The Barber's Shop
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the scene inside a barber's shop. It was painted by an unknown artist sometime between 1800 and 1900. Cartoons caricaturing scenes from everyday life were very ...
The Barber's Shop
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the scene inside a barber's shop and was painted by an unknown artist sometime between 1800 and 1900. Cartoons caricaturing scenes from everyday life were ...
The Boxers
This watercolour and collage on paper shows two boxers. The prohibition of cock-fighting in the late 1840s led to a growth of interest amongst the working classes in boxing. The paper figures, with their ...
The Boxers
This watercolour and collage on paper shows two boxers. The prohibition of cock-fighting in the late 1840s led to a growth of interest amongst the working classes in boxing. The paper figures, with their ...
The Cathedral, Old Church Steps
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting Teall Street near Wakefield Cathedral. It is signed and dated 'G.H. Hepworth 1852'. On a sign on the front of a building it says 'W. Morrell. Licenced Dealer ...
The Cathedral, Old Church Steps - labels on reverse
These are labels on the reverse of an oil painting on canvas depicting Teall Street near Wakefield Cathedral. They read 'G.H.Hepworth. Painter. 1852. Wakefield' and 'The Cathedral old church steps at ...
The Ceremony at Gretna Green
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a marriage ceremony at Gretna Green. Inscribed on the reverse are the initials 'A.B.' and a date '1907'.
Framed size Height 365mm, Width 320mm, Depth 20mm...
The Champion Ratcatcher
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the sport of rat catching and was painted by an artist of the English School about 1840. In 1849, when rat catching became illegal in Britain, the sport known ...
The Charing Cross Arms, Charing Cross, London
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting The Charing Cross Arms and is signed and dated 'Harrison 1819'. This may be a men's club rather than an ordinary public house as individuals' faces have been ...
The Cock Fight
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a cock fight. Although cock fighting was made illegal in 1849, fights continued, particularly in remote places. This painting suggests the universiality of ...
The Cock Fight - detail of policeman
This is a detail of the policeman in the top right corner of an oil painting on canvas depicting a cock fight. Although cock fighting was made illegal in 1849, fights continued, particularly in remote ...
The Dentist
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a dentist extracting a tooth.
There is a painted inscription in the bottom right which reads 'Haas 1792' although it is thought this was painted by John Collier, ...
The Eagle Tavern, Hammersmith
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting an exterior view of The Eagle Tavern public house in Hammersmith, London. It is signed and dated 'J. Chalmers 1857' in the bottom left. A sign on the left reads ...
The Earth Stopper
This is a mixed media work by an unknown artist dating from about 1840. It depicts an earth stopper who stops us a fox's earth the evening before a hunt, confronted by a sweep.
A cutting stuck on the ...
The Earth Stopper
This is the detail of the earth stopper from a mixed media work dating from about 1840. It may have been by George Smart, but is not signed. An earth stopper would stop us a fox's earth the evening before ...
The Fleet Off-Shore
This is an oil painting on panel depicting the English fleet, including HMS Victory and HMS Kent, lying off the coast of Plymouth. It was painted by an artist from the English Provincial School, between ...
The Grammar of Ornament
A hard backed book containing many coloured plates of ornamental styles of different cultures and ages, 1856.
The Greyhound
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a greyhound, painted by W. H. Ruggles in 1837, as it says in an inscription in the bottom left corner.
Framed size Height 534mm, Width 637mm, Depth 43mm