The painting is indistinctly signed lower left in red and was said to be of Young Crome type moonlit landscapes. Busy water surface traffic in nocturnal scenery. Antique oil painting on canvas, signed, framed.
Size app.: 25.2 x 30.3 cm (roughly 9.9 x 12 in) frame 34.5 x 39.6 cm (roughly 13.6 x 15.6 in). Fairly good, conserved condition on original canvas (recent cleaning and tiny retouches). Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 1 kg is going to measure some 2 kg packed for shipmed.
John Berney (Barney) Crome (1794 – 1842) was an English landscape and marine painter associated with the Norwich School of painters. He is sometimes known by the nickname 'Young Crome' to distinguish him from his father John, known as 'Old Crome'.