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marian

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Good morning. Please, could you help me figure out who is the author of the picture? 2 months I tried to find info, but unfortunately failed Thank you. Kind regards.

marian

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100% its England painter. Thank you
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Hard to tell, but it looks like the work of Sylvester Stannard, if i have the name right - a Victorian watercolourist much given to painting rural scenes; the word at the bottom right hand corner (and I'm not certain because I'm not seeing things too well at the moment) looks like Gosport, with a date in the 1850s after it. It could as easily be something else, though. If it is Stannard, thousands of prints were made of his works - whether this is one of them, or an original, I can't tell from the photo. Ah, you've just posted an enlarged section - that, I think, reads Gresford 1834; which is a bit early for Stannard I think. I'll investigate further when I come back from a trip to hospital today - I might be able to add more, or correct what I've said already, this evening. In the meantime, I suggest you Google Stannard - there were two brothers, I think, or possibly father and son. There were also a considerable number of Victorian painters who painted similar scenes, so consider this only a start.

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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Now here's where being half blind and only just out of bed gets you - OF COURSE it says Gresford 1834: you'd already told me that in the heading of your post! Sorry about that. I'll do my best to find out more anyway.

marian

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Dear Robert Jones, thank you very much for quick response!!!!!! Thank you! I go look in google about painter Stannard

marian

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I found this painter. Really , the style is very similar. But another signature. thank you again very much for your desire to help!!
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Yes, it would be too early for Sylvester Stannard if painted in 1834 - he was born in 1870. Might have been his father, but he was a sporting painter, I'm told - I can't find any rural paintings by him. May I suggest you contact the Gresford Trust - part of their remit is to cover the arts, and they may be able to put you on to someone who would know, even if they don't know themselves. Gresford is in Wrexham - an artist whose dates would fit is David Cox but he was a genius: the painter of your picture was good, but not great. It would be helpful to determine whether this is a watercolour painting, or a print: if the former, it will be on fairly heavy paper, and will have a matte, almost rough, surface. It it's a print, it's likely to be lighter, smoother paper, probably with a slightly glossy finish. The annoying thing is that I'd know immediately if I could actually see it in the flesh, but it's very hard to tell even with a good photograph. I'll keep looking - probably it would help if we could find some more Welsh watercolourists, although there's no guarantee the painter was Welsh at all. By the way, you speak of the signature - I can't actually see a signature: Gresford is a place, not a person (or at least, not a known artist). http://www.isleofwightlandscapes.net http://www.wightpaint.blogspot.co.uk
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Robert Jones, Napa

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The snag with that is that the painting is dated 1834, and Wilson died in 1782. A versatile lad, but not perhaps capable of producing work after death - I fear our search must continue. The church in the painting, by the way, IS Gresford Parish Church - so at least we have the venue right. Moral: always sign your work before letting it out of your studio.
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Ghost artist
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Or a very very long paint brush.