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DTease: This is a very good painting, pity you don't know the Artist, He or She has certainly captured the water in light and shade.

DTease, is your painting a reproduction on fabric?

There is a signature on it John G, in the bottom right hand corner but my tired old headlights can’t make it out.

No, it’s not on fabric Philip. I think it’s just a print of the original. Mind you i’m no expert on such things.

DTease: I've opened my screen magnification a few times and come up with this, the first letter looks like a fancy T, so Tabyner. Now all those who do landscape painting will say oh yeah? Or I might be totally wrong and they say who's he talking about. Anyway I hope it rings a bell to someone.

John G, it looks like the picture came with the frame so some one must have bought it originally as it is now. Mind you, it could be forty or fifty years old so maybe we will never know.

I'm no art expert - just an enthusiast -, but I'm confident that the printer wouldn't have chosen this 'lively' gold frame. DTease is happy with it though, and equally happy with the satin appearance of the excellent print that it surrounds. Both the artist's moniker ('or nom de plume?') and printing process could reveal more; this print could be part of a series i.e., Views of England, Views of Lancashire, … .
Don't give up on the artist's name, John!

John G/Philip, I'm informed by a better pair of eyes than mine that the first letter of the name could be a D, and her best guess at the name is "Dakagne".

DTease: I wouldn't have got that in memory of man, still as one famous bloke once said, all roads lead to Wigan.

Thanks DTease.
Still no joy in confirming the artist's name, I see, but I believe the details, shown below, will lead you to your print's 'former life', and also to the fact that its image had been somewhat larger, on leaving the printer's workshop.
A smashing print nonetheless.

The Auction Centre - Cheshire
Auction 285
Category 4
Lot number 120.

Blimey Philip! How the eck did you find that?. It's definitely the same picture. A brilliant piece of detective work on your part Philip.

I wonder if you could do something with this bit of information that I found?
I found on Google an Artist by the name of Donald DAKEYNE born 1931. Apparently he was an artist of Drawings and Watercolours and he trained at Bolton College of Art. I wonder if he is the one?

DTease, Dakeyne's signature on his painting 'Old Barn Longsleddale ...' is easily discernible - looks like he's your man.
Now where's that calabash?

I've had a look Philip, and you're right it's definitely the same signature.
I've enjoyed that. It's amazing how much interest you can derive from an old painting from a Car Boot costing no more than a couple of quid.

DTease/Philip: Well done finding this Artist, and from 1931 brilliant!

Yes, Donald Dakeyne
He's still painting aged 93

Lovely painting with great detail, the artist is not known to me but many thanks for posting it.

What a revelation, I also Googled Donald Dakeyne and was amazed at the number of paintings and quality of his work.
He was born in 1931 and was educated at Bolton College of Art and Bretton Hall.
His subject matter is described as usually landscape or buildings executed in pen and watercolour; he is a topographical artist who has a remarkable gift for presenting the unique beauty of the North Western landscape and urban scenes.
Not surprisingly his work has proved immensely popular with both galleries and private collectors in this country and in the United States.
Many thanks once again DTease and Philip for bringing this to my attention.