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Period: 19th Century
WOMAN WITH OPERA GLASSES (STUDY FOR "IN THE LOGE").
By Mary Cassatt
Located in Portland, ME
Cassatt, Mary. WOMAN WITH OPERA GLASSES (STUDY FOR "IN THE LOGE").
Drawing, Pencil, circa 1878.
5 x 8 1/2 inches (sheet). With the estate stamp "Mary Cassatt - Collection Mathilde....
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
French Romantic School, View of Arriccia, 1828, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School beginning of the 19th Century
View of Arriccia, 1828
located and dated, "Arriccia 1828" on the lower right
Pencil on paper
23 x ...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Camp of Soldiers - Original Pencil on Paper - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Camp of soldiers" is an original pencil drawing on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of the 19th Century.
Very good condition.
Not signed.
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Modern 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Forum - Original Charcoal Drawing by French Artist End of 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Forum is an original artwork realized by a French artist between the end of the XIX and the beginning of the XX Century.
Original drawing on paper.
Mint conditions.
Fresh and...
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Modern 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
English School early 19th century, Portrait of two children, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
English School early 19th century,
Portrait of two children,
Pencil and light heightenings of white and red gouache
29.5 x 23 cm
In quite good condition : the pape is yellowed by t...
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Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Untitled (Musician with clarinet)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Musician with clarinet)
Watercolor on paper, c. 1844
Created on J Whatman Turkey Mill Watermarked paper
Signed lower left: Gavarni (see photo)
Condition: very fresh colors
...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Woman - China Pencil on Paper by A.-F. Cals - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Portrait is a beautiful drawing in pencil realized by Adolphe-Félix Cals (1810-1880)
The state of preservation of the artwork is good.
Included a Pa...
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Modern 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century landscape sketch in pen and ink .
Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his sixty years. Like many young asp...
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Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Cup - Original China Ink and Watercolor - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Cup" is an original China ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by unknown French Artist of XIX Century.
In excellent conditions: As good as new.
Sheet dimension: 2...
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Modern 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
French romantic school Drawing black chalk and goiache HORTIN steam boat 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Charles HORTIN (Attributed to)
(XIX)
Black chalk and white gouache
Signed lower right
12 x 16 cm
Category
Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
French School 19th century, Le Lavoir (The washing place), watercolor on paper,
Located in Paris, FR
French School, first half of the 19th century
Le Lavoir (The washing place)
Watercolor and pencil heightened with white gouache
Bears a monogramm R P B on the lower left
21.5 x 33.5 cm
Collector mark of Maurice Gobin on the back (Lugt L.1124a)
In quite good condition: doubled on the back, a repaired tear on the upper border
In a modern cardboard...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Male Portrait - Original Pencil and Charcoal Drawing by French Artist Late 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a beautiful drawing realized by a French anonymous artist active in the early 19th century. On the lower right, there are the initials “J.G.” that do not allow the...
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Modern 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Studies for a Female Nude - Original Pastel Drawing by P. Andrieu - Late 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Studies for a Female Nude is a fascinating drawing realized by the French artist Pierre Andrieu in the 19th century. The state of preservation is very good, except for two small rips of the paper on the lower and higher right margins.
Pierre Andrieu (1821-1892) was a pupil of the famous painter Eugène Delacroix from 1844 and his colleague until 1863. He worked with him at the town hall of Paris, at the Senate, at the Chamber of Deputies, at the Angels Chapel at the Saint-Sulpice Church, and they restored the ceiling of the Apollo Gallery at the Louvre. In 1868, he restored the paintings at the Senate library realized by Delacroix ruined by infiltrations.
In 1871, he opened his art studio and realized copies of Delacroix’s artworks, original paintings with genre scenes and animals (one is currently at the National Gallery in London) and a great number of orientalist drawings...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Art Nouveau Painting of a Maiden and Mischievous Cupids 19th Century by Rontini
Located in Rochester, NY
Art nouveau painting of beautiful maiden and mischievous angels. An allegory of Spring. Watercolor painting by Alessandro Rontini (Italian born 1854). In beautiful custom floral deco...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
France circa 1820, Portrait of a gentleman, black chalk and pastel drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1820
Portrait of a gentleman
Black chalk and pastel on paper
12 x 10 cm
In its original mount, modern oak frame : 25 x 22.5 cm
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
The Dark Aspect of the Great Goddess Devi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Dark Aspect of the Great Goddess Devi
Pigment on paper (unfinished), 19th century
Unsigned as is usual
Condition: Good color
Voids at edges of the sheet
Image s...
