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Period: 19th Century
Fine 19th Century Coloured Pencil - The Eligible Bachelor
Located in Corsham, GB
Tall, dark and handsome- this fine oval portrait captures the striking features of a young Victorian Bachelor. The artist has used directional hatching and fine line to create plumpn...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Edouardo Vitali - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Old Man with a Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. On paper.
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
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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Academic 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
H.J. Snell - English School 1878 Watercolour, Farmer with a Scythe
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young farmer or labourer standing with a scythe. He wears a colourful red waistcoat with blue socks and yellow scarf. Well presented in a gilt effect frame....
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Italian gothic 19th century Italian religious figurative drawing pencil on paper
Located in Florence, IT
This small drawing (pencil on paper, 25 x 19.5 cm) depicts a friar (who from the style of his tonsure and tunic would appear to be a Franciscan) on the left, seated in the act of rea...
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Romantic 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Fisherman in Red
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour portrait of a broad shouldered fisherman, striding along a sandy shoreline in black boots, buckled shorts and a bold red blouse. Finely mounted in a contempora...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Late 19th Century Watercolour - The Watercress Seller
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait of a young watercress seller holding a wicker basket of cress. These street sellers were common during the 18th and 19th centuries and would sell to workers early...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
H.J Snell - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Ready with the Axe
Located in Corsham, GB
A characterful watercolour portrait of an elderly man in work clothes, posed with a splitting maul in hand. The watercolour has been signed and dated to the lower right. Well present...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
c.1834 Watercolour - Little Boy Holding a Flower
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted portrait of a young boy dressed in a fine blue suit with a lace collar. He holds a large flower, possibly foxgloves. Well presented in a dark wood frame with gilt sl...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Graphite Drawing, Victorian Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming graphite study in the delicate manner. The woman wears a puffed sleeved and ringlets fall to the side of her face in a typical Victorian fashion. Unsigned. Presented in a ...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
19th Century Pastel - Young Nobleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel study of a 17th Century noble child seated on a red chair next we an earn. He looks down at a hat on the floor and wears a royal blue uniform. Signed faintly with i...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Cavalier at Court
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century watercolour of a noble cavalier walking the cloisters at court. The artist has caught the gallant figure dressed in red, clutching a sword in his left hand. Indis...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Delia Robins (fl.1856-1858) - 1854 Watercolour, Supper Time
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful scene depicts a maid enjoying her dinner at the end of a long day. She has kicked her shoes to the side and stretches her legs out, long skirts falling around her sid...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Delia Robins (fl. 1856-1858) - 1854 Watercolour, Knitting by the Sea
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful scene depicts a woman perched on a rock looking intently at her knitting. In the background waves crash against the sandy shoreline. The artist pays particular attent...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Untitled British caricature
Located in New York, US
British caricature drawing, especially flourishing in the 18th and 19th centuries, holds a significant place in art and social commentary. Renowned for its satirical edge, this art f...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Mid 19th Century Charcoal Drawing - The Day's Bag
Located in Corsham, GB
A charcoal and chalk drawing en grisaille depicting a man returning from a day of crane hunting with his bag slung over his shoulder. Drawn in fine detail using an excellent percepti...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Angelique Bodin - Early 19th Century Sanguine, Young Lady With Dove
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 19th Century portrait in conte and sanguine. The young lady has beautifully curled, dark hair and gently holds a graceful turtle dove to her chest as she smiles coyly ov...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
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
Materials
Watercolor
1859 Pastel - Joyful Siblings
Located in Corsham, GB
A remarkably vibrant mid 19th Century portrait of three young children, seated on the grass under a bright blue sky. The two older children sit behind the younger who wears a white d...
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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
Materials
Graphite
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
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
Materials
Graphite
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
Materials
Graphite
Edward Henry Bearne - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Italian Lady on Canal Steps
Located in Corsham, GB
An impressive watercolour inscribed 'Roma' to the lower right corner. Well presented in a washline mount (51 x 40cm) with a gilt slip and gilt frame. Signed. On wove.
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Disegno figurativo francese paesaggio italiano neoclassico del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il piccolo ma ben definito disegno raffigura una veduta dettagliata del Santuario della Madonna di San Luca, sul colle della guardia a Sud Ovest della città di Bologna.
Può essere a...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
A Study of Thomas Cooper Gotch, 19th Century Graphite Sketch
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 5 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (14 x 52 cm)
Framed
This sketch is a portrait of Thomas Gotch is by his lifelong friend and confidante, Jane Ross, whom he met at...
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English School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
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
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French School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
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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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Autoportrait
Located in PARIS, FR
Emile WAUTERS
Bruxelles 1846 - Paris 1933
Autoportrait
Vers 1880-1890
Fusain sur papier fort
Signé en bas à droite
24 x 17 cm feuille
39 x 33 cm cadre
Petites tâches peu visibles, B...
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French School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Disegno figurativo toscano nudo maschile a sanguigna del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, sanguigna su carta, raffigura un uomo nudo con una specie di turbante sulla testa, preso di lato, seduto, in un'espressione di intensa sofferenza, come se stesse chiedend...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait Of A Man, Black chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
Julien Leopold BOILLY
Paris 1796-1874
Portrait of a man
First third of the 19th century
Pierre noire
Signed on the right
23,5 x 17 cm
38 x 29 cm framed
Small stains
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French School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper
Coppia di disegni "accademie" figurativi neoclassici dall'antico del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Coppia di disegni che rientra pienamente nella tipologia degli studi detti "Accademia", che quindi erano la base della formazione degli allievi che frequentavano le Accademie di Bell...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil, Paper
Disegno toscano figurativo nudo maschile a sanguigna su carta del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, sanguigna su carta, raffigura un uomo nudo seduto su una roccia, ritratto di schiena nell'atto di alzare una mano al cielo, con una posa e un'espressione ricche di pathos...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Homeward Bound
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper
Paper size: 7.5 x 10.5 inches
Framed size: 15 x 17.5 inches
Signed lower left
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Montagnard des Environs de Szczaronica by Franciszek Tepa - Realist portrait
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Montagnard des Environs de Szczaronica by Franciszek Tepa (1829-1889)
Watercolour
26.3 x 20 cm (10 ⅜ x 7 ⅞ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, F. Tepa 1873
Artist ...
