Okay, I won’t keep you in suspense any longer about the little painting in my previous blog.
Well this little painting was found in the bunkie with a broken frame and glass and I thought it was so lovely that I had it looked at by an antique dealer.
Here’s an up close shot:
Well, it was deemed an original watercolour in very good condition. The colours are quite vivid with very little damage considering it was kept in an unheated bunkie for at least 10 years. It is dated 1871 and has an original signature of E. Batt or Bait. The antique expert said it was done by an amateur painter, probably a woman and that it was likely painted on site but that the people in it were probably added in.
I just thought it was so charming that I had to get it professionally framed with archival glass and matting, and then I brought it home.
I’d love to know where exactly it was painted – the dealer thought maybe eastern Canada. Does anyone recognize the landscape in the painting?
There are still a couple of other items there that I haven’t gotten too. One, I pulled out a few weekends ago while my friend and fellow decorator and blogger, Sonya Kinkade was up at the cottage with me. Well, she was practically ready to arm wrestle me for it, so stay tuned for another post about yet another treasure from the cottage…….
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Email me at lisa@lisagouletdesign.com or if in the Ottawa area call me at 613-762-0818.
Lisa
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