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Period: Mid-19th Century
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...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
French Romantic school, Portrait of a young soldier, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, circa 1830
Portrait of a young soldier,
pencil on paper
Framed under glass : 38 x 30 cm
It's a vintage frame, probablly original but I had the back redone
T...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait Of A Young Girl In A Lilac Dress With A Black Bow. Circa 1860. SIgned.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a young girl in a lilac dress with a black bow.
Circa 1860.
Signature below right, partially visible.
Size with frame 59cm x 49cm
Size without frame 33cm x 24cm
The portr...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Carbon Pencil
Frédéric Millet (1786-1859) Portrait of a gentleman, 1849 watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Frédéric Millet (1786-1859)
Portrait of a gentleman, 1849
signed and dated lower right
Watercolor on paper
36 x 27,5 cm
framed : 44 x 35 cm
Frédéric Millet is rightly renowned fo...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Ink
R.E. Hill - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Lady in a Fur Trimmed Cloak
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in an ornate gilt effect frame and washline mount. Signed. On watercolour paper.
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young soldier, dated 1830, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century,
Portrait of a young soldier, dated 1830,
Pencil and heightenings of white and red
26 x 19.7 cm oval view
examined outside the frame, in good condition
I...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Jules Boilly, Portrait Of A Man, Drawing Dated 1843
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jules Boilly (1796-1874)
Portrait of a man.
Drawing in black stone and white chalk.
Signed and dated 1843.
Very small dirt and scratches.
Insulated paper.
27 x 21 cm
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Young Lady With A Guitar
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 19th-century English school portrait depicts a demure young lady wearing a white dress with puffy gigot sleeves and holding a guitar.
During the late 18th century and ear...
Category
Folk Art Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
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...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Glass
M. Demancy - 1844 Watercolour, Lady with a Flower Basket
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful portrait study depicting a woman dressed in white lace. She wears a bonnet with black trimmings to match the ribbon in her hair and rests her arm over a basket of flower...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Marble
The Arab Butcher, a preparatory drawing by Gustave Guillaumet (1840 - 1887)
Located in PARIS, FR
This intensely expressive figure is a preparatory study for "Arab Market on the Tocria Plain", a painting exhibited at the 1865 Salon and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille.
1...
Category
Old Masters Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Carbon Pencil
German School 19th Century, Portrait of a boy, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
German School 19th Century,
Portrait of a boy,
pencil on paper
25.7 x 16 cm (view)
Framed : 41.8 x 31.5 cm
The style and execution are v...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898)
Portrait of a man in profile
signed on the lower right
Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper
19.5 x 13 cm
Framed : 29 x 22.7 cm
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu is of course particularly well known for his large-scale paintings, such as the one on the ceiling of the Paris Opera, but his work here is much more delicate and intimate. We recognise the artist's mastery of talent, but the play of textures, with its highlights of white that enliven and illuminate the model's face, is also very subtle.
There's a particularly charming sense of life and impression of light.
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu was born in Angers on 12 December 1819, on the site of the street that now bears his name, into a family of small shopkeepers. The painter showed a deep attachment to his family throughout his life through his correspondence and the many portraits of his relatives.
He entered the drawing school in Angers in 1833, where he was a pupil of Jean-Michel Mercier. There he rubbed shoulders with the sculptor Ferdinand Taluet. He arrived in Paris in 1837 and entered the Beaux-Arts, where he was officially admitted to François-Édouard Picot's studio in 1838. He exhibited his work "L'Idylle" at the Salon of 1843 and, that same year, left for his first visit to Italy. He was awarded the Second Prix de Rome in 1843 for "Cincinnatus recevant les députés du Sénat" (Cincinnatus receiving the deputies of the Senate), then the First Prize in 1847 for "La Mort de Vitellius" (The Death of Vitellius).
A resident at the Villa Médicis from 1848, he was surrounded by painters Alexandre Cabanel, Léon Benouville, Gustave Boulanger, Félix Barrias...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
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...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Marble
Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine's Day Gift
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautiful 19th century copy by Giuseppe Rocchi of Baldassarre Franceschini's Sleeping Cupid, presented in a very attractive gilt frame with hand carved mouldings. A very peaceful i...
