Oliver Messel

Opera Costume Design for The Barber of Seville by Oliver Messel

1954

NICO JUNGMAN (1872-1935) The Toy Boat Signed l.r.; Nico W Jungman Watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil Framed 44 by 32 cm., 17 ¼ by 12 ½ in...

PAUL SANDBY (1731-1809) Study of a Coachman Pencil and brown wash, shaped Framed 16.5 by 9 cm., 6 ½ by 3 ½ in. (frame size 32 by 22.5 cm., 12 ½ by 9 in.) Provenance: Iolo Williams; Private collection. Exhibited: Sudbury, Gainsborough House, 1979. Sandby was born in Nottingham and moved to London in 1745. He and his brother Thomas first worked in the military drawing department at the Tower of London, later working on a military survey of new roads and bridges in the Highlands. On leaving this post in 1751 he spent some time living with his brother who had been appointed Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park. There he assisted his brother, and made a series of drawings of the castle, town and neighbourhood. In 1760 he settled in London where he contributed to the first exhibition of the Society of Artists where he regularly exhibited until the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, becoming one of its founder members. In same year he was appointed chief drawing...

HARRY MORLEY, ARA, RWS (1881-1943) The Romany Camp Signed and dated 1927 Watercolour and bodycolour, framed 36.5 by 52cm., 14 ¼ by 20 ½ in. (frame size 60.5 by 75 cm., 23 ¾ by 29...

JOHN DRONSFIELD (1900-1951) Costume Design Watercolour and pen and ink Unframed, in mount only 34 by 24 cm., 13 1/2 by 9 ½ in. (mount size 47.5 by 37 cm., 18 3/4 by 14 1/2 in.) J...

Charming figurative landscape in a British town, with taxis pulling up to a hotel or apartment building to pick up and drop off passengers by B. Cook (English, 20th Century). Signed ...

Mikhail Chemiakin (b. 1943) “Ukrainian Cossacks”, 1981 Watercolor, ink on paper 29.5 × 29.5 cm Signed lower right A vivid and theatrical work by the internationally acclaimed Russia...

Delicate kimono by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece has an iridescent quality to the coloration. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of other...

"Strepsilas Interpres." John Gould Turnstone lithograph c.1850 by John Gould (England, 1804-1881). Print by J. Gould & H.C. Richter, hand colored lithograph...