Featured Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Joseph Mallord William Turner Italy Oilette

Oilette
A term used by Raphael Tuck and Sons of England to refer to a particular style of postcard production. The oilettes often looked like oil painting, with noticeable brush strokes. At first I thought I had an miniature oil painting By Joseph Mallord William Turner. live and learn so much to learn, never ending.

 

That's more subtly textured than you usually see. Did Turner paint any miniatures?

There seems to be a drip of something in the middle of the picture. A bit of damp cloth (not soaking, just damp) might be enough to wipe it away.

 

Very textured maybe this should have been posted in the antique forum it from the early 1800s I do believe. This was probably made as a post card (Cited from: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/c...h-mallord-william-turner-italy-oilette.24360/)

 

What's the significance of what it says in the lower left corner?? "Oilette"???

 

Aquitaine: OP says at the outset.

It's not from the early 1800's. Postcards were introduced in the 1860s.

The oilette series started in 1903. This is apparently from the Connoisseur Series that started in 1904.

 

Here's a completed listing (item withdrawn) from eBay UK:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Childe-H...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Thanks @moreotherstuff ......guess I missed that.....sorry.....

 

Absolutely nothing to be sorry about. Printing processes were very sophisticated by the end of Victorian times.