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Herbert Royle "On the Canal Llangollen" Oil Painting
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Herbert Royle "On the Canal Llangollen" Oil Painting

1900 - 1920
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Herbert Royle (1870-1958) was a British landscape painter, born in Patricroft, Lancashire. He trained at the Harris Institute in Preston and Southport school of art under John William Buxton Knight. He exhibited extensively at the Walker gallery, Liverpool, Manchester city art gallery, Royal Academy and at other Galleries and Exhibitions throughout the Country. From 1924 onwards he lived at the Manor House in the hamlet of Nesfield, near Ilkley, where he also had a studio on the hillside above the house. Some of his finest work was painted in this area around his home in Wharfedale.

"On the Canal. Llangollen", Wales, is an oil painting on canvas measuring 20" x 16". It is signed lower left and is framed in a quality frame giving an overall size of 26"x 22".

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Height
67cm (26.38")
Width
57cm (22.44")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
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McTague of Harrogate has dated this British Impressionist Oil Painting to the 1920s.

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Herbert Royle (1870-1958) was a British landscape painter, born in Patricroft, Lancashire.
He trained at the Harris Institute in Preston and Southport school of art under John William Buxton Knight.
McTague of Harrogate

He exhibited extensively at the Walker gallery, Liverpool, Manchester city art gallery, Royal Academy and at other Galleries and Exhibitions throughout the Country. From 1924 onwards he lived at the Manor House in the hamlet of Nesfield, near Ilkley, where he also had a studio on the hillside above the house. Some of his finest work was painted in this area around his home in Wharfedale.

"On the Canal. Llangollen", Wales, is an oil painting on canvas measuring 20" x 16". It is signed lower left and is framed in a quality frame giving an overall size of 26"x 22".

Height
67cm (26.38")
Width
57cm (22.44")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Date of Manufacture

McTague of Harrogate has dated this British Impressionist Oil Painting to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1143034
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Mctague of harrogate are yorkshire based dealers in old pictures. Please see website mctague.co.uk

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An impressionist oil painting depicting a canal towpath with figures walking under bare trees towards a stone bridge in golden brown tones.
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An impressionist oil painting depicting a canal towpath with figures walking under bare trees towards a stone bridge in golden brown tones.
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