Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 12

Original 19th Century “Loch Achilty” Watercolor Painting by L.G. Bomford, 1889

$1,895
£1,406.16
€1,637.99
CA$2,637.85
A$2,937.49
CHF 1,528.80
MX$36,218.87
NOK 19,470.44
SEK 18,300.33
DKK 12,221.42
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Beautiful original signed watercolor painting by listed, deceased English painter, Reverend Laurence George Bomford, (1847-1926) titled "Loch Achilty" and dated 1889 is a tranquil work of art. Painting depicts a lushly wooded shoreline, Loch Achilty and the hills and sky beyond. Loch Achilty is a large picturesque lowland freshwater loch, set within a sloping birch and oakwood forest and is located near to Contin in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Beautifully custom framed behind glass in a traditional ribbed and beaded gold leaf frame with vining leaf accents and triple matted to enhance the subtle colors of the painting. Visible image measures 9.25” wide x 14” high. Framed measures 28” wide x 32 .75” high x 2.25” deep. Weighs 13.5 pounds. Laurence Bomford was an accomplished artist, born on August 6, 1847. In 1918 he retired to St. lbans, where he died on July 2, 1926 at the age of 78. He actively painted between 1873 and 1920. His works are mainly in watercolor and often are plein air sketches. His landscape paintings are characterized by delicate brushwork in a semi-impressionist fashion with excellent perspective and composition, and good contrasts between light and shade. He traveled widely to paint, with works depicting locations throughout England and Wales. There exists a smaller number of pieces from Scotland, which makes the Scottish scenes more collectible. He was exhibited at the Christchurch Exhibition, New Zealand, alongside other English and Italian artists in 1882. In recent times his works have occasionally come onto the open market, being offered by major auction houses in Europe, America and South Africa.
  • Creator:
    Laurence Bomford (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 32.74 in (83.16 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)Depth: 2.25 in (5.72 cm)
  • Style:
    Other (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1889
  • Condition:
    In very good to excellent antique condition - painting was museum conservation reframed by previous owner.
  • Seller Location:
    Tustin, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU4033315699141

More From This Seller

View All
Original Paul Lauritz High Sierras Nine Lake Basin Early California Oil Painting
By Paul Lauritz
Located in Tustin, CA
"High Sierras, Nine Lake Basin" painting depicts a rugged, snowy mountain scene in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with large rocks and a lake shore with pine trees in the foreground an...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Other Paintings

Materials

Masonite

William Keith Original Tonal Oil Painting Flock of Sheep by a Pond Landscape
Located in Tustin, CA
Original oil on canvas, tonal-style landscape painting by listed, deceased, famous artist, William Keith (1838-1911). Painting features a group of majestic trees near a pond of water...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Barbizon School Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Original Ernest Lawson Plein Air New York Painting of Wooded Landscape
By Ernest Lawson
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful original plein air impressionistic and realistic style, oil on canvas painting, features a wooded landscape, with magnificent trees which dwarf a woman and child, who are w...
Category

