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Eastwood's Crown Brewery

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting Eastwood's Crown Brewery. There is a painted inscription in the lower left corner which reads 'EASTWOOD'S CROWN BREWERY'. There is also another inscription ...

Family Group

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a family group (father, mother, son and daughter) seated indoors, but the family are unknown. The two children are holding books which might be prayer books ...

Farmer and his Prize Heifer

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting Henry Hamilton, a servant of farmer Ralph Walker, holding the rope of a prize heifer. It was painted by an artist of the English Provincial School about 1844. ...

Feline Friends

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting two cats and was painted by the English Provincial School about 1870. At this time, paintings of horses and hounds were more usually by professional artists, ...

Garner's (The Marine Library), High Street, Margate

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting Garner's The Marine Library, High Street, Margate, Kent. This view of Margate's High Street was very popular during the 19th century, and artists often worked ...

Girl with Cherries

This is an oil painting on canvas of a young girl holding a bunch of cherries and a sprig of red flowers. Cherries are tradtionally held in the hand of the infant Christ and religous overtones like this ...

Great Northern Railway

This is an oil painting on canvas dated 1881 depicting a Great Northern Railway (GNR) locomotive within a simplistic landscape. The locomotive is seen side-on and is a 4-2-2 Express Passenger locomotive ...

Great Northern Railway - detail

This is an oil painting on canvas dated 1881 depicting a Great Northern Railway (GNR) locomotive within a simplistic landscape. The locomotive is seen side-on and is a 4-2-2 Express Passenger locomotive ...

Hare and Hounds

This is an oil painting of a hunting scene on a japanned tin tray. It was painted by an artist of the English Provincial School and dates from about 1860. Size of tray Height 548mm, Width 708mm.

High Street, Musselburgh, Scotland

This is an oil painting on paper which is lined (backed) onto canvas and depicts a view of the High Street in Musselburgh, Scotland. There is a signature and date in the bottom right corner of the canvas ...

In the Lion's Den

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a circus trainer in a travelling cage with a lion, a tiger and three liger cubs. Ligers are the offspring of lions and tigers, which only mate together in captivity. ...

Jockey on a Bay Racehorse

This is an oil painting on panel depicting a jockey on a bay racehorse. The artist was from the English Provincial School and dates from about 1830. Framed size Height 366mm, Width 472mm, Depth 25mm. ...

Master George

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the horse Master George. It was painted in 1870 by an artist from the English School. A painted inscription along the bottom reads 'MASTER GEORGE, 12 HANDS ...

Nell the Rat Hunter

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a dog rat-catching with two men in a country setting. In the bottom left corner is an inscription which reads 'by Jno. Whitehead 1852' and there is also a ...

Nine Angry Bulls

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting bulls disturbed by a hare. It is by an artist of the English School dating from about 1870. A horserider and two walkers have been disturbed by the bulls running ...

Portrait of Daniel Lambert

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting Daniel Lambert, the celbrated fattest man on record. In 1805 he resigned as Keeper of Leicester Gaol to both make a tour of England drawing large crowds, and ...

Pottergate, Richmond, Yorkshire

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a streetscene in Richmond, Yorkshire. The painting is by J. S. Newton and dates from 1847, and Newton included his father's business in the painting, as over ...

Pottergate, Richmond, Yorkshire - detail of figure

This is a detail of an oil painting on canvas depicting a streetscene in Richmond, Yorkshire. This is Jackie Patterson, the cleaner of the local privies in 1847 when this picture was painted by J. S. ...