Paintings of ShereBefore the age of the photograph, the only way of illustrating or describing a village, other than the writen word was through the medium The following paintings show the village through the ages, painted in various mediums. Copyright remains with the artist, all rights reserved. |
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Shere Paintings / drawings arranged in Chronological date order......starting with oldest first - If you see any paintings that do not appear on this page, please drop me a line. Tristan Greatrex Quick Links to Years: |
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late 1700sOne of the earliest works - You can see St James' spire peaking out from above the trees.
Painter: DEVIS Anthony (1729-1816) Surrey. £675 (November 2016 - PURCHASE)
Anthony Devis lived in Albury from 1780 and painted his home as shown above - this and other examples of his works in Albury |
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1811
Titled Shere Church From "THE HISTORY OF SURREY" by Manning & Bray Size: 42cm x 24cm |
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1823
A very early drawing of St James' Church, Shere looking NW
Painting by John Hassell - VIEW website
Sheer (Shere). Drawn and engraved by John Hassell Published by John Hassell, c1817 in "Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, Thirty Miles Round the British Metropolis. Aquatint with original hand colouring. Mounted - SOURCE
Shere Court House - Now Bodryn (left had side) and Forge Cottage on the right - image © Shere Museum
Gomshall - 1823 Painter: John Hassell (1767-1825) Medium: Water colour Location: Photo above - The Black Horse Pub JOHN HASSELL on Wikipedia Hassell’s work was popular with gentlemen who collected drawings and watercolours to extra-illustrate their copies of Owen Manning and William Brays ‘History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey’, 3 vols (1804-1814). Robert Barclay’s collection of Surrey illustrations includes over 500 original watercolours by John Hassell and his son, Edward. Edward Hassell continued with similar drawings in a different technique until 1832. He was more interested in the interior of churches and in more modern buildings than his father. He died in 1852. For further information relating to John and Edward Hassell, together with an analysis of their artistic style, the materials they used and a list of the work they produced, see ‘A Catalogue of Pictures of Surrey and Elsewhere by John Hassell (1767-1825) and his son Edward (1811 1852)’ by J C Batley and G P Moss, Surrey Archaeological Collections, vol 75 (1984) His ‘Views of Gentleman’s Seats Adjacent to London’ (1804-1805), ‘Picturesque Rides and Walks within Thirty Miles of the British Metropolis’ (1817-1818) and ‘Excursions of Pleasure’ (1823) show Hassell’s deep interest in Surrey which was to take him to most parts of the county and result in at least 750 watercolour views of churches, houses and other buildings of architectural or historical interest which he found. They provide a superb glimpse of the county’s architecture over two centuries ago before the face of Surrey was transformed by the coming of the railway.
Old Courthouse in Gomshall - Was this later called ' old Cottage' and then later 'Old Ivy House' - Opposite today's Petrol Station |
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1850
Shere Church - 1850 (approx.) - 19th Century Pencil Drawing of a Shere Church, Surrey Illustrator: Unknown Medium: Pencil - Size: 19 x 22cm (7.5" x 8.7") |
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1854
The Eccentric Billy Hicks, SHERE - 1854 Painter: F. Randoll William Hicks, a country gentleman, lost his reason through unfulfilled love. He lived as a tramp with his animals, who took his own life by hanging at the age of 74, in 1854. Medium: Watercolour - 32cm x 51.8cm Can be viewed at Guildford House Gallery - donated to Guildford Museum, 1962. Transferred to Guildford House, 1985 |
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1856
AT SHERE SURREY- 1856 Painter: FREDERICK WILLIAM HULME (1816-1884) Oil on canvas, 59.5 x 49.5cm |
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1858
The Emigrant's Lasy Sight of Home - 1858 Painter: Richard Redgrave ( (1804-88) Location: Abinger Medium: Oil on canvas 26 3/4 × 38 3/4 (67.9 × 98.4) Many families left Britain during the 1840s and 1850s, forced to seek their fortune elsewhere by hardship and economic depression. Redgrave was one of several artists who recorded the plight of such emigrants. This picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1859 accompanied by lines from Oliver Goldsmith's poem 'The Traveller'. This begins: 'Have we not seen, round Britain's peopled shore, Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore?'. The village that the family prepare to leave is that of Abinger in Surrey, where Redgrave owned a cottage. Tate Gallery label, January 1996 View Richard's Landscape near Shere, 1877 BELOW |
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1860
A Cottage Window at Shere - 1860 Illustrator: Sir Francis Seymour Haden (16 September 1818 - 1 June 1910), was an English surgeon, best known as an etcher. Medium: etching
A Cottage Porch - 1860 Illustrator: Sir Francis Seymour Haden (16 September 1818 - 1 June 1910), was an English surgeon, best known as an etcher.
Image © The Trustees of the British Museum Department: Prints & Drawings Description
Watercolour - circa 1860 Illustrator: Sir Francis Seymour Haden (16 September 1818 - 1 June 1910), was an English surgeon, best known as an etcher.
Image © The Trustees of the British Museum Description |
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1861Museum number1874,0711.11 DescriptionRecto Series B, Plate 1: View with two figures sitting in a field in the foreground, one of them with a staff, looking towards the sunlight beaming from behind hills in the right background, a church spire in the midst of a forest in the left background. 1861
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Shere Church, Surrey - 1861 - View from Middle Street (approx from the position of the, yet to be built, 'Old Fire Station'. - You can see Sayers to the right of St. James' Church and the footbridge with the Tillingbourne flowing. Illustrator: Unpublished Amateur Etchings | Print made by Sir Henry Cole
Image © The Trustees of the British Museum Department: Prints & Drawings Description
Shere Church, Surrey - 1861 Illustrator: Unpublished Amateur Etchings | Print made by Sir Henry Cole
Image © The Trustees of the British Museum Department: Prints & Drawings Description
This by an unknown artist, dated Monday 12th August 1861
Also by the same artist, dated on the same day, Monday 12th August 1861 - This looking froim Shere Lane towards the Square and Middle Street - The White Horse Pub is on the left and Vaughnes on the right. images © Shere Museum |
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1863 - Benjamin Williams Leader
By Mead or Stream - 1863 Painter: B.W. Leader Description |
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1865 - Richard M. Ryner's Art Scrapbook
click on the sketch above to view detailed image Location: Lower Street, Shere Artist: RICHARD MANSER RAYNER (1843-1908) Very exciting news - I have been contacted by Andrew King who's Great Grandfather was renowned painter, Richard Mayner. The exciting news is that Andrew has a large number of Richard's pencil and watercolour sketches and (mainly) unfinished watercolour and oil paintings.
Among them are quite a few sketches of various aspects of village life in and around Shere during the artist's time in the village from the mid 1860s to around 1880. We will be featuring these over the coming months and would like to this opportunity to thank Andrew and his family for sharing Richard's works of art with us all through our Shere Village website. 25th October 2016 |
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1866
Location: Upper Street, Shere Artist: Sir Henry Cole
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A ) have an ink drawing of the original Shere footbridge with the inscription at the bottom right of the drawing which reads: Sir Henry Cole was also a keen photographer and one of the earliest photo's of Shere Village can be viewed HERE, taken in 1850.
