Mid-19th Century Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Academic Study with grotesques and Mascaron face. Signed Mossello Lorenzo and dated 1865-1866. Classes of Bobbio. Charcoal on paper. Dimensions : 75cm x 54cm This drawing, created in 1864, is an academic study of a plaster cast of an ancient bas-relief. It is adorned with intricate grotesques, fantastical mascaron face. This drawing represents one of the many examples of academic exercises based on the most important plaster statues. Students focused on the chiaroscuro effect and detailed representation of the face. This drawing, originally part of a private collection, comes from a portfolio of academic drawings by art students at the Fine Arts Accademia Albertina in Turin. The portfolio included exercises based on academic plaster casts...

Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) "Au Salon", a mother and her children playing Black ink on paper 28 x 38 cm Signed lower right Framed : 42.7 x 52. 5 cm Eugène Devéria particularly exc...

This mid-19th-century watercolour by British artist Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905) illustrates the impressive wedding of his good friend Henry Weigall (1829-1925) and Lady Rose Fane (1834-1921). It was presented to Weigall and remained with the family for generations. On the 15th of August 1866, Westminster Abbey was brimming with anticipation ahead of this notable event. Weigall, a portrait artist, was respected within elite circles having produced numerous portraits for the Royal Family. While his bride, Rose, was the daughter of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland, and Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole, the niece of the Duke of Wellington. A reporter described the proceedings: “The marriage of Lady Rose Fane, only sister of the Earl of Westmorland, to Mr Henry Weigall, the eminent portrait painter, took place at St Peter’s, Westminster, on Wednesday in the presence of a large and fashionable congregation. Lady Rose left the residence of her mother, the Dowager Countess, accompanied by her noble brother, and passed into the Abbey attended by the following young ladies as bridesmaids, wearing white dresses trimmed with green - Lord Westmorland’s colours on the turf - Lady Grace Fane, Miss Thomson, Miss Alice Weigall, Miss Lowther, Miss Ada Ibbetson, and Miss Alice Bagot. The bride’s dress was of white satin, trimmed with Brussels lace...

This mid-19th-century watercolour by Dutch artist Johannes Engel Masurel (1826-1915) depicts a young lady reading in a kitchen interior littered with vegetables. Transfixed by the contents of a novel, she’s oblivious to the cluttered environment. A smorgasbord of fresh goods sprawled on cold checkerboard tiles...

Romantic school, France 19th Century Interior of a Temple, Brown ink, brown ink wash and heightenings of white gouache on paper 20.5 x 29.5 cm Framed : 33 x 42 cm This interior of...

William Moritz (1816-1860) An historical scene, signed lower left Brown ink and brown ink wash on paper 17 x 16.5 cm Framed : 27 x 23.5 cm The subject of this charming drawing remains unclear but it's really easy to identify Queen Anne of Austria...

This finely executed Flemish watercolour depicts a woman before an altar and a beautiful triptych. The artist conveys the light shining through the church windows with an expert hand, showing it lightly falling on the statue of Christ...

Luigi Del Buono (1800 -?) - The chariot of Love and joyful Love. 25 x 34.5 cm each. without frame, 26.5 x 36 cm each. with frame. Oil on cardboard, in gild...

Architectural study is an original modern artwork realized in 1841 by Carlo Bottini. Brown ink on paper. The artwork is hand signed and dated 1841. Good conditions except for som...

Artistic expression was strongly encouraged during India’s Mughal period, resulting in a rich tradition of painting that includes exquisitely detailed and masterfully painted miniatures. Typically extolling the virtues of courtly life, miniatures were also adapted to religious subject matter, as evident in this striking painting...

French school of the19th century Characters in a bohemian interior Black pencil, brown ink and brown ink wash, heightenings of white gouache 21.5 x 31 cm In good condition, a little ...

English illustrator, etcher and painter. Best known as the illustrator of the novels of Charles Dickens, under the pen-name Phiz. Browne had little formal training as an artist. He sporadically attended the St Martin’s Lane Academy life-class and was apprenticed to the line-engraver William Finden (1787-1852). In 1834 he cancelled his indenture and established an illustrators’ workshop with fellow apprentice Robert Young, producing etchings and watercolours in preference to the more laborious line-engravings. In the spring of 1836, he met Charles Dickens who was then looking for someone to illustrate The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club which was originally issued in monthly parts. Robert Seymour (1798-1836) provided the illustrations for the first two instalments before his suicide. Robert Buss (1804-1875) illustrated the third instalment, but his work was not liked by Dickens and the remaining instalments were illustrated by Browne. Browne initially signed himself ‘Nemo’ and then ‘Phiz’ (a depicter of physiognomies) to harmonize with Dickens’s ‘Boz’. He went on to illustrate most of Dickens’ novels. Browne’s long career as an illustrator, including work for Charles Lever...