Three Vintage Jigsaws of Paintings by Pears Artist Fred Morgan 29
A collage of three vintage jigsaws made from paintings of Fred Morgan. Although I collected these for the theme of 'Children at Play' they also fit the theme of 'Love & Friendship'.
Left: Vintage 650pc Shall I Lift You? by Fred Morgan (Children on Gate/Fence), 17x23.5in, with 1pcmiss & wavy edge. The cutting style is push fit but varies across the image, with a more long-arm semi-continuous style visible on the children's dresses. It's a lovely puzzle and was sold c Dec2018 for a good price.
Top & Centre Right Half: Faded Victory 800pc Seaside Scene by Fred Morgan. The box is identified as the earliest one in the 1999 study on Victory Jigsaws by BCD member Brian Price. The fully interlocking jigsaw has about 16 regularly placed whimsies but sadly four missing pieces and some staining, particularly around the top left corner. Fred Morgan had paintings featured in the Pears Annuals, including the seaside scene Sea Horses ('Giddy-Up'), but I don't know the name of the one in this Victory jigsaw. The jigsaw was sold cJune 2013.
Lower Right & Centre-Right: Vintage 535pc/335pc The Swing by Fred Morgan, 24x16in push-fit. This jigsaw is line-cut in a smooth simple style. It was housed in a sturdy brown deep cardboard box with a hand-written white label on the side which includes a collection or library number 86 - which is written on the back of all the pieces. The jigsaw was sold c Nov 2014. I've recently seen a Victory Gold Box Supercut jigsaw of the same painting.
Upper Centre: Two Fred Morgan prints from Pears Annuals. The larger is the Pears Annual 1893 print, After School or The Swing (one of three coloured supplements to Pears' Pictorial Christmas no 1893, price one shilling. The smaller image is the 1891 Pears annual print 'The Garden of Eden'. It shows a young child being lifted up by a girl to pick an apple, whilst a collie dog circles her skirt excitedly.
Frederick Morgan ROI (1847 – 1927) was an English painter of portraits, animals, domestic and country scenes. He became known for his idyllic genre scenes of childhood.
Morgan was born in London to John Morgan and his wife, Henrietta Hester Clare. His father was a successful genre artist sometimes known as 'Jury Morgan' (after one of his paintings The Gentlemen of the Jury). At the age of 14, he was taken out of school by his father who then tutored him in art. At the age of 16, while still studying with his father, his first picture, The Rehearsal, was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and, after a hiatus of several years, his paintings were shown there regularly. For a while he worked as a portrait artist for an Aylesbury photographer; this training proved to be crucial as it "taught him how to observe closely and to give the greatest attention to detail."
Eventually he turned to other subjects for his art, in particular idyllic genre scenes of country life and childhood. For many years, starting in 1874, Thomas Agnew & Sons' purchased all the work he produced. Over this period he painted some of his most popular works such as The Doll’s Tea Party (1874), Emigrants' Departure (1875) and School Belles (1877). Most of his painting was done in the village of Shere close to Guildford, a well-known retreat for artists. He also painted in Normandy, including Midday Rest (1879) and An Apple Gathering (1880).
Although an excellent portrait artist, Morgan had problems in depicting pets and barnyard animals - he enlisted the aid of either Arthur John Elsley or Allen Sealey (1850–1927) when such problems needed resolving.
He is known mostly for his romantic and sentimental paintings of children in the same style as his contemporary Arthur John Elsley. His paintings achieved great popularity in his lifetime and were widely published. He exhibited with the Royal Academy and was a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI).
In 1872, he married another painter, Alice Mary Havers (1850–1890); they had three children. Their eldest son, Valentine, known as Val Havers, also developed into a painter. Frederick Morgan married twice more, producing two children from the second marriage. Morgan's paintings are exhibited at many art galleries and museums including the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and the Russell-Cotes Museum in Bournemouth. His Turn Next, was used to advertise Pears' Soap and is in the Lady Lever Art Gallery at Port Sunlight.
