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Period: Mid-19th Century
French School Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Pretty Maiden
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate study of a pretty young woman with a floral hat. With touches of body colour, this study is intricately painted, with great attention given to the facial features and fold...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$274 Sale Price
20% Off
Jules Noel (1810-1881) Landscape with a fisherman, signed drawing
By Jules Noel
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Noel (1810-1881)
Landscape with a fisherman,
Signed lower right
Pencil on paper
27.8 x 44 cm
Framed under glass : 43 x 59.5 cm
We find in this drawing everything that makes...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Paul Sandby Munn RWS, Mallevy, Merioneth, North Wales, Watercolour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 19th-century watercolour by British artist Paul Sandby Munn RWS (1773-1845) depicts a riverside view at Mallevy in North Wales.
Amid a hasty world where technology consumes our waking hours, few of us find the time to consider the subtle beauties of quiet watercolours. Yet, during the late 18th century, when Munn began producing his skillfully-rendered views, this style of drawing was considered an act of rebellion. Indeed, to such an extent that, together with several associates, Munn contributed to one of the most vital artistic circles in British history - the “Brothers” sketching club.
Held every Saturday, the sketching club sought to raise the status of landscape watercolours from their lowly position as mere copies of nature. Fellow artists such as John Varley, Thomas Girtin and John Sell Cotman...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Thomas Leeson Rowbotham, Victorian blacksmith
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming study of a blacksmith puffing on a clay pipe at the forge door.
Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham Junr (1823-1875)
Village Blacksmith Patterdale, Aug 1848
Signed, in...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$459 Sale Price
42% Off
19th Century British watercolour of Country House in a Landscape
Located in London, GB
Attributed to BENJAMIN SHIPHAM
(1806-1872)
A Country House in an Extensive Landscape
Signed with initials l.r.: BS
Watercolour
Framed
17 by 27 cm., 6 ¾ by 10 ½ in.
(frame size 33...
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Realist Mid-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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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$315 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - A Stop at the Inn
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful 19th century watercolour scene depicting a man and his horse being greeted by a woman outside of an in. The quaint half-timbered building st...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$239 Sale Price
20% Off
John Chapman - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Seated Woman with Flower
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful 19th century watercolour capturing a young woman in a blue dress holding a single flower. Her intricate lace bonnet is adorned with s...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
British Chalk Pencil Sketches Of A Flock Of Sheep Standing and Lying Down
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
The actor Karl Seydelmann, probably as Max Piccolomini / - Theatrical Realism -
Located in Berlin, DE
Theodor Hosemann (1807 Brandenburg - 1875 Berlin), The actor Karl Seydelmann probably as Max Piccolomini, around 1840. Watercolor with pencil, 20.5 cm (height) x 14.7 cm (width), sig...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
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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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$336 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Materials
Pencil
Louis Charles Auguste Couder (1789-1873) Portrait of a young man, signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Charles Auguste Couder (1789-1873)
Portrait of a young man
signed on the right border
Pastel on paper
28.5 x 21 cm
In good condition
In a modern frame : 48 x 40.5 cm
Augu...
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Academic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
W. T. Bracewell - Framed 1855 Watercolour, Portrait in Tartan
Located in Corsham, GB
A full length and highly detailed watercolour portrait of a child wearing traditional tartan. Signed and dated (1855) to the lower left. Finely presented in a slim gilt frame with a ...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$437 Sale Price
20% Off
An illustration to the musical mode of Patamanjari Ragini
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Jaipur School, c. 1840
An illustration to the musical mode of Patamanjari Ragini
From a Ragamala series
Gouache and gold on wasli paper
24.1 x 19.6 cm.; (within frame) 33.7 x 28.5 ...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Castle San Angelo, Rome, David Roberts, 19th Century Original Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white.
Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches (24 x 34 cm)
Hand made gilt frame
Provenance
The Fine Art Society 1981 (Label Verso)
Priv...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Notre-Dame de Paris. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x18 cm
By Edward Nevil
Located in Riga, LV
Edward Nevil ( 1813 – 1901 )
Notre-Dame de Paris. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x18 cm
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$612 Sale Price
71% Off
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
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
$1,016
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) The Puppeteer, "Janvier", original signed drawing
By Paul Gavarni
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866)
The Puppeteer, Study for "Janvier"
Signed lower left
Pen and black ink, black ink wash on paper
28 x 20 cm
In good condition except some stains particularly ...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
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
Materials
Pencil, Gouache
French Romantic school, View of a citadel, pen and watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, 19th century
View of a citadel
Pen and ink, watercolor and heightenings of white gouache on brown paper
18 x 29.5 cm
In good condition, some stains and traces...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of Lydia Clifton, aged 5 years, 6 months Dated January 31st 1841
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Lydia Clifton, aged 5 years, 6 months and dated January 31st 1841
watercolour on artist paper with wood panel backing, framed
framed: 16 x 12 inches
painting : 13.5 x 9.5...
