artist signature on watercolour painting, please help - dated 1901

[jwhitemangardner]

Hello all,

I have an artist's signature on a watercolour painting I cannot work out, please help! It is dated 1901.

All best wishes,

Joshua

[jwhitemangardner]

You may also be interested to see a photograph of it attached here. It turns out he may be an interesting gentleman, and that this was taken just before he died in the Second Boar War.
Thanks,
Joshua

[sugarbakers]

E Popler

https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/aab0b089d11dc94c0e19960d0ef86e22/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/cotswold-country-house-auction-sale-of-antiques-fine-a-lot-417/

[Gadget]

Confirmation of E Popler


Gadget

[Treetotal]

Hi Joshua and welcome to Rootschat.....I see it as E. Popler too.
Carol

[ShaunJ]

Could be E Pepler. There were Peplers in South Africa, but I don't see any Poplers. 

[sparrett]

Also as a possible, the name PEPTER does also occur in South Africa at that time.
Sue

[Gadget]

E Popler

https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/aab0b089d11dc94c0e19960d0ef86e22/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/cotswold-country-house-auction-sale-of-antiques-fine-a-lot-417/

I think that Sue and Shaun must have missed Sugatbaker's link.

[ShaunJ]

No I didn't miss Sugarbakers link, which is to the same picture. I reckoned the auction house had guessed the name, as we are doing. As far as I can see there is no other record of an artist named E Popler.