Rams Head Antiques

Description

This is a stunning Victorian oil painting on canvas in excellent order by William Salter RBA (1804-1875) depicting the infant Bacchus and Ino before a landscape. The frame bears an inscribed label verso dated 1856. The painting measures 52.5cm by 42cm excluding the frame.
William Salter RBA was primarily a historical and portrait painter, best known for his painting "The Waterloo Banquet" which is currently displayed at Apsley House. Salter studied under James Northcote circa 1822-7 and also spent some years in Italy teaching at the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts before returning to London in 1833. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1825-45 and at the British Institution, but mainly exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists at Suffolk Street, of which he was Vice President.
Rams Head Antiques of Wolsingham, Weardale. Open Saturdays 11 - 5 or by appointment. You are most welcome to call and collect or delivery can be arranged at cost, unless free delivery is specified in the item description.
Rams Head Antiques is a family business based in County Durham. We have been in the antiques trade for almost thirty years. We stock a wide and varied range of antiques and decorative items including Georgian and Victorian furniture, mirrors, oil paintings and prints, ceramics, clocks, rugs and oriental items.
We can arrange delivery on all the items we have in stock, please ask for an accurate quote.
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