British Drawings

Set of 3 Signed Dorothy Griffiths Etchings of London Scenes, Framed Signed and numbered etchings from Dorothy Griffiths, a well-known London artist. Her drawings encompass frequente...

Framed etching "Bartholomew Close" / Old London by Sir Ernest George (1839-1922) of London flats with a graveyard. Ernest, George 1884 in the lower left. New frame and mat. Overall 1...

A pair of sketches depicting horses and their caretaker. Beautifully rendered, you can see the subtle shading of the horses, simply drawn. In one of the sketches, the foal follows it...

An original wallpaper strike off from England in the 1930’s has recently been framed. The new frame is angular and ebonized with a silver gilt trim and new protective glass. The mat ...

A Delightful Pastel Drawing of The Harbour Polperro, Cornwall C 1950 by Roy Stringfellow This very well drawn and executed 1950s pastel view of the idyllic Polperro fishing harbour ...

Clearly drawn to protest the induction and destruction of young men in the name of war, this ink sketch depicts three inductees in the British army, surrounded by uniformed officers ...

18th century circa 1750s English chinoiserie figures in the french taste. Drawn, designed and hand colored by Jean Pillement and engraved by P. C.Canot. In Italian gilded bamboo styl...

Royal Navy Ship Pencil Drawings by George Bryant Campion, Graphite on Cardstock, Circa 1830 Four pencil drawings of Royal Navy Ships on embossed cardstock, three signed by the artist and framed and glazed. The cardstock is impressed with makers name "Dobbs: London". Three of the pictures are signed " to the lower corners G.C." The views are identified as follows: Upper left picture is a starboard view of a Royal Navy frigate or Sixth-rate ship, Upper right picture is a starboard view of a First-Rate ship of the line and inscribed at the top in the artist's hand, " A British Ship on a foreign Station", Lower left picture is a starboard view of a Third or Fourth-Rate Royal Navy Ship under full sail, Lower right picture is a starboard view of a First-Rate Royal Navy Ship at anchor. The cards pressure...

18th-century school drawing depicting the biblical subject "Suzanne and the Elders," executed in pencil. Provenance: from Christie's sale titled "The Collection of S.A.R La Principes...

Antique Charcoal Nude Study Drawing. Newly framed and museum mounted. Part of a collection of 7. Six nude drawings, and one portrait. (Please see ot...

Larger than usual. Antique Charcoal Nude Study Drawing. Newly framed and museum mounted. Part of a collection of 6. Five nude drawings, and one port...

Antique Charcoal Nude Study Drawing. Newly framed and museum mounted. Part of a collection of 6. Five nude drawings, and one portrait. (Please see o...

Larger than usual. Antique Charcoal Nude Study Drawing. Newly framed and museum mounted. Part of a collection of 6. Five nude drawings, and one port...

This is a wonderful mid-to-late 18th century portrait of a young boy dressed in a blue coat with a tricorn hat under his left arm. The innocence of this beautiful boy draws you into ...

Antique Charcoal Nude Study Drawing. Newly framed and museum mounted. Part of a collection of 6. Five nude drawings, and one portrait. (Please see o...

Larger than usual. Antique Charcoal Nude Study Drawing. Newly framed and museum mounted. Part of a collection of 6. Five nude drawings, and one port...

This mesmerising pastel drawing on paper depicts a young maiden from the early 19th century. Her unmistakable piercing gaze is haunting, the delicate and intricate details of her dre...

An interesting charcoal portrait of Picasso from the year of his death, presumably on the day of his passing - a sort of framed obituary of the famous Catalan painter. There is inf...

This is an antique framed indenture. An English, vellum document in modern frame, dating to the 17th century and later, dated to 1671. Issued in three...

A nude study of a male model by Alfred Aaron Wolmark 1877-1961 executed in black chalk and signed "Wolmark" in red pencil to the lower right. Presented in a wide grey washed frame wi...

An original portrait drawing by Sir Stanley Spencer of Daphne Spencer, his niece (and reputedly his lover), finely drawn with the sitter looking slightly to the right, pencil on car...

Small Kite interpretation by UK artist Natalka Stephenson Natalka Liber Stephenson received her MA in Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art in London, where she also re...

Charcoal drawing by Poole based artist Sharon Pearce, tethering an abstract expressionist aesthetic. Abstract shapes and marks merge to form intricate surfaces.

A framed Baroque pencil study for a Diana and Endymion composition attributed to Giovanni Battista Cipriani Attributed to Giovanni Battista Cipriani Probably London, England; third ...

As an artist Jankel Adler personified the European avant-garde in Britain in the 1940s, becoming a central figure in the art worlds of Glasgow and then London. Though born in Poland,...

A wonderful pen on paper drawing or etching of horses - the fluidity and bold attention to details in the bodies are exquisite. The piece has been...

