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Period: 19th Century
Sur la plage de Deauville - Impressionist Figurative Watercolor by Eugene Boudin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed watercolour on paper landscape circa 1865 by French impressionist painter Eugene Boudin. This work depicts an artist painting a portrait of an elegant couple on the beach at D...
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Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Gloucester Harbor Docking the Boat 1900 Two Masted Schooner
Located in Soquel, CA
Gloucester Harbor Docking the Boat 1900
Gloucester Harbor circa 1900 by C. Bailey Cora was a San Francisco artist in the 19th century. (American), 19th-20th C).
Image, 9.75"H x 14.5"...
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American Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Edward Lear, Early English drawing, Ostia near Rome
By Edward Lear
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautifully drawn view of Ostia near Rome by one of the foremost 19th Century British artists and personalities.
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Ostia
Signed, inscribed and dated, Ostia/ ...
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Victorian 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen
Etude de Ciel - Impressionist Landscape Pastel Study by Eugene Boudin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pastel on grey paper circa 1860 by Eugene Boudin. The piece is a study of clouds in a blue sky.
Signature:
Signed with the cachet of the artist's estate lower right
Dimensio...
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Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Men - Original Drawing by Alexandre Bida - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Men is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Alexandre Bida (1823-1895).
Good conditions.
No signature.
F. Alexandre Bida (1813–1895) was a French p...
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Modern 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Nude Man - Original Drawing by Félix Barrias - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Man is an original pencil Drawing realized by Félix Barrias (1822-1907).
The little artwork is in good condition on a brown paper.
No Signature, i...
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Modern 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
1880s Southwestern Desert Landscape Drawing - Morning Near Arizona, Summer
Located in Denver, CO
This original color pencil drawing, Morning Near Arizona (1888), is a captivating depiction of a Southwestern desert landscape by renowned artist George Elbert Burr (1859-1939). Crea...
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American Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Early 19th Century English watercolour of woodland near Croxdale Hall
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive and meticulously executed view of a rocky landscape within the woods dating to 1823. This would suit a library or study with its muted tones and skifull draughtsmanship.
William Nicholson (1781-1844)
Near Croxdale Hall
Signed with initials and inscribed with title and date 1823
Pen, ink and grey wash
11 x 8 inches, image only
17 x 13 inches without frame
The portrait-painter and etcher William Nicholson was born in Ovingham-on-Tyne, Northumberland, on Christmas Day 1781. His family transferred to Newcastle when his father was appointed Headmaster of the city's Grammar School. At an early age, though, Nicholson appears to have moved to Hull where he made his artistic debut, painting miniatures of officers garrisoned there. He was almost entirely self-taught, learning his craft through the close study of artworks in private and public galleries. He subsequently returned to Newcastle where he received many commissions to paint portraits of the old families of Northumberland. In 1808, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy, continuing to do so until 1822. By 1814, Nicholson, whose mother was a Scot, had moved to Edinburgh where he set up as a miniaturist and painter in oils. Soon, however, he began to specialize in watercolour portraits. Early subjects included the actor Daniel Terry and the poet and novelist James Hogg. In 1818 he began to publish a series of Portraits of Eminent Scotsmen, etched from his own portraits and those of other painters. Besides Scott and Hogg, the subjects included the writers Robert Burns, John Wilson ('Christopher North'), and Lord Jeffrey, the painters Sir Henry Raeburn, the divines Alexander Carlyle and Alexander Cameron, the engineer James Watt, the architect John Playfair, and the song-collector and composer George Thomson...
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Academic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Pen
The Countryside and Mediterranean Sea at Beaulieu, Cote d'Azur, South of France.
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th century Impressionist view, in watercolour, in the style of Turner, of Beaulieu, South of France, by British artist Hercules Brabazon Brabazon...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Two English watercolours, Norfolk Windmill; Fishermen mending nets on the shore
By Charles Robertson
Located in Harkstead, GB
Two delightful watercolours, with wonderful details by the highly collectable Charles Robertson. They depict two different aspects of Victorian life, the first captures two boys fis...
