Adam's At Home February 24th, 2019

83 236 A REGENCY MAHOGANY FRAMED DOUBLE SCROLL END SETTEE, with straight panel back, sides and seat covered in pale green arabesque pattern material, the reeded frame raised on sabre legs with brass toe caps and castors. 206cm wide x 84cm high x 70cm deep € 1,000 - 1,500 235 JOHN CHARLTON RBA RI ROI (1849-1917) Red Setter Oil on canvas, 89 x 71cm Signed with initials and dated May 1901 Born to Samuel Charlton and his wife Mary Ann on 28 June 1849, in Northumberland , he received his first les- sons in drawing from his father when he was only three or four years old, and within a few years was drawing horses with some skill. He attended evening classes at the Newcastle School of Arts under William Bell Scott. During this time he began to develop quite a reputation locally as a painter of hors- es and dogs, and he received some commissions to por- tray family pets. He continued to paint canine portraits throughout his life. He was however particularly drawn to historical and battle scenes and achieved a level of acclaim, producing both paintings and illustrations of military events of the late Victorian era. He debuted at the Royal Academy in 1870, and his first painting with a military theme, Exercis- ing Artillery Horses on a Frosty Morning, appeared three years later. Charlton and his wife Kate Vaughan lost two sons on the Western Front in June 1916, within a week of one an- other, the shock of which had a damaging effect on his health. He died in November 1917 after a short illness. € 2,000 - 4,000