Three Vintage Jigsaws of Paintings by Pears Artist Fred Morgan 29
A collage of three vintage jigsaws made from paintings of Fred Morgan. Although I collected these for the theme of 'Children at Play' they also fit the theme of 'Love & Friendship'.
Left: Vintage 650pc Shall I Lift You? by Fred Morgan (Children on Gate/Fence), 17x23.5in, with 1pcmiss & wavy edge. The cutting style is push fit but varies across the image, with a more long-arm semi-continuous style visible on the children's dresses. It's a lovely puzzle and was sold c Dec2018 for a good price.
Top & Centre Right Half: Faded Victory 800pc Seaside Scene by Fred Morgan. The box is identified as the earliest one in the 1999 study on Victory Jigsaws by BCD member Brian Price. The fully interlocking jigsaw has about 16 regularly placed whimsies but sadly four missing pieces and some staining, particularly around the top left corner. Fred Morgan had paintings featured in the Pears Annuals, including the seaside scene Sea Horses ('Giddy-Up'), but I don't know the name of the one in this Victory jigsaw. The jigsaw was sold cJune 2013.
Lower Right & Centre-Right: Vintage 535pc/335pc The Swing by Fred Morgan, 24x16in push-fit. This jigsaw is line-cut in a smooth simple style. It was housed in a sturdy brown deep cardboard box with a hand-written white label on the side which includes a collection or library number 86 - which is written on the back of all the pieces. The jigsaw was sold c Nov 2014. I've recently seen a Victory Gold Box Supercut jigsaw of the same painting.
Upper Centre: Two Fred Morgan prints from Pears Annuals. The larger is the Pears Annual 1893 print, After School or The Swing (one of three coloured supplements to Pears' Pictorial Christmas no 1893, price one shilling. The smaller image is the 1891 Pears annual print 'The Garden of Eden'. It shows a young child being lifted up by a girl to pick an apple, whilst a collie dog circles her skirt excitedly.
Frederick Morgan ROI (1847 – 1927) was an English painter of portraits, animals, domestic and country scenes. He became known for his idyllic genre scenes of childhood.
Morgan was born in London to John Morgan and his wife, Henrietta Hester Clare. His father was a successful genre artist sometimes known as 'Jury Morgan' (after one of his paintings The Gentlemen of the Jury). At the age of 14, he was taken out of school by his father who then tutored him in art. At the age of 16, while still studying with his father, his first picture, The Rehearsal, was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and, after a hiatus of several years, his paintings were shown there regularly. For a while he worked as a portrait artist for an Aylesbury photographer; this training proved to be crucial as it "taught him how to observe closely and to give the greatest attention to detail."
Eventually he turned to other subjects for his art, in particular idyllic genre scenes of country life and childhood. For many years, starting in 1874, Thomas Agnew & Sons' purchased all the work he produced. Over this period he painted some of his most popular works such as The Doll’s Tea Party (1874), Emigrants' Departure (1875) and School Belles (1877). Most of his painting was done in the village of Shere close to Guildford, a well-known retreat for artists. He also painted in Normandy, including Midday Rest (1879) and An Apple Gathering (1880).
Although an excellent portrait artist, Morgan had problems in depicting pets and barnyard animals - he enlisted the aid of either Arthur John Elsley or Allen Sealey (1850–1927) when such problems needed resolving.
He is known mostly for his romantic and sentimental paintings of children in the same style as his contemporary Arthur John Elsley. His paintings achieved great popularity in his lifetime and were widely published. He exhibited with the Royal Academy and was a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI).
In 1872, he married another painter, Alice Mary Havers (1850–1890); they had three children. Their eldest son, Valentine, known as Val Havers, also developed into a painter. Frederick Morgan married twice more, producing two children from the second marriage. Morgan's paintings are exhibited at many art galleries and museums including the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and the Russell-Cotes Museum in Bournemouth. His Turn Next, was used to advertise Pears' Soap and is in the Lady Lever Art Gallery at Port Sunlight.