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Victorian 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Watercolor Paper mid 19th Victor ADAM Zouaves French Infantry soldiers Military
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean-Victor ADAM known as Victor ADAM
Paris, 1801 – Viroflay, 1866
Watercolor on paper
14 x 18.5 cm (30.5 x 34.5 cm with frame)
Signed lower left “V. Adam”
Framed
Very beautiful wat...
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Academic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
19th century silhouette of a man
Located in York, GB
19th century silhouette of a male
framed and glazed and in good condition with only minor signs of age as to be expected.
some images with flash to show highlights etc.. Apologies f...
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English School 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Louis Van Staaten (1836-1909) - Framed Watercolour, Figures by a Dutch Windmill
Located in Corsham, GB
Fine original watercolour by the Dutch painter Louis Van Staaten, also known as Hermanus II Koekkoek (1836-1909). Signed lower right. Presented in a smart silver coloured frame with ...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1940's Provence Painting Vibrant Tree Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
inscribed verso
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
measureme...
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Post-Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Vintage portrait of nude by Antoine Calbet - pastel signed
Located in PARIS, FR
Mint condition, vivid colors. Free US CONTINENTAL shipping, incl Europe and Asia.
Antoine Calbet: A Master of Academic Realism in the Third Republic
A Distinguished Journey
Antoine...
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Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Victorian vintage fine art painting by Clare Vincent - fruits and grapes
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions ; Excellent condition, original canvas frame, no prior retouching or restauration, and no future restauration necessary. Original Victorian gilet frame in perfect conditio...
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Victorian 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A Carnival scene, watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
A carnival scene
21 x 16.5 cm
Watercolor and brown ink on paper
Signed lower right
Period frame : 35 x 30 cm (lacks in...
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Academic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Antique Italian Painted Hand Fan in a Glass Case
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century Italian hand fan, remarkably preserved with silvered metal sticks and guards depicting ancient gods, palm trees and classical emblemes. The paper leaves are h...
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Rococo 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silver
Feeding the Kittens - Little cat mother -
Located in Berlin, DE
Ernst Albert Fischer-Cörlin (1853 Körlin - 1932 Persante). Feeding the Kittens, 1893. Pencil on painting cardboard, 38 x 29 cm. Signed and dated by the artist at lower left "E[rnst] A[lbert] Fischer=Cörlin 1893".
- Lightly stained, somewhat dusty and minimally foxed.
- Little cat mother -
About the artwork
Daughter, mother and grandmother gather in the sunlight to feed a litter of kittens. The mother and grandmother hold the lively, playful animals in their arms, while the young girl feeds two of the four kittens with cookies. There is also a small bucket of milk and a bowl of milk. The women and the girl watch as the cute, still blind animals eat.
It is a scene taken from everyday life, but it also has an allegorical dimension, bringing maternal care into the representation. Three generations are represented, with the grandmother and the mother already mothers. They not only offer the kittens to the youngest, but also proudly observe the maternal care that the youngest gives to the kittens. Like the kittens, she will grow up and become a mother herself, so the image is also an allegory of life's ever-new beginnings. In keeping with this, the morning sun shines into the picture from the right. Fischer-Cörlin has masterfully worked out the quality of the light, with its light and dark areas, with the pencil used...
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Academic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Carbon Pencil
Watercolor The Garden at Sickelsjö, 1883
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present a stunning watercolor by the Swedish artist Albert Theodor Gellerstedt. This artwork, titled "Sickelsjö Trädgård" was created on June 8, 1883. The paintin...
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Romantic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Francois Grenier de Saint Martin (1793-1867) Lady on the beach, 1829, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Francois Grenier de Saint Martin (1793-1867)
A Young Lady on the beach, 1829,
signed and dated on the lower left
watercolor on paper
17 x 19.5 cm
F...
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Romantic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pair of 19th century English chalk drawing on paper of Cockerel
Located in Woodbury, CT
William Huggins was born in Liverpool, England on the 13th of May, 1820. His parents were Samuel and Elisabeth Huggins. He took his first drawing lessons from the Liverpool Mechanics...
