Stanley Berkely London News Privileged Visitor St Bernard Girl Dog Engraving 21″

Late 19th century hand colored engraving depicting “A Privileged Visitor” by Stanley Berkeley, printed by R. Taylor & Co, showing a young Victorian girl sitting in a bed of hay with a St. Bernard and it’s puppies. Marked on back of frame as from The Illustrated London News 1891. Professionally framed and matted.

“Stanley Berkeley (b. 1855) was an British painter favoring animal, sporting and historical military subjects. Born in London, he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, the Grafton Galleries and the New Watercolour Society from 1878 until 1902.

Many of his pictures were retrospective military scenes of the English Civil War and the Battle of Waterloo. Berkeley also depicted contemporary events and several were published as photo prints by Henry Graves including The Victory of Candahar, Charge of the Gordon Highlanders at Dargai, Atbara, and Omdurman.

Some of his most popular pictures were representations of dramatic events in the Boer War. He also provided illustrations for various books, magazines and newspapers, producing many works in watercolour and monochrome.

In 1884, he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers for his illustration work. Berkeley married landscape painter, Edith Berkeley and they lived at Surbiton Hill, Surrey, where he died on April 24, 1909.

Dimensions

17″ x 0.75″ x 20.5″ / Sans Frame – 8.75″ x 11.75″ (Width x Depth x Height)