Lot 182: HORACE HAMMOND 19th c. FEEDING THE BIRDS

"Feeding the Birds" Original Watercolor by Horace Hammond. Signed J. Barclay, which was the pseudonym used by Horace Hammond in the early 1900s for his watercolors of country scenes. He was a Birmingham, UK, landscape artist working in the style of Birket Foster. His style was very precise. Horace Hammond also used the pseudonym A. D. Bell at the request of Arthur Joseph, the Brierly Hill, Birmingham, art dealer for whom he worked. His work was shown at the 16 times at the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham, as well as the Royal Academy and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. He is listed in Wood's Dictionary (with a J. Barclay watercolor illustration and in the Dictionary of British Artists. Framed but Missing Glass. 25x19.25x1. Weight is 2 pds 3 oz. PROVENANCE: The Estate of a Charleston SC Art Dealer / Gallery Owner.

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