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Victorian Oil Painting Abel Hold c1868
This is a fine quality antique English Victorian game bird painting, of a woodland scene depicting a shot woodcock bird in the undergrowth, by Abel Hold, circa 1868, in its original gold leaf frame, in excellent original condition.
Summary:
• Item: Victorian game bird painting
• Artist: Abel Hold
• Medium: Oil on board
• Circa: 1868
• Period: Victorian
• Provenance: England, UK
• Autumnal woodland scene
• Depicts a shot woodcock bird
• Extremely well painted
• Natural colours
• Pleasing subject
• Original gilt frame
• Signed & dated
• Excellent original condition
• Height: 57cm / 22½” / 1ft 10½”
• Width: 67cm / 26⅜” / 2ft 2⅜”
• Free delivery to England, Wales & southern Scotland
• 14-day free UK returns policy
Description:
This is a fine quality antique English Victorian game bird painting, by Abel Hold, circa 1868, in its original gold leaf frame, in excellent original condition. The painting depicts a country scene depicting a shot woodcock bird in the woodland undergrowth, during the autumn months. The painting has the skill to draw you in with its range of rustic colour hues and textures, depicting a quintessential English woodland scene, most likely painted during the autumn. The Victorian oil picture on board is signed and dated in the bottom right corner, framed in its original fabulous ornate gilt frame, which is in excellent condition.
This Victorian bird painting would look superb in a variety of rooms, including the hallway, living or dining room. This item would certainly grace any home and is a great investment as it is an attractive and colourful piece. So don’t miss out on your chance to own a lovely picture.
Condition Report:
This is a fine quality antique English Victorian game bird painting, of a woodland scene depicting a shot woodcock bird in the undergrowth, by Abel Hold, circa 1868, in its original gold leaf frame, in excellent original condition. The oil on board is in excellent original condition - the colours are strong and there is no sign of fading or crazing to the picture. The painting is signed and dated in the bottom right corner, protected by glass and housed in its original fabulous ornate gilt frame, which is in excellent condition. Nominal old age marks to the leading edges of the gilt frame, but nothing significant, considering the age of the item. This Victorian woodland painting is ready to hang.
Artist - Provenance:
Abel Hold was a self-taught British artist who achieved fame as an animal and game painter and flourished between 1849 - 1871. He also painted and drew landscapes in and around Barnsley as well as painting portraits of the locals. It is believed he made his own paints by grinding pebbles for pigment. He exhibited mostly at the Royal Academy and Suffolk Street always painting his game birds from nature, he was renowned for his accurate detail. His work was usually done on artist’s board. He lived in Yorkshire.
Abel Hold was born in Alverthorpe, Wakefield, one of 9 children of Quakers Thomas and Mary Hold. He trained as a house painter, whilst also painting backdrops for theatres and travelling showmen, before finally became an artist.
In 1841 he married Sarah Miller of Barnsley and with her had 9 children, though tragically lost 2 daughters in infancy. Around 1852, he moved his family from Church Street, Barnsley to Brook House in Cawthorne village a few miles away.
Here Walter Spencer-Stanhope of Cannon Hall became his lifelong patron after the vicar, Charles Spencer Stanhope, recommended him. Hold was constantly in financial difficulties and in 1869 he was declared bankrupt but was discharged in 1870. When he was short of money, he sent a portrait of a starving man to Walter and duly received funds.
His oil paintings show rural landscapes, wild animals and still life studies of game. They are typical of a country artist patronised by a local country squire. Between 1849 and 1871, he regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy, London. Other paintings were shown in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Wakefield.
They were bought by many local and national dignitaries and are occasionally sold at auction. Some can be seen at the Cawthorne Jubilee Museum and at Cannon Hall, Cawthorne. Three of his beautiful portraits of local characters are at the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley.
