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William Holt Yates Titcomb (British, 1858 – 1930) Gulls at St. Ives bay Oil on canvas Signed ‘W. H. Y. TITCOMB’ (lower right) 34 x 44 in. (86.3 x 111.8 cm.) Frame measurements: 110.3 x 136 cm.) William Holt Yates Titcomb (1858 - 1930) was an English artist. He was a figurative oil painter, particularly known for his depictions of the Cornish fisherfolk. Titcomb was born in Cambridge, the eighth child and first son of the Rev. Jonathan Holt Titcomb and his wife Sarah. He was educated at Westminster School in London and began his art training at the South Kensington School. His father was appointed the first Bishop of Rangoon, Burma in 1877 and Titcomb joined him there in December 1880. In Burma he made a series of paintings and sketches of life in the local monasteries. Titcomb was taught in Paris by Gustave Boulanger and at the Royal College of Art in Antwerp by Charles Verlat. He married Jessie Ada Morison, in 1892. She was also an artist, living at the time in St. Ives, Cornwall. His painting Primitive Methodists at Prayer, was displayed at the Dudley Museum and Art Gallery in 1889. It won many international medals and was the first of three paintings that Titcomb completed of the Primitive Methodist congregation of Fore street, St. Ives. In 1909, Titcomb settled in Bristol, where he was already an elected Academician of the Bristol Academy...

John Leigh-Pemberton (British, fl. 1933 – 1959) Timber horses, Tazmania Signed ‘John Leigh-Pemberton 1934’ (lower right) Oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.) Leigh-Pemberton is mainly known for his illustrations for the shell guides...

Charles Wittmann (French, 1876 – 1953) Cows grazing in Franche-Comte Oil on board Signed ‘CH. WITTMANN’ (lower right) 21.1/4 x 36.3/8 in. (54 x 92.5 c...

Circle of Jacques Blanchard (French, 1600-1638) St Tecle and her menagerie Oil on canvas Inscribed `S TECLE V.M.’ (upper middle) 30.1/2 x 22.7/8 in. ...

Spanish School (17th Century) The road to market Oil on canvas 29.1/4 x 43.1/4 in. (74.3 x 110 cm.) in what is thought to be its original carved and gilded frame with black inner se...

A fabulous original Old Master Italian painting of a cat chasing a canary. This is a beautiful and decorative large work in good condition for a work of this age. Italian 17th Cent...

Provenance: The Marchesi Strozzi, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence Sale, Christie’s, London, May 20, 1993, lot 315, as by Carl Borromaus Andreas Ruthart...

Jan Frans Soolmaker (Flanders 1635‑1685) Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape oil on relined canvas canvas size 56 x 53 cm frame i...

The Military Encampment Dutch School, 17th century circle of Philips Wouwermans (Dutch 1619-1668) oil painting on canvas, in 18th century gilt frame canvas measures: 19.5 x 17 inches...

The Arcadian Landscape Italian School, 18th century oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 32 x 40 inches condition: excellent condition for its age, fully restored. provenance: from a private collection in Paris, France. Large scale classical 18th century Italian Old Master...

Depicting a peacock, a pheasant, a turkey and various other birds in a whimsical highland scene. Bearing an indistinct signature, In a later, egg and dart moulded giltwood frame. 59c...

Pausing for a Rest English School, circa 1800 the painting is very close to the works of Thomas Barker of Bath (English 1769-1847) oil on canvas, framed framed: 29 x 39 inches canvas...