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Portrait Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of a Tiroler Kaiserjäger, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of a Tiroler Kaiserjäger, Signed and dated 1849 lower right Ink on paper 16.5 x 25.5 cm In a nice period frame : 33 x 42 cm Raffet had the occasion to draw studies of austrian soldiers as he took part as observer to the first Italian Independance War (1848-1849). It was the the first of many conflicts between the Kingdom of Sardinia , which later became the Kingdom of Italy , and the Austrian Empire. The Kaiserjäger (imperial hunters) were founded in 1815 by Emperor Franz I. It was a great honor to enter the Kaiserjäger as they were the only ones to be honored with the term "imperial". However, only Tyrolese, Voralbergers and Welschtirolers were allowed. They wore this characteristic hat as a parade headdress, it was made of matte black, waterproof felt. It consisted of a crown and brim adorned with a circular, green cord, the Jäger emblem and a plume of black rooster feathers. The hat cord was made of sheep's wool, and had a button and an acorn covered with a green wool. These two studies clearly evoke the interest of the artist for this part of their uniform. Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (2 March 1804 – 16 February 1860) was a French illustrator and lithographer. He was a student of Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, and was a retrospective painter of the Empire. At an early age he was apprenticed to a wood turner, but took up the study of art at evening classes. At the age of 18 he entered the workshop of Cabanel, where he applied his skill to the decoration of china, and where he met Rudor, from whom he received instruction in lithography, in the practice of which he was to rise to fame. He then entered the École des Beaux-Arts, but returned to lithography in 1830 when he produced on stone his famous designs of Lützen, Waterloo, Le bal, La revue, and Les adieux de la garrison, by which his reputation became immediately established. Raffet's chief works were his lithographs of the Napoleonic campaigns, from Egypt to Waterloo, vigorous designs inspired by ardent patriotic enthusiasm. In this endeavor he was a contemporary of other French artist-lithographers of Napoleon and the French army including Hippolyte Bellangé, Horace Vernet, and Nicolas Toussaint Charlet. As an illustrator his activity was prodigious, the list of works illustrated by his crayon amounting to about forty-five, among which are Béranger's poems, the History of the Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, the History of Napoleon by de Norvins, the great Walter Scott by Auguste Defauconpret, the French Plutarch and Frédéric Bérat's Songs. He went to Rome in 1849, and was present at the siege of Rome, which he made the subject of some lithographs, and followed the Italian campaign of 1859, of which he left a record in his Episodes de la campagne d'Italie de 1859. His portraits in pencil...
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1840s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Edouard Chevret (1835-1874), Napoleon and his soldiers, Studies, 1860, drawing
By Edouard Chevret
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Chevret (1835-1864) Napoleon and his soldiers, different studies Signed on the lower right and dated 1860 28 x 45 cm In a modern mount covering the original mount. In quite g...
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1860s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Costume di Capracolla - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful watercolor on ivory-colored paper called Costume di Capracolla, realized by the Italian artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca. Hand-titled "Costume di Capracolla" with a hand-...
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1820s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Costume di Sorrento - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Costume di Sorrento", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia di Napoli" on lower margin at the center. Representing ...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Costume di Villa Pianezza - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Costume di Villa pianezza" with a caption "Provincia dell'Aquila nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the ...
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1820s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Saint-Louis - Original Pencil Drawing by Unknown French Artist 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Saint-Louis is a beautiful original pencil drawing on paper, realized by a French artist of XIX century. hand-signed in black ink on lower right margin, signature not completely rea...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