Ink drawing sketch by Henry Cole of his home, Elm Cottage (renamed 'Seaforths' in Gomshall Lane and NOT Elm Cottge in Upper Street).
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1866
Shere School, Surrey - 1866 Illustrator: Unpublished Amateur Etchings | Print made by Sir Henry Cole
Image © The Trustees of the British Museum Department: Prints & Drawings Description |
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1866 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Evening Return to the Homestead - 1866 Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader oil on canvas - 76 x 132cm (29 15/16 x 51 15/16in). Description UPDATE - 26th February 2017
Returning Home - 1897 This is without doubt the same property as the one Benjamin William Leader painted 31 years prior
(click on the above photos to view larger image)
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abt 1870 James Matthews
THE VILLAGE OF SHERE Painter: James Matthews Location: Middle Street - 10.5" x 14" (26.67cm x 35.56cm) Watercolour and Gouache - watercolour |
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abt 1870 James Matthews
GIRL ON BRIDGE Painter: James Matthews Location: Swimming Pool Field Bridge - 9.5" x 19" James Matthews, watercolour, child on a wooden bridge before a house at Shere, Surrey, gilt framed, signed, 9.5ins x 19ins
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1870 - Richard M. Rayner
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1870 - Art Scrapbook
St. James' Church - 1870 Artist: RICHARD MANSER RAYNER (1843-1908) From Richard's Art Scrapbook. |
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1870 - Art Scrapbook
Sayers & St. James' Church - 1870 Artist: RICHARD MANSER RAYNER (1843-1908) From Richard's Art Scrapbook. |
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1870 - Art Scrapbook
Sayers & St. James' Church - 1870 Artist: RICHARD MANSER RAYNER (1843-1908) From Richard's Art Scrapbook. |
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1870
Netley Mill, Shere Painter: RICHARD MANSER RAYNER (1843-1908) - Lived at Pantry's The Square, Shere
The painting above is also c.1870, and shows tree felling by Netley Mill. This finished painting (which is still in the family) uses bodycolour rather In 1872 Richard married Mary Ann Harding (and would write back to her nearly every day while he was away on painting trips). Having obviously
Janet Simspon A.R.E; Janet studied art at Lambeth and R.C.A. she exhibited between 1904 and 1938 at This fine etching has retained its excellent colouring, bright and unfaded, in black ink with very fine detail, ink lines and plate tone, the image measuring approximately 20 cms. x 20 cms. (8 x 8 ins. )within a strong platemark and impression, on a laid paper sheet size 24 cms. x 25 cms. (9¼ x 10 ins. ) with makers watermark. |
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1870
Funeral at St. James' - 1870 UPDATE: Located a better picture, thanks to: © Shere Museum
Unknown artist - are you able to help? |
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1871 - The Illustrated London News
View at Shere, in Surrey - 1871 taken from The Illustrated London News. |
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1873 - In Sheire Village, Surrey
An exciting find from The British Museum. Upper Street, Sheire. Yes, the village was spelt 'Sheire' back in the day. Description: Plate 11: a line of buildings at the left, the road to the right and two people, one on horseback, in the distance; final published state. 1873 - Drypoint on Japan paper
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1874 - Benjamin Williams Leader
On a Surrey Heath - 1874 Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader oil on canvas 38.5cm by 59cm |
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1875
A Cottage at Shere - 1875 Painter: Helen Allingham, RWS (British 1848-1926) Location: Oak Cottage (Kinghams), Gomshall Lane (Opposite Shere School) Helen Allingham stayed in Shere in the summer of 1878, John White lived at Shere 1877-82, Frank Walton lived at Dorking and painted in the Shere and Gomshall area from the 1860s until the early 1900s, while Joseph Langdale Pickering, RBA, ROI, lived at Abinger Hammer 1875-77. Other artists known to have worked around Shere include Richard Redgrave, George Vicat Cole, RA, Benjamin Williams Leader, RA, Frank Holl, John Robertson Reid, Robert Hills OWS, Richard Rayner, William Blandford Fletcher, George Charles Haite, Lewis Pinhorn Wood, John Nesbitt, William Frederick Hulk, Edward Aubrey Hunt, Robert Paton Reid, John Douglas, Charles Robertson, and Charles Rowbotham. |
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1877 Unknown artist
IN VILLAGE OF SHERE Painter: If you know who may have painted this, please let me know. Thank you. Location: Lower Street looking towards The Square |
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1876
Cottages Shere, Surrey, 1876 Artist: Mrs A. Lukis de Guerin Size: 8.75 X 11 Inches Original Antique Watercolour painting, by lady artist Mrs A. Lukis de Guerin, A.S.W.A. (French /British active circa 1870’s), There is a very similar cottage to this one immediately on your left as you turn off the Dorking Road when heading down into Shere. The artist was the wife of the French Victorian artist A Lukis de Guerin and according to the inscription on the lables on the back this watercolour was exhibited in 1876 at the Society of Women Artist exhibition, Mrs de Guerin was an associate member, it was catalogue No. 826 and was priced at £7.00 |
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1877
Landscape near Shere, 1877 Artist: Richard Redgrave (1804-88) |
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1878 - Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848-1926)The following paintings confirms that artist, Helen Allingham, spent the summer of 1878 in Shere, painting some beautiful scenes, in and around the village. Approximately a dozen watercolours resulted from Mrs Allingham’s holiday, and they were exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society between 1878 and 1880. The first record of her coming to shere was three years earlier, in 1875, and produced a lovely painting - A Cottage at Shere which depicts a young girl feeding the birds at Oak Cottage in Gomshall Lane (Now Kinghams restaurant). Other notible painters John White lived at Shere 1877-82, Frank Walton lived at Dorking and painted in the Shere and Gomshall area from the 1860s until the early 1900s, while Joseph Langdale Pickering, RBA, ROI, lived at Abinger Hammer 1875-77. Other artists known to have worked around Shere include Richard Redgrave, George Vicat Cole, RA, Benjamin Williams Leader, RA, Frank Holl, John Robertson Reid, Robert Hills OWS, Richard Rayner, William Blandford Fletcher, George Charles Haite, Lewis Pinhorn Wood, John Nesbitt, William Frederick Hulk, Edward Aubrey Hunt, Robert Paton Reid, John Douglas, Charles Robertson, and Charles Rowbotham. |
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1878 - Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848-1926)
White Horse Inn - 1878 Painter: Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848 - 1926) Medium: Watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic Location: The Square, Shere The White Horse (the sign can be seen by the door) was run by Richard Askew and his wife Catherine. In 1884 an article appeared in Leisure Hour which began with the author asking a Shere villager “Do many artists come here?” “Many!” was his response “Why in summer-time you can’t get between their umbrellas”. This summed up the village’s reputation amongst the Victorian artistic fraternity. William and Helen Allingham spent the summer of 1878. Approximately a dozen watercolours resulted from Mrs Allingham’s holiday, and they were exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society between 1878 and 1880. |
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1878 - Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848-1926)
Shere - 1878 Medium: Watercolour - DOES ANYONE HAVE A COLOUR VERSION? Painter: Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848 - 1926) Helen Allingham stayed in Shere in the summer of 1878 Location: The Square
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1878 - Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848-1926)
Children Playing with Kittens beside a cottage - 1878 Medium: Watercolour - 9.25 x 6.25in. Painter: Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848 - 1926) Helen Allingham stayed in Shere in the summer of 1878 Location: Upper Street |
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1878 - Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848-1926)
Netley Farm Medium: Watercolour Painter: Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848 - 1926) |
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1878 - Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848-1926)
By the Silent Pool - inscribed verso Medium: Watercolour - 5 x 7 inches Painter: Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848 - 1926)
Helen Allingham stayed in Shere in the summer of 1878 when this painting was most probably created.
