Author: Andy Harris
Can you advise on how to find out about this windmill or can anyone identify this?
My parents were about to throw it away!!!
I found 3 old paintings. I’m hoping to find out more about this painting of a windmill and why my grandparents and probably great- or even great-great-grand parents kept it. I dont know much about windmills but wonder if anyone recognises this place or the style of mill? It’s possible it may have been meaningful to my distant relatives as they worked on big rural estates.
The attachment’s not the best. I noticed a lack of trees and the flat landscape. The picture frame’s probably solid oak. I hope to take it to a restorers to find out how to clean it as it looks v dirty and shows signs of bright colors under the frame.
For the complete story: One other painting is of a horse race that used to hang in a pub and dates to 1841, they owned in Kingston upon Thames. It has an air rifle hole in which my great uncle shot around 1930. One picture is of a highway man and is probably older. (Another likely pub painting?) My known family connections are Northamptonshire (farm bailiffs) / Middlesex (urban) and Surrey (farm bailiffs).
Many thanks
Andrew Harris
