19Th Century Oil Painting Civil War Royalist Pursued By Roundheads Escape

British Victorian 19th Century Oil Painting Civil War Royalist Pursued By Roundheads On Horseback Skirmish Escape From Worcester 1651 by George Derville Rowlandson. 

You can feel the adrenalin rush of the chase & fight for survival.

Subject military battle skirmish set during the English civil war which was between 1642 to 1651. A sole Royalist on horseback is battling to survive and escape from battle of Worcester in 1651 with the pursing Roundheads. Wearing his traditional fancy Cavalier stylish dashing hat & clothing with breastplate armour. He successfully fought & brought down a Roundhead by killing his horse which lays dead on the road path, the Roundhead is alive getting up and about to retrieve his dropped sword which is in front of him. On either flank more Roundheads on horseback are approaching the sole Royalist, he is brought to your focus as he is in duel sword combat with another Roundhead who wears his traditional lobster helmet & breastplate armour whilst galloping along the meandering path, he has escaped the defeat of the royalist Charles 11 loss at the battle of Worcester which was in 1651. The horses faces have such exceptional intense expressions which you will love.

Title “Royalist cavalry on horseback pursued by Roundheads” Skirmish by George Derville Rowlandson

Oil on canvas.

Set in the original traditional decorative gilt frame which enhances this painting even further.

Circa late 19th century Victorian ere,

This painting is signed in the bottom corner by the known British artist George Derville Rowlandson.

Artist biography George Derville Rowlandson (1861–1928) He is best known for his equestrian portraits. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries, museums & sold in auction houses around the world. The current highest recorded sold price for his work is $25,880 US dollars which was for the painting title First Flight that sold at Christie’ Some of his work can also be found at the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida. 

Rowlandson was born on 11 December 1861 in Secunderabad, Madras, India, the son of George Rowlandson an Indian Army colonel, and studied at the Gloucester Art School as well as the Westminster School of Art in London, and in Paris. He first worked as an illustrator, contributing works to The Illustrated London News between 1897 and 1900 and the English Illustrated Magazine from 1899 to 1900. He then exhibited oil paintings and watercolours at the British Institution and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours between 1911 and 1918.

G.D.Rowlandson painted figure scenes, sporting subjects, landscapes and animals in both oils and watercolours. He is best known for his equestrian portraits, hunting scenes and military subjects and was one of the first official First World War artists. In 1898 he married Manuela Francis Annie Cooke, daughter of Philip Cooke, a solicitor, in Newent, Gloucestershire. They had two sons George Philip, born in 1899 and Paulin Edward, born in 1904. The elder son died in action in 1918 during the First World War. He died on 23 December 1928, aged 67, in Hammersmith, London.

With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.

Condition report offered in fine used condition. The painting surface has various foxing stains also craquelure. It has had a few paint touch ups in areas and a couple of patch repairs to the canvas back. The frame having various general wear, repairs dust, scuffs, stains and chips losses commensurate with usage & old age.

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