His contemporaries included Walter’s brother, John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope, a well- known Pre-Raphaelite painter and J.F. Herring, the renowned 19th century horse painter. Herring commented on Hold’s work in a letter to his friend and patron Charles Spencer Stanhope. Three of Hold’s children became artists in their own right, Thomas, Benjamin and Florence.
Abel Hold died in Cawthorne on 8th May 1896 and was buried in Cawthorne churchyard. His grave seems to have been gradually forgotten until local people campaigned to have a memorial erected there in 1996.
Sources: and
Dimensions:
Frame Height = 57cm / 22½” / 1ft 10½”
Frame Width = 67cm / 26⅜” / 2ft 2⅜”
Frame Depth = 6.8cm / 2⅝”
Board Height = 34.5cm / 14⅝” / 1ft 1⅝”
Board Width = 44.5cm / 17½” / 1ft 5½”
Price:
The price for this item is £2,150 including free delivery to England, Wales & Southern Scotland and free 14-day returns.
Customer Service:
We offer customer satisfaction through the following services:
• Free delivery to England, Wales & Southern Scotland
• Free 14 Day Returns
• Full money back assurance
• Worldwide shipping
• Full insurance of items in transit
• Full assembly service
Further Information:
For more information or photographs please email or call us.
Office: 01829 458 070
Julian: 07960 738 212
Yolanda: 07971 882 567
Customers outside the UK should call:
Office: 00 44 1829 458 070
Julian: 00 44 7960 738 212
Yolanda: 00 44 7971 882 567
Email: info@yolagray.com
Free UK Delivery:
We offer free delivery to mainland England, Wales, and Southern Scotland (anywhere south of Stirling). We do not offer free delivery to locations north of Stirling in Scotland, Northern Ireland, or any British Islands off the mainland for example, the Isle of Man, Isle of White and Channel Islands. If you live in one of the areas where we do not offer free delivery, please contact us for a delivery quote before purchasing the item. Delivery will be made by our specialised antique furniture delivery service, or in some cases we will use a courier service for distant deliveries.
Delivery times are usually 1-4 weeks depending on location we aim to deliver the majority of items within 2 weeks. All items are professionally packaged and fully insured in transit, therefore, we can assure you, your items will be securely protected in transit and arrive safely with you.
Once you have purchased an item, we will contact you by email and/or telephone and provide you with a provisional delivery date, in order for you to confirm if it is suitable for you. Once you have confirmed you can accept delivery on the provisional delivery date, we will book the delivery in with our shippers and it then becomes a confirmed delivery date.
We will also provide you with our shippers' contact details, in case you need to contact the driver on the day of delivery. It's helpful if you can provide us with both the landline and mobile telephone number, in case the driver cannot reach you on one of the numbers on the day of delivery, they can contact you on your alternative number.
In order to be able to offer you free delivery, it is based on a 1-man delivery only. For any large items that require 2 people to lift the item, we ask that you are available at the time of delivery to be able to give our shipper a lift off the van and into your house with the item. If you are not able to lift items yourself, we ask that you have someone on hand at the time of delivery to assist our shipper with lifting the item.
Free 14 Days UK Returns & Refunds:
A free 14-day “no quibble” returns policy (from the date you receive the item) is available if you are not happy with this item. We will collect the item free of charge from you (we do not charge a return fee / collection fee). You will be given a full refund as long as the item is returned in the same condition. We will collect returns using our own specialist furniture delivery company. We will not accept returns via a courier service (due to experience of damaged items in transit). This refund policy only applies to deliveries to the UK.
UK Buyer Payment:
For UK buyers, we accept cash on collection or delivery cheque, credit card, BACS (free bank to bank transfer) or PayPal. Payment is requested within 5 days of the sale. Payment must be cleared before the items are collected or delivered.
