Maria Colsen

Maria Colsen - circa 1824 Georgian English Album, Views of Hastings

circa 1824

An early 20th century English watercolour painting with body colour, by the talented English watercolourist Thomas William Morley. Painted on artist's board. Signed to the lower right.

A charming late 19th or early 20th century graphite drawing with watercolour in the manner of English artist ;George Morland. The scene depicts a resting she...

A very fine contemporary graphite drawing by the artist William (Bill) Taylor. The use of acrylic paint as a base for the graphite drawing expertly creates texture and highlights del...

Inscribed to the lower edge 'Le Chateau de S Marie, Near St Sauveur in the Haute Pyrenees'. Signed and dated may 6th 1818. Finished with light watercolour wash. Provenance: Sanders o...

An original graphite and coloured pencil work by the British artist Ernest Parkman (1856-1921). Here, Parkman captures the wonderful exterior of Bishop Lloyd's House on Watergate Str...

A detailed depiction of a large country house by listed British artist Edward Walker (1879-1955). The scene shows a mother and daughter on the front step of their grand country home ...

Frederick George Cotman (1850-1920) Lugger on the shore Watercolour with trace of pencil 9 x 10 inches Provenance: Cotman family collection Frederick George Cotman was born in Ipswich on 14 August 1850. His uncle, John Sell Cotman, was one of the cornerstones of the Norwich school and a very influential watercolourist. Frederick's first tuition came from William Griffiths...

Frederick George Cotman (1850-1920) Fishing baskets on the shore Watercolour with trace of pencil 6 x 8 inches Provenance: Cotman family collection Frederick George Cotman was born in Ipswich on 14 August 1850. His uncle, John Sell Cotman, was one of the cornerstones of the Norwich school and a very influential watercolourist. Frederick's first tuition came from William Griffiths...

Frederick George Cotman (1850-1920) A rowing boat on the shore Watercolour with trace of pencil 4¼ x 10¼ inches Provenance: Cotman family collection Frederick George Cotman was born in Ipswich on 14 August 1850. His uncle, John Sell Cotman, was one of the cornerstones of the Norwich school and a very influential watercolourist. Frederick's first tuition came from William Griffiths...

A very attractive rural scene of a fisherman and his dog on a riverbank, in very good colour and an appealing composition. Claude Hayes (1852-1922) A fisherman and his dog by a riverbank Signed Watercolour with touches of pencil 6½ x 10 inches, image only 13 x 16 inches with the frame Claude Hayes was a Dublin born painter who to avoid his father's wish to make a businessman of him ran away to sea and served on the Golden Fleece, one of the transports used in the Abyssinian expedition of 1867-68, and also spent a year in the United States. Returning to London, he studied art at Heatherley's and the Royal Academy Schools, and then in Antwerp, under Charles Verlat. He worked in Hampshire with James Aumonier and also in Surrey with William Charles Estall, whose sister he married. Hayes exhibited widely in London and provincial centres, and was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1886, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, 1902. He also showed at the RA, RBSA, Brook Street Art Gallery, Dudley Gallery, FAS, GI, Grosvenor Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, MAFA, RBA, RHA, Ridley Art Club, RSW and Walker's Gallery, London. In 1912, Claude Hayes represented England at the Venice Biennale. His work is in various public collections in England and Ireland including the Ulster Museum, Museums Sheffield, Torre Abbey Museum and the Leeds City Art Gallery. His father was the artist Edwin Hayes.

A very finely observed pair of marine watercolours. The artist has meticulously depicted the rigging of the vessels, suggesting a working knowledge of the maritime world. Richmond M...

Graphite on buff paper 'Hales Abbey, Gloucestershire' initialled, inscribed and dated 1837 bottom left Image size: 8 x 13 1/2 inches (20 x 34.5 cm) 18th Century Hogarth frame and was...