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Alfred George Stevens. "Old Whitby". Watercolour.
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Alfred George Stevens. "Old Whitby". Watercolour.

19th century
Description

Artist: Alfred George Stevens. (1863-1925). A founder of The Staithes Art Club.

Title: "A bit of Old Whitby". Circa 1890.

Signed. Inscribed with the title on the slip.

Contained in it's good original gold leaf 19th century swept frame.

Size: 9"x 12". Framed size: 16"x 19".

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

Albert George Stevens was a founding member of the renowned Staithes Art Club (founded in 1901) based around Whitby. He was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire where his father was a doctor. Albert George Stevens studied at the Academy in Antwerp after the death of his father and tended to paint mostly in watercolour. His style was impressionistic, his subject matter mostly Yorkshire landscapes in which he sometimes captured the local children playing, the farmer leading his sheep, interiors with ladies taking tea or flower arranging or more domestic chores such as milking time.

Albert George Stevens exhibited extensively at the Royal Academy, the Walker Gallery Liverpool, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and the Yorkshire Union of Artists.

Physical Dimensions
Height
41cm (16.14")
Width
48cm (18.90")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Alfred Stevens Watercolour Painting to the 19th Century.

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SA445935
Description
Artist: Alfred George Stevens. (1863-1925). A founder of The Staithes Art Club.

Title: "A bit of Old Whitby". Circa 1890.

Signed. Inscribed with the title on the slip.

Contained in it's good original gold leaf 19th century swept frame.

fig 1. A watercolour painting depicting a thatched cottage with a woman feeding chickens in a vibrant garden.
fig 1. Alfred George Stevens. "Old Whitby". Watercolour.

Size: 9"x 12". Framed size: 16"x 19".

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

Albert George Stevens was a founding member of the renowned Staithes Art Club (founded in 1901) based around Whitby.
William Greenwood Fine Art

He was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire where his father was a doctor. Albert George Stevens studied at the Academy in Antwerp after the death of his father and tended to paint mostly in watercolour. His style was impressionistic, his subject matter mostly Yorkshire landscapes in which he sometimes captured the local children playing, the farmer leading his sheep, interiors with ladies taking tea or flower arranging or more domestic chores such as milking time.

Albert George Stevens exhibited extensively at the Royal Academy, the Walker Gallery Liverpool, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and the Yorkshire Union of Artists.

Height
41cm (16.14")
Width
48cm (18.90")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Alfred Stevens Watercolour Painting to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA445935
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