Early 19th-Century British School, Old Everton

Early 19th-Century British School, Old EvertonThis charming early 19th century oil painting depicts a ramshackle street in old Everton, Liverpool. Its possibly by the Liverpool based artist, John Pennington (1773 1841). Two figures, perhaps a mother and child, converse in the doorway of a quaint thatched cottage. While a third figure, a bonneted woman, carries a bundle under her right arm. Washing hangs over a nearby gate. Beyond, further dwellings peek from behind leafy foliage. This was an area

What else did he see

The artist has captured the effects of light so majestically

Late Summer sun radiates behind a dense copse while a mother and child rest in a nearby field

Overall size: 28” x 24” / 71cm x 61cmYear of creation: 1881

and composition remind us of the Flemish still life painter

Decades of soot blackens the lintel

perhaps for passengers

21½” x 28½” / 55cm x 72cm Year of creation

Also note the second tree

It’s likely that he created this piece towards the end of his career when he’d adopted a looser

Beneath the paint

Frederick Henry Henshaw was a consummate professional and a regular at the Royal Academy of Arts