Joseph Newington Carter, Saint Michael’s Mount

Joseph Newington Carter, Saint Michael’s MountThis enchanting mid 19th century landscape by British artist Joseph Newington Carter (1835 1871) depicts a coastal scene by St Michaels Mount in Cornwall. The island rises over the horizon and stands within graduated mists. An ever present monument imbued with mystery and folklore. In the foreground, two figures assist a tired horse, which is sinking into heavy sand, its cart overloaded with goods. While beyond them, a blazing sun sets amid a radiant

The turbulent swirls of impasto and the energetic brushwork remind us of a little of Vincent

Medium: Wood engraving on paperOverall size: 14” x 18” / 35cm x 45cmYear of creation: c

He’s wearing his collars stiff and high

Or is she simply leaning forwards to ensure that both figures are adequately visible

This beautiful 19th-century silk print is after a work by Albert Joseph Moore (1841-1893) and depicts two ‘maidens’ draped in delicately embroidered robes

Sir George Ogilvy Reid RSA (1851-1928)

Areas of light craquelure but otherwise fine

Overall size: 23” x 27½” / 59cm x 70cm

a mother and her two sons are resting by an old track where several sheep graze

She’s conspicuously fashionable

Fairlie Harmar hailed from Weymouth and studied at the highly regarded Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks and Fred Brown

Frame has been painted