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George Vicat Cole RA (1833–1893) - Original 1868 Watercolour. In substantial period gilt frame with gilt liner (likely the original frame). Cole was born at Portsmouth, the son of the landscape painter, George Cole (1810-1883),
and in his practice followed his father's lead with marked success. He
exhibited at the British Institution at the age of nineteen, and was
first represented at the Royal Academy
in 1853. His election as an associate of this institution took place in
1870, and he became an Academician ten years later. He died in London
on 6 April 1893. The wide popularity of his work was due partly to the
simple directness of his technical method, and partly to his habitual
choice of attractive material.
Most of his subjects were found in the counties of Surrey and Sussex, and along the banks of the Thames. One of his largest pictures, The Pool of London, was bought by the Chantrey Fund Trustees in 1888, and is now in the Tate Gallery.
He was the father of the painter Rex Vicat Cole. Signed and dated. A couple of small, well done restorations as shown in image to top and top right and a small number of fox marks as shown.
