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Period: Mid-19th Century
Watercolour Estuary Landscape Victorian
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
just purchased more information to follow Cypher lower right Within a grey mount, 14cm high, 28cm long The gilded cavetto moulded frame 28 cm high, 41 cm long, 3.5cm deep
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

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 Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

John George Indermaur, Group Of Children, Watercolour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century watercolour by British artist John George Indermaur (1818-1862) depicts four children, a chaise lounge, and footstool. It was shown at the Royal Societ...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Oscar Andreae: Kiosk on the Bosphorus drawing 1866
Located in London, GB
This is from a series of Andreae's sketches of European tourist destinations from the 1860s, to see some others, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all...
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Impressionist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Carbon Pencil

Portland Roads & Sandsfoot Castle, Dorset. Weymouth. 1856. Chesil Beach. Harbor.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Frederick Lee Bridell. English ( b.1831 – d.1863 ). Portland Roads and Sandsfoot Castle from Weymouth, 1856. Watercolor, bodycolor and pen & ink on paper Signed & dated lower left. I...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

French Romantic school, Portrait of a young soldier, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, circa 1830 Portrait of a young soldier, pencil on paper Framed under glass : 38 x 30 cm It's a vintage frame, probablly original but I had the back redone T...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Figurative landscape watercolor drawing with 19th century view of Florence
Located in Florence, IT
This watercolor on paper is signed and titled at lower right Gab. Carelli / Florence. It depicts a view of Florence taken from the Piazzale Michelangelo-animated by various figures i...
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Impressionist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

John Varley OWS (Attributed), Italianate Landscape With Figures
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming early 19th-century watercolour attributed to English artist John Varley OWS (1778-1842) depicts an Italianate vista with trees, distant town, and figures. Varley was a...
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English School Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Roman fresco with fountain, roosters and herma
Located in Roma, RM
Luigi Bazzani (Bologna 1836 - 1927), Roman fresco with fountain, roosters and herm Watercolor 18 x 35 cm signed lower right. Provenance: Arch. Cesare Bazzani (Rome 1873 - 1939).
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Italian School Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait Of A Young Girl In A Lilac Dress With A Black Bow. Circa 1860. SIgned.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a young girl in a lilac dress with a black bow. Circa 1860. Signature below right, partially visible. Size with frame 59cm x 49cm Size without frame 33cm x 24cm The portr...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Carbon Pencil

Frédéric Millet (1786-1859) Portrait of a gentleman, 1849 watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Frédéric Millet (1786-1859) Portrait of a gentleman, 1849 signed and dated lower right Watercolor on paper 36 x 27,5 cm framed : 44 x 35 cm Frédéric Millet is rightly renowned fo...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Portrait of Condottière
Located in PARIS, FR
Attributed to Léon COGNIET Paris 1794 -1880 Portrait of Condottière Pen and brown ink 10,5 x 8cm 30 x 25cm framed Period frame
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French School Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen, Ink

After Samuel Prout - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Sion
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished watercolour study after Samuel Prout depicting a busy street in Sion, the capital of the Swiss Canton of Valais. The artist captures the scene in a delicate hand payi...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Two Metamorphosed Women with a Mythological Creature
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection. It is limited in edition artist signed lower right and is in very good condition. Walter Becker was a German artist. Another impress...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Lithograph

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.
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid 19th Century Watercolour - White Poppy
Located in Corsham, GB
The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some minor discolouration. Very minor marks to the frame.
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

The Citadel, Cairo, The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha. American Orientalist
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Edwin Lord Weeks. American ( b.1849 - d.1903 ). In the Citadel, Cairo, before The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha Watercolor. Monogram Lower Right. Image size 8.3 inches x 5.3 in...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

David Cox Jnr (1809-1885) - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Conway Castle
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame and washline mount. Titled to gallery label verso. Provenance: with Agnew's, London. On paper.
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young soldier, dated 1830, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young soldier, dated 1830, Pencil and heightenings of white and red 26 x 19.7 cm oval view examined outside the frame, in good condition I...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Carbon Pencil

