Paintings of interiors and one outdoors by English artist William Whitehead Ratcliffe. Living from 1870 to 1955, he studied at the Manchester School of Art. Designed wallpaper, mostly, but he painted these too.

Manor Farm, Norton. 1912. Possibly exhibited as ‘Old Manor Farm’ in June 1916. English. Oil on canvas. William Whitehead Ratcliffe, painter (1870-1955). Signed on the lower right. Image © the artist’s estate. Image credit: North Hertfordshire Museum. Collections of the North Hertfordshire Museum. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/manor-farm-norton-15790/search/2024–keyword:william-whitehead-ratcliffe–referrer:global-search-588196/page/1/view_as/grid
The Coffee House. 1914. English. Oil on canvas. William Whitehead Ratcliffe, painter (1870-1955). Signed on the lower right. Image © the artist’s estate. Image credit: Southampton City Art Gallery. Collections of the Southampton City Art Gallery. Fair use license. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-coffee-house-17926/search/2024–keyword:william-whitehead-ratcliffe–referrer:global-search-588196/page/2/view_as/grid
Cottage Interior. 1911-1912. English. Oil on plywood. William Whitehead Ratcliffe, painter (1870-1955). Signed on the lower left. Image © the artist’s estate. Image credit: Yale Center for British Art. Collections of the Yale Center for British Art. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/cottage-interior-246875/search/2024–keyword:william-whitehead-ratcliffe–referrer:global-search-588196/page/2/view_as/grid
Attic Room. 1918. William Whitehead Ratcliffe, painter (1870-1955). Signed on the lower left. Image © the artist’s estate. Image credit: Tate. Collections of the Tate Galleries. Fair use license. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/attic-room-201367/search/2024–keyword:william-whitehead-ratcliffe–referrer:global-search-588196/page/2/view_as/grid

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