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Realist 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jeune Montagnarde des Environs de Truskaniva by Franciszek Tepa - Realist
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Jeune Montagnarde des Environs de Truskaniva by Franciszek Tepa (1829-1889)
Watercolour
26 x 20.5 cm (10 ¼ x 8 ⅛ inches)
Signed and dated lower left, Franciszek Tepa ...
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Realist 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Paysan Centenaire, Soldat de l'Armée du Général Kosenisko by Franciszek Tepa
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Paysan Centenaire, Soldat de l'Armée du Général Kosenisko by Franciszek Tepa (1829-1889)
Watercolour
26.3 x 30 cm (10 ⅜ x 11 ¾ inches)
Initialed and dated lower left, ...
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Realist 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Miss Ruth Bowerie Watercolour Portrait 19th Century American
Located in London, GB
Gertrude Braud
19th Century
Watercolour on paper, initialled and dated 'Sep 29/69'.
Image size: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (24 x 17 cm)
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Young Man, 19th Century English, Charcoal, Signed and Dated '1888'
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed and dated '1888' bottom right
Image size: 9 x 7 1/2 inches (22.75 x 19 cm)
Period frame
The half-length portrait depicts the subject sat, wearing a white s...
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Victorian 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
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)
Hand made gilt frame
Provenance
Private collection, Washington DC.
C.G. Sloan & Co., Sept. 1980.
T...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Disegno figurativo toscano neoclassico raffigurante un uomo barbuto
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, matita su carta, raffigura un uomo barbuto, girato verso l'osservatore, che indossa una camicia con il colletto aperto ed è rappresentato con un'espressione di intenso st...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of Rebecca Octavia Dorothy Nash, Victorian Graphite Drawings
By Joseph Nash
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, inscribed on original backing
Image size: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (16.5 x 14 cm)
Mounted
This is a delightful graphite drawing by the artist Joseph Nash that depict...
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Victorian 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Graphite
Mythological pen-on-paper drawing inspired by Annibale Carracci's frescoes
By Annibale Carracci
Located in Florence, IT
Pen drawing, pencil and sanguine elevations on paper.
The subject echoes Annibale Carracci's frescoes at the Palazzo Farnese in Rome (1597-1607), specifically the episode in which H...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pen, Pencil
Disegno italiano, ritratto di signora con cuffia, matita su carta del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno in questione è molto probabilmente uno studio dal vivo per un ritratto da riportare successivamente in pittura, come si può notare dall'intensità dello sguardo e dall'alta...
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Romantic 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century French School Chalk on Paper
Located in London, GB
French School
19th Century
Portrait of a Lady
Coloured chalks on paper
Image size: 10 x 7 inches
Contemporary gilt frame
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Charles Emmanuel Serret 'FR 1824-1900' Two Drawings of Children Playing
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair (Two) of pencil drawings of children playing outside by Charles Serret, 19th century, circa 1870. Both are signed “C. Serret” Each comprising of three or four young different ag...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
Portrait Studies
By Edwin Longsden Long
Located in London, GB
Edwin Long
1829 - 1891
Portrait Studies
Graphite on paper
Image size: 4 x 8 inches (10 x 20.5 cm)
Framed
Edwin Longsden Long RA (1829-1891, British) wa...
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Pre-Raphaelite 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Companions
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper
Paper size: 10 x 13.75 inches
Framed size: 18.75 x 21.5 inches
Signed lower left
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of Man with Shovel
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This painting depicts a man standing confidently with a shovel. This is an American School, likely Hudson River School drawing from the 1860s or 1870s. This 19th century unsigned painting...
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Hudson River School 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Graphite
Ritratto a tempera di nobile sullo sfondo di Firenze del XIX secolo, firmato
Located in Florence, IT
Il piccolo ma dettagliato dipinto a tempera acquerellata su carta, di forma ovale, è firmato in basso a sinistra E. Niccheri, ovvero Egisto Niccheri, un pittore toscano attivo soprat...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
"Dapper Huntsman" c1894 Watercolour by Reginald
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9 1/4"H x 6"W
Frame Sz: 14"H x 10 1/2"W
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ellen, A Greek Model - PreRaphaelite chalk portrait drawing
Located in London, GB
FREDERIC JAMES SHIELDS, ARWS
(1833-1911)
Ellen, A Greek Model
Signed and indistinctly inscribed with the name of the sitter on the reverse
Chalks
37 by 28.5 cm., 14 ½ by 11 ¼ in.
(frame size 63.5 by 54.5 cm., 25 by 21 ½ in.)
Provenance:
The Artist’s estate;
Private collection.
Shields was born in Hartlepool and brought up in extreme poverty with most of his family succumbing to TB. Employed by a commercial engraver he studied at evening classes in London and then in Manchester, where he settled in 1848. He was greatly impressed by the works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which he saw at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition in 1857. The quality of his illustrations for Defoe’s History of the Plague (1862) and Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress...
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Pre-Raphaelite 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
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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Victorian 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