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Victorian 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Birds of Europe by John and Elisabeth Goult, 1832
By John Gould and Elizabeth Gould
Located in Paris, FR
Rare Set of 6 beautiful Naturalistic hand-colored lithograph prints by John Gould from his work Birds of Europe, embelished with gum arabic in vibrant colors. Published 1832 - 1837 by Hullmandel, Walter and Walton. Presented in gold leaf wood frames. Very charming .
The price includes the set of 6 framed ones.
John Gould (18041881) is the most prolific publisher of ornithological subjects of all time. In 19th-century Europe, his name was as well known as Audubons was in North America. Unlike Audubon, whose lifes work focused on one region, Gould traveled widely and employed other artists to help create his lavish, hand-colored lithographic folios. John Goulds love of natural history was fostered in the gardens of King George III where his father was chief gardener at Windsor Castle. Although trained as a gardener, Goulds interests quickly evolved, and at the age of 20, he was appointed taxidermist to the Zoological Society of London. After three years, he progressed to the position of curator of birds and chief taxidermist. In 1830, newly married, Gould and his artist wife, Elizabeth Gould...
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Naturalistic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Diving Board Jetty Boats at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: The Diving Board
Medium:
gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unframed
card: 12.75 x 9.75 ...
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Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
J. Eden - Fine 19th Century Watercolour, Evening Primrose
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful study depicts an intricate botanical study of evening primroses in pink and red. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame with beaded and lambs tongu...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Impressionist ink drawing
Located in New York, US
A natural landscape painting is beautiful because it connects us to the innate tranquility and majesty of the natural world. The harmonious colors, such as the greens of forests, the...
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Naturalistic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Study for Assumption of the Virgin
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite on hand made, fibrous wove paper, finished with gray wash. Unevenly trimmed sheet edges, non-archival tape remnants at all four corners, recto, well outside of image area. Horseshoe-shaped area of light discoloration that extends significantly into the figure's face, beneath the lips, and up over the rear of the head, dog-eared right lower corner with associated light discoloration at crease. DeMin and Belluno inscribed in graphite, verso.
A detailed study showing 'primo pensiero' for Giovanni DeMin's large scale fresco, Assumption of the Virgin...
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Old Masters 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Graphite
Academic drawing: L'Écorché by Houdon. Italian school. 19th century. 59x44cm
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic drawing: L'Écorché by Houdon. Italian school. 19th century. 59x44cm
This represents the statue of the écorché by the French sculptor Houdon.
Sculpture - Anatomical model o...
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Academic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting The Old Chateau Building at Dusk
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: The Old Chateau
Medium:
gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unframed
card: 9.75 x 12.75 i...
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Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), The Young Paperboy, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
The Young Paperboy
16.5 x 20.5 cm
Watercolor and brown ink on paper
Signed lower right
In good condition, the paper is slightly yellowed by time, some o...
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Academic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
German School 19th Century, Portrait of a boy, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
German School 19th Century,
Portrait of a boy,
pencil on paper
25.7 x 16 cm (view)
Framed : 41.8 x 31.5 cm
The style and execution are v...
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Romantic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Glastonbury Abbey
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink wash with watercolor in sepia and black, and blue, on buff wove watercolor paper, 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (360 x 260 mm). 1/4" of the lower right corner is lost, minor crack (doe...
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English School 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Italian Art nouveau Nude Boudoir painting woman warming herself by a stove Paris
By Tito Lessi
Located in Norwich, GB
A very pure and tender rendition of a female nude. Elegant in its simplicity, the artist's model, is warming herself by a large stove!
It is a work by Tito Lessi dating from circa 1890. Lessi was born in Florence, Italy and studied at the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts, under Enrico Pollastrini and Antonio Ciseri...
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Academic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting River Boat & Lady Gardening
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: River Boat + Gardner
Medium:
2x gouache on paper, loosely laid o...
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Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
George W. Blackham (1832-1912) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Little Bow St.