Historical figurative drawing of 19th century Italian Romanticism
Located in Florence, IT
The subject illustrated here is one of the moments that mark the centuries-long history of Genoa's glorious Maritime Republic, when the ashes of St. John the Baptist, one of the city...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pen, Pencil

French school 19th century, Court scene in front of a palace, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th century, Court scene in front of a palace watercolor on paper 16.4 x 13.3 cm In good condition, some foxings Framed : 30 x 26.5 cm This enigmatic yet charming s...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Jules Boilly, Portrait Of A Man, Drawing Dated 1843
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait of a man. Drawing in black stone and white chalk. Signed and dated 1843. Very small dirt and scratches. Insulated paper. 27 x 21 cm
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Crymlyn Bog and Neath River Estuary Swansea Bay 1872. Wales. Welsh Watercolor.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Cornelius Pearson b.1805 – d.1891 & Thomas Francis Wainewright, b.1794 – d.1883 English Crymlyn Bog and Neath River Estuary Swansea Bay, 1872 Watercolor. Signed & Dated 1872. Image size 7.9 inches x 15.9 inches ( 20cm x 40.5cm ). Frame size 15.2 inches x 23 inches ( 38.5cm x 58.5cm ). Available for sale; this original painting is by Cornelius Pearson with a significant contribution by Thomas Francis Wainewright, and is dated 1872. The watercolor is presented and supplied in a sympathetic pinned corner frame dating from the 1950s or 1960s (which is shown in these photographs), mounted and behind glass. This antique painting is in very good condition whilst the frame is in a good condition, commensurate with age. It is ready to hang and display. The watercolor is signed by both artists and dated 1872 lower left. The mount is titled and attributed by hand. Cornelius Pearson was an accomplished landscape artist. He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire but moved at an early age to London where he became apprenticed to a copper-plate engraver. He soon abandoned engraving however to devote himself to being a watercolor painter. Although he lived in London throughout his career, he travelled for his work to paint in Kent, Ireland, Wales, the Lake District, Scotland, on the Thames and Devon. He was a regular exhibitor at the Suffolk Street Galleries, and also exhibited at the Royal Academy, the New Watercolor Society and elsewhere. He was one of the oldest members of the Langham...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

FINE 1860'S ENGLISH BOTANNICAL WATERCOLOUR DRAWING STRAWBERRIES FROM A CASTLE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 19th century, dated 27/8/1860 lower right corner. Title: Red & White Alpines, extensively inscribed lower section. Medium: watercolour drawing on pa...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

James Wilson Carmichael (1800-1868) - 1852 Watercolour, By the Sea
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour sketch depicting a lone figure walking towards the coastline. Signed and dated to the lower right. On paper.
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

George Pyne (1800-1884) - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, The Castle Grounds
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed faintly to the lower right. Artist Name inscribed to the mount. Presented in a gilt frame and washline mount. On paper.
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

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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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Young Lady With A Guitar
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 19th-century English school portrait depicts a demure young lady wearing a white dress with puffy gigot sleeves and holding a guitar. During the late 18th century and ear...
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Folk Art Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

View from the Public Baths, Cherbourg, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Percival Skelton (English, active 1852-87) Cherbourg Watercolor on paper, 5 3/8 X 9 3/8 inches Framed: 11 x 15 inches (approx.) Inscribed at lower left: "Cherbourg"; at lower right: ...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Fishing Boats & Fishermen on Beer Beach, East Devon. A Very Fine Watercolor.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Frederick Williamson. English ( b.1835 - d.1900 ). Fishing Boats & Fishermen on Beer Beach, East Devon. Watercolor. Signed. Image size 5.9 inches x 8.9 inches ( 15cm x 22.5cm ). Fra...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Watercolor of Cumberland, England by English Artist William James Blacklock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
William James Blacklock (English, 1816-1858) Rural Landscape, Watercolor on paper, 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches Framed: 15 x 18 inches (approx.) Inscribed on verso: (in pencil) "Heath sce...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

