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Portrait Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
G. Landgraf - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Scotsman
Located in Corsham, GB
A portrait of a Scottish man wearing a tam o' shanter and leaning on a post as he smokes his pipe. Presented glazed in a gold card mount and an ornate gilt-effec...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Charles Smith - 1894 Watercolour, Jolly Young Boy
By Charles Smith
Located in Corsham, GB
A characterful portrait in watercolour of a young boy wearing a blue hat and brown britches. The artist has signed faintly and dated to the lower left corner. The painting has been ...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825–1904) - Late 19thC Watercolour, A Cheeky Propositi
Located in Corsham, GB
A truly exquisite late 19th Century watercolour by the renowned and skilled painter, Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825–1904. The painting is filled with humo...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

RFB After Frederick McNamara Evans (1859-1929)) - 1894 Watercolour, A Fisherman
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait is of a fisherman sat on a wooden chair smoking his pipe. The fine detail of the painting shows the textures of the man's rain hat and heavy jac...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Men In The Outdoor - Original Drawing by Alfred Grevin - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Men In The Outdoor is an original drawing in Pencil realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century. Applied on a Passepartout: 50 x 33 cm. In good conditions. Alfred Grévin (18...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portraits - Original Drawing by Alfred Grevin - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original drawing in Pencil and watercolor realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century. Applied on a Passeprtout:36 x 26 cm. With the stamp of atelier "Grevin" ...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

C. R. Shand - Signed & Framed 1891 Pastel, The Twins
Located in Corsham, GB
Pastels are used to render a fine portrait of two twin girls in matching blue frocks. A remarkable portrait of two twin girls. Signed and dated. On wove.
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

F.H.R. - 1851 Watercolour, Man Smoking a Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
A portrait of a seated man smoking a pipe with a tankard of ale in his other hand. Presented glazed in a wash line mount with gold detailing and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Manner of Erskine Nicol (1825–1904) - 1854 Watercolour, A Moment's Rest
Located in Corsham, GB
A charmingly rustic watercolour showing two men resting from their work, having a conversation. This watercolour is in the manner of the Scottish genre scene painter, Erskine Nicol...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Sabina Bertini - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Italian Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour portrait of a fashionably dressed Italian woman. She wears a blue ribbon around her waist and carries a delicate parasol. Presented glazed in a pale blue mount and...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

W. Warman (fl.1820-1830) - Signed & Framed Watercolour, Portrait of a Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
An elegant and graceful study of a woman. Each miniature brushstroke is calculated and carefully crafted. The overall results are truly beautiful. Well presented in a wood frame with...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Achille De Dominicis (1851-1917) - 1875 Watercolour, Young Peasant Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine watercolour study by the Italian painter Achille De Dominicis (1851-1917). Here the artist has depicted a pretty young Italian woman, she is seated on a stone wall as she...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"A Martinique Native in French Guyana, " Black Female Portrait, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
May Mott Smith (1879 - 1952) A Martinique Native in French Guiana, circa 1925 Watercolor on paper 24 x 20 inches Signed lower right; titled on the reverse “Martinique Native” is an ...
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1920s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Eve Disher (1894-1991) - Mid 19th Century Gouache, Satisfied Stare
Located in Corsham, GB
A characterful portrait showing a man, with folded arms, looking satisfied while looking off into the distance. The artist has used a very unusual dry brush technique to give the gou...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Jules Nogues (b.1809) - Signed & Framed 1839 Pastel, Mother and Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine pastel study of a mother and her child, finished with delicate graphite detail. Well presented in a glazed wood frame with a gilded inner window and a washline mount.Signed a...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Robert Luard Selby (1800-1880) - 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Man with Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely drawn graphite study of a Dutch peasant smoking a pipe in the style of David Teniers the Younger. He sits on a small wooden stool and wears rag...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

T. W. T.. - Signed & Framed 1857 Watercolour, Pyrenean Mountain Boy
Located in Corsham, GB
An endearing watercolour study of a young Pyrenean Mountain boy finished with subtle areas of body color. Signed, dated and inscribed in the bottom right-hand corner. Well presente...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

C. H. Jennings - 1898 Watercolour, Blackberry Pickers
Located in Corsham, GB
A quaint and charming portrait of a young brother and sister, who have just been blackberry picking. The boy carries a basket full of berries in the crook of his arm and a walking st...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

After Raphael - Fine 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Portrait of Leo X
Located in Corsham, GB
A meticulously detailed 19th Century copy of Raphael's 'Portrait of Leo X', depicting a seated Pope Leo X with two cardinals either side of him. These additio...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

