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daniel bradbury

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I received this and another similar one from a lady who i do some handy work for she said that they are not her style and was happy for me to take them so i told her id be happy to give them a new home and maybe tidy them up a little. It seems  to be signed T. Ubsdell and shows a nice scene looking through a copse to a sort of far away cottage and then village . Seems fairly amateurish but has a nice enough feel to it and i love old looking framed pictures. The reverse says on the frame it was mounted in Dublin. Would it be as old as Victorian possibly and was wondering if anyone might have heard of the Artist hope you don't mind me sharing with you thanks you very much for looking x
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Well, it might be Victorian; very hard to tell - it looks as if it's based on a Constable, or several different Constables.  No clue about the artist, I'm afraid: at least they had a legible signature though.... which makes a nice change!  Someone may have heard of them.  

daniel bradbury

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Thanks Robert wouldn't that be a treat if it were a constable :) thank you very much x
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Andrew Roles

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There was an RHC Ubsdell , an artist from Hampshire who had a son, Thomas Ubsdell also a painter and photographer, died in 1885.  This may be the artist? I suspect a deeper dive into Thomas may reveal more. 
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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I found R H C, but not Thomas (probably didn't read carefully enough).  If he died in 1885, that does of course make the painting Victorian; I doubt it's worth much - still: it has some age and is a pleasant enough painting, and MIGHT even be worth something, if the frame were repaired and the picture cleaned and re-varnished, if it needs it.   PS - I'm puzzled by that area of white, just beyond those fence palings - can you see what that's meant to be?

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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Now I've found a Daniel Ubsdell - links to Portsmouth.  But can't find Thomas still  - frustrating, tracking painters!
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I can’t make ot what the white area is Robert , it’s a very odd shape when you enlarge the area. 

Norrette Moore

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I can't find anything on T Ubsdell at all.  But the Ubsdell.com website will take a look at photographs, Daniel. Could that be a watermill?

daniel bradbury

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I have to say i really do find your site to be a wonderful place where people express opinions with  freedom at a time when many other places are having there's curtailed please do keep it going!! Love the comments i do think it maybe a water related section in the white bit next to the cottage although its not obviously so. I will send the pictures to the Ubsdell site an let you know when i receive a reply thank you...very much all.
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Tony Auffret

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That mysterious white patch.....    In the photo of the painting on its side, the white patch looks as though it could be a cutting into a chalk bank.  Though I admit, that the right way up, it is just puzzling and does not seem to make sense with the positioning of the house.

Tessa Gwynne

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I wonder if the white area is meant to be trees or shrubbery but something has happened to discolour it?
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Tessa - could be that; odd shape, though.  
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