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English School Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Edward Hull (1810-1877) - Framed Watercolour, Exercising
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming watercolour shows a steady jockey exercising his owner's racehorse with a strong, galloping stride. The watercolour has been signed to the lower left. Immaculately pres...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$443 Sale Price
20% Off
France 19th century, A Set of 5 drawings, landscapes and farms, Ink wash
Located in Paris, FR
France middle of 19th century
A set of 5 drawings
Landscapes, farms and ruins
Brown ink and brown ink wash on paper, Black ink and black ink wash on paper
Dimensions vary :
A big fa...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
French romantic school Drawing black chalk and goiache HORTIN steam boat 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Charles HORTIN (Attributed to)
(XIX)
Black chalk and white gouache
Signed lower right
12 x 16 cm
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
$430 Sale Price
20% Off
Lady with Hat and Fan
By William Lee
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed lower left
Category
Impressionist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Romantic school, Woman and Infant with guards, watercolor signed dated 1847
Located in Paris, FR
Romantic school, mid 19th century
Antique Scene, Woman and Infant surrounded by guards
watercolor, pen and black ink and heightenings of white gouache on...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Horse Drinking at The Water Hole
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
19th Century Romantic school, A Pavilion in a garden, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Romantic School, circa 1860
A pavilion in a garden , an animated view
Pen and black ink, black ink wash on paper
19.5 x 26.5 cm
In good condition, slightly undulating.
Framed : 39 x ...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Achille Devéria (1800-1857) Allez au diable, la fille est à moi Original Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Achille Devéria (1800-1857)
"Allez au diable, la femme est à moi" (Go to hell, This woman is mine)
pencil on paper
annotated on the upper border "Alle...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
French school of the nineteenth century, LW (?) Harbor scene, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
French school of the nineteenth century, LW (?)
Harbor scene, animation around a skiff
Pencil on paper Signed LW (?) Bottom right
15 x 21 cm
Framed : 27 x 34.5 cm
This very fine ...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Auguste Mayer (1805-1890) A seascape with a boat, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Mayer (1803-1890
A seascape with a boat
signed with the initials on the lower left
Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper
17.5 x 26 cm...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Carbon Pencil
Attributed to Eugène Lami (1800-1890) A Maid feeding rabbits, Watercolor
By Eugène Louis Lami
Located in Paris, FR
Attributed to Eugène Lami (1800-1890)
A maid feeding rabbits
Watercolor on paper
Bears a monogramm E L on the lower right
12.5 x 12.5 cm
In good condition, some foxings in the uppe...
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Academic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Jules Noel (1810-1881) Landscape with a manor and a traveler, signed drawing
By Jules Noel
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Noel (1810-1881)
Landscape with a manor and a traveler
Signed lower left
Pencil on paper
27.5 x 44.5 cm
Framed under glass : 43 x 59.5 cm
This drawing shows more particularly...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Charles Emile Jacque (Paris 1813 - 1894) Dog in a doghouse, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Charles Emile Jacque (1813-1894)
Dog in a doghouse
Monogrammed "C. J. "lower right
Pencil on paper
17 x 13 cm
Mark of the Collection of Doctor Albert Finot "AF" (Lugt 3627) lower lef...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) La Soubrette (The handmaid), watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866)
La Soubrette (The handmaid),
pencil, watercolor and heightenings of gouache on paper
Signed lower right (faded)
20 x 15 cm
In quite good condition, lightly sunstroke and yellowed
Framed 28.5 x 23 cm
Paul Gavarni was the nom de plume of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804 – 24 November 1866), a French illustrator, born in Paris.
The story is told that he took his name from Gavarnie in Luz-Saint-Sauveur where he had taken a journey into the Pyrenees.
He was a very famous illustrator, friend of Felix Nadar...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
British Chalk Pencil Sketches of Four Sheep In Different Positions
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
British Chalk Pencil Sketch Of A Cow's Body With White Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Cow Side Profile and Face Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
"Treasures of the Scholars' Studio, " Ink and Paint on Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
With careful brushwork, this 19th-century painting honors the four treasures of the scholar's studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the ...
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Qing Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silk, Ink, Pigment
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of A Young Boy In His Fishing Gear
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Achille Devéria (1800-1857) A young woman seen in profile, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Achille Devéria (1800-1857)
A young woman seen in profile
Black Chalk on paper
with cut edges
Bears the stamp of the Achille Deveria Estate Sale of 1...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Two Dapper Gentleman Fishing On The Riverbank
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Thomas Creswick RA (1811-1869) - 1846 Watercolour, The Fallen Rod
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene depicting a family fishing in the river running through their village. The man leans towards the water, trying to retrieve the rod that he's dropped. The...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
J'ai enfoncé Jalouret!