Provenance - Exhibited in Christopher Wood Gallery, London May 1980, Helen Allingham Exhibition, No. 13.
Up for sale (May 2017): £4,495.00 - Sold price: unknown |
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1878 - Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848-1926)UNKNOWN IMAGE There is a watercolour drawing held at the V&A Museum - would be interesting to view: Drawing by Helen Allingham, depicting a landscape at Shere in Surrey, watercolour, Surrey, late 19th-early 20th century - DETAILS |
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1878 - Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848-1926)
Titled: Amy Margaret Thackeray, Shere, July 1878 Painter: Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848 - 1926) Medium: Watercolour - 8 x 8 inches (3x3") Portrait of Amy Margaret Thackeray Watercolour heightened with white Signed with initials, lower right.
Provenance: Anthony Reed, London (label attached verso with cataloguing and inscription) Inscribed on the original backing 'Amy Margaret Thackeray, Shere, July 1878' Up for sale (4th December 2019) | Go direct to DREWEATTS BACKGROUND: Famously, Helen Allingham illustrated Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd (includes detailed discussions of some of the illustrations), and Hardy, then very unhappy with his wife, appears to have found in her a kindred soul. In 1874, Hardy, Helen and Annie Thackeray dined together (1874) and he wrote this poem 40 years later on what he dreamed they might have known in marriage: The Opportunity (For H.P)
The line “strange, strange that we live so lightly” deeply suggestive about the nature of life - SOURCE |
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1878 - Helen Mary Elizabeth Allingham (1848-1926)
Titled: Carrying the Hay, Shere Signed and indistinctly titled Shere lower right Provenance: Up for sale (4th December 2019) | Go direct to DREWEATTS
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1878
The above sketch of the Fireplace at The White Horse was taken from |
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1878 |
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1879 - Benjamin Williams Leader
An English Hayfield - 1879 Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader Benjamin Williams Leader's artist notes from 1879 tell us that the figures were posed by his wife, their young son Benjy (Benjamin Eastlake Leader) who was two years old at the time and their baby daughter Ethel. The scene depicts a hayfield at Whittington, the village in Worcestershire where Leader resided between 1862 and 1889 before moving to Burrows Cross House, Shere. Sadly Benjamin Eastlake Leader was killed in France during the First Word War in 1916 - further details can be found on the HISTORY page of this website. |
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1879 - Richard John Askew
Knapps Cottage, Upper Street, Shere - 1879 Painter: Richard John Askew (b. 1854) Medium: Watercolour | Size: 24cm x 34cm Richard John Askew was landlord of The White Horse at Shere in this same year as this painting, 1879. The Askey family managed the White Horse from 1866 to 1946. Richard Askew wrote and illustrated a book called 'Walks and Talks about Shere VISIT THE DEDICATED WHITE HORSE WEBPAGE and read the1909 section for more details. ----------- FEB 28th 2018 STOP PRESS: AUCTION This painting is up for SALE via auction
Thursday 22 March 2018 at 10am and the full catalogue will be online from 9th March 2018 Hammer Price: £85.00 Ewbank’s: 01483 223101 or email valuations@ewbankauctions.co.uk. |
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1880
Shere Church - 1880 Richard married Mary Harding. Mary was the daughter of an Architect and Master Plumber, who lived in an old house called 'Pantrys'. Pantrys appears framed by the porch door in a painting Richard made from inside the church in 1880, a couple of years before his young family moved to Orpington, in what was then rural Kent (now Greater London). The painting also shows the font where his children were christened. Richard and Mary had five children, Louie, Sam, Herbert, then Arthur Trower in 1878 and Ada Mary in 1881 (the last two becoming artists themselves), and the children sometimes appeared in his paintings. He died on 17 October 1908 at Orpington. READ MORE (Copyright © 2012 DudleyMall.)
Exterior view of St James' - late 1800's below: closer look at the painting:
This oil painting was up for sale on the 30th November 2014 by auction in Stockholm, Sweden and went under the hammer for £89.00. |
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1880The discovery of the lost location. The painting named 'The Village Christening' by painter John White has had its painting location identified by myself, Tristan Greatrex.
The BBC have a website dedicated to ARTS & CULTURE and along with the PCF (Public Catalogue Foundation) were trying to find
A VILLAGE CHRISTENING - 1880 Painter: John White (1851–1933) LOCATION IDENTIFICATION OF PAINTING REASONS Another notable fact is that the painter, John White lived at Shere in the period 1877-1882 |
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1881
A VILLAGE WEDDING - 1881 Painter: John White (1851–1933)
Location: Outside the Lychgate (Before the Lychgate was buit) and the wall has now been moved some 15 feet to the left - Entrance to SAYERS John White (1851 – 1933) Born on the 18th September 1851 in Edinburgh, John White was a painter of landscapes, seascapes, portraits and rustic genre subjects in oil and watercolour. His family emigrated to Australia in 1856 and he was educated in Melbourne. He returned to study at the Royal Scottish Academy schools from 1871 and won the Keith prize for design in 1875. Through the 1870s White’s landscape, portrait and genre subject paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy and other London exhibition venues. John White lived at Shere in the period 1877-1882 He retired in 1931 and lived in Beer, Devon. He died on the 21st December 1933. His subjects are quite varied including landscapes, marine, genre and portraits, both in oil and watercolour. |
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1881
HARVEST TIME - SHERE - SURREY - 1881 Painter: John White (1851–1933) Signed and dated 1924 verso, oil on canvas, |
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1882
SHERE - The Square Painter: |
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1883
SHERE MURDER SCENE, SHERE, SURREY, ENGLAND - 9th September 1883 Painter: Mary Willis (b. 1837) Medium: Pencil and Water colour Location: From the Tillingbourne bridge, looking towards St. James Church Watercolour showing the scene of the famous Victorian murder which took place years before!! As our artist has inscribed... taken from the sketchbook of Mary J. Willis. Although these are very well done, she was one of the many amateur artists throughout England who always took a sketchbook with them on their travels. And Mary Willis traveled a great deal!! Through England and Wales, then to the Continent with journeys to France, Switzerland and Italy. The sketchbook dates range from 1867 in Putney to 1887 in Lewes, with European tours in 1875 and 1882. She was born circa 1837 in St. Clement Danes, a parish in Holborn, London, to the Stilwell family. Her first marriage UPDATE: She screamed and attracted attention and crawled away as Mr. Edser arrived and saw a man making off. Edser lifted the girl and took her to Doctor Hilliard and on his way met PC Lambert. The officer undertook a widespread search and found the man hiding in a field. James Longhurst was searched and the officer found four clasp knives, three with two blades, and one with three blades. The suspect was then taken to the girl and the doctor and asked if he was the man that attacked her and Sax agree it was. The prisoner was taken to the lock up in Guildford in the same carriage as the little girl was taken by the doctor to the hospital. 1867, 16 April: James Longhurst was executed at Horesmonger Lane, gaol for the murder of Harriett Sax aged 6. |
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1884Middle Street - 'Afternoon'
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Digital Photograph: Today, 133 years later in 2017 |
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The 1884 painting shows 'Bodryn' (left) and on the right side of the painting, shows the original buildings. The photo shows in comparison, 'Bodryn' but on the right hand side, the now rebuilt building that became 'Forrest Stores' then 'Alldays 'and now the 'co-op'.
