19th Century English School

Pair of 19th century English Antique watercolor portraits of a man and woman,

circa 1840

Well-drawn early 19th century French watercolor of a family in a wooded landscape. Framed in an antique water gilded frame, which might be the original to the piece. The quality o...

The former Curator of Oil Paintings at the National Maritime Museum, E H H Archibald, says of Joseph Heard in his Dictionary of Sea Painters in Europe and America that "…with Samuel Walters he must stand as the top-ranking Liverpool ship portraitist of the 19th century." He would have known the artist's work well as the National Maritime Museum has eleven paintings by Heard in its collection. Joseph Heard was born on 7th March 1799 in Egremont near Whitehaven in Cumberland. His father, also Joseph, was a saddler and it is believed that the aspirant painter received some artistic training from John Clementson who was a local portrait painter. Joseph had a brother Isaac who painted portraits. It is possible that Joseph came across the work of H Collins...

A very fine watercolour portrait of a child and two infants, sitting on a velvet chair and cushion on a rose covered terrace. Dating to the Regency period, this remarkable work is be...

Two exquisite mid 19th Century miniature portraits in watercolour. The children are in their finest clothes to have their portraits painted. The little boy wears a high ruffled collar and black jacket, holding a blue book in his hands. The little girl wears a fine light blue dress...