ARTIST: John Wright Oakes (British, 1820 - 1887) NAME: Tollgate Near Wrexham MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Some damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 4 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches / 12 x 25 cm FRAME SIZE: 12 x 17 inches / 30 x 43 cm SIGNATURE: unsigned CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120510 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: John Wright Oakes ARA was an English landscape painter.He was born at Sproston House, near Middlewich, Cheshire, which had been in the possession of his family for several generations. He was educated in Liverpool, and studied art under John Bishop in the school attached to the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution. His earliest works were fruit-pieces. These he exhibited in 1839 and the following years at the Liverpool Academy, of which he became a member, and afterwards honorary secretary for several years.About 1843 Oakes began painting landscapes from nature, and in 1847 the first picture exhibited by him in London, Nant Frangcon, Carnarvonshire, appeared at the British Institution, and was followed in 1848 by On the River Greta, Keswick, at the Royal Academy. He continued to send pictures, chiefly of Welsh mountain, moorland, and coast scenery, to these exhibitions, as well as to the Society of British Artists, Dudley Gallery, Portland Gallery, and elsewhere, and in 1859 came to reside in London.He painted also in water-colours, and in 1874 was elected an associate of the Institute of Painters in Water-Colours, but resigned this position in 1875. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1876, and an honorary member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1883. During the last six years of his life ill-health greatly interfered with the practice of his art. He still, however, exhibited annually at the Royal Academy, where a picture entitled The Warren appeared the year after his death. Among his best works were A Carnarvonshire Glen, A Solitary Pool, Glen Derry, Malldraeth Sands, Aberffraw Bay, Marchlyn Mawr, Linn of Muick, Dunnottar Castle, The Bass Rock, The Fallow Field, The Border Countrie, The Dee Sands, and Dirty Weather on the East Coast.Oakes died at his residence, Leam House, Addison Road, Kensington, and was buried in Brompton Cemetery.As of 1894, the South Kensington Museum had an oil painting by him entitled Disturbed, an effect of early spring twilight. A North Devon Glen' was in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, and Early Spring in the Glasgow Corporation galleries.
λ JOHN INIGO WRIGHT (BRITISH d.1821) λ JOHN INIGO WRIGHT (BRITISH d.1821) Portrait miniature of Edmund Fanning (1737-1818), in general's uniform watercolour on ivory gold frame, the reverse with lock of hair and engraved 'The/ Best of Fathers/ died February the 28/ -1818' oval, 60mm (high) sold together with a framed print of Fanning by Burnet Reading (b.1770) and a framed commission for Fanning's appointment as Colonel in the King's American Regiment of Foot, dated 25 December 1782 (3) Provenance: By family descent, presumably (and according to the engraving on the reverse of the case), one of the three daughters who survived him, namely Louisa Augusta (b. c. 1787), Maria S. Matilda (b. 1791), or Margaret William Tryon (b. 1801); Private Collection, UK Born on 24th April 1737, Edmund Fanning was the fifth son of Captain James Fanning, an army officer in Long Island, New York and Hannah Smith of Smithtown. Raised in Southold township (now Riverhead) on Long Island, New York, he graduated from Yale College in 1757. He then swiftly moved to Hillsborough, North Carolina, where he would hold various political and military positions of power. In 1760 he was elected a trustee and commissioner of the town and was then admitted to the bar in 1762. He had a very public presence in general in Hillsborough, including a term as judge of the superior court beginning in 1765. It was his friendship with Governor William Tryon which both accelerated Fanningâs professional rise and decreased his popularity. Indeed, he became a symbol of colonial greed and corruption, and an object of hatred for the Regulator Movement (an uprising in British Americaâs Carolina colonies, in which citizens protested high fees and excessive taxes imposed by the colonial government). Regulators would open fire on his home in April 1768 and later demolished it in September 1770, before dragging him through the streets of Hillsborough: Fanning was not a popular individual due to what he seemed to personify for those around him. At the Regulatorsâ perseverance, he was tried for extortion and subsequently convicted. He did not, however, receive explicit punishment, but thereupon resigned from the office of register. Enraged by his humiliation, he was driven to command a corps of militia at the battle of Great Alamance Creek (16th May 1771) and helped Governor Tryon significantly to suppress the insurgent Regulators. Tryon then moved to become governor of New York in 1771, and Fanning followed as his private secretary. Upon this move he was immediately appointed surrogate of the province and three years later became surveyor-general of New York. By 1776 he was a true loyalist and was raising and commanding a loyalist corps known as the Kingâs American Regiment on Foot. During the American War of Independence, Fanning gained a (now largely regarded as underserved) reputation for cruelty. By the end of the war he became a colonel in the British army and was subsequently promoted to major-general (12 October 1793), lieutenant-general (26 June 1799) and general (25 April 1808). Having been appointed councillor and lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia he married Phoebe Maria Burns at Point Pleasant, Nova Scotia, on 30th November 1785. They had three daughters and one son: Louisa Augusta, Maria S. Matilda, Margaret William Tryon, and Frederick Augustus. During his colonial career, he was decorated with honorary degrees from various British and American universities and colleges, including Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth and Oxford. In 1805 he visited London for a few months, moving to the English capital permanently in 1813. On 28th February 1818 he died at