Items Similar to horse
carriage/gig , country scene, antique oil, by John Vine of Colchester
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11
john vine of colchesterhorse
carriage/gig , country scene, antique oil, by John Vine of Colchester1834
1834
$14,346.03
£10,500
€12,332.28
CA$19,930.97
A$21,438.61
CHF 11,457.41
MX$252,700.10
NOK 144,451.15
SEK 132,055.77
DKK 92,142.94
About the Item
A fine antique oil painting, on canvas, of horses pulling a tandem at speed.
signed and titled lower left, Vine Colchester 1834
This fine painting shows two horses pulling an open carriage /gig with gentleman in extensive landscape/park
The size of the painting is approx 50 x 80 cms, whilst overall the size framed is
100cm x 71 cm
This is a fine painting in very good condition housed in a gilt frame ready to hang
Provenance: The E. W. Towler Collection, formerly of Glympton Park, Woodstock, Oxfordshire see details below
The artist John Vine was born with a disability that did not appear to interfere with his ability to draw and paint, largely self-taught as an animal painter, as his reputation grew he exhibited at the Society of British Artists in Grosvenor Square. Based at Colchester he painted many different subjects including farms, houses, children and animals.
Eric W. Towler was a remarkable man. He was born in 1900 and left school at the age of 12 to work in a Yorkshire pit and through a lifetime of hard work, self-improvement, luck and a refusal to limit his horizons achieved many of his aspirations.
As a Yorkshireman through and through, he believed in ‘spending the brass in his pocket’ and over time he was successful enough to acquire enough ‘brass’ to enable his purchase of Glympton Park and furnish it as a traditional country house with all the trappings – in his case collections of antique furniture, rugs, sporting oils and clocks.
His first step was to move from the pit to an apprentice as a bank clerk, where he claimed to have learned to ‘mek the tea’ but seems also to have acquired skills in book-keeping, which after a period as an Able Seaman in the RNVR during the end of the first world war, served him well in his future entrepreneurial journey. At the age of twenty-one, he vouchsafed all he had into a small coal dealing business, where his gift for sales led to an early invitation to be their Sales Director, and the rest is history.
Early in his life, Eric was able to achieve one of his aspirations. He described looking in awe through the gates of Tong Hall – a large Yorkshire property in a rural location near his home and during his thirties, funded by his growing success in a variety of industrial entrepreneurial roles, he was able to acquire it, and instead look out through the gates. This was first of a series of substantial properties, and his interest in farming.
His down to earth nature, knowledge and interest in newly emergent farming technologies led to a productive collaboration with Tom Williams, who was set the task of digging for Britain as Minister of Agriculture, and he continued his interest in farming through a number of estates in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Somerset before eventually settling at Glympton Park in Oxfordshire. Here he stewarded the development and modernisation of a large mixed estate covering everything from cereals, the latest forage crops to his pedigree Red Devon beef cattle, Suffolk sheep, dairy cows and pigs.
Eric was keen to enjoy every aspect of the land, and loved country sports and shooting, but particularly enjoyed fox hunting – a passion he continued for life. He managed to become Joint Master of the Badsworth Hunt in his early thirties, with the force and accessibility of his personality overcoming what some saw as a limitation of his humble background. When not on the hunting field his interest in horses extended from the practicalities of carriage driving to sporting oils, notably by Ferneley and Herring some of which are in this auction.
In Oxfordshire, in true renaissance style, he diversified from business to health service management as Chairman of the Nuffield, the Radcliffe, United Oxford Hospitals thus ‘ticking off’ another aspiration of his to be a doctor (as he initially saw it). This is a reflection of his compassionate nature to relieve suffering, which we can perhaps understand when he describes the only access to dentistry in the Yorkshire village of his childhood around 1910, being the village policeman who would attempt its removal with a pair of pliers. Much of the credit for planning of the John Radcliffe goes to Eric, and for all of this he was awarded the C.B.E and an honorary M.A by Oxford University. Various hospital features now proudly bear his name.
Eric W. Towler was known for his deep kindness, generosity, and desire to help others, especially the young. He was truly a man who understood, lived, loved, and embodied country pursuits as well as ‘spending the brass’.
his paintings have been in his hands for 50 years
- Creator:john vine of colchester (British)
- Creation Year:1834
- Dimensions:Height: 27.96 in (71 cm)Width: 39.38 in (100 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:York, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1800213535032
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Professional Seller
Every seller passes strict standards for authenticity and reliability
Established in 1991
1stDibs seller since 2022
25 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 11 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Shipping from: York, United Kingdom
- Return Policy
More From This Seller
View AllJohn Sanderson Wells , oil, horses, horse riding country scene
By John Sanderson-Wells
Located in York, GB
A fine oil painting by the renowned artist John Sanderson Wells
" Returning from a Country Ride" This painting captures beautifully the image o...
