I'm going back today to investigate more and I'll take more pics. If it IS a real F W Benson painting, I'd be beyond shocked. (Wishful thinking that I'd be that person at the end of Antique Roadshow with the whopper!). In any event, the painting is about $300, oil on canvas, and looks old. I think it's an interesting painting, my husband thinks 'amateur-ish' .
By the way, there was also a Jan Brink oil on canvas there that REALLY looks authentic, signatures are a match, paining looks really old, appropriate subjects. Asking $275. I just saw a similiar one listed on Ebay for $1800.00. Could I be that lucky?