Upper Seymour Street, leaving behind his wife and three daughters who survived him. Fanning was considered âthe most successful of the breedâ of loyalist governors of British North America, according to Lord Selkirkâs diary, and it is equally believed that his reputation as a strict and tyrannical example of British colonial policy can be largely dismissed. This fictive impression is rather perceived to have been the product of intra-colonial tensions that fed into the American War of Independence. The present portrait, once owned by his family, shows Fanning in generalâs uniform and likely dates to his move back to London after 1813. This item may require Export or CITES licences in order to leave the UK or the European Union. It is the buyer's responsibility to ensure that lots have the relevant licences before shipping. Born on 24th April 1737, Edmund Fanning was the fifth son of Captain James Fanning, an army officer in Long Island, New York and Hannah Smith of Smithtown. Raised in Southold township (now Riverhead) on Long Island, New York, he graduated from Yale College in 1757. He then swiftly moved to Hillsborough, North Carolina, where he would hold various political and military positions of power. In 1760 he was elected a trustee and commissioner of the town and was then admitted to the bar in 1762. He had a very public presence in general in Hillsborough, including a term as judge of the superior court beginning in 1765. It was his friendship with Governor William Tryon which both accelerated Fanningâs professional rise and decreased his popularity. Indeed, he became a symbol of colonial greed and corruption, and an object of hatred for the Regulator Movement (an uprising in British Americaâs Carolina colonies, in which citizens protested high fees and excessive taxes imposed by the colonial government). Regulators would open fire on his home in April 1768 and later demolished it in September 1770, before dragging him through the streets of Hillsborough: Fanning was not a popular individual due to what he seemed to personify for those around him. At the Regulatorsâ perseverance, he was tried for extortion and subsequently convicted. He did not, however, receive explicit punishment, but thereupon resigned from the office of register. Enraged by his humiliation, he was driven to command a corps of militia at the battle of Great Alamance Creek (16th May 1771) and helped Governor Tryon significantly to suppress the insurgent Regulators. Tryon then moved to become governor of New York in 1771, and Fanning followed as his private secretary. Upon this move he was immediately appointed surrogate of the province and three years later became surveyor-general of New York. By 1776 he was a true loyalist and was raising and commanding a loyalist corps known as the Kingâs American Regiment on Foot. During the American War of Independence, Fanning gained a (now largely regarded as underserved) reputation for cruelty. By the end of the war he became a colonel in the British army and was subsequently promoted to major-general (12 October 1793), lieutenant-general (26 June 1799) and general (25 April 1808). Having been appointed councillor and lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia he married Phoebe Maria Burns at Point Pleasant, Nova Scotia, on 30th November 1785. They had three daughters and one son: Louisa Augusta, Maria S. Matilda, Margaret William Tryon, and Frederick Augustus. During his colonial career, he was decorated with honorary degrees from various British and American universities and colleges, including Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth and Oxford. In 1805 he visited London for a few months, moving to the English capital permanently in 1813. On 28th February 1818 he died at Upper Seymour Street, leaving behind his wife and three daughters who survived him. Fanning was considered âthe most successful of the breedâ of loyalist governors of British North America, according to Lord Selkirkâs diary, and it is equally believed that his reputation as a strict and tyrannical example of British colonial policy can be largely dismissed. This fictive impression is rather perceived to have been the product of intra-colonial tensions that fed into the American War of Independence. The present portrait, once owned by his family, shows Fanning in generalâs uniform and likely dates to his move back to London after 1813.
John Wright (English, 1760-1820) portrait miniature of a gentleman Oval portrait on ivory of a gentleman in a fur coat and blue jacket; together with an English School portrait of a gentleman in blue jacket and white cravat. (2). H: 3 in.
Lady Rebecca Twisden née Wildash (b. circa 1758-1833), wearing white dress and fichu with frilled edge, blue sash to her waist, multi-stranded pearl necklace, her powdered hair dressed with a white bandeau. Gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal gilt-metal monogram RT on plaited hair, fitted brown leather travelling case. Oval, 67mm (2 5/8in) high (3)
A Gentleman, wearing dark blue coat with black collar and brass buttons, white stock and cravat. Gilt-metal chased frame, the reverse glazed. Oval, 89mm (3 1/2in) high
John Wright Oakes ARA 1822-87 19th Century OIL ON CANVAS shore scene with boats and fisher folk 18.25"by23.25" - signed and dated 82' highly ornate leaf scrolled pierced gilt frame
John Wright II c.1770-1820- Hunting Scene, after George Morland, publ Nov 20th 1800, Random, Stainbank & Sayer, 17 Old Bond Street; hand coloured soft ground etching, 29.5x37.7cm: together with four other hunting scenes from the same series, in matching frames (one missing glazing): together with a number of other prints, (a lot)
Mrs Heath, wearing white dress, fichu, neck tie and turban. Gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal hair and seed pearl decoration on blue glass. Oval, 77mm (3 1/16in) high Provenance: Sotheby's; 1 December 1980, lot 90
A Gentleman, wearing blue coat with brass buttons, white waistcoat and frilled chemise, his hair powdered. Gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal black velvet. Oval, 74mm (2 15/16in) high
A coastal scene with figures by beached fishing boats in the foreground signed 'Oakes' (initials in ligature) and dated '78' (lower right) oil on canvas 35 x 50in (89 x 127cm)
