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Collector's Journal — Antique Oil Paintings

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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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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Napoleon in Uniform: Researching a 19th-Century Imperial Portrait After Robert LefĆØvre

• 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 • LĆ©gion d’honneur • Military Portraits • Napoleon Bonaparte • Napoleon I • Napoleon Portrait • Napoleonic Art • Napoleonic Era • Portrait Paintings • Private Collectors • Production Design • Robert LefĆØvre

Napoleon in Uniform: Researching a 19th-Century Imperial Portrait After Robert LefĆØvre

New research into a commanding c.1870 portrait of Napoleon I reveals a compelling connection with Robert LefĆØvre's official Imperial portrait tradition.

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Sir James Campbell of Lawers: A Georgian Military Portrait and the William Aikman Connection

• 18th Century Art • 18th Century Paintings • Antique Oil Paintings • Art Attribution • Art Collectors • Art History • Art Provenance • Battle of Dettingen • Battle of Fontenoy • British Fine Art • British Military History • Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD • Collectors Journal • Design Trade • Early Georgian Art • Edinburgh Castle • Film and Television • Fine Art Collecting • Fine Art Research • Georgian Art • Georgian Portraits • Historic Interiors • Historical Portraits • Interior Designers • Military Portraits • National Galleries of Scotland • Old Master Paintings • Order of the Bath • Portrait Paintings • Private Collectors • Production Design • Royal North British Dragoons • Scots Greys • Scottish Art • Scottish Military History • Scottish Portraits • Sir James Campbell • Sir James Campbell of Lawers • William Aikman

Sir James Campbell of Lawers: A Georgian Military Portrait and the William Aikman Connection

Explore new research into an early Georgian Scottish portrait of Sir James Campbell of Lawers, its historic William Aikman attribution and remarkable military history.

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