John Falconar Slater, Interior With Woman Reading

John Falconar Slater, Interior With Woman ReadingThis early 20th century oil painting by English artist John Falconar Slater (1857 1937) depicts a rustic cottage interior with an elderly lady reading. Slater was an accomplished, Royal Academy exhibited, painter of landscapes, seascapes and scenes. Sitting quietly in her favourite chair by the window, shes quite absorbed by the pages of a book a novel perhaps? From her vantage point, theres a view through to the garden, via a windowsill housing a pot

Signed/dated lower right and held within a coved gilt frame

Our reference: BRV1076

better known as ‘Elsinore’ from Shakespeare's Hamlet

This charming mid-19th-century oil painting by British artist Joseph Dunn (1806-1860) depicts a bay hunter in a landscape

has used a mossy green background colour which accentuates the sitter’s striking eyes

He’s also known for his evocative nocturnes

At some point in its life

Medium: Watercolour on paper laid on card

a ferryman is unloading cattle from a small boat while another steadies the craft with his foot

1750Provenance: Private collection

One minor abrasion towards the top

It’s probably his own wife