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Period: 19th Century
Circle of Charles Baxter - Late 19th Century Watercolour, The Letter
By Charles Baxter
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait depicting an elegant young woman in a garden setting. She holds a letter out in the sunlight, looking intently at the words. Unsigned. Well presented in a gilt fr...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$343 Sale Price
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"Sundays Market", Emil Barbarini (1855-1930)
Located in Riga, LV
"Sundays Market", Emil Barbarini (1855-1930), The end of 19 century, oil on the wood, 36x57 cm.
Signed with the pseudo "E.Rovier"
Emil Barbarini (1855-...
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Realist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Vintage oil painting by Vincent Clare - fruit and apples oil signed
By George Clare
Located in PARIS, FR
Condition: Excellent overall Condition. Original canvas and frame. No restauration necessary. No retouching under UV light. Dimensions with frame 28 x 34 cm.
Free US CONTINENTAL Shi...
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Victorian 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Watercolour - Regency Lady in a Headscarf
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study of a Regency lady in an elegant dress and headscarf. The artist captures the woman's delicate features in a soft palette showing the fine details of her ...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$260 Sale Price
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French School Of The First Half Of The XIXth Century
Located in ROUEN, FR
French School Of The First Half Of The XIXth Century"
FRENCH SCHOOL OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIXTH CENTURY Ptolemy's system Drawing in pen, watercolor and wash signed Bonnechaux and ...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
1866 Watercolour - Lady In The Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming late 19th Century watercolour showing a finely dressed young lady in a flowing white gown and elegantly styled hair in the fashion of the 18th Century. The artist has mono...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$336 Sale Price
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F.C.H. - Framed 19th Century Watercolour, A Catch for Supper
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century watercolour depicting two figures disappointed with their catch at their usual rocky river spot. The two men can be seen stand to the right of the scene astonishe...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$302 Sale Price
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Study of woman figure
By Louis A. F. (Jean-Louis) Janmot
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean Louis Janmot (Lyon 1814 - 1892)
Study of woman figure
Black pencil
10,6 x 14,4 cm (26,6 x 30,2 x 6 cm with the frame)
Provenance : from the artist's series of drawings.
Wi...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Henry Schafer (1833-1916) - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, A Market in Normandy
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished watercolour study by the highly collectable artist Henry Schafer. Signed and titled to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with a ribbon and stick running patt...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
St John's College, Cambridge 19th century pen and ink drawing by Gerling
Located in London, GB
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Pen
Eton College Windsor Watercolour 19th Century England British painting Victorian
Located in London, GB
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Modern 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Joseph Mathias Negelen (1792-1870) - 1833 Charcoal Drawing, Lady in a Bonnet
By Joseph Mathias Negelen
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite charcoal half length portrait of a lady in a bonnet by prolific Swiss artist Joseph Mathias Negelen. The sitter's facial features have been carefully completed with incr...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour - The Mayor's Parlour, Leicester Guildhall
Located in Corsham, GB
A particularly fine watercolour study of the Mayor's Parlour at Leicester Guildhall. The craftsmanship and carpentry of the interior instantly grabs your attention, testament to the ...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Richard Westall (1765-1836) RA - Early 19th Century Watercolour, Woman Reading
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished watercolour study depicting a women reading a prayer book. The artist captures the woman's elaborate headdress and dress in fine detail. Signed with Westall's monogra...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Edward Nevil (fl.1880-1900) - Watercolour, St Peter's Church, Leuven, Belgium
By Edward Nevil
Located in Corsham, GB
A bustling street scene outside St Peter's Church in Leuven, Belgium, a Roman Catholic church built in the 15th century in the Brabantine Gothic style. Presented in a substantial dis...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1844 Watercolour - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait of a gentleman in a red velvet waistcoat smoking a cigar. The artist has captured his striking face and bright blue eyes with fine detail. Well presented in an or...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$315 Sale Price
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L. Drayton - 19th Century Watercolour, Shepherd in the Scottish Hills
Located in Corsham, GB
Scenic landscape in watercolour. Young shepherd and his collie dog tending to an injured ewe. Signed to the lower right. On watercolour paper.
Category
19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$282 Sale Price
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“Cottage”
Located in Southampton, NY
Graphite and watercolor on paper stock drawing by the Russian Federation artist, Carl Ivanovitch Kollmann. Circa 1830. Condition: Good. Actual drawing diameter is 6.5 inches. Impr...
