Edwardian British Lurcher Oil Portrait Signed J. Warnes, Circa 1910

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**Edwardian British Lurcher Portrait Signed J. Warnes, Circa 1910**

*An Evocative English Sporting Dog Portrait In A Decorative Gilt Frame*

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*An Evocative English Sporting Dog Portrait In A Decorative Gilt Frame*

**Highlights**

* Antique British oil painting depicting an elegant lurcher in a rural English landscape
* Signed “J. Warnes” lower right
* British School, early 20th century, circa 1910
* Oil on canvas
* G. Rowney & Co., London, “Quality F” prepared-canvas stencil verso
* In the tradition of Victorian and Edwardian sporting animal portraiture associated with Samuel John Carter
* Provenance associated with Lime House, Earls Colne, Essex
* Former collection associated with Colonel Peter Charles Edward Fishbourne (1940–2023)
* Presented in a later decorative Larson-Juhl gilt frame
* Beautifully proportioned for a study, library, drawing room or country-house interior

**Description**

A wonderfully characterful early 20th-century British animal portrait depicting a chestnut-and-white lurcher standing proudly within an English country landscape.

Signed “J. Warnes” lower right and dating provisionally to circa 1910, the painting captures the elegance and alert character of this quintessentially British sporting dog.

The lurcher stands almost in full lateral profile upon a country pathway, allowing its long, graceful proportions to dominate the composition. Its head turns towards the viewer with an engaging direct gaze.

Tall green grasses flank the animal, beyond which lie warm golden fields beneath an atmospheric blue-grey sky filled with softly modelled clouds.

The resulting composition combines the traditional characteristics of British sporting portraiture with considerable decorative charm.

**Art-Historical Context**

The painting belongs to the British sporting and animal-painting tradition that flourished throughout the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

Its subject has particular resonance with the work of Samuel John Carter (1835–1892), the respected British animal and sporting painter whose oeuvre encompassed dogs, horses, deer and other sporting subjects.

No specific Carter prototype for the present composition has been identified. The work is therefore conservatively catalogued as being “in the tradition of Samuel John Carter” rather than directly “after Samuel John Carter.”

**The Rowney Canvas**

An especially interesting feature is the surviving G. Rowney & Co., London, “Quality F” stencil on the reverse.

Historic research into Rowney artists' materials establishes that Quality F prepared canvas appeared in the firm's catalogue from 1892 onwards and remained in use during the early decades of the 20th century.

The manufacturer's mark therefore provides useful independent evidence consistent with the painting's proposed circa 1910 date.

**Artist**

The lower-right signature appears to read “J. Warnes.”

The painter's identity has not presently been established with sufficient documentary certainty to attach a formal biography. The work is consequently catalogued as British School, early 20th century, signed “J. Warnes.”

**Provenance**

Stated to have formed part of the collection at Lime House, Earls Colne, Essex, associated with the late Colonel Peter Charles Edward Fishbourne (1940–2023).

Subsequently Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD®.

The association between Colonel Fishbourne and Lime House is supported by independent public records, although item-specific estate documentation for this particular painting has not presently been identified.

**Dimensions**

Overall framed dimensions:

Height: 34.5 cm

Width: 44.5 cm

Depth: 4 cm

**Condition**

Presented in fine antique condition consistent with age.

The painting displays age-related craquelure and yellowing or discolouration to the existing varnish. Scattered pale surface spotting and accretions are present.

Historic localised retouching and small canvas repairs are reported.

The painting is housed within a later decorative Larson-Juhl gilt frame, which displays minor handmade and use-related imperfections.

Please refer to the photographs as an integral part of the condition assessment.

**Certificate of Sale & Dealer Attribution**

A Certificate of Sale & Dealer Attribution from Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD® accompanies the work, recording its catalogue description, attribution and provenance information.

**Attribution and Research**

Catalogued as British School, early 20th century, signed “J. Warnes”, circa 1910.

The description “in the tradition of Samuel John Carter” provides art-historical context and does not constitute an attribution to Samuel John Carter or indicate a direct copy of an identified Carter composition.

Further documentary or technical research may refine the attribution.

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