Late 19th century gilt framed oil painting – “View of the Village II” by (Carlton) Edwin Harris (1855-1906)
Price: £385Stock No. 1541/Q
A good late 19th century glazed, gilt framed, oil painting entitled “View of the Village II” by (Carlton) Edwin Harris (1855-1906). The painting captures an idyllic country village scene, with four figures and a dog walking along the village street, with thatched houses to the left and a small church in the background. Well painted and capturing the rural idyll perfectly.
Signed: ‘Carlton E. Harris’ – lower right corner.
Dated: c.1880-90.
Dimensions – (including frame): Landscape: 17 inches x 14 inches (43 x 36 cm).
Carlton Edwin Harris RBSA (1855-1906): painted mostly portraits, genre, figurative subjects and coastal scenes. He exhibited thirteen works including “The Woodcutters Daughter”, “A Village Idyll”, and “Between ‘yes’ and ‘no’ ” at the Royal Academy, 1882-1904. He also exhibited a Landscape at the Suffolk Street Royal Society of British Artists in 1891. He lived in Birmingham and later moved to Newlyn in Cornwall.