19th Century Animal Paintings

Watercolor on paper, signed lower right Agustus Knoller and dated 1884. Inscribed on the reverse in pencil "This trotting came off Aug 15th 1884 at Belmont Park...

Arthur Walker Redgate British, (1860-1906) Lunchtime Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches Size including frame: 27.25 inches x 37.25 inches A charming harves...

Portrait of A Prize Winning Shire Horse, 19th Century WILLIAM ALBERT CLARK (1860-1843) Large 19th Century English portrait of a prize winning shire horse, oil on canvas by William ...

Attributed to Franck Brissot "Woman tending to her sheep in a rustic stable setting" (19th Century) No signatured This charming rural scene, attributed to Franck Brissot, is a beauti...

Hermann Werner Samswegen 1816 – 1905 Düsseldorf German Painter ‘Meal Time for all’ Signature: signed lower right and dated ‘H. Werner. 1870
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 Dimensions: ima...

The Dismounted Hunter, Sir William Rowley, circa 1800 attributed to DEAN WOLSTENHOLME (1757-1837) Large circa 1800 English Hunting scene of a dismounted huntsman, horse and terrier...

Artist/ School: by Tom Seymour (British 1844-1904), signed lower front Title: 'Highlanders', a fine Victorian oil painting depicting these majestic Highla...

An exceptional horse portrait “Young Lightfoot” in the manner of Edward Troye (1808-1874). Troye was born Edouard de Troy in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 12 July 1808. He was the son of...

Joseph Bail Limonest 1862 – 1921 Paris French Painter ‘Cats Playing around a Mirror’ Signature: signed lower right ‘Bail Joseph’
 Medium: oil on canvas
 Dimensions: image size 45,5...

19th century German romantic painting of a deer family in a snowy forest by Wilhelm Kühnert A majestic stag stands sentinel at the edge of a sun-drenched clearing, his gaze locked w...

Oil on board Signed within painting (on bucket): AFT Provenance Private collection Why We Love It Tait’s animal paintings were hailed for their masterful realism. Moreover, he capt...

A black pointer in a woodland landscape by John Frederick Herring Senior, circa 1830. Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame. Provenance: Arthur Ackerman and Son Frost and Reed Blains, Bruton Place, London John Frederick Herring, born in London in 1795, was the son of a London merchant of Dutch parentage, who had been born overseas in America. The first eighteen years of Herring's life were spent in London, where his greatest interests were drawing and horses. In 1814, at the age of 18, he moved to Doncaster in the north of England, and by 1815, had married Ann Harris. His sons John Frederick Herring Jr., Charles Herring, and Benjamin Herring...

19th century Orientalist oil painting of a desert scene by González Manso Spanish, 1893 Panel: Height 14cm, width 20cm Frame: Height 28.5cm, width 34cm, depth 6cm This captivating o...

Beautiful 19th century Italian micromosaic. Also called minute mosaic or miniature mosaic or spun mosaic, it is a technique presented for the first time in Rome in 1775 in the worksh...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 19 x 27.25 inches Signed lower left