Thank you to James Barnes in Scotland for sharing his painting with us. James tells me,
"The painting was exhibited in a special exhibition of watercolours at the Royal Scottish Academy (not the RA) in 1885 together with other works entitled:
(a) Summer - Shere village, Surrey;
(b) Shere Church (also in my possession),
(c) A Surrey Farm and
(d) Springtime in Surrey.
I purchased 'Afternoon' at a sale held by Bonhams in Chelsea in 1994"
James Barnes goes on to explain that James Douglas "was only visiting the area when he produced the drawings of 1884-85. He did return to live in the area in 1901-02 when he lived at Well Cottage, Blackheath, Chilworth. He produced more watercolours of Surrey during this period and exhibited his work in London with the Surrey Art Circle".
James Barnes has been researching the life and work of James Douglas for over 30 years. He wrote the catalogue produced for the James Douglas Exhibition held in the Perth Museum & Art Gallery in 2002 - MORE DETAILS and published the book:
"James Douglas R.S.W. (1858-1911): A Scottish Watercolourist"
in May 2002
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NOTE: Not to be confused with Painter: James Douglas (1810–1933)
James Douglas (b. 24th July 1810 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire)
James Douglas died at 16 Amberley Grove, Croydon, Surrey on 17th March 1888 aged 77.
James moved to Westcott Hill House, Dorking Surrey in 1872 and was joined by his son, Edwin J Douglas a year later, also a celebrated painter. James was a celebrated animal painter and they both exhibited their art at the Royal Scottish Academy.
His son, Edwin James Douglas (1848-1914) married and bought the Old Manor House, Lawnbrook, Shere, Surrey where they lived before moving in 1892, due to health reasons to Findon, Sussex. Edwin died on 22nd October 1914.
1885
Location: Shere, Surrey
Location: Shere
Painter: ABRAHAM HULK Junior (1851-1922)
Medium: Oil - 24" x 19"
Sold as a pair (signed) - WEBSITE
Title: Near Shiere Surrey
Painter: ABRAHAM HULK Junior (1851-1922)
Medium: Oil - 45cm x 30cm
1885
ABRAHAM HULK Junior (1851-1922)
NEAR SHERE (SURREY) (1885)
Painting , Oil/canvas , 45.72 x 76.2 cm (18 x 30 in)
ABRAHAM HULK Junior (1851-1922), oil painting on canvas, “Near Shere, Surrey”. 14 ins x 10 ins.
date unknown
A Lane, Shere, Surrey
Painter: John Frederick Herring Jnr (1815 - 1907)
3.9 x 5.5 in / 10 x 14 cm
1885
Cornfield in Shere, Surrey - between 1870 and 1885
Painter: Charles Henry Passey (British, active 1870-1885)
Medium: Oil on Canvas (91.5 x 71cm (36 x 27 15/16in)
A Cornfield, Shere Surrey - between 1870 and 1885
Painter: Charles Henry Passey
Charles Henry Passey (British, Active 1870-1885). Titled 'A Cornfield, Shere' (unframed) signed in black lower right and verso is the title and again another Signature. Painting in good condition with one minor mark to lower left. AUCTION Estimate £200-400 on Monday 29th January 2018.
Rear canvas with signature and painting title - VIEW AUCTION SITE
NOTE: Interesting as this view differs from the painting below:
A Cornfield, Shere Surrey - between 1870 and 1885
Painter: Charles Henry Passey
Medium: Oil on Canvas (15.9 x 24 in / 40.5 x 61 cm)
Shere Heath - unsure as to the date
Painter: S. Wagstaff
Medium: Oil (3.7 x 5.3 in / 9.5 x 13.5 cm )
1885-1890
The following are by GEORGE MARKS ( 1857 - 1933 )
George Marks was a watercolour painter who lived at Penge in Surrey. He was a most admired watercolourist who exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Watercolour Society, New Watercolour Society and elsewhere and has become a really well collected watercolour painter.
At the Edge of Shere Heath - 1890
Artist: George Marks
Watercolour, Pencil
21 3/4 x 14.5" (57cm x 37cm)
SOLD: £3,000 in action (August 2000) at Christie's
The Rabbit Warren, Shere, Surrey by George Marks
Rabbits at Shere Common (1885)
Painter: GEORGE MARKS (1857-1933)
Medium: Watercolour on board
15" x 10"
TITLED: Heather at Shere
- a view of Gorse at Shere
Painter: GEORGE MARKS (1857-1933)
Medium: Watercolour on board
14" x 10"
Exhibited at The New Gallery in London in 1889
TITLED: Near Shere
Painter: GEORGE MARKS (1857-1933)
Medium: Watercolour on board
18.4 x 26 cm / 7.25 x 10.25 in
Shere Heath
Medium: Watercolour
1887-1903
An Old Village, (Shere)
Painter: GERTRUDE CUBLEY
GERTRUDE CUBLEY (exh. 1887-1903) British painter
Medium: Oil in canvas
39 x 59 cm
Location: The Square in Shere
1887
Allotment garden at Shiere, Surrey
Yes, the old spelling of 'Shere' was 'Shiere'
Painter: Barton, Rose (Irish painter, 1865-1929)
Citation:
Christie's Belfast, Fine Irish Paintings & Drawings, Wed 30 May 1990, no 234, p 17
Trying to track down the painting - If anyone finds it, please e-mail me.
late 1800s
Harvest Scene in Shere
Painter: Abraham Hulk Jnr (1851-1922)
Medium: Oil on canvas - 51 x 61 cm
A hazy summertime harvest scene in Shere, Surrey, approx 6 miles from where Hulk lived and worked
Abraham Hulk Jnr. was born in the Netherlands in 1851 to renowned Dutch marine painter Abraham Hulk Snr. (1813-1897). Although Hulk spent the majority of his life in England, he made frequent trips back to the Netherlands and was well regarded in both countries. While in England, he painted extensively in the region of Dorking, Surrey and Nottingham. He was best known for his Dutch and Southern England landscapes which he painted in both watercolors and oils. He flourished as an artist between 1876 and 1892, during which time he gained renown and participated in important exhibitions at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists. During his lifetime, he showed twenty-four works at the Royal Academy, as well as exhibited fifteen times at the annual exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists. He lived and worked in London, Dorkin and finally Charlwood Surrey. Heexhibited at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Royal Academy, and Royal Society of British Artists.
Hulk lived for many years in Nottingham where he died in 1922.
