Description

J. Barclay (Horace Hammond) (A. D. Bell). Landscape with cows and milkmaid.

A watercolor on paper representing a landscape with cows and a milkmaid and her dog, signed lower left J. Barclay, British. Early 1900's. Set in an antique frame of the same period.

J. Barclay was the pseudonym used by Horace Hammond in the early 1900's 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, as one can see in the painting offered here, and his watercolors have become increasingly popular.

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. So, in total, the works, biography and auction records of J. Barclay have to be looked-up under three different names to get the full picture of his activity.

Dimensions

View: about 7 1/2 by 15 1/2 inches. Frame: about 15 by 22 inches.

Condition

Very fine. Very clean. Perfectly preserved. No restoration. No inpaint under UV examination. Frame has an old corner repair and some wear.

Exhibitions

16 times at the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham

1 time at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool

1 time at the Royal Academy

Bibliography

Wood's dictionary (with a J. Barclay watercolor illustration)

Dictionary of British Artists

Numerous auction catalogues

Market

Some auction results

Meet. Watercolor. Greenslade in 2002. Sold for $2,340

Looking after the cows. Watercolor. Sotheby's in 1990. Sold for $1,712

Harvesting. Watercolor. Sotheby's in 1988. Sold for $1,440

Hunting scene. Watercolor. Fellow's in 2002. Sold for $1,395

Hoylake. Watercolor. Phillips in 1991. Sold for $1,344


Price
$1,500