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Rajput 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pigment
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934), Henri Rochefort for a duel, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934)
Portrait of Henri Rochefort ready for a duel,
Pencil on paper
Signed and titled lower left
28 x 21 cm
In good condition : the left and right borders irregularly cut
In a modern cardboard mount : 45.5 x 35 cm
Henri Rochefort, whose complete name was Victor Henri de Rochefort-Luçay , was born in Paris on January 31 , 1831, he died in Aix-les-Bains on 1 st July 1913. He was a french journalist , playwright and politician A great polemicist in the pages of his newspapers ( La Lanterne , La Marseillaise , L'Intransigeant), he defended radical and even extremist political options (anticlerical , nationalist , favorable to the Commune , Boulangist , socialist and anti-Dreyfusard ) which earned him the nickname of "The man with twenty duels and thirty trials », And convictions, in particular in the prison of Noumea from which, unique fact, he managed to escape in 1874.
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934) was a Swiss-French Impressionist painter, designer, watercolorist, and engraver who was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and died in France. His work often depicts the modern life in Paris.
He started out pursuing a military career, as an infantry officer (1866–1881). He was a lieutenant with the Twenty-third Infantry from 1868 to 1870. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War, was wounded at Rezonville, and was awarded the Légion d'Honneur. He subsequently served with the Ninety-fourth Infantry and the Seventy-third Infantry. At the time he left the army he held the rank of major, with the Chasseurs à Pieds.
He never ceased drawing. He was known for the first time in 1872 at the art exhibition Salon de Paris, where he presented a watercolor painting called Intérieur de forêt. The next year he presented the painting Le Vernan à Nass-sous-Sainte-Anne. From then on he was a regular contributor to the Salon de Paris, where he presented new works with views of Toulouse, Paris, Troyes, the edges of the Seine, and some portraits.
In 1881, after the army offered him the rank of commandant, he resigned to devote himself exclusively to painting. He took up residence in Paris. His works from this period represent mainly scenes of military life that allowed him to forge a reputation. Jeanniot established himself permanently in 1882 and obtained his first award the following year (medal third class of the Salon de Paris) with his les Flanqueurs (1883, Musée du Luxembourg). In 1886, La ligne de feu, souvenirs de la bataille de Rezonville, remembering the Battle of Mars-La-Tour (Museum of Pau), assured his notoriety.
From then on, he started to show a certain artistic independence. He then mostly portrayed Parisian women during the "Belle Epoque", women in bathing suits...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
THE CHOSEN PATH, English School 19th Century Watercolour
Located in London, GB
JOHN EDWARD GOODALL
1853 - 1920
THE CHOSEN PATH
Pencil, watercolour and gouache, signed lower right
Image size: 6 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches (16 x 21 cm)
Hand made gilt frame
John Edward Goodall was the son of Alfred Goodall and Mary Palmer. Alfred was a brother to Edward A. and Frederick Goodall, both accomplished artists. He was most prolific during the period between 1877 and 1911. In the 1891 census he is shown as being married to Grace, manager of the Sommerville Club, London but by 1901 he is to be found with a woman named Annie. John associated with a bohemian art circle and tended to have a corresponding lifestyle.
The work produced by Goodall is well executed and often in watercolour. He trained at art school in London and travelled extensively. He was not the prolific artist like his uncles and a lot about his life is still...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
“The Race”
By Henry Alken
Located in Southampton, NY
Graphite and watercolor attributed to the well known British artist, Henry Thomas Alken. Circa 1825. Unsigned. Condition: Good. Provenance: Christie’s London, 1993. Matted but presently unframed.
Alken was born on 12 October 1785 in Soho, Westminster, and baptised on 6 November at St James's Church, Piccadilly. He was the third son of Samuel Alken, a sporting artist. Two of his brothers were George and Samuel Alken the Younger, also an artist. In 1789, the Alken family moved from Soho to 2, Francis Street East, Bedford Square.
Young Henry first studied under his father and then with the miniature painter John Thomas Barber...
