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Yeend King. "The Avon and Bredon Hill". Landscape Watercolour Painting.
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Yeend King. "The Avon and Bredon Hill". Landscape Watercolour Painting.

19th century
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Artist: Henry John Yeend King. R.B.A., V.P.R.I., R.O.I.

Title: "The Avon and Bredon Hill".

Medium: Watercolour.

Size: 11 1/2'' x 15''. (picture size in inches). Framed size: 20"x 24".

Signed. Circa 1900.

See SA893575 for it's pair.

Provenance: Thomas Agnew and Sons, London.

A lovely watercolour.

Now cleaned and framed.

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK Delivery. Trade enquiries welcome.

For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Henry John Yeend King was a London landscape and rustic genre painter, who spent three years in a glassworks before devoting his life to his art. He studied under William Bromley and also with Bonnat and Cormon in Paris.

Yeend King was typical of many late Victorian painters of rustic genre, often painting garden scenes with pretty girls. However, his robust \'plein air\' technique and bold palette were obviously the influence of his Paris training. He married the sister of Robert Gallon\'s wife.

He exhibited widely between 1874 and 1924, including the Royal Academy, Suffolk Street, New Watercolour Society, Grosvenor Gallery, as well as in the provinces. He was elected RBA in 1879 and RI in 1886, where he later became Vice-President. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.

Works by this artist are in the Tate Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Reading, Rochdale and Sheffield Galleries.

Physical Dimensions
Height
51cm (20.08")
Width
61cm (24.02")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Antique Landscape Watercolour Painting to the 1890s.

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SA894142
Dealers Internal Reference
WGB
Description
Artist: Henry John Yeend King. R.B.A., V.P.R.I., R.O.I.

Title: "The Avon and Bredon Hill".

Medium: Watercolour.

Size: 11 1/2'' x 15''. (picture size in inches). Framed size: 20"x 24".

Signed. Circa 1900.

See SA893575 for it's pair.

fig 1. A framed watercolour painting depicting a river scene with trees, figures in a boat, and hills in the background, housed in a double mount and ornate gilt frame.
fig 1. Yeend King. "The Avon and Bredon Hill". Landscape Watercolour Painting.

Provenance: Thomas Agnew and Sons, London.

A lovely watercolour.

Now cleaned and framed.

In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK Delivery. Trade enquiries welcome.

For more info please contact us at:

fig 2. A framed watercolour painting depicting a river scene with trees, figures in a boat, and hills in the background, housed in a double mount and ornate gilt frame.
fig 2. Yeend King. "The Avon and Bredon Hill". Landscape Watercolour Painting.

Tel: 01677 424830

Mob: 07885 175279

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

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Henry John Yeend King was a London landscape and rustic genre painter, who spent three years in a glassworks before devoting his life to his art.
William Greenwood Fine Art

He studied under William Bromley and also with Bonnat and Cormon in Paris.

fig 3. A framed watercolour painting depicting a river scene with trees, figures in a boat, and hills in the background, housed in a double mount and ornate gilt frame.
fig 3. Yeend King. "The Avon and Bredon Hill". Landscape Watercolour Painting.

Yeend King was typical of many late Victorian painters of rustic genre, often painting garden scenes with pretty girls. However, his robust \'plein air\' technique and bold palette were obviously the influence of his Paris training. He married the sister of Robert Gallon\'s wife.

fig 4. A framed watercolour painting depicting a river scene with trees, figures in a boat, and hills in the background, housed in a double mount and ornate gilt frame.
fig 4. Yeend King. "The Avon and Bredon Hill". Landscape Watercolour Painting.

He exhibited widely between 1874 and 1924, including the Royal Academy, Suffolk Street, New Watercolour Society, Grosvenor Gallery, as well as in the provinces. He was elected RBA in 1879 and RI in 1886, where he later became Vice-President. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.

Works by this artist are in the Tate Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Reading, Rochdale and Sheffield Galleries.

Height
51cm (20.08")
Width
61cm (24.02")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Antique Landscape Watercolour Painting to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers
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SA894142
Dealers Internal Ref
WGB
William Greenwood Fine Art
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A framed watercolour painting depicting a river scene with trees, figures in a boat, and hills in the background, housed in a double mount and ornate gilt frame.
Yeend King. "The Avon and Bredon Hill". Landscape Watercolour Painting.
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A framed watercolour painting depicting a river scene with trees, figures in a boat, and hills in the background, housed in a double mount and ornate gilt frame.
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Victorian landscape watercolours typically depict rural British countryside scenes, waterways, and pastoral views, captured with fine brushwork and transparent washes of watercolour pigment on paper.

These artworks were created using water-soluble pigments applied to rag paper, mounted within card matting, and set into moulded wood frames finished with gold leaf or gilt composition.

Authentication relies on identifying signed inscriptions, evaluating period-specific paper age and watercolour oxidisation, and inspecting frame construction and plaque typography.

Positioning a gilt-framed watercolour above a sideboard or console table provides a focal point, complementing natural timber furniture, linen upholstery, and neutral paint schemes.

Watercolours must be displayed away from direct sunlight to prevent fading, kept in humidity-controlled environments to prevent foxing, and fitted with UV-filtering glass.
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