19th century ink portrait drawing male subject realism black and white
By Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Portrait of Baron Mayer de Rothschild, Rothschild Collection" by Oscar Gustave Rejlander is done in ink wash on paper. It is framed and matted. The portrait is a bust of Baron Mayer de Rothschild of the Rothschild banking dynasty, who lived 1813-1874. Art size: 11 3/4" x 8 3/4" Frame size: 20" x 17" "Rejlander, Oscar Gustav (1813-75), Swedish-born photographer, active in England and often known as ‘the father of art photography’, having pioneered practices such as combination printing and promoted photography's capacity to tackle subjects conventionally associated with painting. After studying lithography and painting in Rome, Rejlander arrived in England in the early 1840s and settled in Wolverhampton. A day's instruction with Nicolaas Henneman was apparently his only training before he turned to photography in 1853. Throughout his professional career, Rejlander combined studio portrait work and other commissions with particular artistic projects, importing ideas and inspiration from such sources as Flemish and late Renaissance art, 18th-century English narrative works, or contemporary cartoons from papers like Punch. His famous moral allegory The Two Ways of Life (1857) combines sophisticated combination printing with elaborately staged photographs. Although widely condemned as indecent—in Scotland only the ‘virtuous’ side of the picture could be shown—it was bought by Queen Victoria for Prince Albert. Rejlander vigorously defended photography's narrative capability, emphasizing artifice as a way to truth and creative expression, and works like Hard Times and The Dream (both 1860) convey unconscious states hauntingly and in a precociously modern way. In 1862 he left Wolverhampton for a London studio, where judiciously placed windows enabled him to create subtle lighting effects for portraiture. Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Alfred...
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1870s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Charles Frederick Buckley (1812-1869) - Watercolour, Portrait of a Musician
By Charles Frederick Buckley
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine study of poet-musician Blondel (inscribed to the lower right). laid to backing paper measuring 27.5 x 22cm. Signed. On wove.
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Venditori e Mangiatori di Maccheroni - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper stuck on grey cardboard, 1820 c.a. Wonderful watercolour both for the drawing and for the fineness of the colours representing a typical Italian scene of ordina...
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1820s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Monaco Rochettino - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Beautiful watercolour representing a monk. Hand-titled black ink on lower margin. Excellent conditions. Michela De Vito In the XIX century, Michela De Vito native of Abruzzi, worked in Naples and became a famous artist. She was maybe the daughter or sister of Camillo de Vito...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Marinajo del Molo- Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Marinajo del Molo" (Sailor of the pier), hand-signed on lower-left margin. Very good conditions. Including an ivory colored cardboard p...
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1820s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Costume di Fraine - ìWatercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Costume di Fraine" with a caption "Provincia d'Abruzzo nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the center. Han...
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1820s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

James, Duke of York, (later James II) and Anne Hyde, Duchess of York
Located in London, GB
After Sir Peter Lely, Late 17th Century (1618–1680) James, Duke of York, (later James II) and Anne Hyde, Duchess of York Chalk on paper Image size: 8...
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17th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Paper

Manca Penitente - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper 1820 c.a. Very good quality watercolour representing a penitent nun. Hand-titled black ink on lower margin at the center. Near perfect conditions ...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Costume di Procida - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper stuck on ivory colored cardboard, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Costume di Procida" with a caption "Provincia di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin. Partially hand-signed on lower-right margin. Representing a woman with baby...
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1820s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Costume di San Giovanni - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper stuck on ivory colored cardboard, 1820 c.a. Hand-signed and hand-titled "Costume di S.Giovanni", with autograph caption black ink "Vicino Napoli" ...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Costume di Tortorella - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored stuck on paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-signed on lower-right and hand-titled "Costume di Tortorella", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia di Salerno" on...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Uomo del Paese di Carafa Greci - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Uomo del Paese di Carafa Greci" (Man of Carafa Greci town), with the caption "Provincia Contado di Molise". Hand-signed on lower-right m...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Female figure of 19th century - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Wonderful watercolour both for the drawing and for the fineness of the colours representing a woman in typical Italian costumes of XIX ...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Woman with Flowers - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Fine watercolour representing a female figure in traditional Italian costumes. Hand-signed on lower margin at the center (the signature...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Costume di Massagrogna - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper stuck on ivory colored cardboard, 1820 c.a. Hand-signed on lower-right and hand-titled "Costume di Massagrogna", with autograph caption black ink ...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Italian Woman with Chickens - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Fine watercolour representing a woman in traditional Italian costumes carrying some chickens. Excellent conditions, with some minor sta...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Costume di Carafa - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a. Hand-titled "Costume di Carafa" with a caption "Provincia di Calabria nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the center. H...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled (Study of a Lawyer)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned Provenance: FAR Gallery, New York, NY Private Collection, New Jersey Reference and Notes: Daumier was a prolific draftsman. This drawing of a lawyer was once part of a...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) The Children of the painter Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) The children of the painter Portrait in an oval, study for a portrait Black pencil on paper 23 x 19 cm Stamp of the worksh...
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1840s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Brigante - Watercolor 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.. Hand titled and signed. Representing brigand. Very good conditions. Very beautiful and good quality watercolour both for the drawing a...
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1820s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Opera dei Pupi
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper stuck onwhite cardboard sheet, 1820 c.a. Representing people attending the typical Sicilian"Operadei Pupi". Excellent conditionsexcept a little sta...
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1820s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

