A fine oil on canvas landscape titled ‘August Gold’ by the highly regarded artist George Percival Gaskell 1868-1934. The title ‘August Gold’ refers to the wonderful landscape of wheatsheaves standing in the field drying in the summer sun. The landscape is beautifully depicted in a style at once realistic and detailed but also with impressionist influences. The detail is cleverly observed from the intertwined wheatsheaves to the green grass starting to sprout through the freshly cut stubble. The work is signed to the lower left in a typically florid script ‘G.P.Gaskell’ and dated 1896, to the lower right of the painting is also a dedication where I believe the work was given as a gift in 1899. The painting is in good condition with just some minor professional repair to the sky in the top left, it has also been cleaned and varnished. The frame is of the period but not original to the work it has a good faded look with worn gilding and some old areas of restoration. George Percival G...