H.C. Babington

H.C. Babington - 1980 Watercolour, Scimitar-Horned Oryx

1980

A farmyard scene depicting a flock of sheep in front of farm buildings. A sheepdog looks on from the right-hand side of the composition. Presented glazed in a cream mount with gilt-e...

A fine watercolour study of two dead pheasants. With delicate brushstrokes and fine pen and ink detail, Charballard captures the detailed features of the birds. Signed to the lower l...

Tight brushwork depicts an intricate study of the spoils of hunting, a rabbit. The artwork is neatly signed n the bottom left-hand corner, and well presented in a cream mount with a ...

A charming watercolour study attributed to the well-listed artist John Murray Thomson RSA RSW (1885-1974). Well presented in a simple wood frame. On watercolour paper.

A charming watercolour study attributed to the well-listed artist John Murray Thomson RSA RSW (1885-1974). Well presented in a simple wood frame. On watercolour paper.

An attractive watercolour painting with gouache details by the British artist Lesley Fotherby, depicting an interior scene with a cat named 'Fifi' playing on a white sofa. Signed to ...

Charles Frederick de Brocktorff (1775–1850) ‘Camelopard – a present from the Pacha of Egypt to the King – at Malta on its way to England’ Signed and dated C.F. de Brocktorff. / 1827. lower right, inscribed as titled in the painted margins lower centre. Pencil and watercolour heightened with gold paint and gum arabic on paper, 36.8 x 27.9 cm A gift so majestic, it made kings blush, and a gift so grand, it would startle Europe into a craze. Pasha Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1805-1848) did it in 1827: he sent to Europe three magical spotted, horned creatures, each with a neck reaching the skies and legs as long as a house is high. One giraffe to King Charles X of France, one to Francis I of Austria and the most fabled one to King George IV of England. A curious sight for Europeans, who had not seen such a beast since the Medici giraffe in 1487. Few animals created more of a stir in Europe than these royal...

Follower of Zacharias Wagener (1614-1688) Tamanuâguasû (Giant Anteater) On Italian 17th or 18th-century paper, H. 28 x W. 43.5 cm ​The present painting is a copy after Wagener’s painting of the anteater, Tamanduá-bandeira, which is illustrated in his “Thier Buch”, with 109 drawings of Brazilian fish, birds and mammals, published in Amsterdam c. 1641, in German. ​ Zacharias Wagener, or Wagenaer in Dutch, (Dresden 1614 – Amsterdam 1668) was a real adventurer who became Opperhoofd on Deshima and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope in the service of the VOC. During the Thirty-Year War in Germany Wagener tried his luck in Amsterdam where he worked for the map-maker Willem Blaeu. In 1634 he joined the WIC and left for Dutch Brazil where he worked as writer and painter, together with Frans Post...

John Aldrich Ruthven American Painter Bison in a Snow Blizzard Watercolor and Gouache on Paper signed lower left

Walter Spies was one of the first Europeans to settle in Bali after a stay in Java. He greatly contributed to the discovery and popularization of Balinese...

Luigi Bazzani (Bologna 1836 - 1927), Roman fresco with fountain, roosters and herm Watercolor 18 x 35 cm signed lower right. Provenance: Arch. Cesare Bazzani (Rome 1873 - 1939).

Drawing in gouache, made on a sheet of paper with lithographs from the 19th century (on the back), found in antique shops in Brussels, Belgium. Bela Silva's work, so organic and col...