Collector's Journal — Collector's Journal
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.
The Horse: British Equestrian Tradition Through a Modernist Eye
20th Century British Art Animal Art Animal Painting Art Provenance Art Research British Art British Artists British Equestrian Art British Oil Painting Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD Collectors Journal Equestrian Art Equestrian Painting Fine Art Horse Art Horse Painting Lionel Ellis Mid Century Art Mid Century Painting Modern British Art Provenance Sporting Art Sporting Paintings Vintage Art
Discover the remarkable story of The Horse, a circa 1950–1960 Modern British equestrian oil painting attributed to Lionel Ellis (1903–1988), with historic inscriptions recording its reported direct acquisition from the artist in 1974 and an unusually detailed chain of ownership.
Myth, Glaze & the Arts and Crafts Movement: The Ceramic Reliefs of Reginald Robert Tomlinson
Antique Ceramics Antique Sculpture Art Pottery Arts and Crafts Arts and Crafts Ceramics Bernard Moore Blue Green Glaze British Art Pottery British Ceramics British Decorative Arts c.1909 Ceramic Plaques Ceramic Relief Ceramic Sculpture Claude Michel Clodion Clodion Collectors Journal Early 20th Century Ceramics Edwardian Ceramics Minton Hollins Museum Exhibition Reginald Robert Tomlinson Relief Plaques The Lord Hill Museum Turquoise Glaze
Discover a remarkable pair of circa 1909 turquoise-glazed ceramic relief plaques attributed to Reginald Robert Tomlinson, exploring their Clodion-inspired subjects, Arts and Crafts context, early ceramic career and 2025 exhibition at The Lord Hill Museum.
Golden Hour on Lake Windermere: Alfred de Breanski Jr and the Art of the British Landscape
A Fontville Alfred de Breanski Jr Alfred Fontville de Breanski British Art British Landscape Art British Landscape Painting Collectors Journal English Landscape Fine Art Collecting Lake Windermere Mountain Landscape Signed Painting Victorian and Edwardian Art
Discover Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr.’s atmospheric Lake Windermere, a signed early 20th-century British landscape capturing cattle, mountains and the fleeting golden light of the Lake District. Explore the “A. Fontville” signature, the artist’s career and the story behind this evocative painting.
The Four-Masted Barque Sindia: From Harland & Wolff to the Legendary 1901 New Jersey Shipwreck
Barque Sindia British Marine Art Brocklebank Line Collectors Journal Four Masted Barque Frost & Reed Harland & Wolff Maritime Art Maritime History Ocean City New Jersey Richard Henry Neville-Cumming Sailing Ships Ship Portrait Shipwreck Sindia Victorian Marine Art Victorian Maritime History Victorian Ship Painting
Discover the remarkable story of the four-masted steel barque Sindia, built by Harland & Wolff for the Brocklebank Line in 1887. We explore this Victorian maritime painting, its A.E.S. initials, connection with Richard Henry Neville-Cumming, historic Frost & Reed association, and the ship’s legendary 1901 wreck at Ocean City, New Jersey.