Edward Chalmers Leavitt (1842 - 1904) Rhode Island Artist Image Size: 36 x 28 Frame Size: 42.5 x 34.5 Newcomb Macklin Frame. Medium: Oil Dated 1889 "Duck Hunt" Mergansers Edward Chalmers Leavitt (1842 - 1904) Edward Chalmers Leavitt, artist, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, March 9, 1842, the son of Rev. Jonathan and Charlotte Esther (Stearns) Leavitt. His paternal ancestor was John Leavitt, who came to Massachusetts Bay in the first ship and settled in Hingham. On the maternal side, he is descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullens, who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower. Leavitt was educated in private schools in Providence, and at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire. During the Civil War in 1862 and 1863, he served in the navy on the U.S.S. Galena. In his profession of artist, Mr. Leavitt is especially noted as a painter of fruit, flowers and still life. He exhibited in the National Academy for several years and has made many successful exhibitions in Providence and Boston. He was a member of the Boston and Providence art clubs, and the Providence Press Club. He was also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics his proclivities are mainly Republican. He has been twice married: first, May 19, 1877, to Ellen M. Fuller; and second, April 22, 1880, to Elizabeth S. Chace. Submitted November 2004 by Edward Bentley, Art Collector and Researcher from Lansing, Michigan. Source is the publication "Men of Progress: Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life from the State of Rhode Island." New England magazine. 1896. Edward C. Leavitt, born in 1842, has been described as "Providence, Rhode Island's leading still-life painter" in the late 19th Century. (Zellman 324) His teacher, James Morgan Lewin, was a prominent still-life painter in Fall River, Massachusetts, a neighboring town. Leavitt, a detailed, sharp-focused, realistic painter, was in love with texture and light, and was prolific and successful, painting a variety of still life subjects including flowers, fruit and even fish and dead game animals. His objects, including costly antiques and household decorative items, were often placed on ornamental, gleaming surfaces. He was a frequent exhibitor at the National Academy of Design in the 1870s and 1890s. The artist, who died in 1904, moved from a position of success and popularity to being ignored for many years until the publication of William H. Gerdts and Russell Burke's American Still-Life Painting in 1971. It is uncertain whether this disastrous loss of respect took place because Leavitt's work declined in quality during the last decade of his life, or because he was a victim of the periodic shifts in taste and fashion that afflict the arts. Sources: Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art Biography from Roger King Fine Art Edward Leavitt was one of the leading still life artists of nineteenth century New England. He lived and worked in Providence, and studied with James Morgan Lewin, a leading painter of the Fall River School, which, in the late 19th Century, was one of the most important centers of still life painting. While Lewin branched out into other types of painting, Leavitt remained devoted to the art of the still life. His paintings are sharply focused, realistic, and carefully finished. Ornate objects such as urns, ewers, platters, cut glassware...

John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...

War Horse, 19th Century after Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1872) Large 19th century Napoleonic Cuirassier War Horse scene, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition depicti...

A bay hunter and a black and white short haired dog (possibly a bull terrier) in an extensive English landscape. a rustic barn in the near distance. Indistinctly signed 'Br...' and d...

Portrait Of "Dante" A Yorkshire Terrier, 19th Century English School 19th Century English School portrait of "Dante" a Yorkshire terrier, oil on panel. Good quality and condition ...

Portrait of a Young Girl, with her Pet Dog on the Steps of her Country Home English School, circa 1870's oil on board, framed in antique gilt swept frame. framed: 25.5 x 21 inches b...

Large British Antique Oil Painting of Two Horses by Walker English, Late 19th Century Canvas: Height 54cm, width 87cm Frame: Height 71cm, width 107cm, depth 8cm This tranquil scene ...

