HENRY THOMAS BROMLEY, RBSA (1853-1924): 'BEN A'AN', 1909

oil on board, the Scottish mountain scene with two figures and a boat in the lake, signed 'Thos Bromley 1909', inscribed to the reverse 'BEN A'AN H. THOS. BROMLEY. 1909 B'ham', mounted in a giltwood and glazed frame,

the painting 24cm x 17cm, the frame 37cm x 31cm

Henry Thomas Bromley, RBSA (1853–1924), known generally as H. Thomas Bromley, was a member of the elite Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The society was formed in 1820 and given royal status by Queen Victoria. Bromley exhibited 14 works at the society from 1881 to 1888 of rural and coastal scenes and animals. His works are held in various museums including the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. For further examples sold at auction see “October Glow on Avon” (1891) Sotheby's, sold 6 September 1994, “Pigeons on a hook, a trompe l'oeil” (1877) Christie's, South Kensington, year 1877, sold 22 November 2005.