JT Sayward, Early 20th Century Oil on Board Landscape antique valentine and the silver shows a

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one of two in the shop that came from a larger collection of drawings executed by the unknown artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy

JT Sayward, Early 20th Century Oil on Board Landscape antique valentine and the silver shows aI haven't been able to find a whole lot on JT Sayward, who signed this landscape at lower left, but I've found one other painting out there by him noting that he was a a Maine artist, based in or around Portland. A little further research leads me to believe that he was a member of the very prominent Sayward family of York Maine. In any event, really a nice landscape painting I think, oil on board with satisfying impasto especially on the leaves of