Pair of paintings each in original American Federal Period white pine gilded scoop frames with inner row of beads. Framed Dimensions: 24 x 29 1/2 inches. Provenance available upon request. Michele Felice Cornè, considered to be Salem, Massachusetts’ most versatile early nineteenth century artist, painted this remarkable pair of paintings about a decade after he arrived in America from Naples, Italy. Cornè worked and lived in Salem from 1800-06 when he moved to Boston. During his Boston tenure (1807-22) the artist was noted for painting portraits of Boston ships and naval battles of the War of 1812, as well as taking on major mural commissions. This charming pair of paintings, each of two children playing, were possibly intended as overdoor decorations for a Federal period house. Cornè’s most ambitious decorations were the wall murals which he painted for the Sullivan Dorr house in Providence in 1810. And this pair of paintings seems to date from about the same period. From 1822 to his death in 1845 he lived in Newport, Rhode Island. The pair of paintings of Children playing was long in the famous Americana collection of Benjamin Flayderman. Flayderman was said to have set the standard for collecting in American furniture and decorative arts in the 1920s. Much of his collection was sold at a legendary sale at the American Art Association-Anderson Galleries (predecessor of Parke-Burnet and Sotheby’s, New York) in April of 1931. These paintings, however, were retained by Flayderman and descended in his family. Cornè was instrumental in transferring current Neapolitan painting techniques as well as Italian landscape themes to America. On the subject of Cornè's non-marine work, Nina Fletcher Little, the Cornè expert, stated: “Although Cornè's claim to twentieth century recognition has rested chiefly on his marine subjects, it is becoming increasingly apparent that he was equally successful in the charming landscapes he placed upon overmantles, fireboards, and framed canvases. Many depict the rolling countryside of his native Italy, which he copied from romantic engravings. These compositions, featuring grazing cows and frolicking peasants, are extremely colorful and picturesque. Arched bridges, steepled churches, crenellated castles, and round stone towers form most decorative backgrounds.” The two paintings: Two Children at Play with a White Bird and Two Children Playing recall earlier European and Italian models. Cherub paintings were popular throughout western Europe in the last quarter of the 18th century. But these Cornè paintings also recall the Renaissance paintings of putti such as the little angels by Raphael, painted as part of his Sistine Madonna, and lately enjoying greatly renewed popularity and notice. Cornè often used Italian old master models as a basis for landscape or figure paintings. Cornè was born on the island of Elba in 1752. During the Napoleonic Wars, he sought refuge and sailed to America on the ship Mount Vernon commanded by Elias Hasket Derby, Jr., at whose father's house Cornè resided in Salem. The artist arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in July of 1800. Derby, impressed by the Neapolitan marine paintings that he had seen and collected during his Mediterranean voyages of the late eighteenth century, sought to make the same skills available in Salem by encouraging Cornè to live and work in that town. Cornè was quite successful in transferring the current Neapolitan decorative painting to America, and his popularity grew rapidly. Cornè attracted the patronage of many in Salem, and was introduced to Samuel McIntire with whom he worked on many of Salem's houses. Between 1807 and 1809 he was at 27 Hanover Street in Boston, but by 1810 the city directories list him at 61 Middle Street. By 1822, he was settled in Newport, Rhode Island and received enough patronage to support him the rest of his life. Cornè is well represented in public and private collections including the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, the Peabody-Essex Museum of Salem, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, New Haven Colony Historical Society, the New York Historical Society, Newport Historical Society, Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Rhode Island Historical Society, the Smithsonian Institution, the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, the United States Department of State, the United States Naval Academy...

Jean-Charles Cazin Ploughing on the Hillside Signed lower left Oil on board 6 1/2 x 6 inches The son of a well-known doctor, FJ Cazin, he was born at Samer, Pas-de-Calais. After st...

​​​H.S. Phillip, circa 1855 Waiting for mistress signed and dated 'H.S. Phillip June 1855' (lower left) oil on canvas 22 x 16 in. (56 x 40.6 cm.) frame 27 ¾ x 21 ⅝ in. (70.5 x 55 c...

Terrier Ratting in Barn English School, 19th century Circle of Alfred Banner (act.c.1880-c.1915) signed with initials, dated 1875 oil on canvas, framed framed: 7.5 x 9.5 inches canv...

Terriers Ratting in Stable Circle of Alfred Banner (act.c.1880-c.1915) incised initials "A.B." and dated 1875 oil on canvas, framed framed: 7.5 x 9.5 inches canvas : 6 x 8 inches Pr...

Oil on canvas, signed lower left. Measures 32.25" x 37.5" including the frame. Know for his paintings of scenes in the highlands of Scotland, John Barker, British 1811 to 1886.

Fine landscape painting, oil on canvas of Snowdonia, Wales by 19th century British artist Thomas Huson, RI, RA. Rushing rapids from a lake, mountain landscape and clouded skies, and...

Large American Orientalist oil painting of a courtyard by F. A. Bridgman American, c. 1900 Canvas: Height 69cm, width 91cm Frame: Height 95cm, width 108cm, depth 8.5cm Wonderfully p...

A good antique oil on panel landscape painting by the Flemish artist, Francois Backvis (1857-1926). The painting circa 1880 depicting the parable of the lost sheep from the gospels of Matthew & Luke. The painting shows a stormy landscape with the shepherd and his flock, the shepherd is holding the lost sheep under his arm in front of a large stone crucifix...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 30 x 45 inches Framed size: 36.5 x 51.5 inches Signed and dated 1918 lower right

Paul JONES Oil on canvas These paintings are signed Paul Jones on the bottom left. Canvas size: 20 x 25cm (8 x 10") Outside frame size: 36 x 41cm (14 x 16") Flourished 1855 – 1888 ...

A charming and sensitively rendered late 19th-century oil portrait of a Rough Collie, this work captures the breed's intelligence and gentle temperament with remarkable clarity. Indi...

