Love birds

Details

William Stephen Coleman (1829-1904)
Love birds
signed 'W.S.COLEMAN' (upper right)
oil on canvas
23¾ x 16 in. (60.3 x 40.6 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1977, lot 70 (£1000).
J.A.C. Barlow, Halstead Neston, Cheshire.

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Lot Essay

Work by William Stephen Coleman is instantly recognisable, because he is so ubiquitous in Victorian decorative art and design. In addition to painting easel pictures, he was an illustrator, and designed many tiles and plates for Minton's Art Pottery. Pieces by him can be seen in Glasgow Art Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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