EDWARD F. D. PRITCHARD

 (British, 1809-1905)

WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES
Signed, Inscribed and Dated Lower Right:

'Edward Fraunces D. Pritchard f. 1845'
Oil on Canvas
40 x 50 Inches

In an exceptionally fine, Hand-Carved Gilt-Wood Frame

Edward Pritchard exhibited widely and with success, including at London’s Royal Academy (1852-1863) and the British Institute (from 1852). Known primarily as a marine and landscape painter, his titles at the Royal Academy include Winter in Belgium (1852) and Portland Island From the Beach at Sandsfoot Castle, Portland Bay (1863). Pritchard lived in Bristol and two of his marine paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Bristol Museum of Art. We are pleased to offer an early and important winter scene by this notable nineteenth-century British landscape painter.

Reference: Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Vol 11,  p. 259;  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Kunstler, Vol. 27/28, p. 408;

The Royal Society of British Artists, Johnson, 1993 Edition, p. 380;  The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, Johnson and Greutzner, 1980 Edition, p. 412;  Dictionary of Victorian Painters, Wood, p. 421; et al.