European School, oil on canvas. Study of a cow in a pastoral landscape. Illegibly signed to the lower right. On canvas on stretchers.

George Cole British, (1810-1883) Rick Making, Lunchtime Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1883 Image size: 23.5 inches x 35.5 inches Size including frame: 30.5 inches x 42.5 inches Prove...

The oil painting size is 13"x9.75". Classic work of Sarkis Diranian, with very smooth and artistic brush strokes. It is signed in the lower right corner. ...

Charming late 19th century landscape of English country Tudor style houses and chickens in style of Edward Wilkens Waite (English, 1854-1924) and...

Oil Painting by E. S. England "Cockerel and Hens" 1870 - 1900 Painter of atmospheric landscape animal scenes, including prize pig and cows. His scene 'The C...

Charming late 19th or early 20th century oil on board. This little gem has great detail of a horse with a feedbag in a landscape. It is signed or initialed but I cannot make it out. ...

This lovely British Victorian Impressionist pastoral landscape oil painting is by prolific exhibitor William Mark Fisher. Known as a B...

WILLIAM HUGGINS (1820-1884) Cockerel and Hens Signed and dated l.r.: W Huggins 1880 Oil on board Framed 31 by 46 cm., 12 ¼ by 18 in. (frame size 44.5 by 59.5 cm., 17 ½ by 23 ½ in...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 22 x 30 inches Framed size: 31.5 x 39.5 inches Signed and dated '1893' lower right

Giuseppe Penuti Portrait Of Man With Bracco 1868 oil painting on canvas depicting a gentleman in elegant dark clothes embellished with jewelry, brooches, and watches. The man is port...

Afternoon ride is a pair of, 13 x 9 inches each, equestrian paintings by Pennsylvania painter James N Hess. One is signed in the lower left, one is signed in the lower right. Animal...

Charles Jones British, (1836-1892) Sheep Grazing on a Cliff Top Oil on canvas, signed with monogram Image size: 7.5 inches x 11.5 inches Size including frame: 13.5 inches x 17.5 inches A lovely landscape painting of sheep on a coastal cliff by Charles ‘Sheep’ Jones. The sheep and her two lambs are depicted against the backdrop of the sea with shipping and chalk cliffs in the distance. The location is likely to be the Devon coast, an area Jones visited often. Charles Jones was an animal painter who was born in Stepney, London in 1836. He was the son of the artist Samuel John Egbert Jones (1797-1861) and Dinah Jones. He lived with his parents and 9 siblings in Mile End and was a pupil of his father. In September 1859, he married Frances Rosalinda Downe, who was born in America. His son Arthur Bertram Loud (1863-1930) also became an artist. They lived at 12 Hayes Place, Lisson Grove from where he made his debut in London at the Royal Academy in 1861. He also exhibited at the British Institution, Suffolk Street, New Watercolour Society, Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. By 1867, he had become a successful artist and had moved to 7 Paragon Place, Brixton Hill. From 1874, he lived at Heathercroft, Balham Hill where he spent the rest of his life. As well as the major London galleries, he also exhibited provincially at various locations including: the Royal Cambrian Academy where he was elected a member in 1886, the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Manchester City Art Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Birmingham and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Some of the smaller more intimate galleries he exhibited at were Arthur Tooth & Sons and Thomas Richardson...

With an expert command of light and movement, Victor Huguet’s At the Shore transports the viewer to a coastal expanse where a group of Arab horsemen and figures gather against a stun...

John Henry Dolph, best known as painter of domestic animals, especially cats, was born in 1835 in Fort Ann, New York. In 1841 Dolph's family moved to Ohio and in 1849 Dolph began an ...

Horses with carriage. Oil on panel. 16.1 x 24.2 cm

Confrontation Van Den Eycken Charles Brussels 1859 – 1923 Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 28 x 21,50 cm, frame size 36 x 30 cm Biography: Van Den Eycken Charles (alias Charles Duchene) was born in Brussels in 1859. He was an animal painter, mainly dogs and cats and interiors. He was the son of Charles Van Den Eycken...

