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Art For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1910s
Fine Victorian 1890's Signed Scottish Oil Painting Farmers Daughter in Meadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Farmers Daughter" by Charles Martin Hardie RSA (1858-1916) *see notes below signed with initials and dated '84, oil on canvas: 20 x 16 inches framd: 26 x 22 inches Provenance: ...
Category

1890s Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine Original 1830's Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Derby Winner Racehorse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Dangerous" Portrait of the 1833 Derby racehorse winner by John Frederick Herring Snr (1795-1865) British signed lower left, titled lower right oil painting on canvas: 10 x 14 inches...
Category

1830s English School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake
Located in Storrs, CT
Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake. 1889. Etching, aquatint and burnishing. Goodrich 104. 14 1/4 x 20 5/8; sheet 18 1/2 x 24 1/2. Edition unknown but quite possibl...
Category

Late 19th Century American Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Card Game in the Parlour Charming Victorian Genre Interior Scene Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Card Game in the Parlour by ALEXANDER AUSTEN (1859-1924) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 15 inches canvas: 12 x 10 inches Provenance: Private collection, Yorkshire, England...
Category

19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Dog Portrait of a Hunting Dog by Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of a Hunting Dog Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) Circa 1870 Oil on paper. 8 x 6 (18 1/2 x 15 1/4 frame) inches In Jules Chardigny's signature style, a beloved compa...
Category

1860s Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

Stubbs style 19th C English Horse portrait Bay hunter and hound in a landscape.
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite oil on canvas by Daniel Clowes, a renowned English sporting painter from the early 19th century, showcases a bay hunter and a hound set against a serene, rolling lands...
Category

Early 1800s Folk Art Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Meeting Oil Painting - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The meeting is an original modern artwork realized by Artist of 19th century. Mixed colore oil painting on canvas, not signed. Relined in the mid-20th Century.. The artwork depic...
Category

19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Huge Georgian 1820's English Oil Industrial Landscape with Mills Children Picnic
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Extensive Early Industrial Landscape with Mill" by John Pennington (1773-1841, British) subsidiary buildings, bleaching fields and a country house beyond, three children with a bir...
Category

Early 19th Century English School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seishi Ai-oi Genji – Set of 12 Shunga works together w/astrological commentary
Located in Middletown, NY
Set of 12 woodblock prints in colors on handmade, laid mulberry paper, 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (170 x 258 mm), printed in Ka-ei 4 (1851). Each print with minor handling wear, otherwise in excellent condition with bright and fresh color, and with details printed in silver ink. The images themselves contain several illusive characters indicating the publisher which are obfuscated by figures, as intended. Presented loose, as issued. A fine set. The astrological commentary print has a large and meandering blind stamp with a bird and palm frond motif. This print lists various phrases concerning the Twelve Zodiac Animals as historically counted in Japan, and appears to include erotic commentary on the traits of people born under each of the twelve signs. These Shunga images were issued in books that paralleled (in an erotic fashion...
Category

Mid-19th Century Edo Art

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper, Woodcut

Antique Canton Rose Medallion 'Famille Rose' Porcelain Vase, China, 19th Century
Located in Cotignac, FR
A mid-nineteenth century Chinese 'famille rose' (also referred to as 'rose medallion') porcelain vase with applied gilded dragons to the shoulder, handles and to the neck, decorated ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Art

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Original Oil Malaysian Fishermen and Schooner
Located in Soquel, CA
19th Century Impressionist Original Oil Painting of Malaysian Fishermen and Schooner by Alberto Bonghi The painting is a depiction of a scene in Malaysia with a Schooner in backgro...
Category

1890s Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

J. Bonnevay, Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on canvas signed
Located in Paris, FR
J. Bonnevay (active in France in the late 19th century) Portrait of a Gentleman Signed upper left (the signature is quite difficult to read, but without a doubt Bonnevay's) Oil on c...
Category

1890s Academic Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Russian Artist or Dignitary
Located in Stockholm, SE
This 19th-century oil on canvas portrait depicts a distinguished male figure—probably Russian and possibly an artist or a dignitary—with a striking resemblance to the renowned Russia...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The model in the studio
Located in Paris, IDF
School of Jacques-Louis DAVID The model in the studio Oil on canvas 81 x 59 cm without frame 96 x 73 with frame Around 1820 This seated female nude in an academic pose is painted ...
Category

