Painting by Walter Langley will be offered for sale

First exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1913, this painting by Walter Langley (1852-1922) will be offered for sale at Lawrences Auctioneers on March 20. Walter Langley was an English painter and founder of the Newlyn School of plein air artists.

The 4ft 6in x 3ft 4in (1.37 x 1.01m) signed oil on canvas entitled Mother Love is in an original gilt frame, it is a comparatively large work by the founder of the Newlyn School.

It shows a Newlyn fisherman's cottage interior with a grandmother, mother and child seated to the foreground beside a table.

The painting has not appeared at auction in the last 25 years.

Estimate: £70,000-90,000.