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Period: 19th Century
Peter Skeolan mid 19th Century English silhouette portrait of a lady
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian lady
Attributed to Peter Skeolan (1815-1871)
Portrait of a lady, profile to the right
Watercolour with gold highlighting on paper/card
3¼...
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English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Hinton Gibbs, Early 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian gentleman.
Hinton Gibbs (1783-1839)
Portrait of a gentleman, bust length, turned to the left, wearing coat and cravat
watercolour, revers...
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English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Glass
Rajput Ragamala miniature of woman with bell&rattle. Rajasthani School, 19th C.
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in gray ink, and the 1889 Jaipur State Council stamp in black ink, 13 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches (335 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor scattered surface soiling throughout. There are scattered coeval Hindi inscriptions in ink on the recto.
"A ragamala, translated from Sanskrit as "garland of ragas," is a series of paintings depicting a range of musical melodies known as ragas. Its root word, raga, means color, mood, and delight, and the depiction of these moods was a favored subject in later Indian court paintings...
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Rajput 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
Early 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian young man.
Circle of Hinton Gibbs (1783-1839)
Portrait of a young man, bust length, turned to the right, wearing coat and cravat
watercol...
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English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
Mid 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian gentleman.
Attributed Frederick Frith (1819-1871)
The Reverend James Metze, bust length, turned to the left, wearing coat and cravat
wate...
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English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Academy Drawing of a Man
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Constance-Marie Charpentier (1767–1849)
Academy Drawing of a Man
Black and white chalk on paper
56 x 43 cm
Provenance:
Private collection
Constance-Marie Charpentier, a student of Jacques-Louis David, distinguished herself in late 18th- and early 19th-century Paris as a highly skilled portraitist. Despite the obstacles faced by female artists of her time, Charpentier gained recognition and was even awarded a gold medal at the 1814 Salon—a rare and significant honor. This work, a male nude academy...
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Old Masters 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Chalk
Early 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian young lady.
Attributed to Hinton Gibbs (1783-1839)
Portrait of a young lady, bust length, turned to the right
watercolour, reverse painte...
Category
English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
John Field early 19th Century Georgian English silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very finely detailed silhouette in very good condition by one of the truly great silhouette artists of the Georgian period.
John Field (1758-1821)
Portrait of a young gentleman
Watercolour with bronze touches on plaster
3 x 2½ inches, oval, without the frame
6 x 5 inches with the frame
John Field was one of the most famous of silhouette artists. He began his career as an assistant to John Miers...
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Victorian 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Bronze
Miniature 19th Century Watercolour - Victorian Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine 19th-century miniature watercolour depicting a distinguished gentleman in his finery. Rendered in impressive detail, the artist has given great attention to the facial fe...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ellen Edwards - 19th Century Watercolour, Peacocks in the Walled Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour scene depicting a woman picking flowers in a walled garden with peacocks in the foreground. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame and wash lin...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Frederick Frith mid 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian clergyman.
Frederick Frith (1819-1871)
The Reverend James Metze, bust length, turned to the right, wearing coat and cravat
Inscribed to t...
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English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
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).
Origin...
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Modern 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
G. Rushton - Framed 19th Century Watercolour, Flagon Drinker
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted watercolour portrait of an old man in green hat and yellow cloak, drinking from a flagon. Signed G. Rushton to the lower right. Presented in a quality gilt effect fr...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912) Soldiers, a study, ink on wood
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
Soldiers, a study
Black ink on a wood panel
12.5 x 13 cm
Framed : 20 x 20.5 cm
On the back of the panel a label inscribed "Dessin à la plume par Detaill...
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Academic 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Raja Mahan Singh Mirpuri – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with yellow heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in blue ink, 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (343 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and...