Early 19th Century French School Art

Materials

Oil

"Amsterdam Jewish Quarter" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1919 and published in Berlin by Paul Cassirer. Image size: 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (138 x 186 mm). Not signed.
Category

1910s Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching

Circa 1800 French Neo-Classical Study of Male Nude Standing Academic Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Male Study French, circa 1800 Neo-Classical School, circle of Jacques Louis David (French 1748-1825) Pencil drawing on paper, unframed drawing: 14 x 8 inches double sided with ...
Category

Early 19th Century French School Art

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

Fine Victorian Oil Painting Cavalry Men Resting Village Tavern Roadside Inn
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pausing for Refreshments by John Sanderson Wells (British 1872-1955) *see notes below signed oil on board, framed Framed: 13.5 x 18 inches Canvas : 10...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

1830's British Oil Painting Large Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an English Gentleman English School, circa 1830's period oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 30 x 24.5 inches Provenance: Private collection, UK Condition: relined canvas, ov...
Category

Early 19th Century English School Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Scottish Mountainous Landscape Tranquil Loch Antique Scottish Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Scottish Mountain Landscape By Alex Fraser, Scottish School, late 19th century Oil on canvas, unsigned, framed Framed: 13 x 20 inches Canvas: 10 x 18 inches Provenance: Private colle...
Category

19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

19th Century English Folk Art portrait of a Bull in Maple frame
Located in Woodbury, CT
Anonymous (English School) Prize Bull Portrait, mid-19th century Oil on canvas, housed in a figured maple frame This striking and endearing portrait of a prize bull stands as a test...
Category

1830s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Terrier Portrait - 19th Century Antique English Oil on Board Dog Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful late 19th century English oil on canvas portrait of a white haired terrier wearing a leather collar. Excellent quality and finely detailed head study of the well groomed...
Category

Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American Impressionist Expressive Young Woman Oil Painting Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted late 19th or early 20th century portrait painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent conditio...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Young girl - Original etching, Signed (Venturi #1160)
Located in Paris, IDF
Paul Cézanne Young girl, 1873 Original etching and roulette Signed in plate "P. Cézanne" and dated 1873 in lower right corner On vellum 32 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10") REFERENCES : - Cat...
Category

1870s Impressionist Art

Materials

Etching

G. Dawson - Framed Late 19th Century Oil, Fishing from the Highland Bridge
Located in Corsham, GB
This atmospheric painting captures an expansive highland landscape with a stone bridge spanning a tranquil river in the foreground. The artist's skilful use of light and shadow adds ...
Category

Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Early 19th-Century Italian Painting Boat Expedition Grotto Coastal Cave
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boat Expedition Italian School, early 1800's period oil on canvas, framed Framed: 19 x 23 inches Canvas : 18.5 x 22.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: the fr...
Category

Early 19th Century Italian School Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fine 19th Century Oil - English Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking 19th-century oil portrait depicting a Victorian gentleman, dressed in his finery. The artist has captured the sitter's proud demeanour, rendering the face in fine detail. ...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

19th Century Portrait of a Cardinal Seated in Interior Finely Painted Watercolor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cardinal English artist, 19th century watercolor on board framed framed: 11 x 9.5 inches board: 8 x 7 inches provenance: private collection, Norfolk, England condition: very good...
Category

19th Century English School Art

Materials

Watercolor

Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Cows in Pastoral Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Pastures by CLOVIS FRÉDÉRICK TERRAIRE (French 1858-1931) oil on canvas, framed signed and dated 1898 framed: 22 x 27 inches canvas: 17 x 22 inches provenance: private collec...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled (Vishnu and Lakshmi meeting), Figurative by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Untitled (Vishnu and Lakshmi meeting) Oleograph 14.5 x 10.1 inches, Circa (Framed & Delivered) Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian paint...
Category

1890s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Original English Antique 19th / 20th Century oil painting PORTRAIT OF A GIRL
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: George Henry Grenville Manton (1855-1932) English TITLE: "A Sketch From Life" MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 86cm x 76cm inc frame CONDITION: original condition, images taken i...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Wonderful Victorian oil of cows grazing in the Welsh or English hills
Located in Harkstead, GB
An idyllic view of cattle and sheep grazing in a pasture before an oak tree with a blue sky with bollowing clouds beyond. William S Rose (1810-1873) Cattle and sheep grazing in rou...
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

