Barbara Leigh Antiques

Barbara Leigh Antiques Folk art pictures and objects. Always a little bit unusual and charming. Come and visit.

Charming naive oil on canvas . Large 60 x 50cm approx. Trade £395 delivered U.K. More pics/details - just ask
18/07/2022

Charming naive oil on canvas . Large 60 x 50cm approx. Trade £395 delivered U.K. More pics/details - just ask

A near pair of reverse glass paintings with foil backing. . Priced separately
30/06/2022

A near pair of reverse glass paintings with foil backing. . Priced separately

Simplicity
13/05/2022

Simplicity

Girl with lovely brown eyes
11/04/2022

Girl with lovely brown eyes

Mid century lady in green.
08/04/2022

Mid century lady in green.

Add a bit of sparkle to that dark corner. Octagonal Middle Eastern table. Metal and stone. 21” x 15”. Available. Dm me ...
04/04/2022

Add a bit of sparkle to that dark corner. Octagonal Middle Eastern table. Metal and stone. 21” x 15”. Available. Dm me if interested.

Winter scene with skaters. Nils Hans Christiansen. Available
31/03/2022

Winter scene with skaters. Nils Hans Christiansen. Available

Swedish memorial board in original birch frame. . Available
24/03/2022

Swedish memorial board in original birch frame. . Available

Golfers.
23/03/2022

Golfers.

New stock. A pair of large chinoiserie mirrors. Original glass
16/03/2022

New stock. A pair of large chinoiserie mirrors. Original glass

Wow!! What a story lies behind this large naive reverse oil on glass of the SS Princess Alice of around 1878. The Prince...
27/02/2022

Wow!!
What a story lies behind this large naive reverse oil on glass of the SS Princess Alice of around 1878.

The Princess Alice carried passengers on a stopping service from Swan Pier, near London Bridge, downstream to Sheerness in Kent and back. On the evening of the 3rd September 1878 she was involved in a collision with a collier on the Thames. Between 600 and 700 people died, all from the Princess Alice, the greatest loss of life of any British inland waterway shipping accident. No passenger list or headcount had been made, so the exact figure of those who died has never been known.

But wait, for it the worst is to come.

The collision happened in the area of the Thames where 75 million imperial gallons (340,000 m3) of London's raw sewage had just been released!!! Can you imagine???The boat broke into three parts and sank quickly; her passengers drowned in the sewage polluted waters. How dreadful is that. Beyond imagination.

In the aftermath of the sinking, changes were made to the release and treatment of sewage, and it was transported and released into the sea. I should think so. Not at all the best solution, but an improvement for the time.

This rendition appears to have been copied from an image in the Illustrated London News. The charm of it is that the artist obviously forgot that when he painted the words Princess Alice on the glass they would appear back to front when viewed from the front. So charming.
£295 Delivered U.K.
Dm for size, more pics or anything else.

Welsh ponies 1877. New stock. On line.
22/02/2022

Welsh ponies 1877. New stock. On line.

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