Category
Early 20th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Goodwin Kilburne, oil landscape horse/equine hunting scene 19th century
By George Goodwin Kilburne
Located in York, GB
George Goodwin Kilburne landscape horse/equine hunting scene 19th century oil painting
A fine painting by the renowned artist George Goodwin Kilburne .oil on panel, framed the size ...
Category
1890s English School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century Landscape, country horses, dog ploughing George Wright
By George Wright
Located in York, GB
GEORGE WRIGHT Plough Team horses and a Dog in a Landscape, oil on canvas
A fine painting from the renowned equine artist George Wright. This oil on canvas depicts the 2 horse plough ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century oil painting, Mail coach in snow, oil, John Charles Maggs
By John Charles Maggs
Located in York, GB
A fine 19th century oil painting on canvas depicting a Mail coach outside the Swan Inn, in the snow, signed, inscribed and dated 'Bath 1878' lower left, The size being 36cm x 66cm,...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century landscape farmyard scene horses oil painting John Frederick Herring
By John Frederick Herring Jr
Located in York, GB
Charming 19th century landscape oil painting of a Farmyard scene by john Frederick Herring depicting a number of different animals including horses, chickens, goats, ducks and cows along with a farmer and his homestead. Oil on canvas, in heavy gilt frame behind glass with oval mount. Size of canvas, Height: 51cm Width: 61cm. Framed overall size Height: 81cm Width: 90cm approximately. signed
This painting is in overall good condition. There is some age related craquelure throughout as to be expected (close up pics available on request)
The original frame/slip shows some signs of age as to be expected including age related cracks and some minor losses
which have been colour matched and regilded. This in no way detracting from this fine painting
This painting is heavy and may need crating if shipping,this would need to be custom made and may cause delay in shipping
John Frederick HERRING (1815-1907)
John Frederick Herring Junior (1815 - 1907)
was an English painter who is best known for his equine art.
John F. Herring Jr...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century landscape/portrait horse with army officer, William Edward Millner
By William Edward Millner
Located in York, GB
Portrait of a bay horse with army officer seated on a drinking trough, signed with monogram and and dated 81', inscribed verso 'by W E Milner, Gainsborough', oil on canvas.
The size overall being 44 x 57 cm (17.5 x 22.5 inches) whilst the image is 35 x 48 cm ( 19 14 inches )
In very good condition housed in a gilt frame.
William Edward Millner...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
You May Also Like
Country Victorian Oil Painting of Horse Carriage
Located in Queens, NY
English Country Victorian (19th Century) oil painting of a horse and carriage approaching an inn in a carved rectangular gilt wood frame
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Antique English Signed Oil Coach
Four Horses with Passengers in Countryside
By Philip Rideout
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Coach and Four Horses
By Philip Henry Rideout, British 1960-1920
Signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 7.5 x 12 inches
board: 6 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, Eng...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A horse-drawn buggy on a track, a hunt beyond
By George Paice
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
George Paice (1854-1925
A horse-drawn buggy on a track, a hunt beyond
signed and dated lower left
Oil on canvas
Canvas size 23 x 60 in
Framed size 27 x 65 in
Provenance
The Collecti...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,533 Sale Price
40% Off
Painting 19th Century - Horses and Carriage - Charles de Luna (1812-1866)
By Charles De Luna
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
LUNA, Charles de (1812-1866)
Horses and carriage hunting
Oil on canvas signed low left and dated 1841
Old original frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 39 X 75 cm
Dim frame : 89 X 52 cm
Certificate of authenticity
LUNA, Charles de (1812-1866)
French Painter 19th century
Born in 1812 in Châlon sur Saone
Genre scenes, military subjects, Orientalism
Pupil of Léon Cogniet...
Category
1840s Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Traditional English Rural Landscape Horse
Cart with Figures
Dog Large Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Top Of The Hill
John Ginnell ( 1900 - 1980 )
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28.5 x 41 inches
canvas : 24 x 36 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century English landscape with a Mail coach and Horses on a road
Located in Woodbury, CT
J.A.Terry, A scene of the London to Exeter Mail Coach and a road in a landscape.
This charming oil painting of the iconic London to Exeter mail coach, by English painter J.A. Terry ...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
More Ways To Browse
19th Century Oil Paintings Of A Village
Oil Paintings By M Bank
Antique Horse Carriages
John Houser
Oil Painting Of Houses
Oil Painting With Brass Frame
Old Man Oil Painting 19th Century
Antique Farm Animals
Antique Old Painting
19th Century Landscape With Cows Oil Painting
Old House Paintings
Country House Paintings
Antique Ticking
Carriage Painting
Large Hunting Landscape Oil Paintings
Antique Fox Hunting
Antique Brass Painting
Oil Country Scene