Early 20th Century American Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Sumptuous Large Original William Foster Still Life Painting of a Banquet Table
By William Frederick Foster
Located in Tustin, CA
Sumptuous, very large, original oil on canvas board, still life painting depicting a banquet table. This painting is a virtuoso display of how artist William Frederick Foster (1883-1953) captures texture in paint. You can see this in the mouth watering fruit, crustacea and other samplings laid upon the table as well as the masterfully painted reflective surfaces of the copper tea pot, wine bottle and the gathered table cloth. Painting is framed in the original wood frame. Painting framed measures 34.5” high x 46” wide x 1.5” deep. Painting unframed measures 30.5” high x 42.5” wide. William Foster was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1883. He became a noted figure painter and illustrator, living the last twenty-one years of his career in Los Angeles, California. At age 12, he moved with his family to Colorado, but in 1898, he returned to Cincinnati and enrolled at the Art Academy where he studied with Joseph Henry Sharp and Frank Duveneck. His early ambition was to be a violinist, but he was re-focused on fine art when he saw a painting by Albert Ceck Wenzell. In 1902, he went to New York City where he painted scenery for theaters, auditoriums, and large department stores. He also studied at the New York School with Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase, and from 1903 to 1931, he worked as an illustrator and with a brief teaching stint in 1919 at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1903, he sold his first illustration, a depiction of high society, to Life magazine, and the style was very similar to Wenzell. From that time, he worked for most of the major magazines including Collier's, The Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Monthly. In 1926, he won the National Academy of Design's Thomas B. Clarke Prize for the best figure composition painted in the United States by a non-academician. The following year, he was voted an Associate Member based on his recognition for a figure work titled The Girl in Brown. During World War I, he operated his own ambulance in France as a member of the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps and also received mention as a camoufleur artist. Returning to the U.S., he resumed his illustration work and moved to Chicago, where he taught at the Art Institute. Foster moved to Los Angeles in 1932 and devoted his energy to painting, exhibiting and teaching. He taught at the Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles and gave private classes in his studio. He also worked on a mural project at the Hearst estate...
Category

Early 20th Century American American Classical Decorative Art

Materials

Masonite

Fine Quality Original Oil Painting American Bulldog by French Artist Girard
By Girard
Located in Tustin, CA
Exquisitely rendered, original oil on board, signed estate painting by French artist, Girard, depicts an American Bulldog reclining on grass, with spa...
Category

Late 20th Century French Other Paintings

Materials

Masonite

Original Mezzotint The Red Dress 1980 by Gatja Helgart Rothe aka G.H. Rothe
By Gatja Helgart Rothe
Located in Tustin, CA
Original mezzotint on paper entitled "The Red Dress 1980" by well known listed artist, Gatja Helgart Rothe, also known as G.H. Rothe (1935-2007). This collectible work of art has bee...
Category

Vintage 1980s German Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

You May Also Like

Watercolour of a Scottish Landscape Loch Tay by Grecian Williams, circa 1800
Located in London, GB
Scottish Interest A View of Loch Tay with Kenmore Church and Bridge by Hugh William 'Grecian' Williams Signed by the artist H.W. Williams lower right Watercolour, mounted and gi...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Paper

19th Century Irish Landscape Watercolor Of Lough Gill Co. Sligo By John Faulkner
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb and substantial 19th century watercolor and gouache landscape watercolor painting by John Faulkner (1830-1888), Irish, showing a view of fishermen on Lough Gill, Co. Sligo, ...
Category

Antique 19th Century Irish Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paper

Daniel Thomas Egerton Shepherding On The Mount Watercolor Painting
Located in Mexico City, MX
A watercolor on paper painting "Pastoreando en el Monte" (Shepherding on the Mount) by British landscape painter Daniel Thomas Egerton. The scene depicts a pair of goats walking arou...
Category

Antique 1840s Mexican Romantic Paintings

Materials

Paper

Amazing Vintage Watercolor by Belgian Painter Leon Klassens, 1970s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Work of art by Belgian artist Leon Klassens. Belgium, 1970s.  A watercolor painting is a drawing that is made with special water-soluble paints. Most often, with the help of watercolors, landscapes are created - realistic, airy, natural imitation of weather phenomena (rain, wind, thunderstorms or the state of nature after a storm). Still lifes, everyday plots are well obtained. Less often - portraits. Buy a watercolor painting as a gift for a man, a woman for a celebration, for an anniversary, a birthday and a wedding is a great solution! An amazing watercolor painting (1970) by the Belgian artist Leon Klassens (1924–2007). The painter and watercolorist studied at the Académie de Liège...
Category

Vintage 1970s Belgian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Antique Watercolor on Paper Landscape Signed N. S. Bowdish C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Watercolor on Paper Landscape Signed N. S. Bowdish C1890 Measures- 13.25"H x 21.25"W x .25"D
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Victorian British School Watercolor Painting - Framed - Unsigned -19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Victorian British school watercolor landscape painting on paper - featuring a country church by a lake - original glass and frame with gilde...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Country Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper