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ON THE SOUTH DEVON COAST
By John Lamont Brodie
Artist: John Lamont Brodie, British ( ? -1881)
Age: Dated 1880 Signed J L. Brodie lower left
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: Width: 16"/40 cm Height: 12"/30 cm
Frame: 2.25"/5.6cm
This is a lovely coastal scene with two women viewed conversing in the foreground with boats ashore as well as pictured on the horizon. The sky is slightly cloudy with a somewhat overcast appearance. There are nice details in th women, houses and seagulls flying overhead. A wonderful 19th century oil ready to hang. The back of the painting has notation "On the South Devon Coast" and there is a Windsor and Newton, London stamp on the back of the canvas.
Condition: The painting is in good condition with minor surface grime and two small repair patches verso in the rock area bottom right. The frame is a beautiful gilt newer frame in excellent condition.
Auction Sales examples (not necessarily comps)"
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15.5 x 26.5" $4,000 Neal Auction, LA August 1998
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16 x 27" $2,258 Christies, GB March 1997
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9 7/8 x 11.75 601 Phillips, Devon, GB 1998 |