19th century color portrait pencil pastel female subject realism
By Constance de Rothschild
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lady Mary Stanhope" is an original pencil and pastel drawing by Constance de Rothschild. This piece depicts a woman facing to the right. The artist also cre...
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1860s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

John Phillip Kemble as Hamlet, Act V, Scene I
By Eastman Johnson
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated (on back) "January 1845/ J.E.J." Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Rowland, Buckingham, PA Mr. and Mrs. Edward Abraham, West Chester, PA Hirschl & Adler Galleries...
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1840s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

French Watercolor
Located in Houston, TX
Pencil and watercolor portrait of a person in loose period clothing displaying nervous energy and vibrant demeanor by P.B. Faurnier, 1833. Signed lowe...
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1830s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

French Romantic Drawing Héloïse LELOIR gouache mother and daughter 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Héloïse LELOIR Paris, 1819 - Paris, 1870 Pencil and gouache 18 x 13 cm (27.5 x 22 cm with frame) Signed lower right “Héloïse Leloir” Pretty carved and gilded wooden frame Héloïse L...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Academic Study of the Head of Paris by Canova (Gypsoteca plaster copy)
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic Study of the Head of Paris by Canova (plaster copy) 57 cm x 46.5 cm Charcoal pencil drawing on matte paper. Excellent conservation conditions. Plaster casts from nineteenth...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

19th Century Watercolour - Lord Byron
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Presented in a black painted wooden frame. On paper.
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Young Shepherd And His Lamb, Watercolor Signed And Dated 1836
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Young shepherd and his lamb. Watercolor enhanced with white gouache, signed and dated 1836. Framed and under glass. Period frame. Small gaps in stucco on the frame Watercolor: 17 x 1...
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1830s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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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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1840s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Paper

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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Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Marble

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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Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Marble

Full-Length 19th Century India Ink Silhouette - Victorian Gentleman in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century silhouette of a Victorian gentleman, captured in profile with top hat & cane. Smartly mount in period Maplewood veneer fram...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

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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Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Glass

19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Sea Captain
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait of a young sea captain holding a telescope. The portrait appears to have been completed by two different hands. We believe the study of the head and face, completed i...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Man in a Red Turban, Early 19th Century Orientalist Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper Image size: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (11.5 x 9 cm) Mounted and framed This is an arresting image featuring a head and shoulders portrait of a bearded man wearing a ...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Lady
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This exquisite early 19th-century drawing depicts a demure young lady wearing a dress with voluminous ‘gigot’ sleeves, necklace and elaborate bonnet. It’s...
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1830s English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Portrait of a Young Man, Charcoal 1800 French School, Romanticism
Located in London, GB
Charcoal and grey wash on paper Image size: 14 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (37.5 x 36 cm) Provenance Private collection, Washington DC. C.G. Sloan & Co., Sept. 1980. This charcoal portrait...
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Early 1800s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

