JT Sayward, Early 20th Century Oil on Board Landscape antique valentine one of two in the

one of two in the shop that came from a larger collection of drawings executed by the unknown artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy

the shortest 4 1/8" long

painted a similar gray

and arriving in person visit soon after that

JT Sayward, Early 20th Century Oil on Board Landscape antique valentine one of two in theI haven't been able to find a whole lot on JT Sayward, who signed this landscape at lower left, but I've found one other painting out there by him noting that he was a a Maine artist, based in or around Portland. A little further research leads me to believe that he was a member of the very prominent Sayward family of York Maine. In any event, really a nice landscape painting I think, oil on board with satisfying impasto especially on the leaves of