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 Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Follower of Stephen Denning - 19th Century Graphite, Portrait of a Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate and delightful graphite study of a young child, by a follower of Stephen Poyntz Denning (1795-1864). This study came from an album that was assembled in the 1940's by a c...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Andrea Finardi - Gilt Framed 19th Century Watercolour, The Young Italian
By Andrea Finardi
Located in Corsham, GB
An impressive watercolour with fine detail depicting an Italian boy. Signed 'A. Finardi Roma' in the lower right and further inscribed with the title and artist to lower. Presented i...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Two Portraits, American Impressionist, Double Sided Drawings on Paper, 1899
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Mrs. Snell/Figure (reverse)" are two pencil drawings on paper by Henry Snell (New Hope, Pennsylvania / Gloucester, Massachusetts 1858 - 1943). Each drawing measures 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches and is conservation framed and matted in black, wood frames, and put behind glass. These drawings come from an original sketchbook...
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1890s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

The Gentleman and the Woman with the Sunshade - by Alfred Grévin-Late 19 Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Gentleman and the Woman with the Sunshade is an original drawing in pencil realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century. Monogramme on plate on the lower right margin. All a...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Revenge - Original Drawing by Abel de Pujol - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Revenge is an original Drawing in pencil realized Abel de Pujol in mid-19th Century. In good condition. The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident and short strokes with...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Swimmers on the Beach- Original Drawing by Alfred Grévin - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Swimmers on the Beach is an original drawing in pencil realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin. All around an inscrip...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

You Girl - Original Drawing by Alfred Grévin - Late 19 Century
Located in Roma, IT
You Girl is an original drawing in Mixed media realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century In good conditions. Alfred Grévin (1827- 1892), was a 19th-century caricaturist, be...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Pastel on paper 37x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Old Man - Original Drawing by George Henry Harlow - 1818
By George Henry Harlow
Located in Roma, IT
Old Man is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by George Henry Harlow in 1818. The little artwork is on a yellowed paper, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (36x26.5 cm)...
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1810s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Summer - Chalk Drawing Design for Minton charger by Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in London, GB
HERBERT WILSON FOSTER (1846-1929) Summer Inscribed with title beneath the mount Chalk, circular Framed Diameter 42 cm., 16 ½ in. (frame size 61 by 58 cm., 24 by 22 ¾ in.) Herbert Wilson Foster was born in Endon, Staffordshire. He attended Hanley School of Art before continuing his studies in London, Belgium and France. His paintings of rural and domestic subjects were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1873 and 1899. In 1893 he accepted a teaching position at the Nottingham School of Art, where his pupils included Laura Knight and Harold Knight. Works by him are in the collections of the Minton archives; the Wisbech & Fenland Museum; Leicester Art Gallery; Rushcliffe Council and Nottingham Castle Museum. In addition to his work as a painter he worked as a porcelain painter, working at one point on the tile panels in the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is known to have worked at Mintons from 1872 where he specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including members of the Royal Family. This head of a girl was probably intended for a painted ceramic wall charger...
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1870s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Chalk

Travelers - Original Drawing by Charles Joseph Traviès - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Travelers is an Original ink, pencil and watercolor realized by Charles Joseph Traviès (1804-1859). The little artwork represents two poor men in the street. Good condition, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (30x24 cm). Hand-signed and notes by the artist on the lower margin. Charles-Joseph Traviès de Villers, also known simply as Traviès, (21 February 1804 – 13 August 1859) was a Swiss-born French painter, lithographer, and caricaturist whose work appeared regularly in Le Charivari...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink, Pencil

English Antique Portrait Sketch of Female Nude Standing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Standing by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 14.75 x 10.5 inches provenance:...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Spring - Chalk design drawing for a Minton plaque by Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in London, GB
HERBERT WILSON FOSTER (1846-1929) Spring Inscribed with title beneath the mount Chalk, circular Framed Diameter 42 cm., 16 ½ in. (frame size 61 by 58 cm., 24 by 22 ¾ in.) Herbert Wilson Foster was born in Endon, Staffordshire. He attended Hanley School of Art before continuing his studies in London, Belgium and France. His paintings of rural and domestic subjects were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1873 and 1899. In 1893 he accepted a teaching position at the Nottingham School of Art, where his pupils included Laura Knight and Harold Knight. Works by him are in the collections of the Minton archives; the Wisbech & Fenland Museum; Leicester Art Gallery; Rushcliffe Council and Nottingham Castle Museum. In addition to his work as a painter he worked as a porcelain painter, working at one point on the tile panels in the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is known to have worked at Mintons from 1872 where he specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including members of the Royal Family. This head of a girl was probably intended for a painted ceramic wall charger...
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1870s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Chalk

Woman - Pencil Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Hand-Signed and some notes by the artist on the lower left corner. Good condition. Pierre-Geo...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Male Nude, Back View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Male Nude, Back View by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on pale blue/grey artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 12 inches provenance...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

