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Hargrave Fine Art are dealers in original 19th century and early 20th century paintings, specialising in architectural and topographical watercolours by British artists. We offer a hand-picked selection of superior quality watercolours, oils, drawings and etchings. Our paintings are thoroughly-researched and beautifully presented, yet at reasonable prices.

We are based in the picturesque hamlet of Newton in Northamptonshire, in the parish of Geddington which is famous for its 13th-century Queen Eleanor Cross.

Dealers in 19th Century & Early 20th Century Paintings

Specialising in Architectural & Topographical Watercolours

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Early Northamptonshire Artists

Dr Roy Hargrave has a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Arts Valuation, an MA degree in Victorian Art and Architecture, and a PhD degree in architectural history from Royal Holloway, University of London. His doctoral thesis was on the Northamptonshire architect John Alfred Gotch (1852-1942).

Roy has a particular interest in early Northamptonshire and Leicestershire artists such as Sir Alfred East, Thomas Cooper Gotch, John Fulleylove, Frank B. Jowett, Walter B. Gash, Ralph Hartley, G.H.B. Holland, Nina Carroll and T. L. Shoosmith.

Nina Carroll

Nina Carroll (1932-1990)

Designer of murals, an illustrator of children’s books and a watercolour artist.

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Sir Alfred East

Sir Alfred East RA, RI, PRBA, RPE (1844-1913)

Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

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Walter B. Gash

Walter Bonner Gash (1869-1928) Born in Lincoln. Painter of portraits, figures and landscapes.

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Thomas C. Gotch

Thomas Cooper Gotch RBA, RI (1854-1931) Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Painter of portraits, landscape and allegorical and realistic genre.

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Ralph Hartley

Ralph Hartley (1926-1988) Kettering artist who flourished in the 1960s.

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G. H. B. Holland

George Herbert Buckingham Holland (1901-1987)

Born in Northampton.

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Frank B. Jowett

Frank B. Jowett (1879-1943)

Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, the son of J.C. Jowett, boot manufacturer of Regent Works.

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John Fulleylove

John Fulleylove (1847-1908) Born in Leicester and studied as an architect before becoming an architectural and landscape artist.

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T. L. Shoosmith

Thurston Laidlaw Shoosmith (1865-1933) Born in Northampton and educated at Northampton Grammar School.

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Fred Jay Girling

Fred Jay Girling (1900-1982), a naval architect, was born in Leicestershire and lived in Wellingborough and Kettering, Northamptonshire.

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