Mountain Paintings of British Hills and Mountains

Mountain Paintings of  British Hills and Mountains of Britain by artists of  Mountain Scenery.

The mountains of the British Isles captured by the artist’s brush from the 18th cent. to recent times

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 Mountain Paintings of British Hills and Mountains for sale

British Mountains of the Lake District, North Wales and Scotland - Ben Nevis, Snowdon, Langdale Pikes.

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Compton, Edward Harrison. [1881-1960]

The Lakes? Scotland?  1906 watercolour

over pencil. signed and dated bottom right.

20 x 36 cms. framed & glazed.

Hull, William. [1820-1880] Langdale Pikes from  Elterwater. 1855 watercolour. signed and dated bottom left. 22 x 33 cms. framed & glazed.

Somervell, T. Howard. [1890-1975]

view south down Borrowdale from Manesty/Grange ? c1961 watercolour over pencil over other outlines on grey paper from artist's sketchbook. signed l.r. with pencil sketch on verso. 23 x 30 cms.

Nowell, Arthur Trevethin. [1862-1940] Coniston Old Man. 1903 watercolour. signed lower right. 34.5 x 41 cms.

 framed & glazed.

Hunt, Cecil Arthur. [1873-1965]

The Cuillin of Skye c1920? watercolour. signed lower right. 12.5 x 22 cms.

ornate gilt frame.

Oliver, Alfred. exh. 1886-1921

Snowdon from the Glyders. c1900 oil on board. signed lower left. 16.5 x 25 cms.

gilt dec. frame damaged.

Cook, Herbert Moxon. [1844-1929]

Snowdon, Llyn Lliddaw 1895 watercolour

heightened with bodycolour. signed bottom left and dated 39.5 x 66.5 cms. framed & glazed.

Snowdon and Capel Curig Inn. c1800 watercolour.  35 x 25 cms.

Hull, William. [1820-1880] The head of Great Langdale looking up Posset Ghyll. 1870 watercolour. inscribed and dated bottom left. label on verso. 36 x 54 cms. framed & glazed.

Powell, Eric Walter [1886-1933] Tryfan.

c1920 watercolour.  this Eton master who was killed on Piz Roseg. 31 x 43 cms.

Powell, Eric Walter [1886-1933] Lake District c1920 watercolour. 25 x 35 cms.

Rooke, Noel A.R.E. [1881-1953]

Wasdale Head c1920 watercolour.  

32 x 45 cms. framed & glazed.

Compton, Edward Harrison. [1881-1960]

The Mendip Hills, Somerset. 1901 watercolour.

signed lower left E. Harrison Compton & dated

2. X. 1901  19.5 x 33 cms. framed & glazed.

Goodwin, Harry. [1840 -1925]

A bright view down onto Ullswater. 1887 watercolour. signed with monogram. 34.5 x 51 cms. framed & glazed.

Compton, Edward Theodore. [1849-1921]

Lake Windermere and the Langdale Pikes,

from Low Wood. 1882 watercolour heightened

with white bodycolour over traces of pencil.

Signed E.T. Compton 1882.

46 x 79 cms. in orig. gilt dec. frame.

Williams of Salisbury, Alfred. [1832-1905] Blaven from Bruach na Frithe, Skye. watercolour over pencil. exb. AC 1877 illus. See Charles Pilkington paper on the Black Coolins. 50 x 72 cms.

Rooke, Noel A.R.E. [1881-1953]

Coire Lagan from Gel Brittle, with Sgurr Alisdair and Sgur Mhic Coinnich. c1920 watercolour.  39 x 50 cms. framed & glazed.

Rooke, Noel A.R.E. [1881-1953]

Sgurr nan Gillean, Am Basteir and Bruach na Frithe from Glen Sligachan c1920 watercolour.  39 x 51 cms. framed & glazed.

Rooke, Noel A.R.E. [1881-1953]

Sgurr nan Gillean from Glen Sligachan?

c1920 watercolour 25 x 37 cms. framed & glazed.

Pilkington, Charles. [1850-1918] (President of the Alpine Club 1896-8) Beach at Turnberry, with Arran. 1912 watercolour. titled with initials and date. 26.5 x 33.5 cms.

Rooke, Noel A.R.E. [1881-1953]

Tryfan from Nant Ffrancon with Benglog [Ogwen] Falls c1920 watercolour.  

38 x 54 cms. framed & glazed.

Havell, William. [1782-1857]

Snowdonia from Capel Curig.. c1820? watercolour.  18.5 x 26 cms.

framed & glazed.

