Tuesday, February 12, 2013

James Guthrie

James Guthrie (1859-1930) was a Scottish painter.

 Field Work in the Lothians (1883)

 Firelight Reflections (1889)

 Hard At It (1883)

 Maggie Hamilton (1892-93)

 A Funeral Service in the Highlands (1881-82)

 Poppleton, the Artist at Work (1882)

 In the Orchard (1885-86)

 The Wash (1882-83)

 To Pastures New (1882-83)

 Schoolmates (1884-85)

Candlelight (1890)

Friday, February 8, 2013

Joseph Mallord William Turner - Engravings

These are engravings of paintings by Turner.

 Boulevards, Paris (engraved by T. Higham) (1835)

 Edinburgh, High Street (engraved by Le Keux and Cooke) (1819)

 Hall of Christ Church (engraved by J. Skelton)

 Margate, Kent (engraved by R. Wallis) (1832)

 Orleans (engraved by T. Higham) (1833)

 Rivaulx Abbey, Yorkshire (engraved by E. Goodall) (1827)

 Powis Castle, Montgomery (engraving by J. T. Willmore) (1836)

 Rouen Cathedral (engraved by T. Higham) (1834)

 Stamford, Lincolnshire (engraved by W. Miller) (1830)

 The Deluge (engraved by J.P. Quilley) (1828)

 The Parting of Hero and Leander (engraved by S. Bradshaw) (1859-61)

 The Tower of London (engraved by W. Miller) (1831)

 Watchet (engraved by G. Cooke) (1820)

Vernon (engraved by J.T. Willmore) (1834)

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Jerry Barrett

Jerry Barrett (1824-1906) was a Victorian painter whose major work involved scenes from the Crimean War.

Queen Victoria's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers (1856)

 Grandmother's Treasures

 Sweet Harmony (1860)

The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari (1857 or 58)
[about this painting]
The Eve of the Wedding (1852)

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

James Clarke Hook

James Clarke Hook (1819-1907) was an English painter of marine and genre scenes.


 Going to Market

 Blackberry Picking

 Leaving at Low Water (1863)

 The Acre by the Sea (1862)

 The Morning's Catch (1877)

 The Brook - "And out again I curve and flow, to join the brimming river for men may come, 
and men may go, but I go on forever." - Tennyson (1859)

 The Rescue of the Brides of Venice (1851)

 Young Dreams (1887)

 Under the Lee of a Rock (1874)

 Breton Fishermen's Wives (1864)

Wreckage from the Fruiter (1889)

A Harvest Scene (title unknown)

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

James Hayllar

James Hayllar (1829-1920) was an English genre painter.

 As the Twig is Bent So Is the Tree Inclined

 Little Busy Body

Keeping Out of the Cold

Miss Lily's Carriage Stops the Way (1866)

Miss Lily's Return from the Ball (1866)

May Day

The Tame Jackdaw (1855)

Primrose Castle Priory (1881)