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Henry Sykes Watercolour‘children Fishing at Dusk in a Thameside Village’
Graham Reed Fine Art
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Henry Sykes Watercolour‘children Fishing at Dusk in a Thameside Village’

1900 - 1920
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Henry Sykes RBA 1856-1921.Landscape and genre painter.Lived London,Glasgow and Rathmines,Dublin.Exhibited RA,RBA,RI and elsewhere. ‘Children Fishing at Dusk in a Thameside Village’ signed watercolour,image size 44..5x56.5 cms,framed size 64x75 cms.Professionally cleaned by my excellent restorer and newly framed in a giltwood frame with wash line mount.

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Height
64cm (25.20")
Width
75cm (29.53")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
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Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Henry Sykes Watercolour Landscape to the 1900s.

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SA1090583
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Henry Sykes RBA 1856-1921.Landscape and genre painter.Lived London,Glasgow and Rathmines,Dublin.Exhibited RA,RBA,RI and elsewhere. ‘Children Fishing at Dusk in a Thameside Village’ signed watercolour,image size 44..5x56.5 cms,framed size 64x75 cms.
Professionally cleaned by my excellent restorer and newly framed in a giltwood frame with wash line mount.
Graham Reed Fine Art
Height
64cm (25.20")
Width
75cm (29.53")
Depth
2cm (0.79")
Date of Manufacture

Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Henry Sykes Watercolour Landscape to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1090583
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 late 19th-century watercolour painting depicting children fishing by a river near a wooden footbridge at dusk.
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Archive I A late 19th-century watercolour painting depicting children fishing by a river near a wooden footbridge at dusk.

Henry Sykes Watercolour‘children Fishing at Dusk in a Thameside Village’

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A late 19th-century watercolour painting depicting children fishing by a river near a wooden footbridge at dusk.
HENRY SYKES WATERCOLOUR‘CHILDREN FISHING AT DUSK IN A THAMESIDE VILLAGE’
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A late 19th-century watercolour painting depicting children fishing by a river near a wooden footbridge at dusk.
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