About The Artist:
Stephen Enoch Hogley
Stephen Enoch was born in Almondbury (near Huddersfield) in 1842, the son of Joseph Hogley and Mary Jane Hartley. There does not seem to be a record of his baptism, probably because the Methodist Church his parents attended does not have a surviving register for this period. His sister Clara (shewn right), painted by SEH. Joseph looks to me to be about 55, and Clara in her mid/late twenties, which would put the paintings at about 1870....
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.