Signed dated Tuscan Banti Male Nude Academy Drawing 19th century pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
This drawing, pencil on paper 35,5 x 25,5 cm without frame, is signed and dated "Arturo Banti 21. Gennaio 1876." on the left in sanguine. It's a typical "Academia", so a study on a naked figure in a plastic pose to exercise on the portraying of the body. It belongs to the juvenile career of this Tuscan...
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1870s Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Eden Upton Eddis, Portrait of Muriel Paget Bowman, Drawing
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming late 19th-century portrait by British artist Eden Upton Eddis (1812-1901) depicts a young Muriel Paget Bowman (c.1876-1928), the daughter of Sir William Paget Bowman, a...
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19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

British Pre-Raphaelite Portrait drawing of Girl with Pug Dog by Frederick Sandys
By Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys
Located in London, GB
FREDERICK SANDYS (1829-1904) Reine Chapman and her Pug Signed, inscribed and dated u.l.: Reine Chapman 1881/F Sandys Coloured chalks on pale blue ti...
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1880s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Paysanne Nouant son Foulard (Peasant Arranging her Scarf)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This intimate work by Camille Pissarro represents a period of significance for the Impressionist master. The early 1880s was a time of great experimentation for the artist, after he spent much of the preceding decade devoted to landscape painting. Shifting focus, he embarked on a series of works in a range of media dedicated to the human figure - particularly peasant women. In watercolor, gouache, pastel, and print, Pissarro captured the rural female and the minute moments of domestic life. Depicting a peasant woman tying her scarf, Paysanne Nouant son Foulard displays the harmony of color and composition that typifies his work of the 1880s. Composed of a symphony of color and strokes of paint, the work exemplifies the plein air technique of Pissarro's best Impressionist canvases. A true master of his art, no other artist successfully chronicled rural peasant life quite like Pissarro. Counted among the most respected artists of the 19th century and widely considered the father of Impressionism, Pissarro’s works experienced a surge in interest in the early 2000s. This is reflected in Pissarro’s new auction record of over $32.1 million, set at a 2014 Sotheby’s auction in London, which far surpassed his previous record of $14.6 million. Born in St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies, Pissarro was sent to school in Paris at the age of 11, where he first displayed a talent for drawing. In 1855, having convinced his parents of his determination to pursue a career as an artist rather than work in the family shipping business, he returned to Paris where he studied at the Académie Suisse alongside Claude Monet. At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Pissarro moved to England. With Monet, he painted a series of landscapes around South-East London and studied English landscape painters in the museums. When he returned home to Louveciennes a year later, Camille discovered that all but 40 of the 1500 paintings he had left there - almost 20 years of work - had been vandalized. In 1872, Camille settled in Pontoise where he remained for the next 10 years, gathering a close circle of friends around him. Gauguin was among the many artists to visit him there and Cézanne, who lived nearby, came for long periods to work and learn. In 1874, Pissarro participated in the first Impressionist exhibition...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

19th Century A Portrait of Rousseau After Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
Located in London, GB
After Maurice-Quentin de La Tour A Portrait of the Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Pastel on paper This fine19th century pastel portrait of the philosopher Rousseau is directly drawn from the original by La Tour now in the Musee Antoine Lecuyer...
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"Roman Woman" - Late 19th Century Framed Watercolor Portrait
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunningly rendered, evocative portrait of an elderly Roman woman, painted by Rinaldo Werner in 1870 (as written on the painting itself. He lived from 1...
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1870s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Woman in Theatrical Dress - Original Watercolor by Eugène Lacoste
By Eugène Lacoste
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on bottom right by Eugène Lacoste, the design of the Opera of Giuseppe Verdi. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created ove...
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1870s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

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