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Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Cavalier at Court

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Watercolor portrait. Presented in a gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.

A fine late 19th century watercolour showing a young courting couple together in a cattle shed. The gentleman is pictured holding the lady's hand, mesmerised by her pure beauty. While the lady on the other hand looks sad and tearful, staring at the ground, worried that they will never be betrothed to one another. Unsigned. The delicate continental painting...

Orlando Norie. Scottish ( b.1832 - d.1901 ). Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Officer. Watercolor. Signed Lower Right. Image size: 5.9 inches x 4.1 inches ( 15cm x 10.5cm ). Frame size: 11.4 inches x 9.3 inches ( 29cm x 23.5cm ). Available for sale; this original painting is by Orlando Norie and dates from the 1870s. The watercolor is presented and supplied in a sympathetic contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs), mounted using conservation materials and behind non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. This antique painting is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The watercolor is signed lower right. Orlando Norie is considered to have been one of the foremost illustrators of the British army in the 19th century, with thousands of watercolors to his credit in public and private collections. His pictures are highly sought after and command high prices. He was a descendant of the celebrated Edinburgh family of artists and designers, son of Sir Robert Norie and a descendant of James Norie the Elder. He was born in Bruges, and may have spent time with his family in France and Belgium. From about 1870 he produced works from a rented studio close to the army barracks in Aldershot, but also travelled and was active in Dunkirk. Lithographs were made from his drawings of the battles of the Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman in the Crimean War. © Big Sky Fine Art Norie is best known for his prolific output of battle paintings and accurate and detailed illustrations of military...

Ettore Simonetti (Italian, 1857-1909) well listed Italian artist. Watercolor signed and dated Roma 1882. Sight H 29". W. 20.75" in giltwood frame under glass.