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Paris, Porte de Bercy

1910

Serene French watercolor of marsh by artist Radel-Foesa, circa 1970. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard...

Tranquil watercolor of sailboat reflected in the Mediterranean Sea by French artist F. Manceaux, 1993. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with ...

French watercolor of brightly-colored fishing boats at dusk, 1979. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-si...

Beautifully detailed French watercolor by artist M. Pouxviel, 1990. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-...

Delightful French watercolor of a tranquil river lined with trees making its way through a sunlit valley, circa 1960. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold ...

Serene watercolor painting of early spring trees and barn buildings by French artist J. Houébon, 1965. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat ...

Inscribed “159” in the upper right Provenance: (Possibly) The Van Goyen sketchbook which in 1845 belonged to Andrew Geddes, A.R.A. (1783-1844), London; his sale, Christie's, London,...

Wilhelm Heine (Dresden 30 January 1827-Löbnitz 5 October 1885) ‘Funeral of Robert Williams in the cemetery of the Temple Gyokusen-ji at Shimoda in April 1854’ With a sticker on the reverse of the frame by Coupil & Co. 1855 Watercolour on paper, H. 57 x W. 92 cm Depicted is the Bay of Shimoda with seven American ships including the two paddle-wheel warships USS Mississippi and Susquehanna. On the Gyokus- en-ji temple grounds on the right is the coffin in the middle with the remains of US marine Robert Williams, ready to be lowered into the grave. Looking on from the left are the Buddhist monks and Japanese officials who joined the first Christian funeral on Japanese soil. Around the grave are US marines, Commodore Perry...

Marius Bauer (1867-1932) ‘Devotie in de Woestijn’ (Devotion in the Dessert near the pyramids of Gizeh, circa 1919) Signed lower right and titled lower left Watercolour on paper, H...

FRANÇOIS MATHURIN ADALBERT, BARON DE COURCY (1805-1839) 'Le Negrito à l’ancre. Dans le port de la havanne' Indistinctly signed lower left Titled on the mount Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, on paper, 24.8 x 34.6 cm Literature: The present watercolour will be illustrated in: - Prof. Manuel Garcia’s projected book on the disease and the slave trade provisionally titled “Fighting the Yellow Demon of Fever: The Struggle against Disease in the Illegal Slave Trade”. - Prof. Micael Zeuske’s forthcoming Global history of slave trade. Exhibited: Mexico City, 1998, Palacio Virreinal, El Barón de Courcy, illustrationes de un viaje, 1831-1833, no. 108 Note: Baron de Courcy was in the Caribbean in late 1832 and early 1833, following his tour of Mexico in 1832, on the last leg of his “Grand Voyage...

A fine mixed media plien air painting by Gradwell. The Amalfi coast, Italy . An evening study in low light. mixed media on paper: 34cmx 54cm Glazed gallery frame: 52cm x 73cm

Wiltshire , ' Winter Light', Salisbury Plain . Modernist/ traditional watercolor works by Andrew Gradwell. Gradwell generally paints on a large scale canvas in oils. . These studie...