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Victorian Oil Painting Horse Farmyard Scene 1880
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Victorian Oil Painting Horse Farmyard Scene 1880

19th century
Description

Classic Victorian oil painting showing a farmyard scene with horses and chicken

Artist has really captured the scene with great skill

Comes in elegant gilt frame

Offered in great shape ready for home use right away

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Width x Depth x Height

29 (73) x 2 (5) x 22 (56)

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Height
56cm (22.05")
Width
73cm (28.74")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
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Canonbury Antiques has dated this Victorian Horse Oil Painting to the 1880s.

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SA1239998
Description
Classic Victorian oil painting showing a farmyard scene with horses and chicken

Artist has really captured the scene with great skill

Comes in elegant gilt frame

Offered in great shape ready for home use right away

fig 1. A 19th-century Victorian oil painting depicting two horses and chickens beside a thatched building with distant mountains, housed in a stepped gilt frame.
fig 1. Victorian Oil Painting Horse Farmyard Scene 1880

We ship to every corner of the planet - please get in touch for a shipping quote

We are open by appointment - please get in touch Dimensions are in inches (CM)

Width x Depth x Height

29 (73) x 2 (5) x 22 (56)

Height
56cm (22.05")
Width
73cm (28.74")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Date of Manufacture

Canonbury Antiques has dated this Victorian Horse Oil Painting to the 1880s.

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Archive I A 19th-century Victorian oil painting depicting two horses and chickens beside a thatched building with distant mountains, housed in a stepped gilt frame.

Victorian Oil Painting Horse Farmyard Scene 1880

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A 19th-century Victorian oil painting depicting two horses and chickens beside a thatched building with distant mountains, housed in a stepped gilt frame.
Victorian Oil Painting Horse Farmyard Scene 1880
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A 19th-century Victorian oil painting depicting two horses and chickens beside a thatched building with distant mountains, housed in a stepped gilt frame.
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  • ObjectOil Paintings
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialOil Paint, Canvas, Gilt Wood, Gesso
  • ColourEarthy Brown
  • MotifsEquestrian subject, Rural landscape, Gilt moulding frame, Thatched structure
  • SizeH 56 cm (22 in) x W 73 cm (29 in) x D 5 cm (2 in)

This Victorian oil painting from 1880 depicts a traditional rural landscape with two horses standing near a thatched structure, accompanied by chickens in the foreground and distant mountains under a pale sky. The composition employs earthy brown tones across the subjects and landscape, capturing a classic English country house design vibe. The canvas is housed within an ornate, stepped gilt wood and gesso frame featuring extensive moulded decorative borders and a warm gold finish. Visible details include the dark manes of the horses, the wooden door of the building, and the feathered plumage of the fowl, all showing the standard wear expected from a period artwork. The artwork measures 56 cm high, 73 cm wide, and 5 cm deep. It is suitable for display in a living room, dining room, or hallway, functioning particularly well when hung above a sideboard to add traditional character to an interior space.

Victorian equestrian paintings typically depict horses, working animals, and rural agricultural settings, reflecting the central role of horses in 19th-century British transportation and agrarian culture.

Artists during this era applied oil-based pigments onto stretched flax linen canvas or wooden panels, which were subsequently sealed with natural resin varnish and mounted within carved or composition gilt wood frames.

Authentic period artworks display uniform craquelure across the paint layer, natural age-related oxidisation on the reverse of the canvas, and period-appropriate joinery on the wooden stretcher and frame.

Mount the artwork above a sideboard or console table to establish a focal point, contrasting the historical subject matter with contemporary neutral walls and streamlined furniture.

Position the painting away from direct sunlight, radiators, and high humidity, light dusting with a soft dry brush on the gilt frame, and engaging a professional conservator for surface cleaning.
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