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SEARCHING FOR THIS PAINTING
Autumn Near Shere
Painter: Abraham Hulk Jnr (1851-1922)
signed 'A. Hulk Junior' (lower left) and signed, inscribed and dated 'Autumn near Shere/Surrey/a. Hulk junior/1883' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
Medium: Oil on canvas - 21 x 17in. (53.3 x 43.3cm.)
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Near Shere, Surrey - 1886
Painter: Abraham Hulk Jnr (1851-1922)
Medium: Oil on canvas - 30 x 50 inches
1890
Shere - 1890
Painter: Percy Robertson
British artist, 1868-1934, born in Bellagio, Italy; landscape painter-etcher,
who was the son of the British watercolourist Charles Robertson
Medium: Sepia Etching
Location: Same as above - Bridge by the 'Now Swimming Pool'
"Shere" (Surrey) drawn and etched by Percy Robertson, published in The Magazine of Art, 1893
Six years later:
1899
"Shere" (Surrey) drawn and etched by Percy Robertson
FROM THE ART JOURNAL. PUBLISHED BY VIRTUE & CO. LONDON 1899 - VIEW LARGER IMAGE
Hand tinted colour version
1889 - Footbridge
This is one of the most painted and photographed part of Shere, but is away from the centre of Shere village (Just behind St. James Church, next to the open air swimming pool - connects Gomshall lane to the church).
Evening on the Tillingbourne - 1889
Medium: Watercolour
Painter: Lewis Pinhorn Wood (1848 - 7th November 1918)
Born in Middlesex in 1848, his father was Lewis John Wood (1813–1901), the 19th-century architectural artist and lithographer.
In 1875 he married Louisa Howard Watson in the church of St Saviour in Hampstead, Middlesex.
In early married life Pinhorn Wood lived and worked at Burnside in the village of Shere, Surrey, before moving to Highgate, London
View of Shere Surrey 1 -
You can see 'High House' and the bridge over the Tillingbourne is the one leading to the church from the Swimming pool field - MORE INFO
1893 - Footbridge
Found in a 'Sketches from Nature' scrapbook, an original Lewis Pinhorn Wood sketch.
Lewis Pinhorn Wood (fl.1870-1897), 'Sketches from Nature 1869-1908): An album containing watercolours and pencil drawings, including views of the Lledr; Albury Heath; Littlehampton Harbour; Chichester Harbour; Shere; Eastbourne from Willingdon; Silent Pool, Albury; Walberswick Harbour; Betchworth Park; Derwentwater; On the Orwell, Ipswich; Abinger; Peaslake; Pilgrims Way, Reigate; Cliffs near Beachy Head; Westham, Sussex; Jevington, Sussex; The Old Priory, Hampstead; Alfriston, Sussex; Streatley on Thames; Buckland, Surrey; Ben Ledi; Pevensey, Sussex; Reigate; Greatham, Hants; Offham, Sussex; Porlock Weir, Somerset; Keston Common; Near Keswick; Pentrefelin near Criccieth; Compton Beachamps; Herstmonceaux; Ecclesbourne Valley; Oxted Church; Bury, Sussex and others, some signed, most inscribed, various sizes; together with a framed watercolour and a sketch by Lewis John Wood.(Album)
SOLD FOR
£480
pre-1890s
High House Farm, Shere
Painter: GARDNER, William Biscombe (c.1847-1919, British)
Medium: W/C Works on paper (7x5in)
SOLD: Lot 287, May 14th 1996 - Leyburn, UK - SOURCE
1884
Bridge, Shere
Painter: James Douglas (1858 - 1911)
This bridge leading from St. James' Church to the Swimming Pool field
Thank you to James Barnes in Scotland for identifying the painting.
"I think that this a watercolour by James (not John) Douglas (1858-1911) the Scottish watercolour artist who had two spells in the area around Shere ,in 1884/85 from which this picture probably dates,and then later in 1901/02 when he and his family lived at Well Cottage, Blackheath near Chilworth. In his second spell he exhibited with the Surrey Art Circle at the Continental Gallery in London.
The composition of the picture in the photograph is very much in the style of James Douglas, and indeed,the large but not very legible signature in the bottom right of the picture looks like the type of signature used by him at that time" James Barnes
James Barnes has been researching the life and work of James Douglas for over 30 years. He wrote the catalogue produced for the James Douglas Exhibition held in the Perth Museum & Art Gallery in 2002 - MORE DETAILS and published the book:
"James Douglas R.S.W. (1858-1911): A Scottish Watercolourist"
in May 2002
27th February 2017
1884 - Lewis Pinhorn Wood
Location: Gomshall, Surrey (1880) by Lewis Pinhorn Wood
A Winter Landscape (1884)
Location: Possiibly Shere? by Lewis Pinhorn Wood
Possible paintings by Lewis Pinhorn Wood of Shere or the area:
- A girl carrying a bucket before a thatched cottage (1878)
- View of a thatched windmill (1878)
- Woodland Views of Surrey (1880)
- Rustic Cottage (1884)
- Man and dog on a village lane in winter (1884)
- Country lane with figures (1884)
- The Millpool (1887)
- The Silent Pool, twilight (1888)
- Winter (1890)
- Cottage in lane (1892)
- Man and dog walking along banks of river (1893)
- River view with cottages in the background (1893)
- The old church, Albury, Surrey (1894)
- Surrey valley (1895)
If anyone has any photo's/pictures or paintings of the above, please contact me
UPDATE: Lot of Two Woodland Views of Surrey
One signed "L. Pinhorn Wood" l.l., on inscribed "Shere. Surrey." l.l. and signed and
dated "L Pinhorn Wood 1880" l.r.
Watercolor on paper/board, sight sizes to 17 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (44.5 x 33.7 cm), framed.
John Robertson Reid 1851 - 1926
Painter of rustic genre and landscapes. Born 6 August 1851 in Edinburgh. Apprenticed to a firm of house painters, then studied at the R.S.A. under G. P. Chalmers and William McTaggart c. 1870–3.
First painted costume pictures but after settling at Shere, Surrey, in 1874 turned to painting landscapes in the manner of Bastien-Lepage. Exhibited at the R.A. 1877–1925 and at the R.S.A. Member of the R.I. and R.O.I. Worked latterly on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, particularly at Polperro. Died in London 10 February 1926.
abt. 189os
"Shere bridge" abt. 1890
Medium: Watercolour
Painter: Lewis Pinhorn Wood (fl.1870-1897)
Location: View from Lower Street towards Middle Street
"Old Prison" abt. 1890
Medium: Watercolour
Painter: Lewis Pinhorn Wood (fl.1870-1897)
Location: Old Prison, Lower Street
"Shere School, Gomshall Lane" abt. 1890
Medium: Watercolour
Painter: Lewis Pinhorn Wood (fl.1870-1897)
Location: View from Gomshall Lane with the Shere School on the left and Oak Cottage on the right (Kinghams).
"Netley Mill" abt. 1890
Medium: Watercolour
Painter: Lewis Pinhorn Wood (fl.1870-1897)
Location: Netley Mill, Shere
abt. 1890
Shere, Surrey
Painter: Frederick Hines (act. 1875 - 1928)
23 x 34.5cm
Gorringes Weekly Sale - Monday 17th September 2018
Venue Address
East Sussex BN7 2PD
late 1890s
St. James' Church Bridge, Shere
Painter: Unknow - Can anyone help?