International Buyers:
If you live outside the UK and you would like to purchase this item, please contact us before purchasing it, so that we can obtain an accurate shipping quote and delivery lead-time. The shipping quote provided is a global estimate only. The actual shipping cost will vary by country and postcode. Due to the distances and costs involved with shipping outside the UK, a returns policy is therefore not available for international buyers. Before placing your order(s) please make sure this is the item for you. We request payment by bank transfer (we do not accept payment via PayPal, credit or debit cards for international purchases). Payment is requested within 10 days of the purchase. Payment must be cleared before the items are collected or delivered to our shippers. The advertised price of the item does not include the shipping cost, sales tax, import duty or custom fees.
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About the Seller:
This item is being sold by Yola Gray Antiques who is an accredited member of LAPADA (the UK’s largest Trade Association of Professional Art and Antique Dealers) and CINOA. CINOA is the world association of Art & Antique dealer associations. All LAPADA & CINOA members abide by their strict code of practice by adhering to reputable standards of quality, expertise and integrity.
Yola Gray has dealt in fine art and antique furniture for over 40 years. Yola Gray has a special interest in colonial furniture, specifically colonial four poster beds. Yola Gray also provides a variety of fine English antique furniture, art and fabrics to clients in the UK, Europe and further afield.
Please visit the Yola Gray website at for further items and information.
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Cheshire
CW6 0SR
Tel : 01829 458 070
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Summary:
• Item: Victorian game bird painting
• Artist: Abel Hold
• Medium: Oil on board
• Circa: 1868
• Period: Victorian
• Provenance: England, UK
• Autumnal woodland scene
• Depicts a shot woodcock bird
• Extremely well painted
• Natural colours
• Pleasing subject
• Original gilt frame
• Signed & dated
• Excellent original condition
• Height: 57cm / 22½” / 1ft 10½”
• Width: 67cm / 26⅜” / 2ft 2⅜”
• Free delivery to England, Wales & southern Scotland
• 14-day free UK returns policy
Description:
This is a fine quality antique English Victorian game bird painting, by Abel Hold, circa 1868, in its original gold leaf frame, in excellent original condition. The painting depicts a country scene depicting a shot woodcock bird in the woodland undergrowth, during the autumn months. The painting has the skill to draw you in with its range of rustic colour hues and textures, depicting a quintessential English woodland scene, most likely painted during the autumn. The Victorian oil picture on board is signed and dated in the bottom right corner, framed in its original fabulous ornate gilt frame, which is in excellent condition.
This Victorian bird painting would look superb in a variety of rooms, including the hallway, living or dining room. This item would certainly grace any home and is a great investment as it is an attractive and colourful piece. So don’t miss out on your chance to own a lovely picture.
Condition Report:
This is a fine quality antique English Victorian game bird painting, of a woodland scene depicting a shot woodcock bird in the undergrowth, by Abel Hold, circa 1868, in its original gold leaf frame, in excellent original condition. The oil on board is in excellent original condition - the colours are strong and there is no sign of fading or crazing to the picture. The painting is signed and dated in the bottom right corner, protected by glass and housed in its original fabulous ornate gilt frame, which is in excellent condition. Nominal old age marks to the leading edges of the gilt frame, but nothing significant, considering the age of the item. This Victorian woodland painting is ready to hang.
Artist - Provenance:
Abel Hold was a self-taught British artist who achieved fame as an animal and game painter and flourished between 1849 - 1871. He also painted and drew landscapes in and around Barnsley as well as painting portraits of the locals. It is believed he made his own paints by grinding pebbles for pigment. He exhibited mostly at the Royal Academy and Suffolk Street always painting his game birds from nature, he was renowned for his accurate detail. His work was usually done on artist’s board. He lived in Yorkshire.
Abel Hold was born in Alverthorpe, Wakefield, one of 9 children of Quakers Thomas and Mary Hold. He trained as a house painter, whilst also painting backdrops for theatres and travelling showmen, before finally became an artist.
In 1841 he married Sarah Miller of Barnsley and with her had 9 children, though tragically lost 2 daughters in infancy. Around 1852, he moved his family from Church Street, Barnsley to Brook House in Cawthorne village a few miles away.
