Sidney E. Paget (1860-1908)- Late 19th Century Watercolour T Foot of the Valley

Description

With an expert eye for lighting, tremendous detail, and an honest palette, Paget has created a mesmerising watercolour depicting figures relaxing by a riverbed at the foot of a valley.

The artwork is signed in the bottom right-hand corner and is well presented in a 19th century gilded and molded frame with glazing and a wash line mount.

On wove.

Condition

There is some foxing found in the sky of the artwork, as well as a small amount of discolouration, which is common for an artwork of this age. There is a small amount of mountburn. There are some losses to the gilding and molding of the frame, and areas where the gilding has been touched up.

Size

31 x 52.5cm (12.2" x 20.7")
Framed Size: 48 x 69.5cm (18.9" x 27.4")

Artist Biography

Sidney Edward Paget (1860 – 1908) was a British illustrator of the Victorian era, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand Magazine.

In 1881 Paget entered the Royal Academy Schools. Here he befriended Alfred Morris Butler, an architecture student who may have become the model for Paget's illustrations of Dr. John Watson. Between 1879 and 1905, Paget contributed eighteen miscellaneous paintings, including nine portraits, to the Royal Academy exhibitions.

Paget's drawings appeared in the Strand Magazine, the Pictorial World, The Sphere, The Graphic, The Illustrated London News, and The Pall Mall Magazine, and his work became well known in both the United Kingdom and United States. He provided illustrations for Arthur Morrison's Martin Hewitt detective stories and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes work, doing much to popularise both series.