Charles Edmund Brock

Rare Early 20th C. Watercolor -- Pendennis, Captain Costigan and Miss Fothering

1910

An fine period watercolor, dated 1910, an illustration by Charles Edmund Brock (English, 1870-1938). This, from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, "The Newcomes, Memoirs of the Most Respectable Family." The novel was published in 1855. Below this image are two characters from "The Newcomes, Chapter XI". Presented in a rustic giltwood frame. Signed "C.E. Brock" and dated "1910" lower left. Image size, 10"H x 7.5"W. Charles Edmund Brock was a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, who signed most of his work C. E. Brock. He received his first book commission at the age of 20. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. Brock also contributed pieces to several magazines such as The Quiver, The Strand, and Pearsons...

Rare turn of the century portrait of J.O. and T.O. Mason, from a daguerreotype photograph, c.1860, by Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel (American, 1876-1954). Portrait c.1900. Signed "Marion...

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...

A charming watercolours scene of a boat sailing just off the coast. Signed to the lower left and well presented in a wash line mount and simple gilt frame. On wove.