Workshop of George Bullock, circa 1815.

Having a moulded cornice above a central recessed section with shelves flanked to each side by rows of small drawers behind scrolling grille-inset doors with columnar uprights; the conforming base with four paneled doors, two with columnar uprights and raised on a platform base.

The inverted breakfront cabinet design in the French/Grecian manner was introduced by George Bullock in the early 19th century. This cabinet incorporates a number of elements characteristic to known Bullock examples, such as the double-heart shaped brass grills and the use of the exotic gonçalo alves timber (similar to rosewood), both found on a pair of bookcases after a design for the breakfast room of the exiled Emperor Napoleon's residence at New Longwood House on St. Helena (See: Wainwright, George Bullock, Cabinet-Maker, p. 102, pl. 39.).

Height: 71"
Width: 62.25"
Depth: 22.75"

Squally Day off the Coast with Lighthouse and Unloading the Fishing Boats

Oils-on-canvas, one signed lower left

Painting Size: 10"� x 14"
Frame Size: 16.5" x 20.5"

Born in Cork, Calvert first exhibited at the Dublin Society of Artists and the Hibernian Society in 1815. Upon moving to London in the 1820's, Calvert was became known as a painter of shipping and coastal scenes as well as a topographical watercolorist and engraver. Calvert exhibited at the British Institution and Society of British Artists from 1827-1844. In 1830 he published "Picturesque Views of Staffordshire and Shropshire", and he also worked for the "Archaeological Journal". His works are held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Maritime Museum (Greenwich), and the Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool).

Sources:
Archibald, E.H.H. "Dictionary of Sea Painters"
Wood, Christopher. "Dictionary of British Art. Vol. IV, Victorian Painters"
Graves, Algernon, "Dictionary of Artists in the Principal London Exhibitions from 1760-1893"