Here Walter Spencer-Stanhope of Cannon Hall became his lifelong patron after the vicar, Charles Spencer Stanhope, recommended him. Hold was constantly in financial difficulties and in 1869 he was declared bankrupt but was discharged in 1870. When he was short of money, he sent a portrait of a starving man to Walter and duly received funds.
His oil paintings show rural landscapes, wild animals and still life studies of game. They are typical of a country artist patronised by a local country squire. Between 1849 and 1871, he regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy, London. Other paintings were shown in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Wakefield.
They were bought by many local and national dignitaries and are occasionally sold at auction. Some can be seen at the Cawthorne Jubilee Museum and at Cannon Hall, Cawthorne. Three of his beautiful portraits of local characters are at the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley.
His contemporaries included Walter’s brother, John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope, a well- known Pre-Raphaelite painter and J.F. Herring, the renowned 19th century horse painter. Herring commented on Hold’s work in a letter to his friend and patron Charles Spencer Stanhope. Three of Hold’s children became artists in their own right, Thomas, Benjamin and Florence.
Abel Hold died in Cawthorne on 8th May 1896 and was buried in Cawthorne churchyard. His grave seems to have been gradually forgotten until local people campaigned to have a memorial erected there in 1996.
Sources: and
Dimensions:
Frame Height = 57cm / 22½” / 1ft 10½”
Frame Width = 67cm / 26⅜” / 2ft 2⅜”
Frame Depth = 6.8cm / 2⅝”
Board Height = 34.5cm / 14⅝” / 1ft 1⅝”
Board Width = 44.5cm / 17½” / 1ft 5½”
Price:
The price for this item is £2,150 including free delivery to England, Wales & Southern Scotland and free 14-day returns.
Customer Service:
We offer customer satisfaction through the following services:
• Free delivery to England, Wales & Southern Scotland
• Free 14 Day Returns
• Full money back assurance
• Worldwide shipping
• Full insurance of items in transit
• Full assembly service
Further Information:
For more information or photographs please email or call us.
Office: 01829 458 070
Julian: 07960 738 212
Yolanda: 07971 882 567
Customers outside the UK should call:
Office: 00 44 1829 458 070
Julian: 00 44 7960 738 212
Yolanda: 00 44 7971 882 567
Email: info@yolagray.com
Free UK Delivery:
We offer free delivery to mainland England, Wales, and Southern Scotland (anywhere south of Stirling). We do not offer free delivery to locations north of Stirling in Scotland, Northern Ireland, or any British Islands off the mainland for example, the Isle of Man, Isle of White and Channel Islands. If you live in one of the areas where we do not offer free delivery, please contact us for a delivery quote before purchasing the item. Delivery will be made by our specialised antique furniture delivery service, or in some cases we will use a courier service for distant deliveries.
Delivery times are usually 1-4 weeks depending on location we aim to deliver the majority of items within 2 weeks. All items are professionally packaged and fully insured in transit, therefore, we can assure you, your items will be securely protected in transit and arrive safely with you.
Once you have purchased an item, we will contact you by email and/or telephone and provide you with a provisional delivery date, in order for you to confirm if it is suitable for you. Once you have confirmed you can accept delivery on the provisional delivery date, we will book the delivery in with our shippers and it then becomes a confirmed delivery date.
We will also provide you with our shippers' contact details, in case you need to contact the driver on the day of delivery. It's helpful if you can provide us with both the landline and mobile telephone number, in case the driver cannot reach you on one of the numbers on the day of delivery, they can contact you on your alternative number.
In order to be able to offer you free delivery, it is based on a 1-man delivery only. For any large items that require 2 people to lift the item, we ask that you are available at the time of delivery to be able to give our shipper a lift off the van and into your house with the item. If you are not able to lift items yourself, we ask that you have someone on hand at the time of delivery to assist our shipper with lifting the item.