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Academic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Achille Devéria (1800-1857) A young woman seen in profile, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Achille Devéria (1800-1857)
A young woman seen in profile
Black Chalk on paper
with cut edges
Bears the stamp of the Achille Deveria Estate Sale of 1...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Louis Gallait (1810-1887) Portrait of a Gentleman, watercolor and gouache
By Louis Gallait
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Gallait (1810-1887)
Portrait of a Gentleman,
Watercolor and gouache on paper, square white lines,
24 x 16 cm
Stamp of the Louis Gallait Estate on the mount on the lower righ...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
The Village Maids - British Victorian art exhibited RA 1880 watercolour painting
By Marcella M Walker
Located in London, GB
This stunning exhibited Pre-Raphaelite 19th century watercolour painting is by British Victorian female artist Marcella M Walker. The painting was painted in 1880 and exhibited at th...
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Pre-Raphaelite 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Framed English School 19th Century Watercolour - Fishing in the Bay
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful coastal scene in watercolours showing numerous ships and fishing boats dotted off the British coast. Unsigned. Well-presented in a glazed gilt frame with ornate foliate ...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Woman in thought and Child: the page boy intriguing 19th Century Master drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
A virtuoso charcoal sketch by the Frech 19th Century master Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846-1904). It depicts a thoughtful woman (or woman in thought?) with her face resting on her hand...
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French School 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Laid Paper
Charles Emile Jacque (Paris 1813 - 1894) Dog in a doghouse, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Charles Emile Jacque (1813-1894)
Dog in a doghouse
Monogrammed "C. J. "lower right
Pencil on paper
17 x 13 cm
Mark of the Collection of Doctor Albert Finot "AF" (Lugt 3627) lower lef...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Landscape - Etching by Jean-Léon Gérome - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Jean-Léon Gérome (1824-1904).
Good condition on a yellowed pper, included a white cardboard passpartout (37.5x55 cm).
Stamp signed on the back of the little paper.
Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living...
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Modern 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A trophy of arms, original signed Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
A trophy of arms
11.5 x 20 cm
Pen and ink with heightenings of white gouache on paper
Signed and dated 1885 lower right and annotated "Armée française...
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Academic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Italian School 19th Century Watercolour- Antonio Maranon of the Cistercian Monks
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study of Antonio Maranon of the Cistercian Order. Well-presented in a contemporary oak frame with card mount. Inscribed and initialled to the lower edge. On pa...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
George James Knox (1810-1897) - 1857 Watercolour, By the Windmill
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th-century study by the English listed artist George James Knox (1810-1897). The scene depicts figures walking towards the coastline before an old windmill. Signed and dated...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Walter William May (1831-1896) - Late 19thC Watercolour, Overcast Harbour Town
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour showing a coastal harbour town under a grey sky. The artist has wonderfully captured the flat light of a grey day at the coast. Figures can be seen at the dockside...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Attributed to Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) La famille heureuse, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Attribuetd to Eugène Devéria (1805-1865)
La Famille heureuse (The Happy Family)
Watercolor on paper
23 x 18 cm
In quite good condition : a small tear i...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jules Noel (1810-1881) Landscape with a manor and a traveler, signed drawing
By Jules Noel
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Noel (1810-1881)
Landscape with a manor and a traveler
Signed lower left
Pencil on paper
27.5 x 44.5 cm
Framed under glass : 43 x 59.5 cm
This drawing shows more particularly...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Jules Noel (1810-1881) Landscape with a fisherman, signed drawing
By Jules Noel
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Noel (1810-1881)
Landscape with a fisherman,
Signed lower right
Pencil on paper
27.8 x 44 cm
Framed under glass : 43 x 59.5 cm
We find in this drawing everything that makes...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Allegorical Engravings
By Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Neoclassical allegorical engravings. Pair of Italian neoclassical allegorical engravings after Raphael from "The Hours of the Night" in antique Italian mahogany frame...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Cloak and Dagger (Ellsworth Woodward Antique Figurative Graphite Drawing)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this drawing are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
19th century watercolour of a Girl at her Dressing Table
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Muir Hetherington;
Sir John and Lady Witt, acquired 1974;
By descent to 2015.
Literature:
Tom Jones (ed.), William Henry Hunt 1790-1864, exh. cat., 1981, no. 145 (Girl in a bedroom);
John Witt, William Henry Hunt (1790-1864) Life and Work, London, 1982, no. 553, p. 194, colour pl. 16.
