Lot 144

Description

Various art believed to belong to Aster R.C.Corbould, a large quantity of works that include watercolour and oils in various sizes and also sketch book, and other items, mostly in watercolours, primarily of animals or rural scenes, also is a watercolour (27x16.5cm) of a lady sitting outside a rural cottage and marked in the left corner is 'E.C./1882' (this appears to be a painting of the artist's wife Elizabeth Corbould, done in the year of his death); also included are some large b&w photos, two of which are marked 'Aster Corbould age 40', another shows him (?) seated at a desk with artworks spread around, presumably at his home (so they would date back to about 1851), also an award medal, London Annual Exhibition of All Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, MDCCCLXXIV (1874), in bronze (51mm), obverse, head of Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII) left, reverse, Exhibition buildings, edge impressed, 'Aster Corbould. Catalogue No 660'. Some artwork with foxing and some others damaged, otherwise fine - very fine, the medal extremely fine. (lot)

Aster Richard Chilton Corbould, born at Easton, Suffolk, England on 11 September 1811, was known mainly for his paintings of animals and genre scenes, although he was also an accomplished portrait artist. He is a listed painter in the Royal Academy of Arts Complete Dictionary of Contributors and exhibited over thirty paintings between the years 1850 and 1874 at the Academy. Some of these include Market Day (1850), Sunshine and Shade (1851), The Roadside ((1857), The English Farmer (1859), A Highland Herd (1864), Waiting for the Ferry (1862), The Church Farm (1862), A Part of the Flock (1862), Brigade Field-day (1866), Mrs. Craven on her Favorite Mare (1870), Max and his mother (1872) and Clement Adalmar Cottrell Dormer on 'Zingaro' (1872). He also had exhibits at the British Institute (32) and the Suffolk Street Galleries (48). He married Elizabeth Royall Ker at Claygate, Surrey on 27 April 1848. Aster died on 31 October 1882 and his wife, Elizabeth, died on 15 January 1914.

See lot (1113).