Continental School, 19th century - Oil on board - Street scene

Continental School, 19th century - Oil on board - Street scene with figures before market stalls, unsigned, 49cm x 59.5cm, in gilt slip and gilt frame Formerly in the collection of Sir Edward Rhodes, proprietor of the Dacca Mills in Manchester who received his knighthood for his services during the Great War to the cotton industry and overseas trade. His son, the vendor's Grandfather, Edward Leyland Rhodes served in the Great War from 3rd October 1914 - 1st August 1917. He was a 2nd Lieutenant for 16th (1st City) Battalion Manchester Regiment. Edward reputedly led the Battalion in the Battle of the Somme. Thence through the family by decent, including the vendor's father, Michael Rhodes (d. 2012), a travel cameraman whose favourite achievement was a four-year project filiming The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten.Continental School, 19th century - Oil on board - Street scene with figures before market stalls, unsigned, 49cm x 59.5cm, in gilt slip and gilt frame Formerly in the collection of Sir Edward Rhodes, proprietor of the Dacca Mills in Manchester who received his knighthood for his services during the Great War to the cotton industry and overseas trade. His son, the vendor's Grandfather, Edward Leyland Rhodes served in the Great War from 3rd October 1914 - 1st August 1917. He was a 2nd Lieutenant for 16th (1st City) Battalion Manchester Regiment. Edward reputedly led the Battalion in the Battle of the Somme. Thence through the family by decent, including the vendor's father, Michael Rhodes (d. 2012), a travel cameraman whose favourite achievement was a four-year project filiming The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten.