19th C. School Landscape with Oil on Canvas
Updated August 18, 2026
| Lot number | 288 |
| Estimate | 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD |
| Category | Fine Art & Prints |
| Auction | AUGUST AUCTION |
| Date | August 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT |
| Auction house | Big Shanty Auction |
| Location | Marietta, Georgia |
Large 19th-century oil on canvas depicting an expansive pastoral country landscape animated by a small group of rural figures gathered along a winding road beneath towering mature trees, with a cottage nestled in shadow at right and a softly illuminated distant horizon opening beyond the wooded foreground. The composition is particularly effective in its contrast between the dense, richly painted foliage and the warm atmospheric light beyond, while the figures—including a seated woman with child and standing travelers—lend the scene a narrative quality characteristic of British and Continental Romantic landscape painting of the period. Presented in an impressive giltwood and composition frame lavishly ornamented with applied roses, sunflowers, blossoms, trailing foliage, and molded inner borders. The reverse is inscribed in ink “Mr. R. L. Peacock, Highlands, NC.” The painting exhibits extensive age-related craquelure, surface grime and discoloration, scattered abrasions and areas of apparent old restoration/retouching, including visible surface disturbance in portions of the sky and landscape; the ornate frame shows rubbing, losses, cracking, wear to the gilding, and age-related repairs, all consistent with its substantial age and scale. Comparable 19th-century British and Continental pastoral landscapes with figures continue to appear at established regional auctions, including large unsigned examples in gilt frames. Measures 28.5"H x 41.5"W and 39"H x 52"W including the frame.
