ALFRED WALTER WILLIAMS (1824-1905) was the youngest son of Edward 'Old' Williams, the father of the Williams family of painters and his siblings include Arthur Gilbert (who changed his name from Williams to his second Christian name to avoid confusion) and Sidney Richard Percy, who also changed his name for the same reason. Alfred's wife Florence Elizabeth Thomas was also an exhibited painter. He lived in London and Surrey. Bibliography J. Reynolds 'The Williams Family of Painters'. 1975. For an excellent biography and a photograph of the artist, please look on wikipedia.

ALFRED WILLIAMS exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1843-1891 and works exhibited included scenes of the Thames, Wales, Scotland and Italy. He was a landscape painter in oils and occasionally watercolour and painted in a similar style to his brother Sidney Percy. According to Graves Dictionary, he exhibited 76 works at the Royal Academy, 42 at the British Institution, 79 at Suffolk Street, 4 at the New Watercolour Society and 108 at various other London exhibitions. One of his paintings is in the Victoria & Albert Museum.

OIL ON CANVAS SIGNED WITH INITIALS & DATED, LOWER LEFT. DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN OUT OF IT'S ORIGINAL GILT FRAME. GLAZED.

BEARS ORIGINAL ARTISTS HAND WRITTEN LABEL, SIGNED IN FULL, TITLED & BEARING ARTIST'S HOME ADDRESS: FERNCLIFFE, MEAD VALE, REDHILL, SURREY. WILLIAMS IS RECORDED AS LIVING IN MEAD VALE, REDHILL IN THE CENSUS OF 1870.

BEARS PENCIL INSCRIPTION TO STRETCHER: JULY 1887 CHAPMAN COLLECTION

Painting generally in good condition. Some fine craqueleure to paint surface. Slight bubbling to paint in small area lower left. Tiny mark to extreme right lower corner by frame edge. Small flaw to paint in sky upper right is original. White lines to images are camera reflections in the glass & not damage. Paint surface would benefit from a light clean. Some dirt to underside of glass. Gilt inner slip with some marks, rubbing & discolouration. Original, heavy, deep, period gilt frame with various losses of moulding. frame has been been re-painted & re-touched at some point.