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming late 19th century watercolour painting of Little Bow street near Horsefair, Birmingham. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a narrow gilt frame with a new ca...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ruins of the Imperial Castle Outside Split in Croatia
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (1810–1890) Sweden
Ruins of the Imperial Castle Outside Split in Croatia
pencil and watercolour
unframed: 23.6 x 29.2 cm (9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in)
framed: 40 x 45 cm...
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Romantic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique French Watercolor Landscape - Waterfall
Located in Houston, TX
Magnificent landscape watercolor of a waterfall spilling over large river rocks by Alexandre René Véron (1826-1897), circa 1870. Signed lower right.
Original one-of-a-kind antique w...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sunset on the Alps
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 19th century drawing and crayon view of a sunset over the Alps by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon. Initial signed (HBB) by the artist.
Brabazon would have vi...
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Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Crayon
St. Michaels Church , Workington
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Saint Michaels Church, Workington, Cumbria , England. This picture is the design for a window which was dedicated to a long serving and much loved choirmaster by the name of George S...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Scene in Wurttemberg" - Late 19th Century Antique Framed Watercolor Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
I've included a photo here of the blue sticker a movie studio put on the back of this beautiful old German pastel when they rented it from my Magazine Street gallery for the shoot of...
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Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Shipping On The River Thames, London by Charles Dixon. Watercolour
By Charles Edward Dixon 1
Located in Brecon, Powys
Charles Dixon was born in England in December 1872 died 1934. Extremely well known for his nautical watercolours. Exhibited several time at the Royal Academy in London as well as the...
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English School 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century Academic Crayon on Paper Study by Follower of Jacques-Louis David
Located in Cotignac, FR
A fine French academic study sketch on paper of a classical head. The work is unsigned but very much in the style of the period and its early exponents such as Jacques-Louis David.
...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Chalk, Pastel
T. W. - Framed 1878 Watercolour, Lake Como in Summer
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful late 19th century watercolour depicting a riverside town in the Alps, with figures walking along the quiet promenade. The painting is signed and dated to the lower ri...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Man Of War Cove & Beach In The Purbecks Dorset Coast Framed Watercolor Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Bedloe Goddard.
English ( b.1838 – d.1896 ).
Man O’ War Cove, The Purbecks, Dorset, 1875.
Watercolor On Paper.
Signed & Dated Lower Right.
Image size 15.2 inches x 27.4 inches (...
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Victorian 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Maddern - Late 19th Century Pastel, Soft Stare
Located in Corsham, GB
An unusual pastel portrait of a Victorian lady in a white blouse. Indistinctly signed and dated in the upper right. On canvas on stretchers.
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Venice - Scottish 19thC art Glasgow artist lagoon seascape Dodges Palace Italy
By Robert Weir Allan
Located in London, GB
An original watercolour dated 1881 of Venice from the lagoon with boats and the Doges Palace in the distance. Painted by Robert Weir Allan who was a well travelled Scottish artist an...
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Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Félix Ziem (1821-1911) Studies of Landscapes and Seascapes, original Drawing
By Félix Ziem
Located in Paris, FR
Félix Ziem (1821-1911)
Studies of landscapes and seascapes
graphite on paper,
14 x 22 cm
Stamp of the Ziem Estate bottom left
Framed : 25 x 33 cm
A rare exemple of mutiple studies ...
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Romantic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Vintage art painting by Camille Delpy - Normandy house
Located in PARIS, FR
Free US CONTINENTAL shipping, incl Europe and Asia.
Hippolyte Camille Delpy, born April 16, 1842 in Joigny (Yonne) and died June 5, 1910 in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, is a Fr...
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Barbizon School 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Portrait Miniature - Watercolour, Lady in a Feathered Hat
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming miniature study of an elegant woman in a wide collared dress and a hat decorated with ostrich feathers. The artist captures the woman in fine watercolour detail with areas...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Odilon Redon "The Bat"
By Odilon Redon
Located in San Francisco, CA
Odilon Redon: 1840-1916 Well listed very important French artist. He is considered a symbolist, but it is hard to pigeon hole him into one category. He is known for his drawings of creatures and animals based...
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Symbolist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Antique French Signed Watercolor Painting Still Life of Roses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Roses
French artist, late 19th century
signed watercolour painting on thin board, unframed
painting: 17 x 22 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ve...
