Dame Laura Knight, The Bareback Rider

Dame Laura Knight, The Bareback RiderThis early 20th century etching by English artist Dame Laura Knight (1877 1970) depicts a bareback rider dressed as a ballerina atop a resting horse. A clown stands on the left and feeds the horse a treat. Laura Knight was fascinated by the circus and produced numerous works capturing various scenes both in the ring and behind the curtains. She became hooked during the 1920s following a visit to the Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia in West London. This

keen to catalogue the sumptuous interiors of noteworthy Scandinavian buildings

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 41” x 29” / 105cm x 74cmYear of creation: c

This fine 19th-century still life painting by British artist Mary A Hull (1835-1919) depicts two plums

Year of creation: c

Medium: Charcoal on paperOverall size: 19½” x 23” / 50cm x 59cmYear of creation: c

the Vicar of Turweston Park in Brackley

It’s a refined snapshot into the life of a sophisticated woman

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 21½” x 25” / 55cm x 64cmYear of creation: c

A fun little French scene depicting a lady getting ready for an evening out

A sensitive early-20th-century portrait of a young lady wearing a white blouse with her hair swept back into a bun

000 achieved for ‘The Great Waterfall At Tivoli’ at Christie’s in 1994

If you enjoy paintings that show their age