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ANTIQUE #SA1115118
james burrell smith watercolour continental river landscape possibly the rhine - CATEGORY: ANTIQUE ART - DATED 1880
 

James Burrell Smith Watercolour ‘continental River Landscape ,Possibly The Rhine’

£1,750    $2,200    €2,101
James Burrell Smith 1822-1897.A landscape painter in watercolour,illustrator and drawing master.Born in Middlesex,the son of an excise officer from Framlington near Morpeth.The family moved back to Northumberland when Smith was still a boy.At an early age he was placed as a pupil of Thomas Miles Richardson Snr.At 16 Smith was apprenticed to a painter and glazier it Morpeth but after 2 years moved to Alnwick to practice landscape painting.He remained in Alnwick for 11 years building up a considerable clientele for his works.His patrons whilst in Alnwick included the Duke of Northumberland,and the printer William Davison who issued many engravings of his work. He exhibited at the Suffolk Street Gallery,the Carlisle Athenaeum,the North of England Society for the promotion of Fine Arts and the Government School of Design. In 1854 he moved to Dickensian of New Bond Street as an artist and drawing teacher.After leaving Dickinson he devoted himself to painting and teaching members of the nobility’s children. He is represented at the Victoria and Albert Museum,the Fitzwilliam Museum,Cambridge,the National Museum of Wales and the Laing Gallery. ‘Continental River Landscape,possibly the Rhine ‘ signed watercolour dated 1880,image size 55x106 cms,framed size 70x121cms.Housed in original decorative gilt frame which has been reglazed with True Vue Museum Glass.A large and most impressive watercolour.
 
 
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Antique Number: SA1115118
Dateline of this antique is 1880
Height is 70cm (27.6inches)
Width is 121cm (47.6inches)
Depth is 4cm (1.6inches)
Antique #SA1115118, shown on this page, originates from 1880. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1880
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