Free 14 Days UK Returns & Refunds:
A free 14-day “no quibble” returns policy (from the date you receive the item) is available if you are not happy with this item. We will collect the item free of charge from you (we do not charge a return fee / collection fee). You will be given a full refund as long as the item is returned in the same condition. We will collect returns using our own specialist furniture delivery company. We will not accept returns via a courier service (due to experience of damaged items in transit). This refund policy only applies to deliveries to the UK.
UK Buyer Payment:
For UK buyers, we accept cash on collection or delivery cheque, credit card, BACS (free bank to bank transfer) or PayPal. Payment is requested within 5 days of the sale. Payment must be cleared before the items are collected or delivered.
International Buyers:
If you live outside the UK and you would like to purchase this item, please contact us before purchasing it, so that we can obtain an accurate shipping quote and delivery lead-time. The shipping quote provided is a global estimate only. The actual shipping cost will vary by country and postcode. Due to the distances and costs involved with shipping outside the UK, a returns policy is therefore not available for international buyers. Before placing your order(s) please make sure this is the item for you. We request payment by bank transfer (we do not accept payment via PayPal, credit or debit cards for international purchases). Payment is requested within 10 days of the purchase. Payment must be cleared before the items are collected or delivered to our shippers. The advertised price of the item does not include the shipping cost, sales tax, import duty or custom fees.
Important information regarding PayPal payment:
We only accept payment from fully verified PayPal account holders with confirmed addresses only. Items will only be sent to the confirmed address registered in PayPal. If you purchase an item and your address is not confirmed, your payment will be refunded and the purchase cancelled. It only takes a few moments to verify and confirm your PayPal details.
About the Seller:
This item is being sold by Yola Gray Antiques who is an accredited member of LAPADA (the UK’s largest Trade Association of Professional Art and Antique Dealers) and CINOA. CINOA is the world association of Art & Antique dealer associations. All LAPADA & CINOA members abide by their strict code of practice by adhering to reputable standards of quality, expertise and integrity.
Yola Gray has dealt in fine art and antique furniture for over 40 years. Yola Gray has a special interest in colonial furniture, specifically colonial four poster beds. Yola Gray also provides a variety of fine English antique furniture, art and fabrics to clients in the UK, Europe and further afield.
Please visit the Yola Gray website at for further items and information.
Ref. 73303
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DimensionsFrame Height = 57cm / 22½” / 1ft 10½”
Frame Width = 67cm / 26⅜” / 2ft 2⅜”
Frame Depth = 6.8cm / 2⅝”
Board Height = 34.5cm / 14⅝” / 1ft 1⅝”
Board Width = 44.5cm / 17½” / 1ft 5½”
Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art
> Antique Oil Paintings
Date 1868
Mid Victorian Antiques Material Oil Painting on Canvas
Origin English
Artist Abel Hold
Condition This is a fine quality antique English Victorian game bird painting, of a woodland scene depicting a shot woodcock bird in the undergrowth, by Abel Hold, circa 1868, in its original gold leaf frame, in excellent original condition. The oil on board is in excellent original condition - the colours are strong and there is no sign of fading or crazing to the picture. The painting is signed and dated in the bottom right corner, protected by glass and housed in its original fabulous ornate gilt frame, which is in excellent condition. Nominal old age marks to the leading edges of the gilt frame, but nothing significant, considering the age of the item. This Victorian woodland painting is ready to hang.
Item code as236a2808 / 73303
Status For Sale
£2150.00 
$2698.47
€2572.69
$2698.47
€2572.69
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Conversion rates as of 25/NOV/2024. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
Always confirm final price with dealer. Free delivery to anywhere in mainland England, Wales & Southern Scotland
View all stock from
Yola Gray Antiques
Unit 4, Organsdale FarmKelsall,
Tarporley
Cheshire
CW6 0SR
Tel : 01829 458 070
Non UK callers : +44 1829 458 070
Get directions to Yola Gray Antiques
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