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Joseph Mossmer (1780-1845) - 1810 Watercolour, The Road Home

1810

A charming watercolour scene depicting figures of the road to Château de Domfront which can be seen on a distant hill. The artist uses fine brushwork to create a detailed, intricate ...

A rustic country scene far from the madding crowd with a figure readying his wagon for a day's harvest. Presented in a very fine maple veneer frame with hand markings and a gilt-effe...

A superb watercolour showing figures with a horse crossing a stream, with sheep beyond. Titled to the reverse 'The Ride Home'. Well presented in a moder...

A far-reaching landscape depicting a winding country road that leads the eye through trees to a house and hills beyond. Presented glazed in a cream mount and distressed gilt-effect f...

St Clair, Isles of Wight (as situated at back of drawing). James Bourne was a known landscape artist specialized in watercolors who exposed his works at the Royal Academy in the earl...

Antique watercolor created in England in the mid nineteenth century. Signed in lower left with two first initials "Barnard, April 20th, 1855 - Hastings", on the back is written "Near...

Art Sz: 9 1/2"H x 15 3/8"W Frame Sz: 17 3/4"H x 22 5/8"W English, 19th century watercolor on paper depicting a man sitting on a rock by the water Signed "G. Scobel" Mas. G. Scobe...

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...