Category
Old Masters Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Study of a hand; preparatory work for the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867
Located in PARIS, FR
Alfred DEHODENCQ (1822-1982)
Study of a hand; preparatory to the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867
Pencil on paper
Dimensions of work: 15.5 x 17.5 cm
Frame size : 30 x 30 cm
A...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Ada V. Hobson (1831-1911) - 1863 Watercolour, Blushing Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate study of a pretty young woman with rosy cheeks by Ada Hobson. Presented in a dark wood oval frame. Signed and dated. On paper.
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ada V. Hobson (1831-1911) - 1863 Watercolour, Pretty Woman in a Straw Hat
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful portrait by Ada Hobson of a pretty young woman in a straw summer hat. Well presented in a dark wood oval frame. Signed and dated. On paper.
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Study of Christ, hands crossed, three pencils on blue paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Victor François Éloi BIENNOURRY (1823-1893)
Study of Christ, hands crossed
Three pencils on blue paper
Signed "V. Biennourry" and located in "Paris" at the top right
10 x 8,5 inch
Fr...
Category
Academic Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
French Romantic school, Portrait of a young man, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, circa 1840
Portrait of a young man,
charcoal on paper
22.5 x 17 cm
In good condition, however, there is a restoration of the paper in the upper right-hand qu...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of Jane
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful 19th century portrait of a young woman with her sewing basket. Inscribed by a later hand to the reverse 'My great, great aunt Jane. painted by Miss Givens 18(6?)4'. Unsig...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Framed Mid 19th Century Watercolour - At the Cliffs Edge
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful continental school portrait in watercolours, depicting an elegant female seated in a dramatic mountainous landscape. The artist captures the sitter in profile near the c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Hope James Stewart (1816-1881) - 1847 Watercolour, Portrait of a Lady and Dog
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait study of an elegant woman with a loyal border collie by her side. The artist captures the woman's delicate clothing in excellent detail, painting her fine lace gloves and ruffled satin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid 19th Century Pastel - Two John Oddys, Father and Son
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel study of two blacksmiths who are father and son, both of the name of John Oddys. The artist capture them both outside of the smithy forge. Unsigned. Presented in an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Frederick Cruickshank (1800-1868) - 1855 Watercolour, Children Berry Picking
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour scene depicting three children picking berries from a bush. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame and washline mount. On paper.
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
George Morris - 1866 Charcoal Drawing, Girl in a Shawl
By George Morrison
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming charcoal study of a young girl wrapped in a shawl. The artist uses white chalk to heighten the delicate folds in the girl's clothing. Signed and dated to the lower right. ...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Rural couple examining a traveling carnival display – French School, 19th cent.
Located in Middletown, NY
Red crayon on brown light-wove paper, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 121 mm). Light toning and extremely minor, small losses at the very extreme top right and left corners (1/8-inch).
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Handmade Paper
George Bonavia, Portrait Of A Young Officer
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century pastel by Maltese artist George Bonavia (1818-1901) depicts a young British officer in uniform.
Upstanding with his right...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
After Rembrandt - Framed Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Man with Gorget & Beret
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine mid 19th century watercolour copy of Rembrandts original Tronie self portrait, depicting the young artist wearing a gorget and beret. Unsigned. The painting is well presented ...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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...
Category
English School Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Portrait Study of a Young Girl, Signed 19th Century Victorian Sketch
By Augustus Leopold Egg
Located in London, GB
Pencil and coloured chalk on paper, signed bottom right
Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (3.75 x 3 cm)
Mounted and framed
Provenance
Studio sale, Christies 18th May 1863
The Artis...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Chalk
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 Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of Woman - Original Pencil Drawing by Henri Regnault - 1861
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original pencil drawing realized by Henri Regnault (1843-1871) in 1861.
Good condition, except for some torn and missing paper ...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
V. Clarke - 1853 Watercolour, Collecting Water
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming mid 19th century study of a mother holding her child while she collects water from a well. The woman stands barefoot on the rocks b...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
c.1865 Watercolour - Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Price
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate watercolour study of a young girl named to the reverse as Mary Elizabeth Price (1858-1917). She carries a selection of flowers in her apron and wears a pretty pale pink dr...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1844 Watercolour - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait of a gentleman in a red velvet waistcoat smoking a cigar. The artist has captured his striking face and bright blue eyes with fine detail. Well presented in an or...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
David Hardy (act.1835-1870) - 1868 Watercolour, Sisters
By David Hardy
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 19th century watercolour, showing an older sister, holding her younger sister in her arms as the two embrace with soft smiles. The artist has signed and dated to the lower...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
English School Mid 19th Century Watercolour - The Field Worker
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine 19th-century watercolour study of a pretty young woman harvesting hay. In her hands, she holds a large scythe and a bundle of hay. Well presented in an ornate gilt effect...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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 Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Adam and Eve - Drawing - 1849
Located in Roma, IT
Adam and Eve is a drawing realized in 1849 and attributed to the painter and draughtsman Luigi Sabatelli (1772-1850).
