Saturday, March 1, 2014

Benjamin Walter Spiers

About Benjamin Walter Spiers, little seems to be known. When all I can find about his dates is "active 1875-1893" that's a sign that he's pretty obscure. He did, however, paint some nice and very complicated still lifes.

 "Old armour, prints, pictures, pipes, China (all crack'd), 
old rickety tables, and chairs broken back'd"  Thackeray
  
 A Connoisseur's Collection: Still life with a cello, violin, oranges, 
a lemon and a pineapple on table covered with a Persian carpet (1884)
  
An interior, a still life

Friday, February 28, 2014

R is for Richard

 Richard Doyle: Snow White and Rose Red (1877)
  
 Richard Hollingdale: A Bedtime Story (1878)
  
 Richard Phene Spiers: The Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek
     
Richard Poate: The Sailor's Return, Jack at Home
 
Richard Redgrave: Startled Foresters (1874)
 
 Richard Westall: Flora Unveiled by Zephyrs (1807)
  
 Richard Westall: Sword of Damocles
  
 Richard Westall: The Reconciliation of Helen and Paris after his Defeat by Menelaus (1805)
  
Richard Wilson: Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris

Thursday, February 27, 2014

William Ewart Lockhart

William Ewart Lockhart (1846-1900) was a Scottish painter.

 Alnaschar's Fortune, Arabian Nights (1879)
  
 Cardinal of Rheims (1876)
  
 Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Service, Westminster Abbey, 21 June 1887
  
 Spanish Village
  
The White Cockade (1899)

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Sydney Prior Hall

Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922) was an English artist. A substantial portion of his output was in the form of journalistic drawings.

 Investiture of Haakon VII, King of Norway with the Order of the Garter, 1906 (1908)
  
 The Duke and Duchess of Teck receiving officers of the Indian Contingent (1882)
  
The Three Daughters of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Alfred Vickers

These three watercolors are attributed to Alfred Vickers.

 An Extensive View of Oxford
  
 Iffley Mill on the River Thames
  
The Chinese Bridge on the River Thames

Monday, February 24, 2014

William Henry...

 William Henry Fisk: Two Cromwellian Soldiers, One Holding a Peregrine Falcon (1870)
  
 William Henry Hunt: Bird's Nest, Apple Blossoms and Primroses
  
 William Henry Knight: In Training for the Derby (1856)
  
 William Henry Knight: On the Thames (1859)
  
William Henry Midwood: A Sweet Ditty (1867)

Sunday, February 23, 2014

F is for Frank

 Frank Dicksee: The Mother (1910)
  
 Frank Holl: Waiting the Return of the Boats, Cullercoats, Northumberland
  
 Frank Kelsey: View of Schooners at Anchor in a Cornish Estuary
  
 Frank Markham Skipworth: Zora, a Dancing Girl (1889)
  
 Frank Warwick William Topham: Preparing for the Festival
  
 Frank Watson Wood: Sail and Steam at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland (1905)
  
Frank Watson Wood: The Cronies (ca. 1900)