Category
Academic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
$1,360 Sale Price
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Attrib. Edward Duncan RWS (1803-1882) - 1868 Watercolour, Norfolk Windmill
Located in Corsham, GB
With body colour. Presented in a washline mount inscribed with the artist's name. Possible signature just visible beneath the mount, although this looks to have been cropped. On pape...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$597 Sale Price
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Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Villa on the Lake
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful continental scene in watercolour, depicting a large Italian villa with scenic lake views. In the foreground a horse and cart can be seen arriving at the property via a w...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$246 Sale Price
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19th Century Watercolour - Outside the City Gates
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour scene depicting a European street with half timbered building and a church with two steeples in the distance. Figure wanted in the foreground under the arches of t...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$244 Sale Price
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Walter Fryer Stocks (1842-1915) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Culham Bridge
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour study by the British artist Walter Fryer Stocks, depicting the Culham Bridge over the River Thames. Culham Bridge was built of stone between 1416 and 1422 to repla...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$322 Sale Price
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Late 19th Century Gouache - Fishermen on a Mediterranean Shore
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$243 Sale Price
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Joseph H. Barnes (fl.1867-1887)- Framed Watercolour, A Wayfarer Smoking his Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
Fine late 19th century watercolour. A wayfarer smoking his pipe at camp. Presented in a fine giltwood frame with card mount. Signed lower right. On paper.
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Peter S. Buchanan (1860-1911) - 19th Century Watercolour, The Country Lane
Located in Corsham, GB
This well-executed watercolour study depicts a man on his horse stopping to talk to another man at a garden wall. In the foreground chickens wander near the dry stone walls before a ...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Early 19th Century Charcoal Drawing - Daydreaming
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming charcoal study depicting a woman in classical dress looking up with a distance, dreamy look. The artist captures the woman using delicate cross hating to highlight the con...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$305 Sale Price
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Edouardo Vitali - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Italian Fisherwoman
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour portrait depicting an Italian girl holding her fishing net and yarn. The girl is depicted in traditional dress with a colourful coloured apron. Signed to the...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$302 Sale Price
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Virginia Larsson (1844-1893) - Swedish Watercolour, Woman and Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour scene in a traditional Swedish interior featuring a woman and child. Presented glazed in a clean white mount and wooden frame. Signed to the lower-left edge. On wo...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
G. G. - 19th Century Watercolour, Mourning
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished watercolour scene depicting a mourning family gathered around the bedside of their loved one. The artist shows two weeping women and a child looking upon the flower g...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$393 Sale Price
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A. Poisson - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Dutch Figures by the Sea
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted watercolour of two Dutch women and a young child walking by the coast. The artist has captured both women on their way home after harvesting mussels by the sea. Even...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Louis Van Staaten (1836-1909) - Framed Watercolour, Dutch Windmill Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
An original watercolour by Dutch painter Louis Van Staaten, also known as Hermanus II Koekkoek (1836-1909). Signed to the lower left. Well-presented in a large wooden frame with gilt...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
R.E. Hill - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Lady in a Fur Trimmed Cloak
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in an ornate gilt effect frame and washline mount. Signed. On watercolour paper.
Category
19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$428 Sale Price
20% Off
L. Travers - 1888 Watercolour, Horses Under a Tree
By L. Travers
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished watercolour painting by L. Travers, depicting a landscape scene with horses under a tree by a stream of water. Signed and dated to the lower margin. Well-presented in...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$328 Sale Price
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John Francis Branegan (1843-1909) - Framed Watercolour, Inlet on the Scaur
Located in Corsham, GB
John Francis Branegan (1843-1909)- original watercolour. Inlet on the Scaur. Signed and inscribed to the lower left. Presented in a fine gilt-effect frame with internal slip. On paper.
Category
19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$354 Sale Price
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E. Walker - 1878 Watercolour, Farm at Northwood. Shropshire
Located in Corsham, GB
A pastoral landscape depicting a farm at Northwood near Wem in Shropshire. Presented glazed in a washline mount and an ornate gilt frame with a fluted cove and leaf and berry detaili...
Category
19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$524 Sale Price
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Joseph Mossmer (1780-1845) - 1810 Watercolour, The Road Home
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour study depicting a man, horse and dog bringing a cart back from town on a winding path. The artist demonstrates a great ability to portray distance in the different...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$476 Sale Price
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Attrib. Susan Vincent - 19th Century Watercolour, Man in an Alpine Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Label verso inscribed with artist name. Presented in a gilt frame and washline mount. On paper.
Category
19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$313 Sale Price
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Unknown title (castle with wall, stream and footbridge)
By David Cox
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unknown title (castle with wall, stream and footbridge)
Watercolor on laid paper, mounted to support of old Albumin photograph mount
Signed and dated lower left (see photo)
The watercolor is mounted on support that is the backing for a vintage albumin photograph of Moulin Huet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, c. 1850's
Condition: Mounted to verso of albumin photograph mount (see photo)
Glue residue outside of image/sheet on recto
Colors fresh
No other issues to note
David Cox (29 April 1783 – 7 June 1859) was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of Impressionism.
