore, painted in a more traditional Victorian style, and possibly pre-date the oils. F. E. Jamiesons's beach scenes were published as postcards around 1920 by G. Ajelli & Co. of London on a textured card to give the appearance of oils.
Jamieson is known to have traveled widely in the South of England between the wars selling his work but does not appear to have exhibited.) This quote in parentheses is taken from Jeremy Wood's excellent book 'Hidden Talents - A Dictionary of Neglected Artists Working 1880-1950'.
-
Work by Francis Jamieson can be seen at the usual sites. Please note that on all these sites you will find F. E. Jamieson variously listed as Francis E. Jamieson, F.E.Jamieson, Frank E. Jamieson, Frederick E. Jamieson etc. You may also find some listings under his various pseudonyms of Arnould Pienne, Charles Maurice, Graham Williams...
Category
1910s Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Free Shipping
H 21 in W 29 in
Scottish 19th century Highland landscape, with a figure and cattle on a pathway
By Sidney Richard Percy
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Scottish 19th century Highland landscape, with a figure and cattle on a pathway overlooking a Loch
This piece is signed lower right and is framed in a Vintage Gold Leaf fr...
Category
1850s Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Free Shipping
H 17 in W 23 in
Antique English Oil Painting Cornish Fishermen Tending his Nets on the Shore
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tending his Nets
English School, signed by the artist, H Wright
signed and dated 1860
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas : 10 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
cond...
Category
19th Century Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique oil on canvas, English landscape with River, Church, Cottage at Sunrise
By Daniel Sherrin
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well-painted English late 19th century RIver landscape, with river, Church Cottage at Sunrise
Daniel Sherrin 1868-1940 signed L. Richards This is a framed original oil painting on c...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Free Shipping
H 27 in W 37 in
Antique Breton Fishing Scene French Oil Painting on Canvas Fishermen & Women
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Breton Fisherfolk on the Shore
French School, early 1900's
signed with initials HB
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 15.5 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century English marine Sailing scene of Dutch fishing boats by a harbor
By Henry King Taylor
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry King Taylor was a marine and coastal scene painter who lived in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1859 to 1864 with titles includi...
Category
1850s Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Henry King Taylor19th century English marine Sailing scene of Dutch fishing boats by a harbor , 1859
Free Shipping
H 21 in W 33 in
19th century Fall English landscape with figures on a path in the highlands
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Autumn/Fall landscape by one of Englands finest landscape painters.
Born as Benjamin Williams, the artist added the surname Leader (his Father’s middle name) to distingui...
Category
1880s Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Free Shipping
H 16 in W 20 in
19th century French scene of Lovers walking in a Garden, in 17th century costume
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century French scene of Lovers walking in a Garden, in 17th century costume
original frame
Wonderful 19th century classical Genre scene, painted with great skill and delicasicy .
The artist has captured the meetiung of the two lovers...
Category
1870s Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Free Shipping
H 21 in W 18 in
Early 20th century Scottish Highland landscape, the River Usk , Scotland
By Sidney Yates Johnson
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a view of the Scottish highlands and the River Usk.
Sidney Yates Johnson was an active painter during the late Victorian period ...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Free Shipping
H 19 in W 22 in
Early 20th century Scottish Highland landscape, the Trossachs, Scotland
By Sidney Yates Johnson
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a view of the Scottish highlands known as the Trossachs.
Sidney Yates Johnson was an active painter during the late Victorian pe...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Free Shipping
H 19 in W 22 in
Previously Available Items
King Charles I at Edgehill - 19th Century Oil Painting English Civil War Battle
By Ernest Crofts
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Charles I at Edgehill’ by Ernest Crofts RA (1847–1911). The painting – which depicts King Charles I and his retinue at the first battle of the English Civil War in 1642 – is signed ...
Category
1890s English School Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Oil
Siege of Basing House - English Civil War Oil Painting Cromwell King Charles I
By Ernest Crofts
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Siege of Basing House’ by Ernest Crofts RA (1847–1911). The painting – which depicts a Parliamentary emissary delivering a summons to surrender during the most famous siege of t...
Category
Early 1900s English School Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Oil
Napoleon after Waterloo - 19th Century Military Oil Painting Emperor at Battle
By Ernest Crofts
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Napoleon after Waterloo’ by Ernest Crofts RA (1847–1911).
The painting – which depicts the emperor in the aftermath of the battle and soldiers attempting to control his horse Maren...
Category
1890s Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Oil
The Standard Bearer
By Ernest Crofts
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Ernest Crofts
British, (1847 -1911)
The Standard Bearer
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1885
Image size: 17 inches x 12½ inches
Size including frame: 24 inches x 19½ inches
Ernest Crof...
Category
19th Century Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On Guard, Oil on canvas
By Ernest Crofts
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Ernest Crofts
British, (1847 -1911)
On Guard
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1877
Image size: 13 inches x 8¾ inches
Size including frame: 19¾ inches x 15¼ inches
Provenance: F...
Category
19th Century Victorian Ernest Crofts Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ernest Crofts art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Ernest Crofts art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Ernest Crofts in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Not every interior allows for large Ernest Crofts art, so small editions measuring 18 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of John Horace Hooper, John Emms, and W. Smithson Broadhead. Ernest Crofts art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $8,592 and tops out at $11,537, while the average work can sell for $10,570.