E.W. (Williams, Edward?)  Cader Idris from Aberamffrw, Barmouth Estuary? 1871 watercolour. with monogram E.W. and date [71]

16 x 45.5 cms. Orig. frame & glazed.

Booth, Samuel Lawson [1836-1926] The Langdale Pikes over Elterwater. 1899 oil on canvas. re-lined and restored. signed lower right. 60 x 95 cms. original gilt gesso frame. [90 x 120]

Oliver, Alfred. exh. 1886-1921 Snowdonia view c1900 oil on board. signed lower left. 16.5 x 24 cms.

Collingwood Smith, Wm. [1815-1887] (Grange in) near Borrowdale, Cumberland.  watercolour. signed l.r. title in ink detail on paper from original mount. 34 x 50 cms.

Green, William. [1760-1823] Lake District (Borrowdale) with figures walking to market. c1795 watercolour. provenance with Keswick County Council. 32.5 x 49 cms.

  Cooper, W.H. A Mountain Tarn. c1921 watercolour not signed. The Heaton Cooper Gallery suggest that this was painted when the artist was about 18 years old. 11.5 x 17 cms.

Somervell, T. Howard. [1890-1975] St. Sunday's Crag, Fairfield. (from Dollywagon Pike?) 1963 oil on canvas. signed with monogram and date l.l. title in ink on verso.  30 x 35 cms.  SOLD

Hunt, Cecil Arthur. [1873-1965] Pinnacle Ridge, Sgurr Nan Gillian, Skye. c1930 watercolour and gouache bodycolour. Signed C A Hunt. artist's labels on verso Cecil A. Hunt, Elizabeth's Way, Burnham, Bucks. 28 x 38 cms.

1130 Oliver, Alfred. exh. 1886-1921 Welsh view. c1900 oil on canvas laid on board. signed l.r. 19 x 26 cms.

Collingwood, William Gershom. [1854-1932] Sunset Over The Honister Fells. 1926 watercolour. signed and dated l.r. with title and signed W G Collingwood on verso. price 3 1/2 guineas 26 x 36 cms.

Nowell, Arthur Trevethin. [1862-1940] Glen Sligachan, Isle of Skye. c1930 watercolour on board. signed lower right. with artist's handwritten label on verso. 39 x 57 cms.

Phillip, Colin Bent. [1855-1932] Slievemore, Achill. (Co. Mayo, Ireland) 1900? watercolour. signed and dated June 190? l.l. gallery label on verso. 90 x 60 cms.

Mitchell R.I., Philip [1814-1896] Snowdon and Capel Curig. c1850 watercolour heightened with bodycolour. signed bottom left. 34 x 54 cms.

Cain, Antony (Ginger) The Old Man of Stoer. 1978 watercolour. signed Cain '78 lower right. 50 x 35 cms.

Compton, Edward Harrison. [1881-1960] A house 1914 watercolour. signed E. HARRISON COMPTON 4.9.14 l.r. and signed l.l. 23 x 29 cms. Oval

Harvey, John (20th cent.) Langdale Pikes from Loughrigg in Winter. c1960? watercolour. signed 24 x 34 cms.

Nicholson, Francis. [1753-1844] The Summit of Cader Idris, North Wales. 1800 watercolour on paper, with scratching out signed with title and date on verso. 45 x 61 cms.

Goodwin, Harry. [1840 -1925] The Langdale Pikes from Esk-hawse. 1883 watercolour. signed with monogram and date l.r. Artists' label on verson 'H Goodwin . Park Farm Skelwith Bridge. title in ink in the hand of the artist. 23 x 33 cms.

Somervell, W.H. (father of T.H.) Langdale Pikes from Side Pike.  watercolour on wove card. brown paper verso. signed lower left. 15 x 21 cms. original frame.

Oliver, Alfred. [1868-1944] Snowdonia from the east.  watercolour and gouache on paper. signed l.r. 16 x 23.5 cms. in original Harrods frame. [24 x 31]

Oliver, Alfred. [1868-1944] Snowdon from Capel Curig Llynnau Mymbyr.  gouache and oil on Whatman board. signed l.r. 25 x 35.5 cms.

Cooper, William Heaton. R.A. [1903-1995] Blaven and Loch Slapin. 1982 watercolour. signed and dated, studio label verso. 38 x 56 cms. framed & glazed. [60 x 75]

Compton, Edward Harrison. [1881-1960] An Exmoor Vale - Dunkery Beacon?  oil on canvas. signed in the oil with initials and date lower left. 9.IX. 07? 28 x 52 cms. Framed.

