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Title Moonlit Street
Artist WILFRED JENKINS
Signed Signed Lower Centre
Medium Oil on canvas.
Condition Good
Size [Metric] 30 x 44 cm. With Frame: 42 x 56 cms.
Size [Imperial] 12 x 17 1/2 in. With Frame: 16 1/2 x 22 inches
Price £520

Wilfred Jenkins

A little known Victorian artist whose work is, according to the Dictionary of British Artists (Vol. 4), now beginning to arouse interest as he painted moonlit street and dock scenes in the style of J. Atkinson Grimshaw. After such a harsh comment the Dictionary at least pays Jenkins the courtesy of illustrating one of his oils - A Moonlight Scene in Leeds. In Grimshaw's case the illustration is of the Houses of Parliament. Just about sums it up.

As you might expect from a "moonlit" painting this is somewhat dark. I think that it would benefit from a light though not over-bright location.