Description

SOLD  William Stephen Colman R.W.S. ( 1829-1904 )

Title:  “Two Girls on A Path”

A very fine signed watercolour by the major English painter William Stephen Coleman R.W.S. This signed work depicts two young girls on a country path. Delightful work by one of the Victorian periods most sought-after painters.

Signature:   Signed lower left c. 1880

Medium:  Watercolour on board

Size:  8 x 10 inches image / 12 x 16 framed

Condition:  Very good – strong colours – maybe a light clean

William Stephen Coleman exhibited in London between 1865 and 1870. In collaboration with Harrison Weir, Wolf and other artists, he supplied illustrations for the Reverend J. G. Wood’s works on natural history.

Museum and Gallery Holdings

Glasgow: Naiad

London (Victoria and Albert Mus.): Girl Holding a Basket of Coral

Auction results.

New York, 25 Oct 2000: From the Window (oil on canvas, 26 × 19 ins/65 × 47 cm) USD 16,000

New York, 25 Oct 2000: Picking Spring Blossoms (oil on canvas, 17 × 26 ins/42 × 65 cm) USD 19,000

Billingshurst, 23 May 2001: Children on a Rustic Path (watercolour and gouache, 6 × 8 ins/14 × 21 cm) GBP 2,500

New York, 28 June 2001: Nymph with Conch Shell (oil on canvas, 36 × 24 ins/92 × 62 cm) USD 7,000

London, 11 June 2002: Tending the Flowers (oil on canvas, 29 × 14 ins/73 × 35 cm) GBP 6,000

London, 11 June 2002: Flower Girls (oil on canvas, 28 × 19 ins/71 × 48 cm) GBP 9,500

Vienna, 22 May 2003: Winding Wool (oil on canvas, 26 × 17 ins/65 × 42 cm) EUR 15,000

Vienna, 22 May 2003: Sleepy Tune (oil on canvas, 26 × 17 ins/65 × 42 cm) EUR 15,000

Wrexham, 27 Oct 2004: Children with Fishing Basket by River with Punt (watercolour, 7 × 12 ins/18 × 30 cm) GBP 2,000