Artist: Thomas Collier R.I (1840-1891)Entitled: In the Lledr ValleySize: 58 x 89cm.Description: Watercolour, signed, Provenance - Agnews, Manchester.Price: £1,850Landscape Watercolorist. Occasionally painted in Oils. Attended Manchester School of Art, first exhibited at The Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street when he was 23: "On the Llugwy, North Wales" (1863)Lived from 1864-1869 at Betws-y-Coed then in Hampstead.Influenced by David Cox. In the 19th.C his work was confused with that of James W. Whittaker. Little is known about his life and career and under-appreciated until Adrian Bury's monograph in 1944; Hardie calls him "One of the Supreme watercolour painters of England". Elected A.R.A in 1870 and full Member in 1872. He Exhibited @Royal Academy - 4 worksBirmingham - 3 worksLiverpool - 2 worksRoyal Institute - 80 worksFine Art Society - 1 workRoyal Hibernian Academy - 1 workAnd Elsewhere.Examples of his work can be found in;The Victoria & Albert Museum;