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Rajput 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
Fine Late 19th Century Watercolour - Lucy
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine and detailed watercolour portrait in the realist style, entitled 'Lucy, Early Period' from an inscription to the reverse. The artist has chosen to depict the sitter in profi...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Auguste Legras (1817-1887) Portrait of a young man in profile, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Legras (1817-1887)
Portrait of a young man in profile,
signed lower right
Charcoal, red and white chalks on paper
45 x 31.5 cm
Framed : 52 x 39 cm
This particularly evocati...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Shah Jahan taking tea with a concubine. Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink, 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (340 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor sca...
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Rajput 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
19th Century Watercolour Portrait Miniature - The Duchess
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming miniature watercolour depicting a Duchess in her finery. He wears a beaded necklace and a feather adined tiara. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame with a ribbon cartouche...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid 19th Century English silhouette portrait of a lady in a night cap
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very skillfully painted ink on paper silhouette, unusually with the sitter appearing to be dress in her nightcap. Very Dickensian!
English School, 19th Century
Portrait of a lady ...
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English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Persephone, 19th Century Classical French Academy Drawing, Chalk and Pencil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th Century French Academy drawing of a classical maiden, signed Xavier Rendeley bottom right, numbered and dated 2nd April 1883. Presented in ...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian lady, unusuallly depicted wearing an elaborate hat with lace brim and plume.
Circle of Hinton Gibbs (1783-1839)
Portrait of a lady, bust ...
Category
English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
19th Century Pastel - Portrait of a Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
This classical portrait painting depicts a young lady in early 19th century attire, featuring a white dress with a lace trim and golden locket. The subject is positioned centrally ag...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
English Antique Portrait Sketch of Female Nude Seated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Seated
by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905)
on yellowed thin artists paper, unframed
measurements: sheet 15 x 18 inches
provenance: f...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Nur Jahan seated with a painted spice jar. Rajasthani School, 19th cent.
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink, 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (340 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and...
Category
Rajput 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
Peter Skeolan mid 19th Century English silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette a Victorian gentleman
Peter Skeolan (1815-1871)
Portrait of a gentleman, profile turned to the left, wearing coat and cravat
Watercolour with gold highlighting on paper/card
Stencilled with artist's details to the reverse
3¼ x 2¾ inches, oval, without the frame
5½ x 4¾ inches with the frame
Peter Skoelan the son of Stephen Skoelan was born in Ireland in 1815. During his early career he worked as an itinerant miniature portrait painter and profilist, possibly as early as the 1830s. The 1841 census shows us that he was working in Leeds, his stated occupation was painter, aged 25. He was lodging with Thomas Lacy, a Tailor. By this time he had married and had a son and daughter...
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English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Portrait of Fingal / Finn MacCool - A moving portrait of an Irish literary hero
Located in Middletown, NY
Black chalk and graphite on light weight cream wove paper, 16 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches, (410 x 286 mm), the full sheet. Signed, titled, and dated in sepia ink in the lower-center sheet area. With horizontal folds approximately 1-inch from the sheet edge at each of the four sheets. The drawing appears to have been folded at the sheet edges to fit into a frame.
Finn mac Cumail (or mac Umaill), often anglicized Finn McCool or MacCool, is a hero in Irish mythology, as well as in later Scottish and Manx folklore. He is the leader of the Fianna bands of young roving hunter-warriors, as well as being a seer and poet. He is said to have a magic thumb that bestows him with great wisdom. He is often depicted hunting with his hounds Bran and Sceólang, and fighting with his spear and sword. Fionn MacCumhail was transformed into the character "Fingal" in James Macpherson's poem cycle Ossian (1760), which Macpherson claimed was translated out of discovered Ossianic poetry written in the Scottish Gaelic language.
Fionn MacCumhail features heavily in modern Irish literature. Most notably he makes several appearances in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake...
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French School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Chalk, Graphite
Joshua Fisher (1859-1930) - 19th Century Watercolour, A Young Girl by a Fence
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene depicting a woman seated on a wooden fence in the summer garden. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with acanthus detai...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Hypochondriac: French 19th Century Theatre Comedy drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent and sensitively treated line drawing in coloured ink, heightened with white. It depicts Argan, the hypochondriac from Molière's play of the same name. Dating from circa...