The Violinist (Antique Ellsworth Woodward Figurative Graphite Sketch Drawing)
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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1890s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Sketch of man in suit by Otto Vautier - Drawing on paper 12x20 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Stamp of the workshop of O. Vautier Dimension of the passe-partout framing 52.5 x 38 cm
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Early 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Cloak and Dagger (Ellsworth Woodward Antique Figurative Graphite Drawing)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this drawing 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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1890s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

The Japanese Girl by Orovida Pissarro - Watercolour on paper
Located in London, GB
The Japanese Girl by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Watercolour on paper 17.78 x 12.7 cm (7 x 5 inches) Signed lower right, Orovida Circa 1920 This highly original piece has the origi...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the late 19th Century. In very good conditions. Not signed. Image Dimensions:...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Wistful Thoughts
By Charles Edward Wilson
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper Paper size: 21 x 13.5 inches Signed lower right
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Profile of a Lady - Original Drawing - late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of a Lady is an original drawing realized by Unknown Artist in the late 19th Century. Beautiful pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper. Included passport (49 x 34 cm). The a...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Study of Job
Located in New York, NY
Signed, dated, and titled, lower left: L Ury/ 1883/ Studie zum Hiob Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Berger, New York, until 2005; thence by descent. Literature: Illustrated in...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Board, Charcoal

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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1860s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Carolyn (Arms raised to her head)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Carolyn (Arms raised to her head) Graphite on laid paper Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist by descent to his Grandson Depicts the artist's wife Carolyn. Most probably created in Nashville, Indiana Related to the painting entitled "Maiden" in the Haan Museum, Lafayette, IN (see photo) Condition: Excellent Archival framing with TruVue Conservation Clear glass Image size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches Frame size: 18 7/8 x 16 inches Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop, Griffith was a member and president of the Chicago Palette and Chisel Club. He made his first trip to Brown County...
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1920s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Un Lecteur d'Henri Dordeaux - Drawing by Norbert Meyre - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Un Lecteur d'Henri Dordeaux is an original Pen and Pencil Drawing realized by Norbert Meyre in 1924. The little artwork on a yellowed paper is in good c...
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pen

19th C. Watercolor "Woman Reading Book"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Circa 19th Century Watercolor portrait of a woman reading a book
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Man - Drawing by Antoine Alphonse Montfort - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a man is an original drawing, ink pencil and white lead on ivory paper realized by Antoine Alphonse MONTFORT (1802-1884). Original signed drawing by the artist. The sta...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

Profile of Woman - Original Pencil Drawing - 1818
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of a Woman is original drawing realized by unknown artist of the early 19th Century. Dated on the lower 1818 and with description in pencil on the lower left. Pencil drawin...
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1810s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Moses Breaking the Tablet of the Law (after Parmigianino. 1503-1540)
By Daniel Ramée
Located in Storrs, CT
Moses Breaking the Tablet of the Law. (after Parmigianino. 1503-1540.) Pencil drawing mounted onto paper. 12 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Collector's seal verso: Gustav Grunwald, (Lugt 1155b)...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of a Woman - Original Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an original drawing realized by Unknown Artist in the late 19th Century. Beautiful pencil drawing on ivory-colored cardboard. Includes passpartout (49 x 34 cm...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of a Man - Original Pencil Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man Portrait is an original artwork realized in the late 19th Century by a french artist. Original Pencil Drawing on paper. Hand-signed on the lower left corner in pencil by the a...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of Woman - Original Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original drawing in Pencil on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the 19th Century. Good Conditions. The artwork is depicted through free strokes in a ...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Late 19th Century Watercolour - Young Boy
Located in Corsham, GB
A turn-of-the-century portrait of a young boy. Presented in a beige mount and a gilt-effect wooden frame with ornate floral and foliate moulding at the edges. Unsigned. On wove.
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Family Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing - 1853
Located in Roma, IT
Family Portrait is an original pencil drawing realized by an artist of 19th century in 1853. Good condition, mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (34x49 cm). Illegible signature.
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Late 19th Century Pastel - Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
An oval portrait of a late-Victorian or Edwardian man with a slight scowl. Presented glazed in a cream mount and an ornate gold-painted wooden frame with substantial floral and folia...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

G A Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for the Exposition Internationale Paris 1900
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) A man sitted, Study for the decoration of the Salle des fêtes (Ballroom) of the Exposition Internationale, Paris 1900 Pencil and charcoal on thin yellow paper 29.5 x 20 cm In acceptable condition : Tears and creases as visible on the photographs. In a modern frame : 46 x 36.5 cm Annotations on the back of the mount (now under the modern frame) that identifiy this drawing as a preparatory study for the decoration of the Salle des fêtes (Ballroom) of the 1900 Paris Exposition Internationale. It's also indicated that Henri Bataille...
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1890s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Anatomical Studies - Drawing by Luigi Galli - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomical studies is an original artwork realized by Luigi Galli in the late 19th Century. The artwork is composed by a set of pencil drawings...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

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