More flies to go fishing with. Sunken mounts containing samples of fly-making materials from W. H. Aldam’s 1876 work “Aldam’s Flees & the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making” Taken from the website of PBA Galleries.
Category: British
Why keep anything plain looking around when it could look like these. So much more fun. Plates from Christopher Dresser’s 1876 work “Studies in Design” which was published in London. A. Goater, lithographer.
Engravings of an India that isn’t coming back. Plates from Robert Montgomery Martin’s 1858 work about India which has letterpress descriptions written by Emily (Emma) Roberts. Martin wrote several books dealing with various parts of the British Empire.
Out to sea with William Ayerst Ingram (W. Ayerst Ingram) who lived from 1855 to 1913. An English painter and member of the Newlyn School, he was a friend of Harold and Laura Knight. A member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolors.
Out to the country with watercolor landscapes by English artist Copley Fielding (1787-1855). Won a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1824.
Watercolors done by Ida and Muriel Perrin taken from three sketchbooks they filled with scenes of their trips abroad taken between 1907 and 1928. The Perrins produced lustre ware for William de Morgan. Part of a current auction at Tooveys’ Auctions from whose website these images are taken.
Unfortunately the location is not given on the scanned images that are on the website. Looks to me like they are all of places in Italy, though.
Highland cattle from just a little bit back. English. Louis Bosworth Hurt, artist. Living from 1856 to 1929, he also painted landscapes with no cattle. Exhibited at the Royal Academy 13 times.
Down by the sea with Scottish Impressionist artist Robert Gemmell Hutchison. Living from 1855 to 1936, he specialized in coastal scenes.
Dancing in air with things that light up the sky. British. Sir Claude Francis Barry (Francis Barry), artist. Living from 1883 to 1970, he was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1906.
Posters with animals. British. Charles Paine, graphic designer. Living from 1895 to 1967, he started out training with stained glass but ended up designing posters instead. Most of these having been created for the Regent’s Park Zoo in London.
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