Artist: John Postle Heseltine (English, 1843-1929)
Medium: Antique etching on thick laid paper.
Signature: Signed, dated and titled lower right.
Dimensions: Image size 6 x 9 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 15 x 18 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Rundhurst, represents a secluded place in the heart of the southern counties, where an old stone gateway stands at the entrance to some little-trodden garden, and the wavering lines of a poplar rise dark against a quiet sky. This is entirely delightful.
John Postle Heseltine (1843–1929) was a painter and art collector who became a trustee of the National Gallery, London. He donated the paintings A Garden Scene with Waterfowl by Anthonie van Borssum, Portrait of a Grand Vizir by Jean-Etienne Liotard, A Cowherd passing a Horse and Cart in a Stream by Jan Siberechts, and Portrait of a Man, probably Johann Feige by Lucas Cranach the Elder