{"product_id":"antique-english-coastal-oil-card-attributed-alfred-bool-circa-1900","title":"Antique English Coastal Oil on Card, Attributed to Alfred H. Bool, Circa 1900","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eA small oil on card depicting a low-tide coastal scene, with warm ochre sand running across the foreground, red-brown cliffs rising to a grass-topped headland at right, and a pale coastal sky dissolving into a distant horizon where what appears to be a town or industrial silhouette sits at the far left. A small figure and dark forms occupy the beach at center. The work is inscribed verso \"H. Bool\" in what is likely the hand of Alfred H. Bool, son of the documented Victorian landscape and coastal painter Charles A. Bool, who was active in oils and watercolor from the late 19th century into the Edwardian period. Both father and son painted coastal and landscape subjects in this direct, unpretentious manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Artist | Attributed to Alfred H. Bool (British, late 19th\/early 20th century)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Medium | Oil on card\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Subject | Coastal landscape, low tide with cliffs and distant town\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Origin | England\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Age | Circa 1890 to 1910\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Style | Victorian British coastal, plein air sketch tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Size | 7.25 in W x 4.75 in H (board); 10.25 in W x 7.75 in H (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Frame | Period gilt gesso with pressed floral and foliate ornament, original to the painting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[d]Signature | Inscribed verso: H. Bool\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe painting is in good antique condition appropriate to its age and format. The paint surface shows general toning and some scattered spotting visible across the sky area, consistent with age on card support. No flaking or active paint loss is visible in the photos. The card support appears stable. The gilt gesso frame shows wear and darkening throughout the gilding, with loss and separation at the corner joints, most visible at the lower right corner in the photos. The chain hanger is intact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51412197376278,"sku":"AMD-03127","price":285.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/JuneEnland2026-2547.jpg?v=1781300594","url":"https:\/\/austynmariedesign.com\/products\/antique-english-coastal-oil-card-attributed-alfred-bool-circa-1900","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}