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Style: French School
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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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

Nude from behind - Presumed portrait of Lina Cavalieri
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Giovanni BOLDINI (Ferrara 1842 - Paris 1931) Nude from behind, presumed portrait of Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944) Graphite paper H. 280 mm; L. 255 mm Signed lower right, and dated 1901 ...
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Early 1900s French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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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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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Chalk, Graphite

Pastel Portrait Young Blonde Woman French Marseille Michel FRONTI Late 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Michel FRONTI Marseille, 1862 – Marseille, 1936 Portrait of a young blonde girl Pastel signed top right “M. Fronti” 35 x 27 cm (56 x 50 cm with the frame) Original frame Very good co...
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Late 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

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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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Graphite

Miniature portrait of a British officer by Henry O'Shea
Located in Middletown, NY
Limerick: Henry O'Shea, c1800. Dual process photogravure on cardstock, 4 x 2 1/2 inches (102 x 64 mm), the full sheet. Framed handsomely in the original handmade wood frame with a ...
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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Woman in thought and Child: the page boy intriguing 19th Century Master drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
A virtuoso charcoal sketch by the Frech 19th Century master Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846-1904). It depicts a thoughtful woman (or woman in thought?) with her face resting on her hand...
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Late 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Laid Paper

The Sermon on the Mount – French School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and ink with wash on watermarked J Whatman 1814 paper, 11 x 8 1/4 (280 x 210 mm). Scattered minor edge losses at the left sheet edge, well outside of image area. Minor handling w...
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19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Torcapel Family att. to Alexandre Blanchet - Drawing 14x20 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper without frame
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Early 20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Carbon Pencil

The Introduction, French School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
In this charming scene a maid appears bashful as she is introduced by her mother to the shepherd’s son. Ink and wash on hand made, cool-toned cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches...
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Mid-18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper

Portrait of Hilaire-Philippe Richan
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Gilded wooden frame with glass window 62.5 x 48.8 x 3.6 cm
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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paste

1894 Zephyr Pencil Drawing by Mystery French Artist
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1894 Graphite on paper Sight: 13 1/2 x 17 in. Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 in. Signed and dated lower right, inscribed lower left
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1890s French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

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).
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Crayon

“Guy au portrait de madame Descazeaux” / Guy (Bardone) in the portrait of Madame
Located in Berlin, MD
Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Guy au portrait de madame Descazeaux” / Guy (Bardone) in the portrait of Madame Descazeaux. Ink on paper laid down on matt board. Unsigned. Image siz...
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Mid-20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink

Tetouanoui Man
Located in London, GB
Tetouanoui Man Albert Charles Dequene Pastel on paper, signed and dated 1933 lower left, titled upper right Image size: 23 x 18 inches (58.4 x 45.7 cm) Hand made ebonised and gilded ...
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20th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Bust Of A Woman In Profile, Sanguine On Paper, Signed And Dated
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas-André COURTOIS Paris 1734-1806 Bust of a woman in profile 1791 Sanguine Signed and dated lower left on the original mount 43.5 x 37 cm framed 19 x 25 cm
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Late 18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

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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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

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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Late 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

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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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Laid Paper

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H 14.57 in W 12.21 in
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Located in PARIS, FR
French School - 18th century Paris, Louis XV-Transition period Portrait of a man seen from three quarters Mid-18th century Sanguine 40 x 29 cm 59 x 50 cm framed Superb Transition pe...
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