THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY – FROM THE FRENCHREVOLUTION TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR, Chris Beetles Gallery, 8 & 10 Ryder Street, St James’s, London, SW1Y 6QB
JOHN VARLEY, OWS (1778-1842)
BERRY POMEROY CASTLE, DEVONSHIRE
SIGNED
WATERCOLOUR
14 1/4 X 20 INCHES
The new show ‘The Long Nineteenth Century’ fills all the gallery space and provides a dazzling journey through British Art from 1789 to 1918. The exhibition is divided into different areas that reflect changes in fashion and society during this period. These areas include The Experimental Drive in Watercolour, Victorian Landscapes Abroad, Victorian Figures: from Page to Wall, Aestheticism and The First World War among others.
ARTHUR RACKHAM, VPRWS (1867-1939)
THE FISH KING AND THE DOG FISH: ITS HEAD WAS PATTED GRACIOUSLY
SIGNED AND DATED 04
PEN INK AND WATERCOLOUR WITH BODYCOLOUR
10 3/4 X 9 INCHES
PROVENANCE: ALEXANDER MANN, AND BY DESCENT TO LADY
PICKTHORNE
Just as the subject matter varies so does the media in which they are executed – oils, watercolours, photographs, drawings and of course book illustrations and cartoons, number among them. Artists whose work is displayed include Gillray, Beardsley, Rackham, and Heath Robinson as well as Varley, Roberts, Allingham and Goodwin. The exhibition is accompanied by a two volume catalogue which I heartily recommend as I do this show!
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888)
ST HOSPICE
INSCRIBED WITH TITLE AND ’39’ AND DATED ’11AM 29 MARCH
1868′
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED WITH COLUMNS OF FIGURES ON REVERSE
PEN INK AND PENCIL
7 1/2 X 10 3/4 INCHES
ALBERT GOODWIN, RWS (P1I8S4A5-1932)
SIGNED WITH MONOGRAM, INSCRIBED WITH TITLE AND DATED 89
WATERCOLOUR ON BOARD
8 3/4 X 13 1/2 INCHES
WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1767-1816)
AN INFERIOR MANDARIN OF TURON BAY
SIGNED WITH INITIALS
WATERCOLOUR WITH BODYCOLOUR
14 3/4 X 9 1/2 INCHES
WILLIAM WALCOT, RBA RE (1874-1943)
THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON
SIGNED
WATERCOLOUR WITH PENCIL AND BODYCOLOUR
7 3/4 X 9 1/2 INCHES
Tim Forrest's E & A 