Smith, John Warwick. [1749-1831] John Robert Cozens?? The Falls of Ladore - Derwentwater. River Derwent. c1800 watercolour over pencil. not signed - cut and laid down on card - original? watercolour wash mount surround. 32 x 48 cms. framed & glazed. [70 x 56]

Walton, Elijah. [1832-1880] A Wedding tour at Windermere lake End. 1875 watercolour heightened with white bodycolour. signed b.r. 54.5 x 76 cms. early gilt frame?

Williams of Salisbury, Alfred. [1832-1905] Sgurr Nan Gillean and Pinnacle Ridge from the slopes of Marsco, across Glen Sligachan. watercolour over pencil. exb. AC 1877 illus. See Charles Pilkington paper on the Black Coolins. 50 x 72 cms.

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1443 Nicholson, Francis. [1753-1844] Summits of Cader Idris, N. Wales. 1800 watercolour on card. not signed, title in ink on verso. 31.5 x 43 cms.  

1442 Oliver, G. (Gladys M. daughter of Alfred) Tryfan. c1940? oil on canvas. re-lined. signed lower left. 60 x 75 cms. large original gilt frame. [78 x 94]

1437 MacWhirter, John. [1839-1911] Sunset on (Sgurr nan Gillean) Skye. c1870 watercolour. signed with initials l.r. 14 x 25 cms. framed & glazed. [34 x 43]

1436 Compton, Edward Theodore. [1849-1921] Loch Skiport. (South Uist)  August 1895 watercolour heightened with white body colour. signed lower right and with date. 21 x 33.5 cms. framed & glazed.

1432 Somervell, T(heodore) Howard. [1890-1975] The Fiddler, Coigach. (Sgurr an Fhidhleir) with Lochan Tuath. 1960 watercolour with white bodycolour, on usual 'K' brown paper. signed with monogram and date bottom left. washline mount. 27.5 x 36.5 cms. original oak frame and glazed. [47 x 56]

1374 Somervell, T(heodore) Howard. [1890-1975] On Birker Moor (Eskdale). c1958 watercolour with white bodycolour, on usual 'K' brown paper. signed b.l. T H Somervell. 26.5 x 35.5 cms. in frame [43 x 53]

1373 Robins, Thomas Sewell. [1810-1880] Royal Hotel, Capel Curig. Snowdon in the distance. 1861 watercolour. signed with monogram and date '61 25 x 49 cms. framed & glazed. [50 x 72]

1355 Mitchell R.I., Philip [1814-1896] Langdale Pikes over Windermere. c1865 watercolour over pencil. signed bottom right. 32 x 49 cms. framed & glazed. [ X ]

1349 Somervell, T(heodore) Howard. [1890-1975] Little Langdale. 1957 watercolour with white bodycolour, on usual 'K' brown paper. signed and dated b.l. with title on back board and signed T.H. Somervell, with his address Skelgarth, Ambleside. price 3 guineas 27.5 x 38 cms. original frame & glazed. [45 x 57]

1343 Sheriff, G.V. Capel Cerig Lake. c1880 watercolour. signed b.r. original label on verso. from the collection of George Band. 49 x 75 cms. later frame. [ X ]

1338 Varley, John. OWS [1778-1842] 'Snowdon from Capel Ceraig. N. Wales'. Dyffryn Mymbyr  1811 watercolour on card paper. signed in middle foreground and also boldly in ink with title and date verso. 26 x 36 cms. SPINK mount in frame. [ X ]

1327 Walton, Elijah. [1832-1880] Ben Venue and Loch Katrine - Scotland. 1879 watercolour, a little white heightening.. signed b.r and on verso in ink with title and date. 13 x 18 cms.  

1327 Walton, Elijah. [1832-1880] Loch Katrine. Ben Venue in the distance - Scotland. 1879 watercolour, a little white heightening.. signed b.r and on verso in ink with title and date. 13 x 18 cms.  

 Green, William. of Ambleside [1760-1823] Langdale Pikes over Loughrigg Tarn. c1795 watercolour. signed with title ink ink verso. 35 x 50 cms.  

 Cooper, William Heaton. R.A. [1903-1995] Pillar from Kirkfell.  watercolour. signed lower left. 29.5 x 44.5 cms. framed & glazed. [55 x 65]

1292 Goodwin, Harry. [1840 -1925] Salisbury. 1923 watercolour heightened with white body colour. signed with monogram and date l.r. 24 x 34.5 cms original gilt frame and mount & glazed. [38 x 48]

Somervell, T(heodore) Howard. [1890-1975] Langdale Pikes. n.d. c.1927? watercolour on card -