" TWO SISTERS READING LETTER" EDWARD JOHN COBBET ORIGINAL SIGNED & DATED 1883.

"News from Afar" by Edward John Cobbet (1815-1899) The painting is signed and dated 1883It is oil painting on canvas. The painting alone is 14" x 18" and framed: 22 x 18 inches Fine quality original oil painting by the well listed and much admired Victorian painter, Edward John Cobbett (British 1815-1899). The work is both signed and dated 1883 to the lower left corner. The painting depicts a brooding landscape and encompassing skies with two friends or sisters digesting news from a letter one of them reads perhaps a love letter or news from afar. It is a very fine work and an excellent example of why the artists work fetches the sums it does. Edward John Cobbett, R.B.A. was born in 1815 in London and died 1899. Cobbett as a British artist, painted genre scenes and landscapes. He was a member of the Society of British Artists in London after 1856. From 1833 to 1880 he exhibited a large number of works notably at Suffolk Street as well as at the Royal Academy and the British Institute in London. Provenance: Private collection, London Condition report: Painting is in very good and presentable condition.