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French School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Men - Original Drawing by Alexandre Bida - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Men is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Alexandre Bida (1823-1895).
Good conditions.
No signature.
F. Alexandre Bida (1813–1895) was a French p...
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Modern 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Italian School Study for the Head of a Saint. Study of Enrico Reffo (1831-1917)
Located in Firenze, IT
Study for the Head of a Monk
Attributed to Enrico Reffo
Charcoal and white chalk on ochre-toned paper
Size: 39 x 32 cm
Italy, late 19th - early 20th century
This drawing belongs to ...
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Academic 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Located in Firenze, IT
Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Charcoal on paper with light watercolor wash
Size: 45 x 37.5 cm
Turin, late 19th – early 20th century
Sheet from the Turi...
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Academic 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
Chesterfield Sent to Coventry, or A Display of Military Education
Located in Middletown, NY
A wonderful 1824 preparatory drawing for a published work satirizing the famously ill-mannered 10th Hussars.
1842. Pen and ink with watercolor on watermarked J Whatman 1824 paper, 9...
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English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
19th Century Academic Crayon on Paper Study by Follower of Jacques-Louis David
Located in Cotignac, FR
A fine French academic study sketch on paper of a classical head. The work is unsigned but very much in the style of the period and its early exponents such as Jacques-Louis David.
...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Chalk, Pastel
19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Spanish Nobleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour portrait painted in the Grand Manner depicting a well-dressed Spanish nobleman in 17th century dress. Well presented in a simple ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Three hunters; two with a spear and dagger... Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink, 12 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches (320 x 217 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor sc...
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Rajput 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
The Profile - Drawing by Jean-Luis Forain - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Profile is a drawing on paper realized by Jean-Luis Forain in the Late 19th century.
Pencil drawing.
Good conditions.
Louis Henri Forain, known as Jean-Louis Forain, Jean Fora...
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Modern 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Academic Study for the Head of an Apostle or Saint
Located in Firenze, IT
Study for the Head of an Apostle or Saint
Artist: Enrico Reffo (1831-1917)
Medium: Charcoal and white chalk on colored paper
Dimensions: [To be specified]
Date: Late 19th - Early 20...
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Academic 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Pair of 19th century English chalk drawing on paper of Cockerel
Located in Woodbury, CT
William Huggins was born in Liverpool, England on the 13th of May, 1820. His parents were Samuel and Elisabeth Huggins. He took his first drawing lessons from the Liverpool Mechanics...
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Victorian 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Miniature 19th Century Watercolour - Lady with a Lace Bonnet
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine English School miniature portrait of a Victorian lady wearing a delicate lace bonnet with roses in her hair. Well presented in a 19th-century miniature frame with an acorn han...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Academy of seated nude of 19th century Italian school
Located in Florence, IT
Seated male nude that falls fully within the academic "model from life" production of the early 19th century, as also seems confirmed by the "Titus-like" hairdo of the effigy.
The s...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
19th C. Newspaper Illustration of Hiram H. Hobbs, Foreman of the Grand Jury 1898
Located in Soquel, CA
Historical late 19th century portrait of Hiram H. Hobbs, Foreman of the Grand Jury of San Francisco y Richard Langtry Partington (American, ...
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American Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Illustration Board
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 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Study for Assumption of the Virgin
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite on hand made, fibrous wove paper, finished with gray wash. Unevenly trimmed sheet edges, non-archival tape remnants at all four corners, recto, well outside of image area. Horseshoe-shaped area of light discoloration that extends significantly into the figure's face, beneath the lips, and up over the rear of the head, dog-eared right lower corner with associated light discoloration at crease. DeMin and Belluno inscribed in graphite, verso.
