Antique British Oil Painting Seascape Coast Scene Shipwreck Landscape Horses Samuel C. Bird 1870 Drawings & Prints The base having corresponding floral

The base having corresponding floral design and having Rococo handles to each side

5 cm X 9 cm

the desk is raised on a low stand with a shaped skirt & short cabriole legs

The clock having inlay around the dial and housed in a rosewood case

He completed his studies in the studio of Luc-Olivier Merson and it was around this time that he got into the habit of spending his holidays in Fontaine-la-Mallet with his comrade Othon Friesz

Antique British Oil Painting Seascape Coast Scene Shipwreck Landscape Horses Samuel C. Bird 1870 Drawings & Prints The base having corresponding floralA very good antique 19th century British oil on canvas painting, seascape coastal scene by Samuel C. Bird, circa 1870. This very attractive oil on canvas painting depicts a coastal scene with a team of Shire or Draught horses pulling a ship's main mast with chains out of the sea, after a shipwreck. A figure astride one of the lead horses is looking back to guide the horses, in the distance are two more figures walking by the water's edge. The sky is