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Original Watercolour Signed H.C Fox (1855-1929) - Dated 1910 A prolific artist, Henry Charles Fox became well-established by the early 1900s and had exhibited over 20 paintings at the Royal Academy by 1913, having had his first one accepted in 1880 at the age of 25. His reputation spread throughout the provinces and he exhibited in such prestigious galleries and exhibitions as the Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Hibernian Academy, Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and Manchester City Art Gallery. A well-respected artist, Henry Charles Fox was elected a full member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) in 1889. The following year he exhibited a total of 113 paintings there. Three examples of Fox's work used to rest in the Lytham St Annes Collection until this one ... Signed and dated 1910, was donated by Mrs Ann Jane Haigh of West Beach, Lytham in 1948. The scene is a very peaceful one of a flock of sheep straying from the road to graze in the thick grass or possibly heading for a gate on the right hand side hidden by the brambly bushes. They are followed by the shepherd with his crook over his shoulder. This is a wonderful piece, Museum Quality, with Provenance, and in its original gilded frame with original Hand Rolled Glass. The Frame measures 85cm wide by 67cm high