Collector's Journal
George Houston: Evening, Glen Sannox — An Atmospheric Scottish Landscape, c.1900–1920
Art Research & Provenance British Art Early 20th Century Art Evening Glen Sannox Fine Art George Houston George Houston RSA RSW Glen Sannox Ian MacNicol Fine Art Isle of Arran Landscape Painting McTear’s Scottish Art Scottish Artists Scottish Landscape
Explore Evening, Glen Sannox, an atmospheric signed Scottish landscape by George Houston RSA RSW (1869–1947), dating to circa 1900–1920. Depicting the mountains of the Isle of Arran at dusk, the painting retains an important Ian MacNicol Fine Art, Glasgow label recording both its historic title and artist, together with documented McTear’s provenance.
The Sinking of Yamato: Eric Tufnell and the Final Sortie of Japan’s Great Battleship
7 April 1945 Art Research Battle of the East China Sea Battleship Yamato Captain Kosaku Aruga Collectors Journal Commander Eric Tufnell Eric Tufnell Historical Art Imperial Japanese Navy Japanese Battleships Maritime Art Naval History Naval Painting Naval Watercolour Okinawa Operation Ten-Go Pacific War Parker Gallery Provenance Research Royal Navy Second World War Vice Admiral Seiichi Ito WW2 Naval Art Yahagi Yamato
In 1963, Royal Navy Commander and marine artist Eric Tufnell painted the destruction of Yamato during Operation Ten-Go, only eighteen years after the battle. The original Parker Gallery correspondence and invoice survive, documenting the commission for a private collector.
Lady Lucy Montagu: An Early Georgian Portrait and the Circle of John Vanderbank
18th Century Portraits Art Research British Art Collectors Journal Georgian Portraiture John Vanderbank Lady Guilford Lady Lucy Montagu Lord North Old Master Paintings Provenance
Lady Lucy Montagu, Lady Guilford, lived only twenty-five years, yet her story became entwined with one of the most significant periods in British history. We explore an early Georgian portrait attributed to the Circle of John Vanderbank, its connections with the North family, and the evidence surrounding the sitter’s identity and attribution.
Mrs George Wood Portrait | John Wood Victorian Art 1857
1857 19th Century Art Art Research British Art British Portraiture Collectors Journal Family Portrait Family Provenance Hansons Auctioneers Historical Portrait John Wood John Wood Artist Mrs George Wood Provenance Research Sarah Sophia Clark Sarah Sophia Wood Victorian Art Victorian Portrait Victorian Portraiture Victorian Women
Painted in 1857 and preserved through family descent, this intimate Victorian portrait traditionally depicts Sarah Sophia Wood, née Clark, revealing how inscriptions, inherited identity and family provenance can preserve a sitter’s story across generations.
Edward Carter Preston: Rediscovering a Modernist Painter
Art Research British Interwar Art British Modernism British Modernist Art British Still Life Collectors Journal Cubism Cubist Still Life Dead Mans Penny Edward Carter Preston Edward Carter Preston Watercolour Gerard Chowne Liverpool Art Liverpool Cathedral Liverpool Modernism Modern British Art Modernist Painting Next of Kin Memorial Plaque Paul Cezanne Post Impressionism Provenance Research Sandon Studios Society Watercolour
An intimate Cubist-influenced watercolour of everyday kitchen vessels reveals a lesser-known side of Edward Carter Preston, the Liverpool artist better remembered for sculpture, medals and his monumental work for Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.