He is considered one of the greatest English landscape painters, and a major figure of the Golden age of English watercolour.
Although most popularly known for his works in watercolour, he also painted over 300 works in oil towards the end of his career, now considered "one of the greatest, but least recognised, achievements of any British painter.
His son, known as David Cox the Younger (1809-1885), was also a successful artist.
Early life in Birmingham, 1783–1804
Cox's birthplace in Deritend, Birmingham, illustrated by Samuel Lines
Cox was born on 29 April 1783 on Heath Mill Lane in Deritend, then an industrial suburb of Birmingham. His father was a blacksmith and whitesmith about whom little is known, except that he supplied components such as bayonets and barrels to the Birmingham gun trade. Cox's mother was the daughter of a farmer and miller from Small Heath to the east of Birmingham. Early biographers record that "she had had a better education than his father, and was a woman of superior intelligence and force of character." Cox was initially expected to follow his father into the metal trade and take over his forge, but his lack of physical strength led his family to seek opportunities for him to develop his interest in art, which is said to have first become apparent when the young Cox started painting paper kites...
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Romantic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Gentleman with Mustache (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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Romantic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Arthur Suker (1857-1940) - Watercolour, Pastoral Landscape near Betws-y-coed
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study of a pastoral landscape near Betws-y-Coed. Signed by the artist to the lower left. Labelled to the reverse with information on the location and artist. O...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fine 19th Century Watercolour - Lady at the Loom
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour portrait depicting a woman sat at her loom. She holds a ball of thread in one hand, pulling it towards her as she winds the string. Unsigned. Well presented in...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$280 Sale Price
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Framed Mid 19th Century Graphite Drawing - Old Man with an Organ
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine and detailed graphite drawing of an old man with an organ. His clothes are dishevelled and he wears a very creased tri-cornered hat. Well presented in a contemporary blac...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
$304 Sale Price
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Ada V. Hobson (1831-1911) - 1863 Watercolour, Pretty Woman in a Straw Hat
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful portrait by Ada Hobson of a pretty young woman in a straw summer hat. Well presented in a dark wood oval frame. Signed and dated. On paper.
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$244 Sale Price
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Late 19th Century Watercolour - The Watercress Seller
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait of a young watercress seller holding a wicker basket of cress. These street sellers were common during the 18th and 19th centuries and would sell to workers early...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$268 Sale Price
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Peter Petersen Toft (1825-1901) -Mid 19th Century Watercolour, The Coast Of Sark
By Peter Petersen Toft
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite mid 19th Century watercolour coastal scene by the skilled Danish painter, Peter Peterson Toft. The landscape is the impressive coastline of the island of Sark, one of th...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
John Collingham Moore "Children of Henry and Elizabeth Young" Watercolor c.1860
By John Collingham Moore
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Collingham Moore (England, 1829-1880) four children, circa 1860s
Rare pencil, watercolor and white wash by listed artist John Collingham Moore, 19th century.
Here we have the children of Henry and Elizabeth Young...
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Realist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Follower of Francis Wheatley - Early 19th Century Watercolour, Lover's Dispute
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour in the manner of Francis Wheatley depicting a courting couple sat beneath a tree. The pair appear to be in the midst of an argument with the woman wiping tears...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century Watercolour - Mountain Waterfall with a Stag
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 19th century landscape study depicting two figures admiring a waterfall. The the foreground a handsome stage watches over the scene. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$273 Sale Price
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[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].
A Group of 10 Flowers and Butterflies.
mid to late nineteeenth century.
A fine group of Chines...
