John Burgess

John Burgess (1814-1874) - Framed Watercolour, Normandy View near Avranches

Mid-19th Century

A charming 19th century view of Caudebec, Normandy. The artist has wonderfully captured the complex medieval architecture and bustling nature of ...

An atmospheric Welsh landscape, painted by 19th century artist Richard Bond (1808-1886). The watercolour depicts two mischievous characters swinging from ...

Art Sz: 3 5/8"H x 6 7/8"W Frame Sz: 9 1/4"H x 12 1/2"W James Cassie RSA (1819 – 11 May 1879) was a Scottish marine landscape, portrait, genre and animal painter.

A tranquil and peaceful watercolor on paper depicting a landscape with a fortress by English artist John Varley. Circa early 1800s. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, ""Varley's landscapes are graceful and solemn in feeling, and simple and broad in treatment, being worked with a full brush and pure fresh transparent tints, usually without any admixture of body-colour. Though his works are rather mannered and conventional, they are well considered and excellent in composition. Some of his earlier water-colours, including his ""Views of the Thames,"" were painted upon the spot, and possess greater individuality than his later productions, which are mainly compositions of mountain and lake scenery, produced without direct reference to nature."" An opportunity to own an antique watercolor a well-known English watercolorist. From a private collection. Original gallery tag on verso from Squire Gallery. Dimensions: 14”h x 15.25”w x 1”d (framed). In good vintage condition. John Varley (1778-1842) was an English watercolor painter and astrologer, and a close friend of William Blake. They collaborated in 1819–1820 on the book Visionary Heads, written by Varley and illustrated by Blake. He was the elder brother of a family of artists: Cornelius Varley...