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Edward Killingworth Johnson Watercolour ‘ Far Away Thoughts’
Graham Reed Fine Art
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Edward Killingworth Johnson Watercolour ‘ Far Away Thoughts’

19th century
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Edward Killingworth Johnson RWS 1825-1923.Landscape genre painter born Stratford-Le-Bow.Exhibited from 1846,at the RA(1846,1858 and 1862),SS,OWS(176 works)and elsewhere,titles at the RA including ‘Afternoon’,’ A River Party’ and Mending a Pen’.A of RWS in 1866,and RWS 1876.He lived in London until 1871 when he moved to N.Essex.His ‘ The Anxious Mother’ 1876 was purchased by Birket Foster.His work was very popular in America. ‘Far Away Thoughts’ signed watercolour ,dated 1882,image size 43x71 cms,framed size 64x91.5 cms.An exhibition quality example of this fine artist.

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Height
64cm (25.20")
Width
91.5cm (36.02")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
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Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Victorian Watercolour Farm Painting to the 19th Century.

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Edward Killingworth Johnson RWS 1825-1923.Landscape genre painter born Stratford-Le-Bow.
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Exhibited from 1846,at the RA(1846,1858 and 1862),SS,OWS(176 works)and elsewhere,titles at the RA including ‘Afternoon’,’ A River Party’ and Mending a Pen’.
Graham Reed Fine Art

A of RWS in 1866,and RWS 1876.He lived in London until 1871 when he moved to N.Essex.His ‘ The Anxious Mother’ 1876 was purchased by Birket Foster.His work was very popular in America. ‘Far Away Thoughts’ signed watercolour ,dated 1882,image size 43x71 cms,framed size 64x91.5 cms.An exhibition quality example of this fine artist.

Height
64cm (25.20")
Width
91.5cm (36.02")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Date of Manufacture

Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Victorian Watercolour Farm Painting to the 19th Century.

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SA1080942
Graham Reed Fine Art
Graham Reed Fine Art
Sellingantiques verified Since Jun 2017

Previously I worked in london as a chartered surveyor and have been dealing in paintings for nearly thirty years.

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A 19th-century Victorian watercolour painting depicting a woman seated beside a wooden barrow in a farmyard with chickens.
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Archive I A 19th-century Victorian watercolour painting depicting a woman seated beside a wooden barrow in a farmyard with chickens.

Edward Killingworth Johnson Watercolour ‘ Far Away Thoughts’

Archive II A 19th-century Victorian watercolour painting depicting a woman seated beside a wooden barrow in a farmyard with chickens. View II
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Newark
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NG24 1BX
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Graham Reed Fine Art
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A 19th-century Victorian watercolour painting depicting a woman seated beside a wooden barrow in a farmyard with chickens.
EDWARD KILLINGWORTH JOHNSON WATERCOLOUR ‘ FAR AWAY THOUGHTS’
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A 19th-century Victorian watercolour painting depicting a woman seated beside a wooden barrow in a farmyard with chickens.
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Victorian watercolour genre paintings typically depict scenes of everyday rural or domestic life, capturing moments with detailed brushwork, narrative depth, and subtle realism characteristic of 19th-century British art.

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