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Large Coastal Oil Painting William Shayer Snr 1788-1879 Fisherfolk And Donkey

£4,650    $6,014    €5,614
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A beautiful fine quality oil painting, professionally relined and cleaned a number of years ago. Some traces of old craquelure, and areas of blooming as photographed. This painting is signed lower left and presented within a fine quality gilt gesso frame.
 
William Joseph Shayer, senior was a self-taught artist, who began by painting decorations on rush-bottom chairs, and moved on to painting carriages in the town of Guildford, after which he started doing heraldic painting. Ultimately he began painting oil on canvas and became skilled at portraying woodland scenes with gypsies, people and animals in front of country inns and farm houses, and beach scenes crowded with boats and fishermen.
 
Size to include frame: H76.5cm L66.5cm
 
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Shayer lived mainly in the south of England, in Shirley, Southampton, but painted throughout Hampshire and in a wooded district in the southwest part of Hampshire called the New Forest. Michael Hoy, a wealthy Southampton merchant, was one of his most enthusiastic patrons and bought many of Shayer''s paintings of the area.
 
He sometimes collaborated with other artists. Particularly successful were his collaborations with Edward Charles Williams, where Williams would paint the landscape and Shayer would add in people and animals. He also collaborated with other members of Williams family, Shayer''s second wife Elizabeth Waller said to somehow be related to Williams. The Old Roadside Inn that is shown here is one example of a collaboration between Shayer and Williams, and Near Wantage, Berkshire is another.
 
Shayer lived a long life, during which he had two wives and ten children. His eldest son, William Joseph Shayer, junior (1811-189...
Antique #SA1079912, shown on this page, originates from the 19th century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
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