Prometheus Antiques has dated this piece to the 1890s.
The piece is titled on the reverse: The right sort. The painting is in excellent condition having been professionally cleaned and is signed to the lower right W.Turner. William Eddowes Turner was born in Nottingham, a self-taught artist of animals, particularly cattle, in both oil and watercolour. He exhibited at the British Institution and Suffolk Street and locally in Nottingham 1858-1862. He died at Radford, Nottinghamshire in 1904. He is a highly regarded provincial animal artist. This work is in the original gilt frame which is in good antique condition with some areas of restoration. The whole is a great dog painting capturing the nature of the terrier perfectly. C.1890.
Overall sizes in inches including frame: 16 ¾ by 14
Prometheus Antiques has dated this piece to the 1890s.
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