Collector's Journal — Fine Art Collecting
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.
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.
Sir Thomas More: An Imposing Tudor Portrait in the Manner of Hans Holbein the Younger
Antique Paintings British History British Portraiture Cheffins Fine Art Collar of Esses Fine Art Collecting Hans Holbein Hans Holbein the Younger Henry VIII Historical Art Historical Portrait Manner of Hans Holbein Old Master Portraiture Renaissance Portraiture Sir Thomas More The Collector's Journal Thomas More Portrait Tudor Art Tudor History Tudor Painting Tudor Portrait Tudor Rose
A substantial early 20th-century oil portrait of Sir Thomas More, painted in the manner of Hans Holbein the Younger and inspired by the celebrated Tudor portrait tradition. Presented in a decorative gilt frame with Cheffins Fine Art provenance.
Collecting the Scottish Highlands: William Beattie-Brown’s Sgùrr nan Gillean
19th Century Art Anthony Woodd Gallery Art Collectors Art Provenance British Art Cuillin Mountains Design Trade Film and Television Fine Art Collecting Highland Art Highland Landscape Historic Paintings Interior Design Interior Designers Isle of Skye Private Collectors Production Design Royal Scottish Academy Scottish Art Scottish Landscape Painting Sgùrr nan Gillean Victorian Art Victorian Painting William Beattie-Brown
Explore William Beattie-Brown’s Sgùrr nan Gillean, Skye, a Victorian Highland landscape with a probable 1871–1884 date, Anthony Woodd Gallery provenance and documented Lyon & Turnbull auction history.
Napoleon in Uniform: Researching a 19th-Century Imperial Portrait After Robert Lefèvre
19th Century Art 19th Century Paintings Antique Oil Paintings Art Attribution Art Collectors Art History Art Provenance Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD Collectors Journal Design Trade European Fine Art Film and Television Fine Art Collecting Fine Art Research French Art French History French School Historic Interiors Historical Portraits Imperial Guard Imperial Portraiture Interior Designers Jacques-Louis David Légion d’honneur Military Portraits Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon I Napoleon Portrait Napoleonic Art Napoleonic Era Portrait Paintings Private Collectors Production Design Robert Lefèvre
New research into a commanding c.1870 portrait of Napoleon I reveals a compelling connection with Robert Lefèvre's official Imperial portrait tradition.