Exhibited:
Wolverhampton, Central Art Gallery, Preston, Harris Museum and Art Gallery and Hastings, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, William Henry Hunt 1790-1864, 1981, no. 145 as Girl in a bedroom (Lent by Sir John & Lady Witt)
Framed dimensions: 20 x 20.75 inches
This unusually charming and well-preserved watercolour was painted by William Henry Hunt in around 1833. Almost certainly depicting his young wife, Sarah, possibly in the interior of her family home at Bramley in Hampshire. This work shows Hunt’s remarkable virtuosity as a watercolourist, Hunt, for example, articulates the profile of his young wife, by leaving a reserve of white paper to suggest the light modelling her features. Throughout the 1830s Hunt made a sequence of richly painted interior views of both domestic and agricultural spaces which pay scrupulous attention to detail.
Hunt was born in London, the son of a tin-plate worker and japanner. J. L. Roget recorded the observation of Hunt’s uncle: ‘nervy, little Billy Hunt… was always a poor cripple, and as he was fit for nothing, they made an artist of him.’ At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to the landscape painter John Varley for seven years, moving to live with Varley at 18 Broad Street, Golden Square, London. There he made close friends with both John Linnell and William Mulready. Hunt worked at the ‘Monro Academy’, at 8 Adelphi Terrace, London, the house of Dr Thomas Monro, an enthusiastic patron of landscape watercolourists. Through Monro, Hunt was introduced to the 5th Earl of Essex...
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Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
French School late 19th century, A woman in a deckchair, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School late 19th century,
A woman in a deckchair,
pencil on paper
21 x 31.5 cm
In a modern frame : 36 x 47 cm
This is a very sensitive and interesting drawing.
Typical of Im...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Study for a Seated Woman (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance")
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this wonderful pen-and-ink are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Seated Young Lady (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this pen-and-ink of a pretty Edwardian-era lady are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Auguste Gardanne (1840-1890) Soldiers at rest, War of 1870, wartercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Gardanne (circa 1840- circa 1890)
Soldiers at rest during the franco-prussian war of 1870
Watercolor on paper
On the reverse Study of a battlefield (?)
Pencil on paper
Mark o...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Signed & Framed c.1890 Watercolour - Sailors at Dawn
Located in Corsham, GB
Distant ships traverse the rough sea as sailors gather at the rocky sea-face
The artwork is signed '..evil', with the beginning of the signature obscured by the mountboard.
Well pr...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Rajput prince with a sword, dagger, lotus – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on the recto, 12 1/2 x 9 inches (318 x 230 mm). Toning, handling c...
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Rajput 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
After Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536) - Watercolour, Apollo and the Nine Muses
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century watercolour copy of the original work in the Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy. Ten full-length figures; Apollo centre, dressed in male/female classical robe and openwork buckskin boots, a quiver strapped to his left shoulder with bow and arrows, he is holding hands and dancing with a circle of nine female figures. gold background. A scroll beneath inscribed with names. Unsigned. The painting has been presented in a contemporary Hogarth frame...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pierre Eugene LaCoste Opera Costume Watercolor C.1875
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pierre Eugene LaCoste (1818-1908) Opera Costume Watercolor C.1875
A beautifully detailed watercolor illustration of a 19th century opera costume by list...
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Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Travellers Beside a Fire
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour study capturing two travellers camping beside a fire, as they wait for dinner to cook. Their dog peeks out from behind the gentleman, warming himself by the fire. ...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
India Naga Tribe Watercolour 19th Century Company School Painting Indian
Located in Norfolk, GB
Untitled - Rongmei Naga Tribe India
Watercolour on Paper
c 1860
Mounted Unframed: 38 x 45 cm
Image size: 24.5 x 31 cm
Provenance: Private UK Collection
This is a fabulous and rare 19th century watercolour from India in a style that is often referred to as Company School Painting...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
19th Century Romantic school, A Pavilion in a garden, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Romantic School, circa 1860
A pavilion in a garden , an animated view
Pen and black ink, black ink wash on paper
19.5 x 26.5 cm
In good condition, slightly undulating.
