English School, The Blacksmith’s Forge

English School, The Blacksmith’s ForgeAn interesting early 20th century depiction of a blacksmith at work in his forge. A furnace burns red hot to his left as he hammers some ironwork into shape. The painting is monogrammed in the lower left and housed within a later frame. Medium: Oil on canvas Overall size: 21 x 18 55cm x 47cm Year of creation: c. 1920 Provenance: England Condition: Minor craquelure. Frame with some light age related wear.

reached £12

The portrait is housed within an appropriate frame from the late-19th-century

Her delicate golden lorgnette (which is a pair of spectacles with a handle) is folded and held between her thumb and index finger

Heath was a fascinating character and a highly regarded Victorian artist

Overall size 18” x 14” / 46cm x 36cm

Germain Paget (1817-1884)

The portrait is signed in the lower right and housed within a later frame

One professional patched repair but generally very good

000 achieved for ‘The Nearest Way in Summer Time’ at Christie’s in 2000

A stylish mid-20th-century Swedish school portrait of a nude

Sargent produced a stylish portrait of his teacher in 1879 - a work which is currently in the Met

particularly where the paint is thickest