Bidspirit auction | 19th Century G. H. Hughes

19th Century G. H. Hughes Oil on Canvas River Landscapes - A pair of 19th-century oil on canvas landscape paintings depicting serene river scenes. The works are executed in a traditional academic style on canvas, which has been secured to wooden stretchers with oxidized nails and reinforced with wooden corner keys. One painting captures a misty river at dusk with a figure navigating a punt boat through calm waters, while the second depicts a pastoral scene featuring swans near a riverbank with cattle grazing in the distance under a soft sky. Both paintings are signed in dark paint in the lower left corner G. H. Hughes. The signature on the river scene with the boat is clearly legible; the signature on the swan pastoral is less distinct but consistent in style and placement. No other gallery labels, stamps, or inscriptions are visible on the reverse of either canvas.