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French School 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Set of Six Antique Engravings Historical Plans Maps of Ancient Greek Cities
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of Six Antique Engravings
each drawing : 9 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Description: This collection of six antique engrav...
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French School 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Femme mettant ses bas by Maximilien Luce
Located in New Orleans, LA
Maximilien Luce
1858-1941 French
Femme mettant ses bas
(Woman putting on her stockings)
Pastel on paper
Signed "Luce 89" (lower left)
Maximilien Luce’s Femme mettant ses bas is a...
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Post-Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
19th C. Newspaper Illustration of Hiram H. Hobbs, Foreman of the Grand Jury 1898
Located in Soquel, CA
Historical late 19th century portrait of Hiram H. Hobbs, Foreman of the Grand Jury of San Francisco y Richard Langtry Partington (American, ...
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American Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Illustration Board
Fall Courtship
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Valencia, Spain in 1845, 19th century impressionist Vicente García de Paredes studied at the School of Fine Arts in Valencia, in Madr...
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Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Collection of Five Antique Maps Depicting Ancient Greek and Anatolian Regions
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Collection of Five Antique Maps
each drawing : 9 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Description: This set of five finely detailed an...
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French School 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Miniature 19th Century Watercolour - The Street Performer
Located in Corsham, GB
A detailed miniature watercolour study depicting figures enjoying a street performer. Possibly Turkish or Middle Eastern. Well presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame. Signed indist...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"West Point from the East Bank of the Hudson" Antique Drawing on Paper Watkinson
Located in Soquel, CA
"West Point from the East Bank of the Hudson" Antique Drawing on Paper
Delicate and detailed drawing by Hartford, Connecticut artist Edward Watkins Wells (1819-1898) The viewer looks out past a gate at the Hudson River, with its characteristic mountain banks. A shepherd is driving a flock of sheep towards the gate and viewer. The scene appears to have been copied from a drawing book published in 1827, based on the inscription at the bottom edge.
Presented in white archival mat
Mat size: 12"H x 12"W
Paper size: 7.5"H x 9.25"W
Notes of interest on Edward Watkinson Wells
Our most significant acquisition this year came from a dealer in Philadelphia. It is a 450-page diary written over 10 years (1841-1851) by Hartford artist and dilettante Edward Watkinson Wells (1819-1898), one of the many nephews of our founder, David Watkinson (1778-1857).
Edward was immersed in Hartford’s cultural life in the 1840s, exhibited his works at local fairs and gave lessons to the locals. He portrays an active involvement with with his large extended family, which often crossed and re-crossed the other prominent families of Hartford (i.e., Barnard, Channing, Dexter, Ely, Gallaudet, Gill, Goodrich, Hudson, Rockwell, Silsbee, Tappan, Terry, Tracy, Trumbull, Van Renselaer, and Wadsworth).
Edward describes dancing and costume parties, soirees, teas, dinners, and receptions in private homes and public venues. He meets Charles Dickens and his wife when they come through Hartford in 1842, and describes brushes with other luminaries, such as Col. Thomas L. McKenney (who lectures on American Indians), and the Unitarian clergyman Rev. Henry Giles, who gave a pro-Irish speech.
Other entertainments included a balloon ascension, exhibitions of mesmerism and hypnotism, parades, and performances by well-known groups. He also chronicles the progression of the construction of the Wadsworth Atheneum, and touches on his father’s far-reaching interests in the business world–canals, railroads, factories, and real estate.
The cost of this valuable document of mid-19thC Hartford was generously underwritten entirely by a member of the Watkinson Trustees.
Trinity College and the Watkinson Virtual Library has content on Edward Watkinson Wells.
Yale College also:
Edward Watkinson Wells also kept a diary, of which three volumes are preserved (folder 32). He describes a trip by steamboat to Florida, ca. 1855-1860, and the social life and customs he observed there. The other two volumes detail his daily life in Hartford during 1856-1860, and record the deaths of his father and David Watkinson in 1857.
Other items contained in the William Wells...
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Romantic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Pencil
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