Framed : 39 x ...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Violinist (Antique Ellsworth Woodward Figurative Graphite Sketch Drawing)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
19th Century french school, Villefranche-sur Mer, the harbour, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French School circa 1850
Villefranche sur mer, the Harbour
Watercolor on paper
16 x 24 cm
In good condition
Framed 29 x 38 cm
This very fine wat...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sketch of a head - Carved in stone -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Faesch (1865 Basel - 1915 Basel). Sketch of a head. Charcoal on painting cardboard, 60 x 47.5 cm (folio size), signed and dated at lower right "E. Faesch. 1888.".
Minor browning.
- Carved in stone -
About the artwork
The life-size head has an immensely present presence. This effect is due to the fact that Faesch took his cue from academic classical...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
The Pipe's of Pan - British Watercolour by Hubert von Herkomer
Located in London, GB
SIR HUBERT VON HERKOMER, RA, RWS
(1849-1914)
The Pipe’s of Pan
Signed with initials and dated 26/2/74
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper
17 by 22 cm., 6 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.
(frame size ...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Romantic school, View of a citadel, pen and watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, 19th century
View of a citadel
Pen and ink, watercolor and heightenings of white gouache on brown paper
18 x 29.5 cm
In good condition, some stains and traces...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Jean-Henri Cless (1774-1812) Portrait of a young woman, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Henri Cless (1774-1812)
Portrait of a young woman in a landscape
signed "Cless fec" for fecit on the lower left
Brown ink and brown ink wash on paper
Size of the sheet : 31.5 x 22 cm
Size of the motive : 24.5 x 17 cm
very simply framed under glass without actual frame 32 x 22.5 cm
This pre...
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Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Edmond Albert Joseph Tyrel de Poix, Landscape With Watermill, Mother & Child
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming 19th-century drawing by British artist Edmond Albert Joseph Tyrel de Poix (1840-1916) depicts a mother and child standing by a mill pond before a rustic watermill.
De Poix was a gentleman artist descended from French nobility...
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English School 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
French School 19th century, Set of nine humoristic drawings, pencil on paper
Located in Paris, FR
France, 19th century
Set of nine humoristic drawings, various subjects in the same mount
Black pencil, for some of them with highlights of white gouache
various dimensions : 6 x 5.5 ...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
The Whisper - Drawing by Jean-Luis Forain - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Whisper is a drawing on paper realized by Jean-Luis Forain in the Late 19th Century.
Pencil drawing.
Monogrammed in pencil on the lower.
Good conditions.
Louis Henri Forain, ...
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Abstract 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
L’Heure du goûter! by Jules-Émile Saintin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jules-Émile Saintin
1829-1894 French
L’Heure du goûter!
(Snack Time!)
Signed "Jules-Émile Saintin" (lower right)
Charcoal and white chalk on paper
A tender moment unfolds as a young girl leans over her bowl of soup, savoring her midday snack with focus and delight. Her spoon rests beside a slice of bread on the polished tabletop, while a cup, perhaps filled with tea or chocolate, and a second piece of bread complete the simple yet cozy scene. Nearby, her stuffed toy lies temporarily forgotten atop a shawl, hinting at the world of play just briefly paused.
The setting is intricately detailed. The dining room showcases a marble fireplace adorned with a clock, fine porcelain and delicate cups. Saintin’s composition captures the quiet grace of the moment as well as the interplay of light and texture, skillfully rendered using only charcoal and white chalk. His ability to infuse luminosity into a monochrome drawing speaks to his refined technique and observational sensitivity. This work resonates with Saintin’s charming studies of children during his American period, such as A Little Girl Dozing Over Her Drawing (possibly a portrait of Jennie Walters), now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Born in 1829 in Lemé, Saintin began painting at age 11 and was admitted to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris by 16. Trained under Martin Drölling and Édouard Picot, he became an accomplished portraitist and debuted at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1848, earning several medals.
In 1853, he moved to New York to work in a photography studio, soon dedicating himself fully to painting. He exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design—becoming a member in 1858—and gained a strong reputation for his portraits of American elites, as well as for his depictions of landscapes and Native American clothing...
Category
19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Rome 1878 Classical Roman Architecture Figures at Fountain Signed Watercolor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rome
by Arthur A. Wilkinson (British, c.1860-1930)
signed and dated 1878
watercolor on artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 11 x 17 inches
Provenance: private collection, the Cotsw...
Category
English School 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
