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19th Century Oil Painting Saint Bernard Dog Shipwrecked Approaching New York
REF: LA489939
£8,500
€9,911
$11,432
LoveAntiques Dealersince Mar 2017Approved item549 sales by dealerFree DeliveryAvailable for local pick-up
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Description
1 Fine Dramatic British Victorian Impressive Marine Oil Painting Saint Bernard Dog Swamped Shipwrecked Approaching New York From London After Edwin Landseer.
Impress your clients & guests with this unusual very rare tragic nautical marine masterpiece statement artwork for your office or home wall space.
Title Saint Bernard Dog "Swamped" Shipwrecked Enroute approaching New York From London.
Subject beautiful marine scene of a black and white Saint Bernard Dog is being swamped by the choppy rough sea waves in side profile view, the dog is clutching holding onto a wooden deck plank that has broken off from a sinking ship that he was travelling on. The dog is looking towards the left gasping for breath, surrounded by rough rolling high seas. He is wearing his collar, a glass distress message in bottle has been tied to his collar with rope. On the bottle it reads London to New York. In the distance to the right you can see a rescue ship sailing towards the dogs position. A partially submerged barrel is next to the plank, which also has inscription on Swamped with an anchor symbol & London. Overhead seagulls flying in a mainly overcast sky with light blue coming through in places.
A rather nice display size with the frame being 43 cm high and 60 cm wide.
A great example of the animal breed.
Oil on canvas, set in the original wood gilt frame.
In the style of after Edwin Landseer.
Indistinctly signed on the collar by a British school artist.
Circa 1880 late 19th century Victorian era.
Provenance labels verso from Bowden & Co & now in the collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant.
Such a delightful scene to the eye.
Highly sought after.
With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home wall display.
Incredible conversation piece for your guests.
We only select & sell paintings based upon subject, quality & significance.
We provide our clients with friendly professional customer service.
Condition report.
Offered in fine used condition.
Front painting surface in acceptable overall order. Having various craquelure foxing stains, paint loss in areas towards the outer edges. Frame stretcher lines showing through canvas. Set in the original gilt wood frame which has various general wear, paint touch ups, repairs and cracking, splitting commensurate with usage & old age. It would benefit with being reframed and cleaned.
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Dimensions in centimetres of the frame
High (43 cm)
Wide (60 cm)
Depth thickness of frame (2 cm)
measurements
Height:
43 cm
Width:
60 cm
Depth:
2 cm
declaration
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD has clarified that the 19th Century Oil Painting Saint Bernard Dog Shipwrecked Approaching New York (LA489939) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1880
condition
Condition report.
Offered in fine used condition.
Front painting surface in acceptable overall order. Having various craquelure foxing stains, paint loss in areas towards the outer edges. Frame stretcher lines showing through canvas. Set in the original gilt wood frame which has various general wear, paint touch ups, repairs and cracking, splitting commensurate with usage & old age. It would benefit with being reframed and cleaned.
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Date of Manufacture:
1880
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This 19th Century Oil Painting Saint Bernard Dog Shipwrecked Approaching New York is located in Greater London, United Kingdom
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