Manner of Erskine Nicol

Manner of Erskine Nicol (1825–1904) - 1854 Watercolour, A Moment's Rest

1854

A charming watercolour finished with graphic black hatching, showing a woman and three young girls resting on a style overlooking a beautiful valley. The woman and young girls are sm...

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...

A superb watercolour showing figures with a horse crossing a stream, with sheep beyond. Titled to the reverse 'The Ride Home'. Well presented in a moder...

A charismatic study of a young man and a fox trap in a mountainous landscape. Unsigned. Presented in varnished wooden frame. On paper.

James David Smillie (January 16, 1833 – September 14, 1909), American artist, was born in New York City. His father, James Smillie (1807–1885), a Scot...

Robert Isaac CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856) Drawing, watercolor and charcoal pencil on paper depicting a scene of Anti-Hunting… Signed bottom center, and mark...

This lively and gently humorous watercolour, typical of the British School of the 19th century, captures a spontaneous rural moment: a woman grasping at a runaway cow that has broken...

An fine period watercolor, dated 1910, an illustration by Charles Edmund Brock (English, 1870-1938). This, from a semi-autobiographical novel written by William Makepeace Thackeray, "Pendennis", in full "The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy." The novel was published in monthly installments from 1848 to 1850 and published in book form in two volumes in 1849–50. Below this image is a quote from "Pendennis," Chapter VI, "Captain Costigan leaves Pendennis & Miss Fotheringay at the great window looking out into the Deans Garden". Signed lower left. Displayed in a rustic giltwood frame. Image, 8.5"H x 6.25"W. Charles Edmund Brock was a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, who signed most of his work C. E. Brock. He received his first book commission at the age of 20. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. Brock also contributed pieces to several magazines such as The Quiver, The Strand, and Pearsons...