Walter Frederick Osborne RHA ROI (1859-1903) A Young Girl in a Village Oil on artist's board, 20.5 x 14.3cm (8 x 5½'') Provenance: With Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin. Walter Osborne's small painting of children in a village square on a sunny day is both characteristic of him, yet colourful and surprising, combining Naturalism with an evocative narrative content, a carefully controlled composition with a relaxed 'snapshot', almost 'cinematic' quality, and a contrast of strong sunlight and shadow. The figures, of the girl in the foreground, the boy with donkey or mule, and the silhouetted person behind, are sheltering from the heat of the day, and stand in deep shadow. As in several of Osborne's pictures, the little girl is viewed in profile or from behind, looking back at the other figures, creating a relationship with them, and inviting the viewer's interest. Are these children brother and sister, what sort of rural lives do they lead, and who is the figure in the background In contrast, the upper part of the picture, showing the square and farm buildings, is in bright sunlight. The contrast of bright light and deep shadow, the donkey and sun-baked square, and the hot reds and oranges, give the painting a slightly Spanish atmosphere. Yet the costumes of the children: girl with neat straw hat and bow, boy with hat and white shirt, and the brick buildings, barns and red-tiled roofs, indicate that the setting is in England. Osborne spent much of the period from 1884 to the early 1890's working in villages and in the countryside, and their street scenes, rural subjects with children and landscapes are among his finest paintings. In the present picture, the red brick buildings and high colouring are characteristic of his Berkshire paintings of c.1887/88, so it may date to this period. A diagonal line divides the shadowy foreground area from the sunny background. This is 'echoed' by the diagonals in the roofs which, together with horizontal lines, show the artist's love of blocked, interlocking shapes of buildings and walls. Equally typical is the little strip of trees and sky in the upper right corner of the picture, hinting at nature beyond. The colours of the buildings and square: reds, mauves, umbers, pale blues, pinks and oranges, glow with warmth. Certain colours are used in different parts of the picture, giving unity to the picture surface, in certain places, for instance in the girl's shoulder, and the sunny edge of a wall above the donkey's ear, Osborne employs a 'square-brush' style, while the pale blue walls and sky are brushed in more broadly. The picture is painted on millboard, a compressed pasteboard often used by Osborne and other Plein-air painters. Julian Campbell
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A silver cased, key wind, hunting cased gentleman's pocket watch, with an unsigned gilt cylinder movement, the enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the case detailed Fine Silver, a silver cased, keyless wind, openfaced gentleman's pocket watch, Birmingham 1884, a Zetus marcasite set lady's bracelet wristwatch, a Ciro silver and marcasite set lady's pendant watch, fitted to a marcasite bow brooch, a Garrard lady's silver bracelet wristwatch, a silver and colourless paste set lady's dress wristwatch, fitted to a mesh bracelet and a Rotary pendant watch, (7).
A Victorian mahogany dressing table, stepped arched plate below a carved and pierced shell surmount, with scrolled supports, above an arrangement of seven trinket drawers, with bow-front shaped top above plain frieze with single drawer, carved scrolled supports, width 122cm, depth 57cm, height 168cm; and associated stool, scrolled and carved ball and claw feet, width 64cm.
Small 19th Century mahogany semi bow front sideboard / dressing table, the central drawer flanked by two deep drawers with knob handles raised on spiral turned supports, 41ins wideLittle bleached by sunlight, no cracks, just surface marks from use commensurate with age. No splits or major problems. Needs a good clean and polish.21.5ins deep x 40.5ins wide x 41ins high
19th Century mahogany bow fronted chest of two short drawers over three long graduated drawers with oval brass handles (at fault), 40ins high x 41ins wide x 21.5ins deep (at fault)Warped and undulating top. Sides are ok, no splits, old repairs to veneer around drawers and to cock beading. Some small losses to veneer and to cock beading also.
Large 19th Century mahogany bow fronted chest of two short over four long graduated drawers with brass ring handles on turned bun supports, 53.5ins high x 46ins wide x 24ins deep (at fault)Large and very heavy. Minor veneer repairs needed, mainly to the areas around the drawer runners at front. No splits. Needs cleaning and polishing.
19th Century mahogany bow fronted chest of two short over three long graduated drawers with brass oval handles on splay supports, 41ins high x 42ins wide x 22ins deep (at fault)Multiple losses to veneer and crossbanding on the top. Both sides are split. Old veneer repairs to the front (badly repaired). New veneer repairs needed.
JENNIFER HOGWOOD (BRITISH 1980) 'TOGETHER IN THE MEADOW', two stylised cows in a wild flower meadow, embellished with coloured crystals and a bow, signed bottom right, signed and titled verso, oil on canvas, framed, approximate image size 49cm x 119cm, frame 69cm x 139cm (condition: paint has cracked to the sky in places) (A)
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