A detailed study showing 'primo pensiero' for Giovanni DeMin's large scale fresco, Assumption of the Virgin...
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Old Masters 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Graphite
Portrait of a Gentleman in a Redingote by student od Jean Louis David drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
An exceptional ink, wash and graphite portrait of a gentleman by Henri-Joseph Hesse, dating from circa 1820, the time of the Bourbon restoration in France. It depicts a dashing figur...
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French School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Portrait of Lucie Gérard by Giovanni Boldini
Located in New Orleans, LA
Giovanni Boldini
1842-1931 Italian
Portrait of Lucie Gérard by Giovanni Boldini
Signed “Boldini” (lower right)
Pastel on canvas
This exceptional portrait was composed by the great Giovanni Boldini, one of the most important portrait painters of the Belle Époque. The charming work captures the young, elegant French...
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Post-Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
Portrait of an Old Lady, 1886
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small and delicate watercolor is believed to depict Madame Papillon, a subject also portrayed by Hanna Pauli in an oil painting dated 1886. The portrait was created during the s...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early 19th Century, Portrait of a young man wearing glasses, gouache
Located in Paris, FR
Early 19th Century,
Portrait of a young man wearing glasses,
gouache on paper
13 x 10.5 cm oval view
In a vintage frame : 41.5 x 39 cm, accidents and lacks in the gilding but but...
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Old Masters 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Woman - Drawing - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a drawing realized in the Late-19th Century.
Red pencil on ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Modern 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Luigi Loir-Paris - Elegant On The Boulevard, pencil on paper- signed
By Luigi Loir
Located in PARIS, FR
Excellent overall conditions.
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Luigi Loir was born in Gorritz, Austria, to French parents. His father and mother were in the serv...
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Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
19th Century Portrait Miniature - Watercolour, Lady in a Feathered Hat
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming miniature study of an elegant woman in a wide collared dress and a hat decorated with ostrich feathers. The artist captures the woman in fine watercolour detail with areas...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
After Sir Thomas Lawrence - 19th Century Pastel, Portrait of Elizabeth Farren
Located in Corsham, GB
An elegant coloured chalk portrait of Elizabeth Farren. Presented in an attractive oval frame with delicate running patterns. Signed 'Caste' to the lower right. After Sir Thomas Lawr...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Study of the Pergamene Head, or The Dying Alexander
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite with white heightening on greenish beige wove paper, 17 1/4 x 12 1/2 (437 x 317 mm). Scattered edge wear, tears and losses around the perimeter of the drawing. Margins are wide and the image area is clean and intact. Scattered light soiling and toning, all consistent with age.
A dramatic image by a highly skilled draftsman, this works is likely a life study of the Hellenistic sculptural masterpiece of the same title, which is housed in the Uffizi's collection of ancient statues...
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Italian School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Handmade Paper, Graphite
French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Paris Society Beauty Portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
A astounding portrait of a society beauty by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With an open face and and lightly smiling lips, she is wearing a gown typical of the romantic period. Drawn in graphite and heightened with white, the drawing is dated 1836
As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical information available on Adèle Grasset. We do know however, that she had studied with the highly prominent artist François Gérard (1770-1837) , known also as the Baron Gérard...
Category
Academic 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Early 19th century French School, Portrait of a man in profile, oval drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Early 19th century French School,
Portrait of a young man in profile
charcoal on cut paper applied to pink tinted paper
Oval 58 x 47 cm (overall size) the portrait itself 41.5 x 28...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
The Little Mermaid - Fairy Tales - English Female Illustrator Pen and Ink
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering English Female Illustrator Helen Stratton masterfully renders in pen and ink a scene from "The Little Mermaid" in George Newnes's 1899 editi...
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Pre-Raphaelite 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Modele au Chapeau or Child with a Large Hat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed with the estate stamp initials lower right, Lugt 388a (see photo)
Provenance:
Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago (label verso)
Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago (label verso)
...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