This bridge leading from the Swimming Pool field to St. James' Church.
Many thanks to Lesley Williams (Clements) for sharing the above two images with us.
late 1890s
Evening on Shere Common with Cattle
Painter: Charles James ADAMS (1859-1931)
Medium: Watercolour, 19 x 38cm
Sold at auction for £200 (March 2016)
Unsure as to the exact year painted
1892
"Shere, Surrey" 1892
Medium: Watercolour
35 x 55 cm
Painter: Harold Lawes 1865-1940
Location: Knapps Cottage, Upper Street
abt. 1892
"Shere, Surrey" 1892
Painter: Harold Lawes 1865-1940
Farmworkers Haymaking beside a river, with Cottages and Shere Village Church in the distance.
Medium: Watercolour - 35 x 55 cm
"Harold Lawes" 19th/20th. cen. Landscape painter who lived at 31 Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill, London. Their was always a market for his paintings so he exhibited very little, he did exhibit in 1892 at the Royal Society of Artists (Birmingham), the painting is signed lower right.
Benjamin Williams Leader
Shere Church, Surrey
Collection: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Accession number, WAG 1475 Gift from George Audley, 1925 This was Leader's local church in Surrey, and the one where he and his wife would both be buried, along with three of his daughters. Although Worcester rightly claims Leader as its son (he was given the freedom of the city there in 1914), Shere was also very dear to his heart.
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader
Medium: Oil on canvas - 24 x 20 inches (61 x 51cm)
© National Museums Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery
Benjamin was born with the name of Benjamin Leader Williams but as he became more well known as a landscape painter, he found that there was another painter with the name of Benjamin Williams so he changed his name to Benjamin Williams Leader.
One of England's most outstanding late Victorian
landscape and coastal painters.
In August 1876, Leader married fellow artist Mary Eastlake (born c. 1852) and they went on to have 6 children – the first, Benjamin Eastlake Leader (1877–1916), also an artist, was killed in action during the World War I.
In 1888 he moved to Burrows Cross, Shere, Surrey, then a beautiful county close to London, and as a result much favoured by painters. His home was described as a large mansion designed by Norman Shaw RA – Leader lived here until the end of his life. In that same year he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, an honour secured on the recommendation of French artist Meissonier. In 1914 he was made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Worcester in recognition of his services (as a director of Royal Worcester Porcerlain and a native of the city).
Obituary: The Worcester Herald, Saturday, March 24, 1923
"We regret to announce the death, which took place at Burrows Cross, Gomshall, Surrey, on Thursday of Mr. Benjamin Williams Leader, RA, who celebrated his 92nd birrthday on the12th of March. Mr. Leader was a painter of great repute, his landscapes, which had a peculiar beauty of their own, being great favorites with collectors. He had sent paintings to the Royal Academy for 70 years, and among his best works were charming Worcestershire scenes. The dead artist was the son of Mr. E. Leaader Willams, and his education was received at the Royal Grammar School Worcester, the Worcester School of Design, and the Royal Academy Schools. He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. The Freedom of the City of Worcester was conferred on him in 1914."
SOURCE
An example of the value of Benjamin Williams Leader art:
In 2003, "A Summer's Day" (1888) sold at auction for £168,000 at Sotheby's. - This could well be a local scene around Shere as it was painted the same year that Benjamin Williams moved to Burrows Cross.
Benjemin Williams Leader at his easel
1890 - Benjamin Williams Leader
A Surrey Sandpit - 1890
Painter: Benjamin W. Leader
Medium: Oil on Canvas - 41.2cm x 1.6cm
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This was the first of two paintings that Benjamin Leader painted of the Burrow's Cross Sandpit, Shere.
See the other similar painting further down this webpage, painted in 1898 which is titled 'The Sandpit, Burrow's Cross'
© All rights reserved - Photo credit: Perth & Kinross Council
1892 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Shere Church, Surrey - 1892
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader
Medium: Oil on canvas 76.2cm x 162.6cm
Location: Bridge by the 'Now Swimming Pool'
1892 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Evening on the Surrey Wolds - 1892
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader
signed and dated 'B.W.LEADER 1892' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'Evening on the Surrey Wolds B.W.Leader' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas 30¼ x 48 in. (76.8 x 122 cm.)
Leader depicts Burrows Cross, a crossroads outside Gomshall in Surrey. The artist had moved to Gomshall in 1889 from his birth county of Worcestershire. The Scots pine trees are a dominant feature of Leader's Surrey landscapes; the remain characteristic of the landscape today.
A small preparatory sketch for the present lot exists, however it is dated 1893; a common error for Leader who would annotate material retrospectively when preparing it for exhibition or sale. source
1893 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Title: At Felstead Surrey - 1898
Painter: Benjamin W. Leader
signed and dated 1893 lower left, title and artist's name inscribed to verso.
oil on canvas, Canvas 15-3/4''h, 24''w
1893 - Abinger, Surrey
Abinger, Surrey - 1893
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader
signed and dated 'B.W. LEADER. 1893.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 61 in. (91.3 x 154.9 cm.)
1893 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Title: An Old Country Churchyard 'With Ivy Clad'
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader
Oil on Canvas 55cm x 86cm
Location: The Old Parish Church of Albury
1893
1893 - Shere Village
Painter: A.R. Quinton
Medium: Watercolour
1894
English Landscape, Figures in Cornfield, Near Shere Surrey, 1894
Oil painting on canvas
Charles Henry Passey
British (1841-1915)
1894 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader
signed and dated l.l.: B. W. LEADER - 1894
Dimensions: 76 by 122 cm. ; 30 by 48 in.
Leader conducted a deep-felt love affair with the Surrey landscape, which lasted for virtually his whole career from the late 1850s onwards. Over thirty years after he first painted in the area around Abinger, Leader took up residence at Burrows Cross, close to the village of Shere. In the surrounding area he found many vistas which gave him intense inspiration and the church of Shere is to be found in several of his paintings of the mid-1890s, including Shere Church of 1892 and The Village Church of 1894. It is likely that the present view of woodcutters resting during their labours was also painted close to Burrows Cross.
Provenance: W. H. Patterson, London;
Private collection
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1894, no. 317
Literature: Frank Lewis, Benjamin Williams Leader R.A. 1831-1923, 1971, pg. 44 (cat no. 355 and 352 which appear to be the same subject), repr. fig. 60;
Ruth Wood, Benjamin Williams Leader RA 1831-1923; His Life and Paintings, 1998, pg. 130
1895
A Cornfield, Shere, Surrey - 1895
Painter: Charles Henry Passey
Medium: Oil on Canvas (71 x 91cm) - Location: Shere
1895 - Benjamin Williams Leader
MISSING IMAGE
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Title: Peaslake Village, Surrey
Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A. (1831-1923) peaslake village, surrey
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader
signed and dated B W LEADER/1895 l.l., bears title on reverse
Oil on board 32.5 by 43.5cm.; 123/4 by 17in
abt 1895 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Harvest Time
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader
signed 'B.W.LEADER.' (lower left) and with inscription 'Harvest Time/B.W.Leader.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas - 24 x 40 in. (62.2 x 103 cm)
PROVENANCE Anon. sale, Christie's London, 21 July 1961, lot 95. Anon. sale, Christie's London, 4 November 1988, lot 17 (3,400).
