At Bukowski's, they strangely sell a landscape by an "Unidentified artist", but signed H. Friswell and dated 1881. This can only be Hary P. Friswell, Suffol painter who started exhibiting his paintings in 1881 and was 6 times represented at the Royal Academy exhibitions.
Very few of his works seem to come on the market in more major auctions, and there they fetch about $1,000 to $2,000. But without really comparable paintings, it's hard to say what this one's worth. Certainly more than the highest bid of 80 Euro it has now, and probably more than the estimate of 536 Euro as well. No idea though why Bukowski's didn't make the connection between the signature and the painter, there seems to be little reason to doubt the authenticity. UPDATE: sold for 426 Euro.
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