Collector's Journal — 19th Century Art
Richard Harry Carter: Cornish Fisherman Painting and Its Historic Provenance
19th Century Art Antique Oil Paintings Art Provenance British Fine Art British Marine Art Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD Cornish Art Cornish Fishermen Cornwall Artists Exhibition History Fine Art Collecting Fishing Heritage Maritime Paintings Newlyn School Richard Harry Carter Richard Henry Carter Sennen Cove Victorian Oil Paintings
Discover Richard Harry Carter's (1839–1911) atmospheric Cornish marine oil painting, Fisherman Releasing the Catch. Explore the artist's connections with the Newlyn artistic community, his life at Sennen Cove, the painting's documented 2021 and 2023 auction provenance, and the mystery surrounding its surviving historic exhibition label.
Mount Vesuvius Eruption 1844 | Neapolitan School & Italian Grand Tour Art
19th Century Art Antique Gouache Art History Bay of Naples Camillo de Vito Italian Art Italian Grand Tour Mount Vesuvius Neapolitan School Volcanic Landscapes
Explore the dramatic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in this remarkable 19th-century Neapolitan School gouache, inscribed Eruzione del 1844 and painted in the manner of Camillo de Vito (1794–1845). Discover its fascinating Italian Grand Tour history, documented Anglo-Dutch provenance, Halls Fine Art auction record and private exhibition at the Famous Lord Hill Museum in October 2026.
Stable Genius: Charles Bilger Spalding’s Chestnut Hunter of 1843
19th Century Art British Equestrian Art British Oil Painting British Sporting Art Charles Bilger Spalding Chestnut Hunter Early Victorian Art Equestrian Art Horse Painting Mallams Oxford Royal Academy Sporting Paintings Victorian Art
Explore Charles Bilger Spalding’s A Chestnut Hunter in a Stable, a signed and dated 1843 British sporting oil painting from the early years of his documented career. Discover its Royal Academy context, equestrian subject, Mallams provenance and place within Victorian sporting art.
Victorian King Charles Spaniels: Blenheim, Prince Charles & the Art of the Canine Portrait
19th Century Art Antique Dog Portrait Blenheim Spaniel British Animal Painting British Sporting Art Canine Portraiture Collector's Journal Country House Art John Dalby King Charles Spaniel Prince Charles Spaniel Victorian Art Victorian Dog Painting
Discover the history behind a circa 1880 British oil painting of two King Charles Spaniels—a Blenheim and Prince Charles tricolour—set within an atmospheric wooded landscape and catalogued in the manner of John Dalby of York.
Philip H. Rideout’s Going to Fair — Edwardian Coaching, Sporting Art and the British Road in 1908
19th Century Art 20th Century Art Antique Oil Paintings Antique Paintings Art Collecting British Art British Oil Paintings British Paintings Carriage Paintings Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD Coaching Scenes Collectors Journal Country Life Paintings Edwardian Art Edwardian Paintings Equestrian Art Fine Art Genre Painting Horse and Carriage Horse Paintings Philip H Rideout Philip Rideout Rural British Art Sporting Art Traditional British Art
A closer look at Philip H. Rideout’s signed 1908 oil painting Going to Fair, exploring its spirited horse-drawn carriage, Edwardian country setting, documented auction provenance and important comparisons with Rideout’s established coaching oeuvre.