19th Century Antique silhouette of children, reverse painted on glass
Located in Harkstead, GB
A charming silhouette of a group of children ambling along. So much character is expressed through the minimal monochrome depiction. English or American School, 19th Century A silhouette...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Glass

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 (1804–1881) is the most prolific publisher of ornithological subjects of all time. In 19th-century Europe, his name was as well known as Audubon’s was in North America. Unlike Audubon, whose life’s work focused on one region, Gould traveled widely and employed other artists to help create his lavish, hand-colored lithographic folios. John Gould’s 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, Gould’s 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 Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Lithograph

Japanese Meiji Hanging Scroll of Ayu Fish, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Although Western painting was initially embraced during Japan’s Meiji period (1868–1912), artists brought on a revival of traditional painting styles as they sought to create a moder...
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Folk Art Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Silk

M. Demancy - 1844 Watercolour, Lady with a Flower Basket
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful portrait study depicting a woman dressed in white lace. She wears a bonnet with black trimmings to match the ribbon in her hair and rests her arm over a basket of flower...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

19th-Century Swiss School, Montbenon, Lake Geneva
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-19th-century Swiss school drawing depicts the beautiful Esplanade de Montbenon in Lausanne, Switzerland. The picturesque gardens of the Esplanade de Montbenon provide a spl...
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Folk Art Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Mid 19th Century English Miniature portrait of a young gentleman
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very delicately painted small scale portrait on marble of a handsome young gentleman. Superb detail and colour - a very striking piece and a rare example of a work by this first ra...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Marble

Oxford High Street Oxford High Street c. 1840 Pencil & wash on paper
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge , particularly suitable for wedding and graduation presents, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Cockle Pickers
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming coastal scene depicting three young boys pickling cockles along the shoreline. Beached boats and fisherman's cottages line the beach while the boys stuff cockles into thei...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

The Arab Butcher, a preparatory drawing by Gustave Guillaumet (1840 - 1887)
Located in PARIS, FR
This intensely expressive figure is a preparatory study for "Arab Market on the Tocria Plain", a painting exhibited at the 1865 Salon and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille. 1...
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Old Masters Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Carbon Pencil

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 Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

William Edward Frost, 19th Century British Classical Watercolour Drawing of Echo
Located in London, GB
WILLIAM EDWARD FROST, RA (1810-1877) Echo Signed l.r.: W E Frost RA Watercolour and pen and ink Unframed 16.5 by 10.5 cm., 6 ½ by 4 ¼ in. (mount size 29.5 by 22.5 cm., 11 ½ by 9 i...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Egyptian Buffalo and Farmers. Camel Rider. Egypt.American Orientalist.Watercolor
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Edwin Lord Weeks. American ( b.1849 - d.1903 ). Egyptian Buffalo and Farmers. Egypt. Watercolor. Monogram Lower Right. Image size 5.1 inches x 8.3 inches ( 13cm x 21cm ). Frame size...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

19th-Century Austrian School, Lady Riding A Grey Mare
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century European watercolour depicts a young lady riding a grey mare before a view of Berg Perchtoldsdorf, Austria. During the 19th century, aristocratic wome...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor, Paper

19th Century Danish Drawing and Watercolour Study of a Tree at Indelluket
By Thorald Læssøe
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th Century watercolour drawing and watercolour study of a tree by noted Danish artist Thorald Læssøe. The work is monogram signed bottom left and there is an annotation in the ...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil, Paper