Applied on cardboard: 35 x 25 cm
Hand-signed on the lower and ...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - The Angelic Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate watercolour study of a young child with angelic features. Well presented in a gilt effect frame. Unsigned. On watercolour paper.
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
English School Mid 19th Century Pastel - Lady With Fur Stole
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking English School pastel portrait circa 1840. The sitter is a beautiful young woman with sharp features and blue eyes. She is wearing an elegant blue dress in a style fashionable in the 1840s. Her hair is similarly styled in line with the fashions of the era. The woman is wearing a dark brown fur stole...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Mrs. Scott - Miniature c.1856 Watercolour, Mary Knottesford Fortescue
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine miniature portrait of Mary Knottesford Fortescue (1841-1879). Mary was the daughter of Edward Bowles Knottesford Fortescue (1816-1877), who was an English Anglican priest...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
W. T. Bracewell - Framed 1855 Watercolour, Portrait in Tartan
Located in Corsham, GB
A full length and highly detailed watercolour portrait of a child wearing traditional tartan. Signed and dated (1855) to the lower left. Finely presented in a slim gilt frame with a ...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Sisters
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour portrait depicting two young sisters in matching gowns. The artist captures the children in delicate watercolour brush strokes show...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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 Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Woman - Original Pencil Drawing by Raymond Balze - Mid 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Raymond Balze (1818-1909).
Good Condition on a yellowed paper included a white cardboard passpartout (67x51 cm).
No signature.
Raym...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Study of Study of Figure - Drawing by Victor Chavet - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of Figure is a China ink Drawing realized in the mid-19th Century by Victor Chavet (1822-1906).
Hand-signed on the lower.
Glued on a hard Cardboard Passepartout: 28 x 21 cm, original one by the publisher, on the rear Stamped " Adolphe Legoupy, Paris"
Good condition with a repaired central part.
Victor Chavet (1822-1906) was a pupil of Pierre Révoil in Lyon then of Camille Roqueplan...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Placido Fabris Male Nude Portrait Drawings 1830s charcoal tempera laid paper
Located in Florence, IT
The drawing, composed by a single sheet without watermark of 20.4 x 12,5 inch, comes from the collection of Placido Fabris’s heirs
The drawing shows, on a tempera dark background, a ...
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Other Art Style Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Tempera, Laid Paper, Carbon Pencil
Pair of Framed Chinese Ancestor Portraits, Ink and Pigment on Paper, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Believing that the departed continue to hold influence over the lives of the living, many Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long life, health, and prosperity. Commemorative portraits, which came into vogue in the late Ming and Qing dynasties, were commissioned specifically for ancestor worship and were believed to house the spirits of the deceased. When properly cared for, one's ancestors were believed to be a powerful source of honor, protection, and good luck.
This pair of ancestor portraits was hand-painted in the mid-19th century and beautifully depicts a Qing-dynasty couple. While some ancestral portraits offer a more stylized representation of one's ancestors, this particular pair is painted with incredible realism and life-like expressions. Rather than depict the pair in a regal hall wearing elaborate finery, the couple is shown in a quiet home environment, seated at either end of a square tea table. Their surroundings are minimal, practically undecorated, and they wear simple, matching blue silk robes...
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Qing Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pigment, Paper
Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man, circa 1830s Jean-Horace Vernet (1789-1863)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Orientalist Portrait of an Arab Man
Half-length, turned to the left, oval,
Jean-Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863)
Circa 1830s
Watercolor heightened with touches of white on paper
Sign...
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French School Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
J.H.M - Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Young Traveler Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine Victorian watercolour showing a young woman in a red travelling cloak resting on her journey. The painting has a contemplative mood, with the woman s...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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 Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Graphite
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