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Collector's Journal — Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD

Fred Archer & Melton: The 1885 Epsom Derby, Rare Victorian Painting & Remarkable Family Discoveries

• 1885 Epsom Derby • Antique Oil Paintings • British Fine Art • British Horse Racing History • Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD • Epsom Derby • Equestrian Art • F S Evans • Fred Archer • Fred Archer Family History • Lord Hastings • Melton 1885 • National Trust Paintings • Sporting Art Provenance • Stafford Ellerman • Victorian Jockeys • Victorian Sporting Art

Fred Archer & Melton: The 1885 Epsom Derby, Rare Victorian Painting & Remarkable Family Discoveries

Discover the remarkable story behind an original 1885 Victorian sporting oil painting by F. S. Evans depicting Derby and St Leger winner Melton with legendary jockey Fred Archer. Explore its aristocratic racing connections with Lord Hastings, documented Stafford Ellerman estate provenance, two important National Trust comparisons and fascinating new family testimony from Archer's great-granddaughter, Diana Reynolds. A compelling investigation into British racing history, nineteenth-century sporting art and the people whose memories preserve the past.

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Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD® Joins The House Directory: British Fine Art, Distinguished Interiors & International Collecting

• American Art Collectors • Antique Paintings • British Fine Art • Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD • European Paintings • Fine Art Trade Guild • Historical Portraiture • Interior Design • Maritime Art • Sporting Art • The House Directory

Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD® Joins The House Directory: British Fine Art, Distinguished Interiors & International Collecting

Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD® is delighted to announce its Select membership of The House Directory, an established British interiors resource founded in 2001. This important development expands our international visibility, connecting our independent fine art dealership with American collectors, interior designers and specialist trade professionals. Discover our carefully selected British and European paintings, historical portraiture, equestrian and maritime art, and sculpture, supported by meticulous catalogue research, professional standards and a passion for bringing centuries of artistic heritage into exceptional homes.

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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

Richard Harry Carter: Cornish Fisherman Painting and Its Historic Provenance

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.

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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

The Horse: British Equestrian Tradition Through a Modernist Eye

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.

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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

Philip H. Rideout’s Going to Fair — Edwardian Coaching, Sporting Art and the British Road in 1908

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.

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