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ANTIQUE #SA999485

Worcestershire Landscape Harvest Oil Painting Of The Vale Of Evesham By Alfred Augustus Glendening Snr

£16,500    $22,044    €19,293
Alfred Augustus Glendening Snr
 
British, (1840-1921)
 
The Vale of Evesham
 
Oil on canvas, signed with monogram & dated (18)88
 
Image size: 29.25 inches x 49.5 inches
 
Size including frame: 38.5 inches x 58.75 inches
 
This superb exhibition sized painting by Alfred Glendening Snr depicts a harvesting scene on the slopes of a hill overlooking the Vale of Evesham in Worcestershire. One person continues to cut the crop, whilst in the foreground a woman and a girl take a break from tying the sheaves and forming the shocks.
 
Alfred Augustus Glendening was born in Hampton near Richmond upon Thames in 1840 to James Glendening and Sarah Chandler. Later, the family moved to Greenwich where his father worked as a wharf overseer and then a weighbridge clerk. The area was notable for having the first steam railway passenger line in the capital and Glendening initially found a job working as a railway clerk, before becoming a full time painter. It is highly likely he took lessons duri...
Antique SA999485 shown on this page was made in the 19th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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