FRAMED 1800s Henry Campotosto Antique Engraving “The Spring of Life” SIGNED COA$339.00
FRAMED 1800s Henry Campotosto Antique Engraving “The Spring of Life” SIGNED COA
$339.00
Artist: Henry Campotosto (British, 1871 – 1910)
Title: The Spring of Life
Medium: Antique Engraving on wove paper after the original oil on canvas by master engraver John Carr Armytage (British, 1802 – 1897).
Year: 1871
Signature: Signed in the plate.
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image Size 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 18 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
The Spring of Life; two little girls in simple rustic dress, one standing at the edge of a brook, holding a jug for the other, who sits to left with a basket beside her and a small open fire and magnifying glass on the grass in the foreground, with livestock in the field behind to left and a cascade falling over the wooded rocky bank on the opposite bank.
Henry Campotosto was a British, painter and draughtsman. He was also known for his genre paintings. Early in his career he lived in Brussels. By 1882 he moved to London moved to London. He remained in London until his death in 1910. Many works by the artist have been sold at auction, including ‘The Bird’s Nest’ sold at Christie’s New York ’19th Century European Art and Orientalist Art’ in 2008 for $37,500.
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