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Independent British Fine Art & Antiques Dealers | Historic Paintings, Portraiture, Sporting Art & Decorative Arts
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD® is an independent, family-run British fine art and antiques dealership and online gallery, incorporated in England and Wales on 22 April 2024 under company registration number 15666518.
Led by directors Michael and Victoria, the company specialises in carefully selected British and European paintings, sculpture and decorative arts, serving private collectors, galleries, interior designers, art consultants and institutional buyers throughout the United Kingdom and internationally.
With our registered office in Covent Garden, London, and trading operations based in Cheshire, we combine historical research, considered attribution, detailed condition reporting and professional customer service.
Our approach emphasises artistic quality, historical significance, transparency and the preservation of original works of art.
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We operate exclusively online and do not maintain a public showroom.
Private one-to-one virtual viewings are available by appointment, allowing prospective purchasers to examine artworks remotely and discuss condition, dimensions, attribution, provenance and historical context.
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We aim to provide collectors with the information necessary to make informed purchasing decisions.
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Fine Art & Works of Art | 17th–21st Century
Our principal specialisms include:
- British and European oil paintings, watercolours and mixed-media works
- Historic portraiture and figurative paintings
- Marine, naval and maritime subjects
- Equestrian, hunting and sporting paintings
- Animal paintings and rural subjects
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Our catalogue includes works by identified artists, attributed paintings, historical schools and carefully researched unsigned compositions.
Each artwork is selected with consideration for artistic quality, condition, historical interest, provenance where established, and decorative merit.
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Our inventory is continually evolving, with pieces selected for their craftsmanship, individuality and suitability for traditional and contemporary interiors.
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We actively support sustainability within the fine art and antiques trade through the preservation, continued appreciation and responsible reuse of historic works of art and decorative objects.
By extending the useful life of existing pieces, the antiques trade can help reduce demand for newly manufactured decorative goods while preserving traditional craftsmanship and cultural heritage.
Historic paintings, sculpture and period furnishings bring individuality, character and enduring aesthetic value to both traditional and contemporary interiors.
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Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD®
Registered Office:
71–75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9JQ
United Kingdom
Trading Operations:
Mickle Trafford
Chester
Cheshire
United Kingdom
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Company Registration Number: 15666518
Date of Incorporation: 22 April 2024
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Antique Victorian Landscape Oil Painting – Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa, Wales, Storm Clearing with Rainbow – Charles Leslie (1878)
REF: LA561578
£6,000
€7,193
$8,031
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Description
Antique Victorian Landscape Oil Painting – Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa, Wales, Storm Clearing with Rainbow – By Charles Leslie c1878.
A commanding Victorian landscape depicting the Snowdon range at the precise moment a summer shower clears and light returns, revealing a luminous rainbow above still water. This is a classic “sublime” mountain view: dramatic weather, vast sky, and calm foreground harmony, painted on a grand scale with excellent atmospheric depth.
Subject and Medium
A sweeping view of Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa (Wales) as storm clouds lift and sunlight breaks through. A refined rainbow arcs across layered cloud, while quiet water and distant peaks create a powerful sense of distance and calm after rain.
Oil on canvas (professionally relined – see condition report).
Composition and Technique
Leslie’s composition leads the eye from the hushed foreground water into the valley and up toward the cool, misted mountains, where forms soften into haze and thinning cloud. The sky is the dramatic centre: shifting storm tones and shafts of light are handled with restraint and realism, giving the painting that prized Victorian sense of weather and space.
Cool silvery greys, slate notes, and soft blue-green tones describe the distant peaks, contrasted by a warmer right-hand shoreline of ochres, russets, deep browns, and mossy greens. Subtle reflections in the water heighten the stillness, while small birds and two quiet figures fishing add scale and human presence without disturbing the mood. The result is a beautifully balanced work—both theatrical and serene.
About the Artist
Charles Leslie (British, 19th Century)—often identified as Charles Edward John Leslie (1839–1886)—worked within the Victorian landscape tradition associated with the celebrated Williams family circle. He is recorded as exhibiting at major London venues including the Royal Academy of Arts, the British Institution, and the Suffolk Street Gallery (Society of British Artists). Leslie’s Welsh and Scottish mountain subjects were especially sought after for their romantic atmosphere, broad skies, reflective waters, and strong sense of place.
Historical Significance
In Victorian Britain, Snowdon and the Welsh landscape held strong Romantic associations—rugged terrain and shifting weather were prized expressions of the sublime. Dated 1878, this painting sits firmly within the era when large-scale British landscape oils were created for impressive interiors, combining decorative impact with painterly atmosphere.
Signature and Title Plaque
Signed and dated in red to the lower left: “Charles Leslie 1878.”
Also fitted with a brass title plaque reading: “A Summer Shower Passing Over The Snowdon Range – Charles Leslie – 1878.”
Frame
Presented in a substantial, richly ornamented gilt frame, well suited to the scale and Victorian character of the work.
Dimensions (Framed)
89.5 cm high x 140 cm wide x 6 cm deep
A true statement painting—ideal for a library, office, or principal reception room.
Provenance
Private collection.
Documented UK auction provenance: sold by Bigwood Auctioneers & Valuers Ltd (Stratford-upon-Avon) in the Select Interiors & Antiques auction, 29 July 2022, Lot 168. Curated by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD.
Why You’ll Love It
Monumental Victorian landscape presence with authentic period character
Desirable Snowdon / Wales subject with enduring collector appeal
Striking rainbow and storm-clearing sky with excellent atmosphere
Sophisticated colour balance: cool misted distance against a warm, structured foreground
Signed and dated 1878, with matching title plaque
measurements
Height:
89.5 cm
Width:
140 cm
Depth:
6 cm
declaration
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD has clarified that the Antique Victorian Landscape Oil Painting – Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa, Wales, Storm Clearing with Rainbow – Charles Leslie (1878) (LA561578) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1878
condition
Condition Report
Offered in good antique condition overall. The painted surface shows age-appropriate craquelure and minor surface wear consistent with a 19th-century oil. Small areas of paint loss and surface abrasion are visible on close inspection. The canvas has been professionally relined. The gilt frame shows historic wear, old repairs, cracking, and localized losses consistent with age and use.
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This Antique Victorian Landscape Oil Painting – Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa, Wales, Storm Clearing with Rainbow – Charles Leslie (1878) is located in Greater London, United Kingdom
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