Three 18th-century English Landscapes
Oils on paper, unsigned.
Painting size: 3” x 4.5” (Approximately)
Frame size: 7” x 8.5” (Approximately)
Henry Perlee Parker (1795-1873)
“On the qui vive” (The Smuggler)
Oil on canvas , titled, signed and dated on the reverse
"QUI VIVE" (A French phrase meaning long live who? (a sentry’s challenge), used to mean a state of alertness or watchfulness.)
Painting: 30" x 25"
Frame: 36.5" x 31.5"
One of the best-known painters working in north-east England during the early nineteenth century Henry Perlee Parker specialized in pictures of marine subjects and smu...