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Lot description
A rich original oil on board fishing scene entitled "Young Anglers" and painted in the classic Victorian Era landscape manner. The image depicts a group of boys fishing from the side of a meandering stream, a distant field of sheep visible with a farmhouse further beyond in a grove of trees. Signed en verso by Edward Charles (E.C.) Williams (English, 1807-1881), the eldest son of Edward Williams (English, 1781-1855) and part of a large painting family dynasty, sometimes called "The Barnes School." He was also related to famous artists James Ward RA and George Morland. Edward C. Williams stopped painting his rich and tranquil views of Barnes, Cumberland, Kent, and Thames shortly after the 1859 death of his second wife. This has added much value to the small number of paintings he did produce from 1859 on, and as a result, his paintings are now highly sought after. The wood ground and the frame have some cracking, and the paint surface displays craquelure, as photographed. Housed in the original ornate frame measuring approximately 26.5" x 34" overall, with sight view of 20.5" x 29".