OIL PAINTING SIGNED OLD FINE MASTER PAINTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL

PAINTING REF 110180
 
Fine Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER 
OIL PAINTING
GOLD GILT FRAME
New Collection 
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY 
 
By Major John Edward Bale Simular  $5,000 Premier Collection 
 
Excellent Condition Panel, Professional Cleaned & revarnished 
Ready to hang.
frame is in wonderful condition .
( note all this would cost £600 alone)
 
John Edward Bale, was born at Low Farm House, Pattesley-cum-Oxwick,
South Creake, Norfolk on 27 July and baptised at South Creake on 
1 August 1834, eldest child of John Edward Bale (1803-27 April 1862),
a farmer of 620 acres, and his wife Mary née Branford, 
who married at Horningtoft, Norfolk on 27 November 1833. In 1841,
a 6 year old, living at Low Farm with his parents, 35 year old John and 
28 year old Mary, and his two sisters, Mary 3 and Esther 1. In 1861, 
a 26 year old 'artist architecture' boarding at 11 Bulstrode Street, 
Marylebone, London but in October 1863, he was an Ensign by purchase
in the 1st West Indian Regiment. As a lieutenant, whilst on a tour of 
duty in West Africa, Surgeon Major Augustus Frederick Elliott (born 1834),
kept a diary (now at Duke University Library) which is embellished with 
calligraphy and watercolour titles by Bale. During this tour, Bale was 
promoted to Captain and retired from the army in 1881 with the rank of major. 
Bale married at Christ Church, Ealing on 10 November 1868, 
Charlotte Gordon Lee née Johnson (c1847-1910).
A painter in oil and watercolour and a member of the Ipswich 
Fine Art Club 1886-1890 and as Major Bale exhibited from 9 Creffield Terrace,
Colchester, Essex in 1888, 'View from Museum Street, Colchester'
and 'In St John's Street, Colchester' and was not only a prolific artist
but was also an architect and provided illustrations for the 
'Illustrated London News' when on his military tours of duty abroad. In 1891,
a 54 year old 'retired major in West India Regiment', living at 11 Gray Road, 
Colchester with his 38 year old wife Charlotte, born Bahamas, BWI, 
and their four children, Charlotte Gordon Lee 15, born in Lowestoft, 
Constantia Grace Gordon 11, born in Barbados, West Indies, 
with Margaret 10 and Veronica Mary Lee 8, both born at Colchester.
He was still living at 11 Gray Road, Colchester in 1911 and where he died on
12 March 1913. 
 
( 19th century )
Quality piece 
 
Title: Fishing Boats in Harbour
 
Dated: around 1890
 
Artist: Major John Edward Bale
 
Signature: Bottom Left
 
Provenance: john Castagno art directory 
 
Medium : Oil painting on Artist Panel
 
 
Condition: Excellent 
 
Country: British school 
 
Frame size : 30 in x 18 in 
( 77 cm x 46 cm)
 
 
Canvas size : 24" x 12" 
 
 
With an estimate of £4500 - £5000 In a London West End Gallery