American Impressionist: Springtime, a sunny path in France 19thC oil painting
Located in Norwich, GB
This beautiful and light filled painting testifies of a new dawn: in the 1880s the landscape and animalier artist William Baird turns to Impressionism. Our Sunny Path, with looser brushwork and lighter colours, convey the fleeting nature of the present. Our lovely oil on canvas may well be homage to Claude Monet - according to Baird's inscription on the stretcher, it was painted in Mantes, which is only about 6 miles from Vétheuil, where Monet was living and working in the 1880s! William Baptiste Baird was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1847, but as an adult moved to Paris to perfect his painting technique. In Paris, Baird studied under Adolphe Yvon...
Category

1880s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Gentleman in Red
Located in Corsham, GB
This striking late 19th century oil portrait features a handsome gentleman in a rich red cloak. The artist captures the subject's penetrative stare and air of importance in great det...
Category

Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Fine 1800's Italian Grand Tour Oil Painting Figures before Classical Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Arcadian View Italian School, circa 1800 Grand Tour subject oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound cond...
Category

Early 1800s Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Naturalistic British painter - 19th century landscape painting - Lake view
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (dated 1873) - Mountain landscape with lake. 51 x 77 cm. Old oil painting on canvas, without frame. - Work signed indistinctly and dated lower left: "W. C ... 1873"...
Category

Late 19th Century Naturalistic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique French Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting Sea Landscape Antibes France
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Impressionist painting by the celebrated French Impressionist painter William Georges Thornley (1857-1935), a view of the Mediterranean sea from Antibes, France, circa...
Category

1880s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th Century Oil - The Crucifixion
Located in Corsham, GB
This dramatic religious painting depicts the crucifixion, with Jesus on the cross surrounded by mourning figures in vibrant robes. Above Christ on the cross, the Latin inscription IN...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

After the storm, the blue canoe: Impressionist plein air river scene
Located in Norwich, GB
I liked the title "After the storm" for this painting, which the artist had noted on the back of the painting, although he later changed it to "Day of the storm". It's the juxtaposi...
Category

1870s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Antique American Impressionist Sun Dappled River Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted and impressive early 1900s American school landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Edward Williams (Circle), River Landscape With Thatched Cottage & Windmill
By Edward Williams
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century oil painting depicts a river landscape with a thatched cottage, boatmen, and windmill. It’s reminiscent of works by English artist Edward Williams (178...
Category

1850s English School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique 19th C. Oval Oil Portrait of a Lady in Lace Collar Original Painting
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a beautiful original antique oil painting on canvas, dating to the mid-to-late 19th century, featuring a refined female portrait. This classic Victorian-style portrai...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Huge Victorian Original Oil Painting Portrait of Little Red Riding Hood
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Little Red Riding Hood by John Talbot Adams (1827-1909) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 50 x 40 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound condition hav...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period impressionist giltwood frame. Excellent condition.
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Empire Period Portrait of Fashionable Young Lady Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady French School, early 1800's period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 21 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: some crazing and pronoun...
Category

Early 19th Century French School Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th century English Antique Portrait of a terrier or toy dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
Edwin Loder – son of famous artist James Loder – originally enlisted in the 62nd Regiment of Foot in 1846 at the age of 19, serving mainly in India. After 20 years in the Forces, Ed...
Category

1860s Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Edward Charles Williams (Attributed), Wooded River Landscape With Boathouse
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-19th-century oil painting, attributed to English artist Edward Charles Williams (1807-1881), depicts a wooded river landscape with a boathouse, cottage, fishermen and figure...
Category

