Naive English School Pair Half Length Portraits in Original Gilt Frames

A charming depiction of figures from youth to old age, ascending and descending the steps of the ladder of life, the centre shows baptism and ...

A late 18th/early 19th century gouache on paper landscape, an unusual composition with passing ships two large naval, small rowing and sail boats centred by a large country estate. It has the feel of being American in origins, but we could be wrong. Some creasing lines are apparent, but apart fro that is good untouched condition, housed in a period maple and gilt slip frame and glazed. Provence By descent from Douglas Shepherd (1922-1989), a designer and architect working on public houses for the brewery firm Ind Coope. He was heavily influenced by and was a serious collector of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau, including leading designers and artists such as Charles Ashlee and Jessie M King...

A delightful pair of floral still-life paintings, dating to the mid/second half of the 19th century. Oil on canvas and presented in period maple frames with gilt slips. Each painting...

A trio of wonderfully penned fish, with detailed annotations housed in period maple frames. French mid to late 19th Century, age related discolouration and abrasions. 41/33/3cm 41...

Cutter pz17 in full sail past a lighthouse Board length 24cm., 9 1/2", height 21cm., 8 1/4" Floated on a cream mount in a recycled black moulded frame with some losses Length 40cm.,...

Naive Ethiopian painting, Traffic in Addis Ababa, 1970s. with Ge'ez language inscriptions.   

Naive Ethiopian Genre painting, 1970s oil on canvas with Ge'ez language inscriptions.

Portrait painting of a pinup woman in full makeup in pink. This striking piece depicts a woman with big blonde hair curled and pinned to the side. She wears blue eye makeup, a bright lip and blush, and a beauty mark. Her pink sleeveless dress...