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Caractéristique de la production de Gavarni, ce dessin est à rapprocher de plusieurs autres portraits-charges représentant des personnages masculins en pied dans la même posture, deb...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
French School 19th century, Set of nine humoristic drawings, pencil on paper
Located in Paris, FR
France, 19th century
Set of nine humoristic drawings, various subjects in the same mount
Black pencil, for some of them with highlights of white gouache
various dimensions : 6 x 5.5 ...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Charles Emile JACQUE (Paris 1813 - 1894) Two sheeps, studies drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Charles Emile JACQUE (Paris 1813 - 1894)
Two sheeps, studies
Black chalk on paper
9 x 17 cm
Framed 33 x 38 cm
Charles Emile Jacque was born in 1...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Portrait of a Young Man by Victorian artist George Elgar Hicks
By George Elgar Hicks
Located in London, GB
GEORGE ELGAR HICKS
(1824-1914)
Portrait of a Young Gentleman
Signed and dated 1858
Watercolour and bodycolour, oval
30 by 25 cm., 11 ¾ by 9 ¾ in.
(frame size 50 by 41 cm., 19 ¾ b...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Ready Horse Tacked Ready To Mount
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
French Romantic School, Le Baiser (The Kiss) Study, charcoal and Ink drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School circa 1830
"Le Baiser"
The Kiss, A hunter and a girl flirting, study of the girl in the upper register
pencil, pen and black ink
19.5 x 13 cm (view)
Framed ...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink
19th Century french school, Villefranche-sur Mer, the harbour, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French School circa 1850
Villefranche sur mer, the Harbour
Watercolor on paper
16 x 24 cm
In good condition
Framed 29 x 38 cm
This very fine wat...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of A Bull Lying Down
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Fine 1860's Botannical Watercolour Drawing - Painted in 1867 on the Cote D'azur
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English/ French School, 19th century, dated 1867. The location given is on the Cote d'Azur, though the style and writing possibly more likely English.
Title: Indisti...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Fine 1860's Botannical Watercolour Drawing - Rubus Spectabilis Painted 1867
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English/ American School, 19th century, dated 1867
Title: Rubus Spectabilis, (which originated from America).
Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, with ink writing...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Bull Resting On The Ground
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
The General….Baron de Brielhe - Pencil by E. O. Wauquier - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The general ... Baron De Brielhe is an original drawing in pencil with gray point, unsigned, on paper, realized by E. O. Wauquier (1808-1869).
Good conditions except for minor cosme...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Henry E. Hobson (1820-1881) - 1866 Watercolour, Portrait of a Young Lady in Blue
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour portrait of a young lady with flowers in her hair. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a swept frame with an oval washline mount. Acquired as a pair,...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Conrad Martens, Charles Darwin in the Beagle’s Tender, Patagonia, Argentina wc
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
PROVENANCE: Christie’s South Kensington, England, June 10, 1986; Maynards Auction, Vancouver, Canada, December 6, 1994.
This 19th cent wc depicts Charles Darwin in the Beagle’s Tender, Coastal Patagonia, Argentina.
The son of an English mother and the Austrian Consul General in London, Conrad Martens pursued a career in painting following his father’s death in 1816. From the age of sixteen he studied under landscape watercolourist Copley Fielding, absorbing the traditions of the English watercolour school and Joshua Reynolds’ theories on painting. In 1833 Martens joined the HMS Beagle on a scientific survey expedition at Montevideo, South America, as ship’s artist, replacing the ailing Augustus Earle. He befriended the ship’s naturalist, Charles Darwin, whose empirical observation of landscape forms and climatic conditions would influence Martens’ practice.
Martens left the Beagle in Valparaiso in 1834 and travelled to Australia via New Zealand and Tahiti, settling in Sydney in 1835 and setting up a studio in Pitt Street. Patronised by the colonial elite, he fulfilled many commissions for watercolours of the local landscape and Sydney Harbour, including Elizabeth Bay c1838, which features the grand neoclassical edifice of Elizabeth Bay House, built for the former colonial secretary...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Saddler's Workshop in Cairo, Graphite on Paper, 19th Century Orientalist
Located in London, GB
Graphite on Paper
Image size: 12 ½ x 16 ¼ inches (31.75 x 41 cm)
Acid free mount
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teacher ...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Maternity: Pastel on paper. The Farewell By Ulysse Butin (1838-1883)
Located in Gent, VOV
"The Farewell By Ulysse Butin (1838-1883)"
Ulysse Butin, born in Saint-Quentin, into a poor family, had to earn his living early. An apprentice designer in a muslin factory, he took ...
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French School Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$2,970 Sale Price
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