Original 19th Century Oil on Canvas - C.S. Lidderdale - c. 1870

A beautiful original oil on canvas in the manner of Charles Sillem Lidderdale RBA (b. 1831 d. 1895) of a young woman in a woven bonnet and patterned shawl looking back over her shoulder.

Lidderdale was a British artist. He painted a series ‘peasant women’ including of a ‘fishergirl’ in similar pose but he did not sign all of his work and this painting is not signed or monogrammed. However the subject, colours, tones and brush techniques used here closely match Lidderdale’s signed paintings which reside in National Galleries worldwide.

In a very good carved 19th century water gilded frame with leaf carved corners and finely detailed inner foliate and reeded and crossed outer borders and which appears original.

Old and very small patched repair to rear of canvas and a few small losses to the gilding of the frame.

An evocative and charming well executed painting in good original condition.