Lovely custom framed 19th century botanical engravings from "Sowerby's English Botany, or, Coloured Figures of British Plants". Sowerby was a famous English naturalist, illustrator a...

This important, beautifully rendered drawing of a reclining male nude figure was made by Edward Wolfe, who was born in South Africa but spent much of his career in Great Britain in the company of Duncan Grant and other celebrated gay artists. A year after arriving in England in 1916, Roger Fry invited Wolfe to join the Omega Workshops, where he painted and designed furniture with strong colors influenced by the Fauvist movement. Wolfe connected to Grant and the Bloomsbury Group...

large Watercolour, signed lower right F.LLOYDS, dated 1878, representing St Paul's Cathedral seen from the Southwark Bridge, the Millennium Bridge, more in the axis, not yet existin...

An ink and pencil landscape drawing from England signed by M.T. Brown. Recently matted and framed, this drawing has the viewer standing close to see all the well rendered details, fine lines and shading. The imagery is an interesting scene depicting cliffside mountain steps going up to a winding road shaded by cloud shaped trees leading to a mid-century hotel with a racy little car in front. This delightful drawing pairs...

A exquisite landscape sketch by Albert Goodwin, 1845-1932, with detailed pen work over ink wash. In wonderful condition, in a substantial gilt frame. Albert Goodwin RWS (1845–1932)...

An unusual pencil drawing of “Canton“ a three masted whaling ship by Harold Wyllie. New Bedford was a major whaling centre in the 19th century. Photograp...

18th Century English Grisaille Ink & Watercolor Landscape Scene in Gilt Frame

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941...

Robert Isaac CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856) Drawing, watercolor and charcoal pencil on paper depicting a scene of Anti-Hunting… Signed bottom center, and marked on the backside, Robert CRUIK...

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941...

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941...

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941...

A wonderful circa 1840 charcoal, gouache, and watercolor portrait group of William Reginald Courtenay (28 Oct 1832 – 21 Nov 1853), Edward Baldwin Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon (7 May...

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941...

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941-2018)....

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941...

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941-2018)....

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941-2018)....

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941-2018). A pastel study of exceptional qua...

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941-2018). A pastel study of exceptional qua...

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941...

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941-2018)....

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941...

A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941-2018). A pastel study of exceptional qua...

Vanity fair framed signedpPrint from Gaekwar Baroda circa 1901 We share what we love, and we love this pine framed original Vanity fair signed print from...

A stunning vintage Regency Original sketch of a woman. A beautiful composition of a model in profile. Signed and dated by the artist 2015. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Italian Master Drawings: From the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection 1525--1835, Personal Property of Herbert Kasper. Published by Paul Holberton Publis...

Study for a man seated sculpture Michael Kenny RA Original Artist: Michael Kenny RA (1941-1999) Chalk numbers on verso Born in Liverpool 1941, he son of an engineer. Studied at Liverpool art school, alongside Stuart Sutcliffe (an early Beatle) and John Lennon. He then went onto Slade in 1961 to study under Reg Butler, who nicknamed his protege "the Liverpool Italian". His distinguished career began when exhibited in Oxford in 1964. Michael was one of the most influential British sculptors of his generation and his contemplative geometric stone works became increasingly well regarded. He was elected associate member of the Royal Academy in 1976 and a Royal Academician in 1986. Today his work is held in museums all over the world including the British Museum, The Tate Gallery and the V&A in London. He has had solo shows in Germany, Sweden, Milan, Paris, Los Angeles, London, Japan and Dubai. Subsequently many corporations and private collectors throughout the world hold examples of his work. On Michael Kenny's gravestone in Highgate cemetery is the title of one of his sculptures, More Loved Than Known. The legend has been prophetic. He has a passionate following among the thousands of students he taught, who include Antony Gormley and Damien Hurst. Michael Kenny: Sculpture & Drawings This was an exhibition of Michael Kenny’s recent sculptures and drawings, from 1975 to 1977. Kenny (1941-1999) first studied in his home city of Liverpool before moving to London to continue his studies at the Slade. Following a successful international career, he was appointed a Royal Academician in 1986, and in 1997, two years before his death, he had a solo exhibition at the Royal Academy. Several of the sculptures in this Serpentine exhibition derived from his earliest pre-occupation, the human figure. In the works displayed, Kenny took particular inspiration from the female figure, lying or sitting, occupying, and informing an intimate space. We can see the workings of the Artist and possible preparatory sketch for the included sculpture in the following images. Michael Kenny was a sculptor and a painter, a prolific draughtsman and a print-maker. His early sculptures are dramatic, dealing with the isolation and loneliness of the individual. In later years, he worked mainly in stone in a quest for a sculpture that is simple in form and rich in meaning. With over 60 illustrations and key excerpts from the sculptor's own notebooks, this book provides the first opportunity to examine in detail the progress of Michael Kenny's career. Peter Davies...

