painting

[christel33]

i was left a painting it is by Arthur J Elsely 'a tempting bait ' it is it is 40 x 48 and framed with his signature and dated 1906 and i think it is a canvas do you have any idea on the value

[JK2]

The correct spelling of this artist's name is Elsley so if your picture is signed as you have spelt it, it is a fake!

Having googled Elsley he seems to be known as a "chocolate box" artist. Very saccherine sweet paintings of children and animals. He died in 1952 & from what I can see his paintings fetch prices of �155,000 to �500,000

[christel33]

sorry it is signed arthur j elsley