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Period: Early 1800s
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 time and there foxings and stains visible (please refer to the photographs)
In a vintage frame (some minor damages) : 48.5 x 38 cm
This charming drawing of children is typical of English portraiture as it had its heyday shortly before with Reynolds and Gainsborough. The codes required, for example, that the female sitter...
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Old Masters Early 1800s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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 pencil
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 Early 1800s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Cottages in Devon
By Samuel Prout
Located in Middletown, NY
An early Devonshire landscape, ex-collection West Collection of British Watercolors & the Fine Art Society, London.
Circa 1800
Ink and brown wash on paper, 7 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (...
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Realist Early 1800s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite, Ink
Recruits on a March
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Recruits on a March
Ink and watercolor on paper, mounted on support
Unsigned
Condition: watercolor sheet laid down on paper, moderately faded
Original Ackermann frame and matting
Ima...
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Romantic Early 1800s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Boissier, Portrait of a Young Man, 1802, Pastel signed and dated
By Boissier
Located in Paris, FR
Boissier (painter and portraitist active at the end of the 18th century)
Portrait of a young man
Signed and dated "Boissier f(ecit) 1802" on the lower right
Pastel on paper transfere...
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Old Masters Early 1800s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Richard Westall Neoclassical Mythology Drawing 1800s pencil on paper
Located in Florence, IT
Drawing Pencil on paper, 17.7 x 26.7 inch; with gilded frame 28.3 x 37 inch
The scene is set on the seashore, in the part were the stormy sea is licking the land, made of a rocky an...
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Other Art Style Early 1800s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Charles George Nicholls - Watercolour 1805 - Palace on the Ganges, Anglo - India
By Charles George Nicholls
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Charles George Nicholls
(English, flourished 1792 - 1818)
Picturesque Gangetic Landscape in India
• Circa 1805
• Watercolour on thick paper, ca. 20 x 49.5 cm
• Mounted behind a modern passpartout, visible image ca. 19 x 49 cm
• Original Georgian frame (newly glassed) , ca. 39 x 70 cm
• Signed lower left corner
Worldwide shipping is complimentary - There are no additional charges for handling & delivery.
Very detailed watercolor painting - note how light reflecting off the water surface was skillfully created by scratching the paper surface.
Charles G(J)eorge Nicholls, originally a merchant seaman, was a contemporary of Thomas and William Daniell, and like them, he made several sketching trips whilst in India, including up the Dohab, which is from where this drawing appears to be of.
He worked as draughtsman for the East India Company based in Calcutta and was also employed by the Office of the Surveyor-General, where he was involved in the Survey of Orissa, South Bengal.
Unfortunately bad eyesight truncated his career and he returned to England in 1815.
Nicholls signed his middle name’George’ using a ‘G’, aswell as a ‘J.’
Nicholl’s work surfaces from time to time and can command high prices at auction – especially for his Indian landscapes. For example, a drawing by Nicholls ( a page of an album) was auctioned by Sotheby's (Valuable Printed Books, June 1997, Lot 407), or a series of water coulours were auctioned by Christie's (Visions of India, June 1998) and in September 2000 two small drawings were auctioned again by Christie's (Exploration & Travel with Visions of India). Also, I know there is a unsigned water colour titled 'Bridge over the River Bama by Benares' in the collection of the Oriental & India Office Collections (OICO) at the British Library.
Here is a rare opportunity, to acquire a large format watercolor (double album page), featuring a very impressive view of what India looked like over 200 years ago - seen through the eyes of a skilled artist, in employment by the famous East India Company.
I also think that as India opens up more and more rapidly to the world and enjoys increasing prosperity, the interest in cultural heritage, trophy objects like the one I am offering here today, will find their way back to India, into a collection or onto a wall in a chic office or luxurious apartment.
The water colour drawing...
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Naturalistic Early 1800s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
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