Mabel Spurrier (British, c. 1930) Oil on canvas. This quintessential depression-era painting depicts three young children sitting on the stoop in front of their house, painting in an art book. Behind, the wash hangs on the line. Signed to obverse, "M G Spurrier". Rectangular, 58 cms. X 48 cms. (22 3/4 inches X 18 3/4 Inches). Extremely charming subject and in very good condition. Mabel Spurrier flourished in the United Kingdom between 1920 - 1930, when she exhibited at the Royal Academy...

George Paice (1854 - 1925) Oil on canvas. Portrait of the horse named, “American”. Period walnut frame. Rectangular, (34 cms. X 44 cms. 13 1/2 inches X 17 1/4 inches). The Horse, “American”, was born in 1915. His blood line is half British/half American. George Paice was born in 1854. He possessed a keen and sensitive eye for painting horses and had a personal interest in racing. Paice married in 1879 and had eight children...

Monica F. Gray (active 1898 - 1919) “Monsieur Beauclair” Oil on canvas. Portrait of a French Bulldog. Inscribed to obverse, “Monsier Beauclair”. Black Frame. Rectangular, 20 cms. X 18 cms. (8 inches X 7 inches). Provenance: From a European collection of art work by by Monica Gray. The British artist, Monica Gray was active between 1898 - 1919. She exhibited at the Royal Academy, London in 1900 and 1905...

English School, (Early 20th Century) Oil on canvas. Portrait of Rachel Duberly in profile. Original Frame. Rectangular, 56 cms. X 47 cms.(22 inches X 18 1/2 inches). Rachel Duberly was the great niece of Fanny Duberly. Fanny Duberly (1829 - 1903). Fanny was the quintesential Victorian woman. Even though Fanny was raised in a society which frowned on women doing much more than sitting at home she marrying Captain Henry Duberly, an officer in the 8th Hussars...

The Artist Signing “Renk” (British, c. 1910) Oil on canvas. A wonderful, querky, portrait of a brown trout, most probably caught and mounted as a trophy. Signed and inscribed to obverse, “Renk...

E. Marion Nelson (exhibited 1890 - 1930) Oil on canvas, c. 1912. Portrait of the collie dam, Billesley Blue Blossom. Gilt frame. Rectangular, 30 cms. X 35 cms. (12 inches X 13 1/2 inches). The British artist E. Marion Nelson specialized in dog painting. She was active between 1890 and 1930. Blue Blossom is listed as being actively shown in the period between 1911-1912. He is listed in the “Blue Book of Dogs” for 1911, and he placed that same year in the 9th annual dog who of the ...

American primitive school. Oil on canvas. An amazing historic document in the form of a portrait of an African-American share-cropper. The 19th Century portrait, which is in very good condition, was quite incredibly found in a barn in Maine. The portrait depicts a woman, standing by a cabin, in a vividly painted landscape, reminescent of Western North Carolina, with crops, a cabin, mountains, and a sunset beyond. Simple, modern cherry frame. 63 cms. X 53 cms. (25 inches X 21 inches). This...

America School, c. 1950 Oil on masonite board. “Jockey For Position”. Painting of yachting race, being monitored by steam ships, airplanes, and a hot air balloon over head. Signed indistinctly to obverse. Rectangular, 69 cms. X 59 cms. (27 inches X 23 inches). Very bright, very good condition, very fun! ...

James Le Jeune, RHA (1910 - 1983). Oil on canvas. Portrait of a brother and sister, seated, the girl holding a doll. Signed to obverse. Rectangular, 81 cms. X 62 cms. (32 inches X 24.4 Inches). Very charming portrait by this "painters painter" in original condition. James George Le Jeune was born in Canada in 1910 but grew up in Brittany and England. He served in Italy and Africa during WWII, and worked as an architect in London before moving to Ireland in 1950 to take up painting full ...