Painting of Two Horses with Dog in Landscape, British, 1863, Bretland palampore later moire style teal upholstery

later moire style teal upholstery with a loose down-filled cushion on ring turned and tapered front legs

framed by a large flowered border of peonies

Height  75 1/2" Width 15 1/4"

Charming 18th century hand-colored wallpaper mounted to a cabinet door

Painting of Two Horses with Dog in Landscape, British, 1863, Bretland palampore later moire style teal upholsteryThomas Walker Bretland (British, 1802 1874) Chestnut and White Horses with Dog in a Landscape signed 'T. Bretland 1863" (lower right) oil on canvas. The canvas: 25 5 16 x 33 9 16 in. Bretland was born in Nottingham, the eldest son of Peter Bretland, the owner of a coach and carriage painting business. Bretland sketched from an early age and wanted to train as an artist, but his father discouraged this and in 1816 Thomas became apprenticed to him in