Location: St. James' Church, Shere.
Leader lived in Burrows Cross House, Shere and is buried in St. James' churchyard.
A painting of the same view, without figures, and signed and dated 1895, was offered at Sotheby's London, 5 November 1974, lot 114. source
St. James' Church - 1895
This 126 year old newspaper illustration / newspaper cutting of St. James' Church was discovered on the reverse of another local Church in Leatherhead.
St. James' footbridge with the Church in the background
Leatherhead church
Unsure as to which publication this double-sided cutting originated.
click the above photos to view more detail.
2nd May 2021
1896 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader - 1896
Description: A Mother and child with their dog, picknicking on the edge of the Heath
oil on board 51 x 76cm
1896 - Benjamin Williams Leader
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Title: Near Burrows Cross
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader
Description: Near Burrows Cross, Guildford; and Kempsey Church on the Severn signed 'B.W. Leader. 1896.' (lower left) oil on canvas 91/4 x 141/2 in. (23.5 x 36.8 cm.) Painted in 1896 a pair (2)
NOTES Near Burrows Cross, Guildford was painted in the environs of Leader's home, Burrows Cross House near Shere in Surrey, where he had taken up residence in 1889. The view is southward, depicting the Scot pines characteristic of the area. Ruth Wood
Ruth Wood's publication,
Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1998
1896 - Chantry Lane, Shere
Painted by Wilmott Clifford Pilsbury (British, 1840-1908)
Titled 'A View of the Chantry Lane Ford over the Tillingbourne, Shere, Guildford',
Watercolour, 1896, signed and dated lower right, 17.5 x 27cm, framed and glazed.
VIEW LOT - 12th September 2022
c 1897 - 1 Lower Street
TITLED: 'Shere Village, Surrey', figures outside a terrace of houses
Painter: John Terris, R.S.W. (1865-1914)
Watercolour, signed, 13.7"5 x 9.75"
Location: Lower Street
John Terris, Exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and the Royal Scottish Academy.
This painting went up for auction on 22nd December 2021.
The scene was painted from the bridge location in Middle Street, looking over the Tillingbourne towards the 1 Lower Street Cottages and Bakery.
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1897
SURREY APPLE BLOSSOM, SHERE - 1897
Painter: Florence Williams
Medium: Watercolour - 12cm x 22cm - Location: Apple Orchard in Shere
1897 - Benjamin Williams Leader
UPDATE - 26th February 2017
Returning Home - 1897
Painter: B.W. Leader
oil on canvas 53 by 81 cm., 21 by 32 in
This is without doubt the same property as the one Benjamin William Leader painted 31 years prior in 1866.
Check out the meaning of this: This is a version of the 1897 painting, The Day's Toil is Ended, which was purchased by Thomas Virtue & Co for engraving in 1898.
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| 1866 painting: Evening Return to the Homestead | 1897 painting: Returning Home |
(click on the above photos to view larger image)
1897 - Benjamin Williams Leader
An Old Surrey Home - 1897
Painter: Benjamin William Leader
signed and dated 'B.W. LEADER.1897' (lower left) and indistinctly inscribed (on stretcher) oil on canvas 30 x 50 in. (76 x 127 cm.)
PROVENANCE with Arthur Tooth, 1897, from whom acquired from the artist for 200. LITERATURE Country Life, 24 February 1966, p. 418. NOTES This picture is a smaller version of
A Relic of the Past
illustrated in Ruth Wood's publication,
Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1998, pl. 48,
and sold at Christie's London, 29 March 1996, lot 124 (21,000). Executed, like lot 150, in 1897, it depicts the Old Malt House (now Malt House Cottages) in Gomshall, Surrey, a short distance from Burrow's Cross House, where Leader had moved in 1889. The larger painting passed directly into private ownership, and was not exhibited, thereby escaping critical appraisal. It remains an impressive example by Leader who, with the sale of In the evening there shall be light at Christie's for 1,205 in 1897, achieved the record price for a work by any living artist.
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(click on the above photos to view larger image)
'Old Surrey Home' and 'A Relic of the Past' is taken from the same view point as shown above. Note, in the 'Old Surrey Home' painting the view extends further to the right.
NOTES Leader bought Burrows Cross House, Shere on a ridge just south of the village of Gomshall in Surrey, in 1889. It had been built by the architect Richard Norman Shaw RA, for the portrait painter, Frank Holl, as a country retreat and it had only just been completed when Holl died suddenly. The house was first depicted in The Silent Evening Hour, the artist's Royal Academy painting of 1890, no. 672, and it featured in many of his works until his death in 1923. Ruth Wood
1897 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Relic of the Past - 1897
Painter: Benjamin William Leader
oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 57 3/4 in. (92 x 146.6 cm.)
Location: Malthouse Cottages
The picture shows an old sixteenth-century house on the edge of the village of Gomshall in Surrey, a short distance away from Burrows Cross where Leader lived from 1889 until his death in 1923. The house, known as Malthouse Cottages, still stands, and its ornate timber framing is little changed today. source
NOTES Leader bought Burrows Cross House, on a ridge just south of the village of Gomshall, near Shere in Surrey, in 1889. It had been built by the architect Richard Norman Shaw RA, for the portrait painter, Frank Holl, as a country retreat and it had only just been completed when Holl died suddenly. The house was first depicted in The Silent Evening Hour, the artist's Royal Academy painting of 1890, no. 672, and it featured in many of his works until his death in 1923. Ruth Wood
Ruth Wood's publication,
Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1998
1897 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Burrows Cross, Shere, Surrey - 1897
Painter: Benjamin William Leader
signed and dated 'B.W. LEADER. 1897.' (lower left)
oil on canvas 11 7/8 x 173/4 in. (30.2 x 45.1 cm.)
Burrows Cross, Shere, Surrey signed and dated 'B.W. LEADER. 1897.' (lower left) oil on canvas 11 7/8 x 173/4 in. (30.2 x 45.1 cm.)
PROVENANCE Sold by the artist either to A. Mason, June 1897 for £30 or to Arthur Tooth, August 1897 for £37. Anon. sale [Mrs S.E. Taylor]; Christie's, London, 25 April 1975, lot 65 (£997). with MacConnal Mason, London. with Frost & Reed, London. LITERATURE Artist's Records of Paintings Sold, 1897.
NOTES Leader bought Burrows Cross House, on a ridge just south of the village of Gomshall, near Shere in Surrey, in 1889. It had been built by the architect Richard Norman Shaw RA, for the portrait painter, Frank Holl, as a country retreat and it had only just been completed when Holl died suddenly. The house was first depicted in The Silent Evening Hour, the artist's Royal Academy painting of 1890, no. 672, and it featured in many of his works until his death in 1923. Ruth Wood
Ruth Wood's publication,
Benjamin Williams Leader, R.A., 1998
1897 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Title: View of Burrows Cross, at sunset - 1897
Painter: Benjamin William Leader
signed and dated lower left "B W Leader 1897"
oil on artist''s millboard - h:29 w:44 cm
1897 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Title: Path Across the Common
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader, British, 1831-1923
signed, dated lower left on canvas B.W. Leader 1897
1898 - Benjamin Williams Leader
The Sandpit, Burrow's Cross - 1898
Painter: Benjamin W. Leader
© All rights reserved - Photo credit: Royal Academy of Arts
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1898 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Evening in a Surrey Pinewood - 1898
Painter: Benjamin W. Leader
18 years later, Benjamin William Leader paints the same view, clearly the same tree configuration.
