George Percival Gaskell, The Mill Pond

George Percival Gaskell, The Mill PondA sublime turn of the century oil on canvas depicting a view across a mill pond towards an undulant landscape. The artist, George Percival Gaskell RBA (1868 1934), has adopted a hazy style of brushwork thats akin to a Monet at its most dreamlike. Given the size of the piece, its a painting to lose yourself into. Gaskell was a painter and print maker that hailed from Shiply in Yorkshire. He studied at the Royal College of Art in London, in Paris and in

805 achieved for ‘Lekende gutt på sten med seilbåt’ in 2006

A fine late-19th-century portrait of a young Rudolph Langer by Austrian painter

An exquisite early 19th-century portrait miniature depicting a young gentleman in his fashionable fineries

Scattered paint losses

In contrast to the flourishes of the French

the 19th-century art critic

He exhibited internationally during his lifetime including at the Paris Salon in 1922

The portrait is signed ‘N

A charming little collection

Artist’s auction highlight: £13

scuffs and abrasions

Frame with some general wear