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Gun, Dogs and Game
after Richard Ansdell

Appraisal by Sarah Kellam
Great Great Grandaughter of Richard Ansdell RA
Picture
Acc No                              55
Artist                                  after Richard Ansdell (1815-1885)
Artist dates                        unknown
Medium                             oil on canvas
Size                                   42 x 31 in
Date painted                     1865
Inscr:                                 Signed  (L.L.)        
Donor                                Alderman and Mrs J H Dawson
Date donated                    19 January 1953
                                          
APPRAISAL:
Although this is a clear and very well executed painting, I stick by my initial reaction that this is not by Richard Ansdell RA.  It is beautifully painted but has a ‘photogenic’ quality about it which does not sit well with Ansdell’s work.  It looks too ‘modern’.  The Spaniel and Pointer are well described as are the rocks and sky, but the composition is bad and I have never yet come across an Ansdell painting which isn’t beautifully composed unless the canvas has been cut down at some stage which of course does happen.  Please check that this isn’t the case.  I cannot put Richard Ansdell’s name to this painting.
 

Sarah Kellam © 2018

To view the complete artworks of Richard Ansdell in the Collection please click on his name under Artists on the Home Page.
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