A gorgeous vintage fashion portrait by the renowned British artist Poppy Waddilove. Signed on the lower left corner. Acquired at a Palm Beach...

Red chalk drawing of a reclining Female nude Signed and dated by Frank Dobson This drawing, never before on the market, comes from an important European private collection and is beautified by an antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition. The painting is also protected by glass Dimensions whit frame cm 71 x 58.5 Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Frank Owen Dobson (London 1886 – 1963) was a British artist and sculptor. Dobson began as a painter, and his early work was influenced by cubism, vorticism, and futurism. After World War I, however, he turned increasingly toward sculpture in a more or less realist style. Throughout the 1920s and the early 1930s he built a reputation as an outstanding sculptor and was among the first in Britain to prefer direct carving of the material rather than modelling a maquette first. The simplified forms and flowing lines of much of his sculptures, particularly his female nudes, showed the influence of African art. From 1946 to 1953 Dobson was Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1953. While Dobson was one of the most esteemed artists of his time, is now seen as one of the most important British sculptors of the 20th century. Dobson grew up in Clerkenwell where attended school in Forest Gate. After eighteen months in Reynolds-Stephen's studio, Dobson moved to Devon and then to Cornwall where he lived, for two years, by selling landscape paintings. In 1906 he obtained a scholarship to study at the art institute in Hospitalfield House in Arbroath and studied there for four years. From 1910 to 1912 Dobson attended the City and Guilds of London Art School in Kennington, after which he returned to Cornwall. In Newlyn, he met Augustus John who used his influence and contacts and in, or around, 1915 Dobson created his first sculpture, a small piece in wood. In 1915, during the First World War, Dobson enlisted in The Artists Rifles and served in France from October 1916. In April 1918 he married Cordelia Clara Tregurtha. Dobson was formally invalided out of the Army in November 1918 and by then had already submitted several drawings to the British War Memorials Committee. Dobson set up a studio in the Tregurtha family home in Newlyn but towards the end of the war he took a studio in Manresa Road in Chelsea and would live there until the start of the Second World War. Throughout the 1920s Dobson focused increasingly on sculpture, exhibited work in several influential exhibitions and played a leading role in a number of artistic groups. He was the only sculptor to take part in the 1920 Group X exhibition. Dobson was a founding member of the London Artists Association and spent three years as President of the London Group between 1923 and 1927. He made bronze portraits of several public figures. At the Group X exhibition he exhibited two sculptures and studies of Ben Nicholson and his bronze head of H. H. Asquith was shown at the Leicester Galleries in late 1921. Other subjects included Osbert Sitwell, Lydia Lopokova and Tallulah Bankhead. Dobson exhibited at the Venice Biennale in both 1924 and in 1926, was featured in the 1925 Tri-National Exhibition which visited London, Paris and New York and was also included in the 1926 European artists exhibition that toured America and Canada. In March 1927 he had his first major one-man exhibition when the Leicester Galleries exhibited twenty-three of his sculptures and several bronzes. In 1930 the Tate purchased a larger-than-life sculpture from Dobson and erected it outside the gallery on Millbank. During the early 1930s Dobson continued to receive portrait commissions, most notably for Sir Edward Marsh and the actress Margaret Rawlings. Dobson worked in other media including textiles and silver, as well. His silver gilt cup, Calix Majestatis, to mark the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth is now in the Royal Collection. During 1933 Dobson fractured his left arm which greatly limited his ability for heavy carving and his last monumental stone carving was to be Pax, which was first shown at the London Group in 1935. At the start of World War Two, Dobson and his second wife [Caroline] Mary Bussell, whom he had married in 1931, moved to Bristol, where a large retrospective of his work was held in March 1940. Dobson lived in the city throughout the Bristol Blitz and like several other artists painted the ruins of churches destroyed in the bombing. Dobson contacted the War Artists' Advisory Committee and offered his services as both a painter and sculptor. WAAC were reluctant to offer sculpture commissions but eventually did offer Dobson a short-term contract for two portrait busts of Naval personal. Later WAAC commissioned some paintings, including one of workers arriving for work at a factory that had been relocated to a tunnel. Dobson was appointed head of sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 1946, a post he held until his retirement in 1953. For the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank of the Thames in 1951, Dobson created London Pride. The sculpture was originally exhibited as a plaster cast but was later, after Dobson died, cast as a bronze and placed in front of the Royal National Theatre in 1987. Among his last commissions were a bronze head of Sir Thomas Lipton and the zodiac clock...

Contemporary abstract black and white etching by English artist Oliver Gaiger. Matted and framed in a charcoal grey wood frame. Part of a large collection of black and white etchings...

Contemporary abstract black and white etching by English artist Oliver Gaiger. Matted and framed in a black wood frame. Part of a large collection of black and white etchings by th...