Henry Joseph Campotosto (Belgium, 1833-1910) A Very Fine Oil on Canvas "Walking the Baby Goat", depicting two young dutch girls by the grassy shore of a river bank, one standing holding a wicker basket and a leash to a resting baby goat, the youngest sitting next to her on a pile of branches tucking her pants, a pair of ducks and ducklings swimming by the tree lined river; within a later giltwood carved frame. Signed (l/r): Campotosto Henry. Circa: Brussels, 1870. Note: The artist is also known as Henri Campotosto Henry or Henri Campotosto was born in Brussels in 1833. He studied in Brussels at the Royal Academy des Beaux-Arts and painted some artworks with Eugène Verboeckhoven (Belgium, 1798-1881). He received a 1st Class Medal at the Academy of Brussels and an honorable mention at the Paris Exhibition of 1860. In 1871 he moved to London with his family and remained there for life. He exhibited his work at the Royal Academy Exhibition until 1874 and at the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1878. In 1880 he took part in the Berlin Academy Exhibition. His daughter Octavia also became a painter, visited Italy, and showed her paintings at the Royal Academy from 1871 to 1874. Henri Campotosto died in London in 1910. High Sales: Christie's New York - Property from an American Collection, "The Bird's Nest" - Lot 247 on October 22, 2008, Sold for $37,500 Bonhams London - 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art on 28 September 2016 - Lot 33 "Gathering flowers" Sold for £25,000 ($33,750 USD) Museums: The British Museum - Print of two girls and a lamb and print of two girls by a river bank Literature • E. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs by Librairie Gründ - 1976 Edition - Volume 2, Page 488. • Maurice W...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 12 x 18 inches Framed size: 15.75 x 21.75 inches Signed lower right

In this charming oil on canvas, Irish artist Sam Spode beautifully captures a serene moment within the quiet, intimate setting of a stable. The grey pony, depicted with remarkable detail, stands alongside a loyal dog, creating a peaceful harmony between the two animals. Samuel Spode...

This beautiful painting depicts a crowded scene of a watering hole at a well in the midst of a sunny, hot day, located on the street of a provincial village supposedly located somewh...

The Dog Yard, 18th Century attributed to Samuel RAVEN (1775-1847) Large 18th 19th Century English dog yard scene, oil on canvas attributed top Samuel Raven. Excellent quality and c...

Attributed to Morten Müller (1828-1911) and Olaf Christopher Dahl (1842-1895), signed lower right, this extraordinary antique oil painting captures the timeless beauty of 19th century Norwegian pastoral landscape. This exceptional collaborative masterpiece, painted circa 1870-1880 during the golden age of Norwegian landscape art, depicts an enchanting countryside scene where a young shepherd boy guides his cattle to a tranquil watering hole. The composition unfolds like a gentle poem of rural life, with lush vegetation embracing rolling hills while an ancient windmill stands majestically on the distant hillside, creating striking focal point and masterful perspective. Rich oil painting technique reveals the artists' shared vision of Norway's serene countryside, where peaceful pastoral tranquility below contrasts dramatically with gathering storm clouds above. This romantic Norwegian landscape tradition showcases nuanced brushwork and atmospheric effects that exemplify the peak of Scandinavian art movement. Both renowned Norwegian artists are prominently featured in National Museum Oslo permanent collection, confirming their significant contribution to Nordic artistic heritage. This rare antique oil painting represents sublime testament to 19th century collaborative artistry, where two masters united their talents to create lasting vision of Norway's natural beauty. Size app.: 46 x 69 cm (roughly 18.1 x 27.2 in), with frame 60 x 84 cm cm (roughly 23.6 x 33.1 in). Good condition with wear, tiny losses to paint in minor areas and craquelure. So it needs minor care and conservation. Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 4.4 kg is going to measure some 6 kg volume weight packed for shipment. Morten Müller began his art studies with Adolph Tidemand and Hans Gude in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 1847 to 1848. From 1850 he was again a student at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, with Johann Wilhelm Schirmer as a teacher. From 1850 to 1851, Müller painted with the Swedish landscape painter Marcus...

John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...

Antique American school dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 9L x 9H.

Hen and Chicks in Basket is a 12.5 x 15, oil on canvas still life and animal scene by female, American painter, Mary Russell Smith. The painting is framed and signed en verso. Mary ...

Conditions : Excellent overall with a genuine canvas stamped by DEFORGES PARIS. The unique little restoration on the tree by the house (as seen on picture under UV light). The signa...