“Chickens Feeding with Cat” — E. S. England (British, fl. 1870–1914) The canvas retains its original

The canvas retains its original stretcher

•    Title: The Life of Frederic the Second

Gilt Bronze Mounted

or separated over time

“Chickens Feeding with Cat” — E. S. England (British, fl. 1870–1914) The canvas retains its originalChickens Feeding with Cat E. S. England (British, fl. 18701914) Oil on canvas, signed lower right. An evocative late Victorian farmyard composition by E. S. England, a British artist active between 1870 and 1914, recognized for his spirited portrayals of barnyard fowl, cattle, and domestic animals. In this scene, a group of hens and a proud rooster peck at feed in a rustic yard, while a cat peers from the shadowed doorway beyond a tender narrative