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Naturalistic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Rice Paper
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Robert Hollands Walker (fl.1882-1920) - Framed Watercolour, The Holy Sepulchre
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour study by Victorian artist Robert Hollands Walker (fl.1882-1920), depicting an elevated view over the Holy Sepulchre and Christian Qua...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Attrib. Samuel Prout (1783-1852) - 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Net Mending
By Samuel Prout
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming graphite study in the style of architectural artist Samuel Prout. The scene depicts a fisherman mending a net in fine graphite detail. Bears the name of Samuel Prout verso...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
French Romantic school, Portrait of a young man, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, circa 1840
Portrait of a young man,
charcoal on paper
22.5 x 17 cm
In good condition, however, there is a restoration of the paper in the upper right-hand qu...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$938 Sale Price
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Attrib. John A. Atkinson (1775-1833) - Framed Watercolour, Hungry Workhorse
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study of aworkhorse resting in a walled paddock. The cacti to the background suggests a Mediterranean environment. Faintly inscribed to the reverse of the wate...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Henry Schafer (1841-c.1914) - Watercolour, Church of Notre-Dame at Louviers
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study of the Church of Notre-Dame in Louviers, Normandy. Figures sell and buy from market stall on the cobbled street to the foreground in the shadow of the ...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Early 19th Century Watercolour - Saint George And The Dragon
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 19th Century watercolour depiction of the dramatic slaying of the dragon by Saint George. The artist's use of vibrant colour and delicate line work make this a true feast ...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$390 Sale Price
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Samuel Austin (1796-1834) - 1831 Watercolour, Heron on the Rocks
By Samuel Austin
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene depicting a river flowing between banks with fallen trees. Perched on a rock in the center of the river a heron looks for fish in the stream. Signed and ...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$628 Sale Price
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'Garden Landscape with River', 19th Century Kano School
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A finely-drawn Kano School watercolor and gouache showing figures in kimonos on a bridge and seated beside a stylized river flowing through a graceful garden. An elegantly formal com...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Horham Hall, Essex watercolour by John Chessell Buckler
By John Chessell Buckler
Located in London, GB
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John Chessell Buckler (1793 - 1894)
Horham Hall, Essex (1830)
Watercolour
25 x 34 cm
Signed and dated lower right; titled below.
Horham Hall was built in Thaxted, Essex by Sir John Cutte in the early sixteenth century. The original hall was a timber-framed moated manor house built circa 1470, but it was largely demolished by Cutte, who built the present house between 1510 and 1515. Cutte was under-treasurer in the households of Henry VII and Henry VIII. The mansion was built in brick in two storeys in a quadrilateral layout with a gatehouse and incorporated some elements of the former building.
The house was visited three times by Elizabeth I as the guest of Sir John Cutte. It is believed that the Tower was built for her to watch the local hunt. It was while staying at Horham in 1578 that the Queen received the envoy of the Duke of Alençon proposing marriage.
John Chessell Buckler was a British architect, the eldest son of the architect John Buckler. His work included restorations of country houses and at the University of Oxford.
Buckler received art lessons from the painter Francis Nicholson...
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Realist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Framed English School 19th Century Watercolour - The White Lighthouse
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful coastal scene in watercolours, showing a scenic estuary with ships sailing on the water and lighthouse standing watch. Well-presented in a glazed gilt frame with ornate ...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$284 Sale Price
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Horses in Stable
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Horses in a Stable
Black chalk on tan wove paper, 1896
Signed with the estate stamp lower right corner
(see photo)
Note: The image has been sqaured off in red chalk grid lines for use in a large painting
Dated in charcoal lower right: "23 Nov '96"
Condition: Tack holes in the corners
small tears and creases along margins
Sheet size: 14 11/16 x 16 13/16 inches
Provenance: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell
Brenner Fine Arts, Inc., New York
Alan Stone Gallery, New York
"Georges Lemmen was the son of an architect and studied under Amédée Bourson at the academy in St Joost-ten-Node. He was invited in 1889 to join the Group of Twenty ( Cercle des XX) which had been launched in 1884 by Oscar Maus and had in the interim emerged as an influential force in Belgian artistic circles, not least by bringing to public and critical attention the work of such artists as Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. The Cercle des XX would be reborn in 1894 as La Libre Esthétique.
In the early days of the Cercle des XX, Lemmen espoused a pointilliste technique. His earlier painting was clearly influenced by the Neo-Impressionists; over time, however, his style became more subtle and nuanced – recalling, perhaps, that of his compatriot Van Rysselberghe, another Cercle des XX member. With the group’s rebirth as the Libre Esthétique, Lemmen’s work became more intimiste in character, most notably in his portraits, nudes and still-lifes, where the influence of Bonnard and Vuillard is unmistakable, as is that of Renoir, particularly after Lemmen’s travels in the Midi in 1911. From this point onwards, he would go on to make a major contribution to the renewal of the graphic and decorative arts in terms of his input to the new ‘free’ aesthetic and to Art Nouveau. Although his draughtsmanship retained its essential purity and elegance of line, his painting became more fleshy, imprecise and sensual, his compositions governed less by technical considerations than by the urgent need to express his emotions.
Between 1889 and 1893, Lemmen exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, aligning himself with the Neo-Impressionists. In 1893, Henry van de Velde invited him to participate in the Pour l’Art association that had been created in Antwerp. He travelled to the south of France in 1911. By this juncture, he had already exhibited solo on two occasions (in 1906 and 1908) at the Galerie Druet in Paris. A further solo exhibition in 1913, his first in Brussels, cemented Lemmen’s reputation.
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Bremen (Kunsthalle): Standing Nude Combing her Hair
Brussels (Mus. royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique): Children’s Room (watercolour); Reading; Couture; Young Girl by the Sea...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
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