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FREDERICK A. WINKFIELD, United Kingdom, active 1873-1920, Sunset over a harbor., Oil on canvas, 16" x 26". Framed 19 " x 29".

FREDERICK A. WINKFIELD United Kingdom, active 1873-1920 Sunset over a harbor. Signed lower left "F.A. Winkfield". Oil on canvas, 16" x 26". Framed 19 " x 29".

Frederick A. Winkfield (British, active 1873-c. 1920) Below London Bridge, England

Frederick A. Winkfield (British, active 1873-c. 1920) Below London Bridge, England Oil on canvas, 18.25" tall x 30.25" long Signed lower left: F. A. Winkfield; Inscribed lower right: OEE; Label on verso: "Below London Bridge / Fredk. A. Winkfield / 59 Britannia Road / Fulham SW" Provenance: Colin Denny Ltd., London Little is known of Frederick Arthur Winkfields origins, but he may have been a native of Manchester, where he was painting by 1873. In 1875 he moved to London and settled in the southwestern neighborhood of Fulham, where the arrival of rail service to central London had sparked a housing boom. In the late 1870s Winkfield found his niche painting scenes of the river Thames. The hub of shipping and transportation for the largest metropolis in the world, the Thames offered the spectacle of bustling ship traffic as well as views of the London skyline. Below London Bridge was painted after 1877-78, when Winkfield moved to his second residence in Fulham at 59 Britannia Road, the address on the label attached to the back of the stretcher. Looking west from London Bridge toward Southwark Bridge, Winkfield depicts the Thames in the morning as the docks come to life. Moored ships and lighters crowd the banks of the river while cargo is loaded and unloaded. In the foreground, a tugboat pulls an empty lighter away from a steamship bound for sea, which lets up a great cloud of black and copper from its smokestack, obscuring the Customs House. The dome of Somerset House and the column of Nelsons Monument rise above the buildings in the distance. Winkfield exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1873 until at least 1904 and at the Royal Society of British Artists from 1877-78 to 1890. He exhibited most frequently at the Manchester City Art Gallery and the Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham. Winkfield appears to have lived in London for the rest of his life, but he may have returned to visit relatives or friends in Manchester, since he painted subjects in nearby Liverpool around 1886 and in North Wales around 1904. In some accounts he is listed as inactive after 1909, but the last mention of him is in a 1920 artists directory. It is assumed that he died that year. Condition: More detailed condition reports and additional photographs are available by request. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in excellent condition. Please message us through the online bidding platform or call Guernsey's at 212-794-2280 to request a more thorough condition report.

Frederick A. Winkfield (British, active 1873-1920) St Helier, Jersey; Mont Orgueil castle, Jersey; Kew bridge each 12.7 x 20.3cm (5 x 8in).(3)

Frederick A. Winkfield (British, active 1873-1920) St Helier, Jersey; Mont Orgueil castle, Jersey; Kew bridgeeach signed 'F.A.WINKFIELD' (lower left), the third also dated '1891 (lower left); respectively inscribed 'MOO', 'MUE', 'AEU' (lower right); each bears title (on the reverse) oil on canvas laid to board each 12.7 x 20.3cm (5 x 8in).(3)

Frederick Winkfield - Below London Bridge

Frederick Winkfield Br. 19th/20th C. Below London Bridge Signed "F.A. Winkfield" l.l. Oil on canvas 18 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. 46.0 x 76.5 cm

Frederick A. Winkfield (British, active 1873-1920) Busy estuary with barges and paddletugs

Busy estuary with barges and paddletugs signed and dated 1889 watercolour, plus another, 'Southwold', inscribed 'Henry Robertson' and with title verso, watercolour, (2) 29.5 x 50cm (11 5/8 x 19 11/16in).

Frederick A. Winkfield (British, active 1873-1920) Castletown, Isle of Man

Castletown, Isle of Man signed 'F.A.Winkfield' (lower left), inscribed 'R.M.Y.' (lower right), bears signature and inscription on reverse, oil on board 20.3 x 30.5cm (8 x 12in).

Frederick A. Winkfield (British, active 1873-1920) Castletown, Isle of Man

Castletown, Isle of Man signed 'F.A.Winkfield' (lower left), inscribed 'R.M.Y.' (lower right), bears signature and inscription on reverse oil on board 20.3 x 30.5cm (8 x 12in).

(n/a) Frederick A. Winkfield (British, active 1873-1920) Unloading, Chiswick

Unloading, Chiswick signed 'F.A. WINKFIELD' (lower left), oil on canvas 38.5 x 61.5cm (15 3/16 x 24 3/16in).

Frederick A. Winkfield (British, fl.1873-1920)

Liverpool from Egremont signed 'F. A. WINKFIELD' (lower left), inscribed with initials 'Y.L.U.' (lower right), and inscribed 'Liverpool fr. Egremont/F.A. Winkfield/London' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 8 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (21.6 x 34.2 cm.)

Frederick A. Winkfield (British, fl. 1873-1920)

Below London Bridge, looking upstream, Old Billingsgate fish market on the right signed 'F.A. WINKFIELD' (lower left) and inscribed 'OEE' (lower right), further signed and inscribed 'Below London Bridge/Fredk. A. Winkfield/59 Britannia Rd./Fulham S.W.' (on an artist's label on the stretcher) oil on canvas 18 x 30 in. (46 x 76.2 cm.)

Frederick A. Winkfield (British, exh.1880-1914) The Thames at Greenwich bears false signature 'W.L.Wyllie' and date 1890 (lower left), oil on canvas