Antique British Oil Painting Seascape Coast Scene Shipwreck Landscape Horses Samuel C. Bird 1870 Mid-Century Modern He exhibited widely

He exhibited widely

He moved to Düsseldorf in the 1850s

China in 1909

The case is of very good quality

The slightly domed pen box is lavishly inlaid with gold and silver to both the exterior and interior

Antique British Oil Painting Seascape Coast Scene Shipwreck Landscape Horses Samuel C. Bird 1870 Mid-Century Modern He exhibited widelyA very good antique 19th century British oil on canvas painting, seascape coastal scene by Samuel C. Bird, circa 1870. This very attractive oil on canvas painting depicts a coastal scene with a team of Shire or Draught horses pulling a ship's main mast with chains out of the sea, after a shipwreck. A figure astride one of the lead horses is looking back to guide the horses, in the distance are two more figures walking by the water's edge. The sky is