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| 1916 painting: Quiet Evening, Surrey Pines | 1898 painting - Evening in a Surrey Pinewood |
(click on the above photos to view larger image)
1898 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Surrey Sunset - 1898
Painter: Benjamin W. Leader
Dimensions: 31 by 46cm., 12¼ by 18in
1898 - Benjamin Williams Leader
Surrey Pines - 1898
Painter: Benjamin W. Leader
oil on canvas 50 x 75cm. Exhibited: possibly London, The Royal Academy, 1898, no.952 (as "Surrey sheep pastures")
1898 - Edwin Adam Proctor
I stumbled across this on twitter and immediately knew where this location was - The 120 year old painting, titled 'Watering at the Village Ford', painted s&d 1898. I'll try and find out more about this, but for now here is the link:
Reacquainted with this old friend from @FellowsAuctions.#AdamEdwinProctor (1864-1913)
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'Watering at the Village Ford' Oil on canvas, s&d 1898 35" x 23"#Shere #Paddington #AbingerHammer #Gomshall #Tillingbourne.#villiage #villagelife #villageford #farm #horse @BroadwayUK pic.twitter.com/Ty3p66th7P
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31st March 2018
Unknown artist / painting dates
The paintings below are estimated to have been painted pre-1900, hence in this section of 1800-1899.
If anyone can help me identify the date painted or the artist, please e-mail me
date unknown
(1871-1925)
Feeding The Chickens, Shere, Near Guildford
Painter: John White (1851–1933)
Date painted: UNKNOWN
Medium: Watercolor and gouache
13.4 x 9.6 in / 34 x 24.5 cm
Date unknown - Painter unknown
The White Horse Inn, Shere, Near Guildford
Painter: Unknown (date unknown)
Date painted: UNKNOWN
Medium: Watercolor
date unknown
Shere Surrey
Painter: J. Humphreys
Date: UNKNOWN
Medium: watercolour
Unknown artist
Located at © Shere Museum
date unknown - Benjamin Williams Leader
The village church, Shere
Painter: Benjamin Williams Leader
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: St. James' Church
Benjamin Williams Leader
- Pencil drawings
There has been a lot of paintings, illustrations and sketches going to auction of late and here is another amazing find. This time by one of England's most outstanding late Victorian landscape and coastal painters. Famous for his paintings of St. James' Church, Benjamin is buried in the churchyard, along with his family.
Going under the hammer at Gerrards Auction Rooms on
May 3rd 2018 - Medium: Pencil - Size:
5.5 x 8.3/4 Inches
22nd April 2018
date unknown
TITLE: Feeding the Chickens, Shere
Painter: Charles Edward Wilson
Date painted: UNKNOWN
Painter: Initially thought this may have been by Helen Allingham but
research hasn't confirmed this - There is a signature that I can only just
make out on the bottom right hand corner - is the first letter a 'C'? then E. W?
I found another painting by C. E. Wilson and compared the signatures
The Cottage, I have identied is 'Tudor Cottage' in Upper Street - I can confirm that in the background, the distinctive 'Vine Cottage' at the Middle Street / Gomshall Lane junction in Shere.
Here is the painting (below) compared to an old 1905 postcard:
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The Shere Manor House East Lodge, designed by Lutyens, hadn't |
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UPDATE: March 2016
I have received a scan of an 80's ATHENA card - In colour
Also came across this plate - Tudor Cottage:
Shere Cottage ROYAL GRAFTON Country Cottages Collection
Plate no 2
Country Cottages Collection
2. Shere Cottage - 7 ½” Plate - Fine Bone China
Royal Grafton Fine Bone China Company, founded by Alfred Bailey Jones in 1876, was a large, family-owned pottery prominent in Staffordshire, England. Royal Grafton produced fine chinaware for 70 years. The Grafton mark is found on vintage collectible teapots, cups, plates and figurines.
Jones, a trained pottery designer and seller, started the business with his two sons and originally named the pottery A.B. Jones and Sons Ltd. They began using the business name Grafton, borrowed from a nearby school, and added the word Royal when they received a royal warrant from Queen Mary.
A warrant is the English Crown's recognition of a company with top quality wares that have been on the market for more than five years. Royal Grafton churned out tea sets, figurines and other pieces of chinaware throughout the first half of the twentieth century.
After A.B. Jones died in 1940, the company remained in the family with his son, A.B. Jones Jr., in charge until 1956. He was succeeded by his son, Alfred Leslie Jones. However, in post-war England, the company was slow to modernize, and sales fell compared to competitive potteries.
The pottery was eventually sold to Crown House Glass Ltd. in 1966, and a few years later it was sold yet again to Crown Lynn Potteries Ltd. of New Zealand. READ FULL STORY
Date or location unknown
William Frederick Hulk
Painter: William Frederick Hulk (British, Exh. 1898-1901)
Victorian painters frequently chose to depict cattle as the focal point of their rural landscapes.
One of the most prominent exponents of this genre was William Hulk.
He seems to have devoted most of his working life to the study of cattle in the English landscape
He lived for much of his life in Shere (1882), a village near Guildford in Surrey.
William specialised in quiet rural scenes of cattle. The Dutch and Flemish had been the fore-runners of the tranquil pastoral picturesque with Paulus Potter and Verboekckhoven, and Hulk maintained this tradition. He is at his best on a small scale, but also painted man large imposing pieces, which have a Barbizon School feel to them. In 1882 he had moved to Shere, near Guildford in Surrey, to start his won family, and Surrey provided the main landscape for his work. He did produce some Dutch landscapes, and his work was certainly sold over there, so the family connection had been maintained.
Taking inspiration from the landscape around him and the many farms that were an integral part of rural Surrey at this period.
Hulk exhibited his first work at London in 1875. He went on to exhibit at a number of the British capital's leading galleries,
including The Royal Academy.
A Man and His Dog
William Frederick Hulk (1852-1906) - He settled in Shere, Surrey, where it is likely that this painting is set.
Oil on board -
Unknown date
On The Tillingbourne, Shere, Surrey
Painter: William Forster Robson (1888 - 1906)
Location: Middle Street bridge
Unknown date
Painter: JOHN NOBLE BARLOW (1861-1917)
Title: Unknown
Date painted - Unknown (estimate time frame: 1880 - 1915)
Location: SHERE, SURREY
signed lower right, inscribed verso
oil on canvas, framed. 30.5cm by 39.5cm
Up for auction - estimate £300 - £500 - LOT 512, The Saleroom
Sale Date(s)
Venue Address
date unknown + location confirmation
John Terris R. S. W. (1865-1914)
Shere village, Surrey. Signed, inked label verso, 50cm x 75cm
(The Church is in the wrong position, so its slightly confusing - Is this really Shere? The footbridge looks like it is - any thoughts?) -
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