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Edward Robert Smythe, British 1810-1899-  A figure and his horse resting beside a canal, a woman...

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Lot 329

Edward Robert Smythe, 
British 1810-1899- 
A figure and his horse resting beside a canal, a woman...

Starting Bid: £200

Estimate: £300 - £400

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Edward Robert Smythe, 
British 1810-1899- 

A figure and his horse resting beside a canal, a woman and child passing by; 

oil on canvas, signed 'ER Smythe' (lower right), 30.7 x 25.4 cm.; together with 'Waiting for the Boats', coloured chalk on paper by the same hand, signed 'ER Smythe' (lower left), 32.2 x 26.2 cm., two (2). 

Provenance: 
(the second) with Oscar and Peter Johnson Ltd, London. 
The Elliston Family, Suffolk; 
and thence by descent. 

Exhibited: 
(the second) London, Lowndes Lodge Gallery, 1964, no.21. 

Note: 
Edward Smythe was a key figure in the loose group of artists subsequently called the 'Suffolk School', with the present works particularly charming examples of the artist's idyllic rural scenes. 

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