Isherwood Fine Art has dated this Victorian Spaniel Oil Painting to the 19th Century.
Provenance:
With Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 15 May 2007, lot 284
Private collection, London
As a child Carter took lessons from John Sell Cotman who ran a school of drawing in Swaffham.
Basing himself in London and Swaffham, Carter became established as an animal painter, including wildlife and hunting scenes, and was the principal animal illustrator for the Illustrated London News from 1867 to 1889. He also worked as an animal portrait painter in his Norfolk locale, including obtaining commissions to paint clients' horses and dogs. Exhibiting regularly at the Royal Academy, he drew positive comment from John Ruskin.
In 1858, at the age of 22, Carter married Martha Joyce (c. 1836–1920) at Swaffham. They had 11 children: ten sons and a daughter, with three sons dying in infancy. Most of the surviving children inherited their father's artistic talent with three, William, Verney and Amy, exhibiting at the Royal Academy. The youngest, Howard, became an archaeologist after gaining a reputation for his precise copying of Egyptian tomb decorations, later discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Isherwood Fine Art has dated this Victorian Spaniel Oil Painting to the 19th Century.
16th to 19th century old master, british and european paintings and sculpture, specialising in period portraiture. Member BADA, LAPADA.
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19th Century Portrait Oil Painting of a Spaniel Dog in an Interior by Samuel John Carter (1835-1892)
