Francis Maltino 19th century, oil, London, the Thames, houses parliament,

A fine pair of oil paintings, oil on board depicting views of the Thames one showing houses of parliament the other barges in busy shipping lane.
Framed and Glazed the size being 26 x 32cms ovals,  overall size being 41 x 47 cm
Both in gallery condition ready to hang ,signed with monogram

Francis Moltino (1818–1874) was an Italian painter, resident in London, who specialised in landscapes and coastal scenes.
His work is similar to that of Turner in style, but with an air of southern Europe. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1848 and 1855. He was resident in Covent Garden and then Pimlico in London from the mid 1840s. In later life he returned to Italy and painted in Venice, where he might originally have come from.