Portrait of Rebecca Octavia Dorothy Nash, Victorian Graphite Drawings
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, inscribed on original backing Image size: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (16.5 x 14 cm) Mounted This is a delightful graphite drawing by the artist Joseph Nash that depict...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Landscape with cattle in watercolor
Located in DEVENTER, NL
This beautifully excecuted landscape with cattle in watercolor was made by Abraham Hendrik Winter (1800-1861). Winter was born in Utrecht (the Netherlands) in 1800 and was a teacher ...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

James Ward The Fisherman's Family
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Precious Watercolor attributed to James WARD (1769-1859) - England, 1830-1840. The Fisherman' S Family. Measurements : View : 20"x14.6" (51x37 cm), With frame : 26.6"x21.5" (67.5x54....
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile signed on the lower right Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper 19.5 x 13 cm Framed : 29 x 22.7 cm Jules-Eugène Lenepveu is of course particularly well known for his large-scale paintings, such as the one on the ceiling of the Paris Opera, but his work here is much more delicate and intimate. We recognise the artist's mastery of talent, but the play of textures, with its highlights of white that enliven and illuminate the model's face, is also very subtle. There's a particularly charming sense of life and impression of light. Jules-Eugène Lenepveu was born in Angers on 12 December 1819, on the site of the street that now bears his name, into a family of small shopkeepers. The painter showed a deep attachment to his family throughout his life through his correspondence and the many portraits of his relatives. He entered the drawing school in Angers in 1833, where he was a pupil of Jean-Michel Mercier. There he rubbed shoulders with the sculptor Ferdinand Taluet. He arrived in Paris in 1837 and entered the Beaux-Arts, where he was officially admitted to François-Édouard Picot's studio in 1838. He exhibited his work "L'Idylle" at the Salon of 1843 and, that same year, left for his first visit to Italy. He was awarded the Second Prix de Rome in 1843 for "Cincinnatus recevant les députés du Sénat" (Cincinnatus receiving the deputies of the Senate), then the First Prize in 1847 for "La Mort de Vitellius" (The Death of Vitellius). A resident at the Villa Médicis from 1848, he was surrounded by painters Alexandre Cabanel, Léon Benouville, Gustave Boulanger, Félix Barrias...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Pencil

Thomas Heathfield Carrick, Miniature portrait of a gentleman
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very delicately painted portrait miniature on marble of a distinguished looking gentleman. Superb detail and colour - a very striking piece and a rare example of a work by this fir...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Marble

19th Century Architectural Danish Drawing & Watercolour of Frederiksborg Castle
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th Century watercolour drawing of Frederiksborg Castle by noted Danish artist Thorald Læssøe. The work is monogram signed to the back of the paper where there is another drawin...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor, Paper

Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine's Day Gift
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautiful 19th century copy by Giuseppe Rocchi of Baldassarre Franceschini's Sleeping Cupid, presented in a very attractive gilt frame with hand carved mouldings. A very peaceful i...
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Old Masters Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Study of a hand; preparatory work for the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867
Located in PARIS, FR
Alfred DEHODENCQ (1822-1982) Study of a hand; preparatory to the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867 Pencil on paper Dimensions of work: 15.5 x 17.5 cm Frame size : 30 x 30 cm A...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Long Life & Happiness.Queen Victoria's Daughter, Princess Alice. Royal Family
By HRH Princess Alice Maud Mary Hanover
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Queen Victoria’s Daughter, Princess Alice Maud Mary, of the House of Hanover. English ( b.1843 - d.1878 ). Long Life and Happiness – June 11th 1860 Watercolor. Signed and Dated. Image size 12.4 inches x 7.7 inches ( 31.5cm x 24cm ). Frame size 18.5 inches x 15.2 inches ( 47cm x 38.5cm ). Available for sale; this charming and delicate watercolor is by the second eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Alice Maud Mary of the House of Hanover, and is dated 1860. This original watercolor is presented and supplied in a sympathetic contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs), mounted using conservation materials and non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. This intriguing and gentle piece will be of specific interest to those who have an interest in the Of the British royal family and its history. This antique piece is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. This intriguing and gentle piece will be of specific interest to those who have an interest in the British royal family and its history. A unique and very special painting, this charming delicate watercolour was painted by Princess Alice Mary Maud, of the House of Hanover, the second daughter of Queen Victoria. This is very significant because the artist is now the great- great grandmother of the current monarch, HM King Charles III. The artist herself was an extraordinary woman, the painting was created at a special time and place, and the subject of the painting is a mystery. The painting depicts a winged angel looking down at a small baby lying in a cradle. The angel holds a scroll, emblazoned with “Long life and happiness” A date, “June 8th, 1860”, is written clearly and prominently above the child, signifying a date of birth. The painting is signed simply “Alice” and the date of its completion is recorded as “June 11th, 1860.” The painting demonstrates that the young Princess, just 17 at the time, was an accomplished and sensitive artist. The work commemorates the birth 3 days earlier of a baby whose arrival must have been personally celebrated by the Princess. The identity of this child is a mystery. The fact that the cradle is decorated with blue ribbons and trimmings does not necessarily suggest that this is a male child as the custom of blue for a boy had not yet been adopted at this time. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom became Princess Louis and Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine by marriage. She was born on 25th April 1843 and was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Like her siblings she spent her early childhood in the company of her parents and siblings, travelling between the British royal residences. Her birth prompted her parents to purchase Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight, and for Alice this was very much her family home. Here, at her father’s insistence, she and her siblings learnt family values and practical skills such as housekeeping, cooking, gardening and carpentry. During the Crimean War Alice, aged just eleven, toured London hospitals with her mother and elder sister. This triggered her interest in health and public welfare which continued all her life. Alice was considered the most emotionally sensitive of her siblings and was genuinely sympathetic to the burdens of others. Her compassion meant that she took on the role of the family caregiver. She nursed her grandmother, Victoria, Duchess of Kent, mother to Queen Victoria, throughout her final illness, and provided emotional support for all the family after her death. As Alice reached adulthood Queen Victoria made plans for her to be married. Queen Victoria wanted her children to marry for love, but the choice of suitors was nevertheless severely restricted by protocol. After Alice rejected the first two potential suitors her mother and elder sister suggested Prince Louis of Hesse, a minor German royal who was heir to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. He and his brother were invited to Windsor Castle in 1860, ostensibly so that they could watch the Ascot Races in the company of the royal family. In reality, the visit was an opportunity for the Queen to inspect her potential son-in-law. Louis and Alice got on together well, and Alice made it clear that she was attracted to him. They became engaged the following year. The visit to Windsor Castle by the German Princes...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

India 19th Century Landscape Sir James Peile Listed Work Mountains Western Ghats
Located in Norfolk, GB
Sydney Point, Mahableshwur Hill Station, Western Ghats, India Artist: Sir James Peile (1833-1906) Medium: Watercolour and Pastel on Paper Created: October 1862 Image Size: 23 x 36 ...
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Other Art Style Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

India Watercolour Landscape 19th century Ootacamund Dated 1856 Signed in Pencil
Located in Norfolk, GB
Artist: Unknown Medium: Watercolour on Paper Created: 1856 Size: 22.2 x 32.5 cm Signed bottom left in pencil Ootacamund 10th March 1856 Written on back in pencil 'Ootacamund from ...
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Other Art Style Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Looe Town & Harbor, Cornwall. Luggers Under Sail. Early Morning. Circa 1860.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
J. Wilson. English ( fl.1837 - 1870 ). Looe Town & Harbor, Cornwall. Watercolor. Monogramed. Image size 6.5 inches x 10.4 inches ( 16.5cm x 26.5cm ). Frame size 12.6 inches x 16.7 i...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Ada V. Hobson (1831-1911) - 1863 Watercolour, Blushing Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate study of a pretty young woman with rosy cheeks by Ada Hobson. Presented in a dark wood oval frame. Signed and dated. On paper.
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

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