Georges William Thornley (Uk, France, Italy 1857-1935), original watercolor painting on paper in period frame, Sailboats in Venice. Gilt wood frame has slight wear. Measures 19 3/4" x 16", painting measures 13 1/2" x 9 1/2". Signed at lower right. Excellent condition. As found on AskArt: A late 19th and early 20th-century seascape and landscape painter, many of them watercolors, and especially of scenes of Normandy and the French and Italian Rivieras, Georges Thornley was the son of a Welsch immigrant; He was especially noted for his watercolors, his impressionist style and for engravings and lithography. He began exhibiting his paintings in 1878. 10755-1