1850s Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Drölling Student Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Framed 1840s French Drawing
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Henry Arthur Roberts. French ( b.1819 - d.1900 ). Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Carrying A Staff. Pencil & Charcoal On Paper. Paper size 23.4 inches x 13.6 inches ( 59.5cm x 34.5cm ). Frame size 28.3 inches x 18.7 inches ( 72cm x 47.5cm ). Available for sale; this academic life drawing of a male nude is by the French artist Henry Arthur Roberts and dates from the early 1840s. The drawing is presented and supplied in a modest hand painted glazed wooden frame dating from the mid-20th century (which is shown in these photographs). This antique drawing is in good condition, commensurate with its age. It is in an untouched condition having never been restored. The paper has handling marks, some light surface dirt, the odd foxing mark and general age toning. The overall patina adds to the aesthetic and is supplied ready to hang and display. The drawing is not signed but came from a portfolio of drawings by Henry Arthur Roberts. Henry Arthur Roberts was a recognised French artist, notable for his portraits and paintings of religious subjects. Born in Paris in 1819, he was the son of British watercolour artist James Roberts, himself active in Paris from 1819 -1846. Henry became a student of his father. Henry Roberts’s talent as a young man was such that he was accepted as a student of Michel Martin Drölling and worked extensively with him. Drölling, the highly acclaimed neoclassic artist (1786-1851) was noted for his theatrical paintings of history and grand portraits. He produced many notable works, including a ceiling work for the Louvre, and works in the Palace of Versailles. Roberts would have studied with Drölling at an early stage in his career, as Drölling died when Roberts was 32. Learning with such a master would have had a huge impact on Roberts in terms of his academic skills and his own emerging style. Roberts exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1839, when he was only 20 years old, right through to 1867. His work in the Universal Exhibition of 1855 won him a Third Class Medal. He became Vice-President of the Association of Artists in Paris and in July 1898 he was elevated to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour with a foreign title. This was the highest state honour available to him, in recognition of his status as an artist. Henry Roberts died in 1900, but his legacy lives on, with works in many famous public collections, including the Musée Carnavalet, the Musée du Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orsay, and in Boston, USA. © Big Sky Fine Art This striking academic nude study...
Category

1840s Academic Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

Antique English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier and Westie dogs in a room
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier spaniel and Westie terrier in an interior. This exquisite English 19th-century painting by...
Category

1850s Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Billingsgate
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching printed in dark brownish black ink on cream laid paper, 6 x 8 7/8 inches (152 x 226 mm); full margins. Extremely minor and unobtrusive band of toning along the top sheet edg...
Category

Mid-19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

19th century English Warship at sea, calm water with row boat resupplying
Located in Woodbury, CT
Adolphus Knell Warship at anchor, in calm seas. Adolphus Knell was a renowned British maritime artist of the 19th century, recognized for his detailed and atmospheric paintings of ...
Category

1880s Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Rochers sur la cote - Nabis School (1890-1896) Seascape Oil
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Indistinctly monogrammed Nabis school oil on canvas circa 1915. The work depicts a rocky shoreline with the blue ocean beyond and a clear sky overhead. Signature: Indistinctly monog...
Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spectacular Large 19th Century Italian Oil Painting of Jerusalem & Crucifixion
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Calvary' by Pietro Sassi (1834-1905). This monumental exhibition oil painting – which depicts the Light of Heaven shining upon Christ at Calvary with thousands of people outside t...
Category

Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

19th Century British Dog Painting Spaniel & Her Puppy Flagstone Floor Barn
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Spaniel & Her Puppy English School, 19th century signed 'Burham' lower corner oil painting on board, framed in a maple veneered frame framed: 9.5 x 12.5 inches board : 7 x 10 inc...
Category

19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Young Girl Watering Flowers – Intimate 19th Century Genre Scene
Located in Stockholm, SE
This tender scene by German artist Georg Buchner captures a quiet, intimate moment: a young girl carefully watering a potted plant on a windowsill. The warm light gently illuminates ...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Setter Dogs/ Spaniels in Sporting Landscape Original Victorian English Dog Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Days Bag" by ROBERT CLEMINSON (British, 1864-1903) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 32 inches canvas: 16 x 24 inches provenance: private co...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Cows in a Meadow'. Oil painting by Louis Japy
Located in St. Albans, GB
Louis Aimé Japy 1840 - 1916 Oil painting on canvas Fully signed Picture Size: 21.25 x 28.25" (54 x 72cm) Outside Frame Size: 28.25 x 35.25" (72 x 89cm) Excellent age appropriate con...
Category

Late 19th Century Barbizon School Art

Materials

Oil

Charming Victorian Oil Painting Rural Watermill House with Horses & Cart
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Mill Wheel by Thomas Henry Thomas (Welsh 1834-1915) signed lower right corner oil painting on canvas, framed framed size: 12 x 16 inches condit...
Category

19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique English Oil Painting c. 1900's Portrait of Auburn Hair Girl in Red Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Girl, Auburn Hair wearing a red dress English School, late 19th/ early 20th century period late Victorian/ early Edwardian oil on board, framed Framed: 30.5 x 24 ...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

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