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Ralph Hedley Rba. "Reading with Grandma". Oil Painting Genre.
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Ralph Hedley Rba. "Reading with Grandma". Oil Painting Genre.

19th century
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Artist: Ralph Hedley. R.B.A. (1848-1913).

Title: " Reading with Grandma". Outside a Staithes cottage door.

Signed. Dated 1887. Inscribed. Oil on canvas.

Size: 27"x 20". Framed size: 32"x 25".

Now cleaned and it's good original gilt frame cleaned.

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery. For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

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Ralph Hedley (1848 - 1913)

Ralph Hedley was a Newcastle genre painter who worked in both oil and watercolour. He was born in Richmond, Yorkshire in 1848 and studied at the Newcastle School of Art. Later he became the President of the Berwick Club and Northumbrian Art Institute, as well as a Member of the Society of British Artists. The subjects of his paintings are usually scenes of the working lives of ordinary people, from labourers and sailors through to veterans, in his native North East, beautifully observed and well executed. Hedley exhibited at the Society of British Artists as well as the Royal Academy from 1879. His works can be seen in the Sunderland and in the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle.

Physical Dimensions
Height
81cm (31.89")
Width
64cm (25.20")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
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William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Victorian Genre Oil Painting to the 1890s.

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Description
Artist: Ralph Hedley. R.B.A. (1848-1913).

Title: " Reading with Grandma". Outside a Staithes cottage door.

Signed. Dated 1887. Inscribed. Oil on canvas.

Size: 27"x 20". Framed size: 32"x 25".

Now cleaned and it's good original gilt frame cleaned.

fig 1. An 1887 oil painting by Ralph Hedley depicting an elderly woman in a bonnet sitting outside a cottage doorway while reading a book with a young girl.
fig 1. Ralph Hedley Rba. "Reading with Grandma". Oil Painting Genre.

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery. For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

Website: wgreenwoodfineart.co.uk

fig 2. An 1887 oil painting by Ralph Hedley depicting an elderly woman in a bonnet sitting outside a cottage doorway while reading a book with a young girl.
fig 2. Ralph Hedley Rba. "Reading with Grandma". Oil Painting Genre.

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Trade enquiries welcome.

Ralph Hedley (1848 - 1913)

Ralph Hedley was a Newcastle genre painter who worked in both oil and watercolour. He was born in Richmond, Yorkshire in 1848 and studied at the Newcastle School of Art.

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Later he became the President of the Berwick Club and Northumbrian Art Institute, as well as a Member of the Society of British Artists.
William Greenwood Fine Art

The subjects of his paintings are usually scenes of the working lives of ordinary people, from labourers and sailors through to veterans, in his native North East, beautifully observed and well executed. Hedley exhibited at the Society of British Artists as well as the Royal Academy from 1879. His works can be seen in the Sunderland and in the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle.

Height
81cm (31.89")
Width
64cm (25.20")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Victorian Genre Oil Painting to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1157124
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Archive I An 1887 oil painting by Ralph Hedley depicting an elderly woman in a bonnet sitting outside a cottage doorway while reading a book with a young girl.

Ralph Hedley Rba. "Reading with Grandma". Oil Painting Genre.

Archive II An 1887 oil painting by Ralph Hedley depicting an elderly woman in a bonnet sitting outside a cottage doorway while reading a book with a young girl. View II
Archive III An 1887 oil painting by Ralph Hedley depicting an elderly woman in a bonnet sitting outside a cottage doorway while reading a book with a young girl. View III
Archive IV An 1887 oil painting by Ralph Hedley depicting an elderly woman in a bonnet sitting outside a cottage doorway while reading a book with a young girl. View IV
Archive V An 1887 oil painting by Ralph Hedley depicting an elderly woman in a bonnet sitting outside a cottage doorway while reading a book with a young girl. View V
Archive VI An 1887 oil painting by Ralph Hedley depicting an elderly woman in a bonnet sitting outside a cottage doorway while reading a book with a young girl. View VI
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An 1887 oil painting by Ralph Hedley depicting an elderly woman in a bonnet sitting outside a cottage doorway while reading a book with a young girl.
Ralph Hedley RBA. "Reading with Grandma". Oil painting genre.
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An 1887 oil painting by Ralph Hedley depicting an elderly woman in a bonnet sitting outside a cottage doorway while reading a book with a young girl.
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Victorian genre painting focuses on scenes of everyday domestic life, often emphasising emotional connections, social realism, and narrative storytelling.

Artists typically applied oil-based pigments onto stretched linen or cotton canvas, using natural resin varnishes to seal and protect the paint layer.

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