A fine small framed  landscape oil painting on canvas of the new forest in hampshire with ponies 
by Frederick Golden short .Signed and dated 85 lower right.
The size being 23.5 x 38.5cm whilst overall it is  49 x34 cm
In overall very good condition having recently been cleaned.
It is said Exhibited paintings often had elaborate gilt frames as opposed to his local paintings which often had stained oak sometimes with a small gold slip. This would lead me to believe this painting has probably been exhibited at some point.
                                  Frederick Golden Short
 was a New Forest landscape painter in watercolour and oils. Golden Short lived in Lyndhurst, new forest hampshire and exhibited from 1882-1908. He was often seen riding his bicycle around the New Forest with his Windsor and Newton painting box.
His work can be seen in many museums including Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
New Gallery
Royal Academy
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Arthur Tooth & Sons Gallery