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Oil Painting ‘Old Hulks Off Devonport’ Signed William Langley
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Oil Painting ‘Old Hulks Off Devonport’ Signed William Langley

1900 - 1920
Description

Oil painting ‘Old hulks off Devonport’ signed William Langley, 1880 – 1920. In gilt frame.

WILLIAM LANGLEY, who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century, was a prolific landscape painter, primarily in oil, who specialised in coastal beach scenes, highland scenes usually with cattle and rural landscapes.

Size 22 x 16 inches (56 x 41 cm)

Price £475

Stock no. 6330

Physical Dimensions
Height
41cm (16.14")
Width
56cm (22.05")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Declaration

The Dorking Desk Shop has dated this Antique Maritime Oil Painting to the 1910s.

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SA1076701
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6330
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Oil painting ‘Old hulks off Devonport’ signed William Langley, 1880 – 1920. In gilt frame.

WILLIAM LANGLEY, who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century, was a prolific landscape painter, primarily in oil, who specialised in coastal beach scenes, highland scenes usually with cattle and rural landscapes.

Size 22 x 16 inches (56 x 41 cm)

Price £475

Stock no. 6330

Height
41cm (16.14")
Width
56cm (22.05")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Date of Manufacture

The Dorking Desk Shop has dated this Antique Maritime Oil Painting to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1076701
Dealers Internal Ref
6330
The Dorking Desk Shop
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2011
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Archive I A framed oil painting depicting historic wooden ships anchored at sunset with a gilded ornate frame.

Oil Painting ‘Old Hulks Off Devonport’ Signed William Langley

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Oil painting ‘Old hulks off Devonport’ signed William Langley
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Nineteenth-century British maritime art often focuses on naval vessels, working coastal ports, and dramatic atmospheric effects. Artists of this era frequently depicted sailing ships illuminated by low sunlight or twilight to emphasize both technical rigging details and dramatic skies.

Victorian oil paintings were predominantly created using mineral pigments mixed with linseed oil on stretched linen or cotton canvas. Frames from this period were typically constructed from carved timber coated in molded gesso and finished with leaf gilded surfaces.

Authentic period paintings display natural craquelure patterns across the varnish and paint layers due to age and temperature fluctuations. Additionally, original period stretchers, artist signatures, oxidised canvas backing, and hand-gilded timber frames provide strong indicators of age.

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