George Sheffield Large Stunning Watercolor Painting At Highgate Mansion, 1867
Signed George Sheffield Watercolor, 1867. Titled Moated Grange. Label on Verso
Provenance: Sir Arthur Crosfield, 41 West Hill, Highgate N6, London. This Mansion is next to Queen Elizabeth's (Now King Charles) Highgate residence. Sir Arthur Crosfield was a member of London High Society. this residence is one of the oldest and largest in private ownershio

Sheffield was celebrated for his watercolors of expansive and dramatic landscapes, continuing in the tradition of British artists such as John Constable (1776-1837) and J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). The present work reveals the influence of these figures on Sheffield's approach, largely in the atmospheric sense and the contrasting tones of light and dark. As a nephew of the portrait painter George Sheffield (fl. 1825-1835), Sheffield took his first lessons from his uncle. When his family moved to Warrington he studied under Sir Samuel Luke Fildes, RA (1844-1927) and at Manchester he was apprenticed to a printer and studied at the School of Art. Sheffield was at sea for a number of years and on settling in Bettws-y-Coed in 1861 he concentrated on landscape and marine painting. As both an oil and watercolour painter, he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1873-1878.

Size:Frame: 37"H x 50.5"WVisible: 37.25"W x 24"H