{"product_id":"augustus-lamplough-british-19th-century-watercolour-painting-westminster-abbey","title":"Augustus Lamplough British 19th Century Watercolour Painting Westminster Abbey","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" style=\"\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAn original circa 1900 watercolour by Augustus Osborne Lamplough (1877-1930) depicting the ornate interior of the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey featuring a perspective view of the grand carved wooden doors and soaring gothic fan vaulted ceilings.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe composition captures a lone robed figure in the distance amidst the atmospheric light of the cathedral with colourful heraldic banners hanging from the architecture above a chequered marble floor.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSigned by the artist in the lower left with a handwritten title and location in the lower right.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePresented in an ornate gilt gesso frame with an original exhibition label from the Alexandra Gallery in Harrogate on the back.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLamplough was a prominent British watercolourist active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who is celebrated for his luminous and atmospheric architectural studies.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhile widely recognized for his later Orientalist scenes of North Africa, he established his reputation through highly detailed British landscapes and historical landmarks, such as Westminster Abbey, which he frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1902 and 1910.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHe was also a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists starting in the late 1890s and showcased his work through the Royal Society of British Artists, where his mastery of light and shadow on stone structures was highly regarded.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHis Westminster Abbey series captures the gothic grandeur of the interior and exterior with a soft, naturalistic palette that appeals to collectors of both architectural history and late Victorian \/ early Edwardian art.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" style=\"\" size=\"4\"\u003eFrame dimensions: 60.5 x 43 cm  - Painting: 42 x 24.5 cm\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" style=\"\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" style=\"\" size=\"4\"\u003eIn great overall condition with slight wear to frame. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e1 out of 2 from the series I have available for sale.\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style='text-align: center; font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 66, 154); font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tommy's Treasure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67857237672164,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/4856\/7268\/files\/57_911328d4-7ef4-4e4f-84f8-56f737a8f1f5.png?v=1792929423","url":"https:\/\/www.tommystreasure.com\/da\/products\/augustus-lamplough-british-19th-century-watercolour-painting-westminster-abbey","provider":"Tommy's Treasure","version":"1.0","type":"link"}