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Period: 1850s
River Thames at Leigh by Moonlight - 19th Century Oil Painting of London 1851
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The River Thames at Leigh by Moonlight’ by Henry Pether (1800-1880). The painting is signed by the artist and dated 1851 and is presented in a bespoke gold metal leaf frame. • Vi...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Important 19th Century Hudson River School Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American Hudson River School landscape painting. Oil on paper. Framed. Image size, 7 by 9 inches.
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Hudson River School 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Paper, Board

Hudson River School Framed Antique Landscape "Tranquil Waters" Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American Hudson River School landscape oil painting by John William Hill (1812 - 1879). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 22 by 31 inches overall and 15 by 24 painting...
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Hudson River School 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th century English fox hunt in landscape with huntsman and women with hounds
By Samuel Henry Alken
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to Samuel Henry Alken (British, 1810–1894) Fox Hunting Scene, ca. 1850 Oil on canvas, housed in an antique maple frame A spirited cavalcade of riders and hounds charges t...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hudson River School Framed Antique Landscape "Tranquil Waters" Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American Hudson River School landscape oil painting by John William Hill (1812 - 1879). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 22 by 31 inches overall and 15 by 24 painting...
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Hudson River School 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century Oil Painting Victorian Holiday Summer Landscape Royal Academy 1859
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865). The painting – which depicts a group of Victorian figures on a summer’s day before an extensive landscape ...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Antique English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier and Westie dogs in a room
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier spaniel and Westie terrier in an interior. This exquisite English 19th-century painting by...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

River Thames at Leigh by Moonlight - 19th Century Oil Painting of London 1851
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The River Thames at Leigh by Moonlight’ by Henry Pether (1800-1880). The painting is signed by the artist and dated 1851 and is presented in a bespoke gold metal leaf frame. • Vi...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

"Quiet River at Dusk" Martin Johnson Heade, Salt Marsh, Luminist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Martin Johnson Heade Quiet River at Dusk, circa 1859 Oil on canvas 15 x 25 inches Martin Johnson Heade was born in Lumberville, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on August 11, 1819. He...
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Academic 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Victorian English 19th Century, three Spaniels dogs in an Interior
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian English 19th Century, three Spaniel dogs in an Interior. George Armfield was a mid-Victorian painter of mostly dog scenes but also painted other animal subjects su...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English Victorian 19th century portrait of a brown and white Spaniel dog
By George Earl
Located in Woodbury, CT
George Earl was a painter, primarily of sporting dogs and other animals. He was also the father of Maud Earl and Percy Earl, and the brother of Thomas Earl,...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique American Important 19th Century Hudson River School Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American Hudson River School landscape painting. Oil on paper. Framed. Image size, 7 by 9 inches.
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Hudson River School 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Paper, Board

Windsor Castle from the River Thames. An antique oil painting
Located in St. Albans, GB
William M. Hart American 1823 - 1894 Outside Frame Size: 36 x 49" (90 x 122cm) Canvas Size: 28 x 41" (70 x 102) Provenance: H.V. Allison Galleries, New York Born in 1823 in Paisley...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

'Aurora', Baroque, Classical, Mythological Oil, Guido Reni, Quirinal, Rome
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Leonardi' for Achille Leonardi (Italian, 1800-1870), inscribed, '... Roma' and painted circa 1860. An exceptionally fine and detailed, nineteenth century oil...
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Baroque 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique French School Marine Ship Fishing Boats Oil Canvas Painting Dieppe 1851
Located in Portland, OR
A very attractive mid 19th century marine oil painting, by the celebrated French artist Charles Hoguet (1821-1870), Dieppe 1851. The painting depicts three masted fishing boats with ...
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French School 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Day in the Country - 19th Century Oil Painting British Royal Academy 1859
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865). The painting – which depicts a group of Victorian figures on a summer’s day before an extensive landscape ...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Signed Impressive 19th Century Venice Italy Original Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian oil painting of Venice. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 31L x 21H.
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Impressionist 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Quiet River at Dusk" Martin Johnson Heade, Salt Marsh, Luminist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Martin Johnson Heade Quiet River at Dusk, circa 1859 Oil on canvas 15 x 25 inches Martin Johnson Heade was born in Lumberville, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on August 11, 1819. He...
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Academic 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rare 19th Century Italian Micromosaic, the Capitoline Doves
Located in Vicoforte, IT
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...
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1850s Paintings

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Mosaic

Blessing the Harvest - Belgian 19thC art figurative Victorian oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning arched top Victorian figurative oil painting is by noted Belgian artist Charles Soubre. It was painted in 1853 and is signed and date lower right. The composition is a ...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Early Antique American School New England Sunset Sailboat Marine Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Up for sale here is a really impressive mid 19th century painting. Very fine quality and great color! Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 13 by 17.
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Hudson River School 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Signed Impressive 19th Century Venice Italy Original Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian oil painting of Venice. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 31L x 21H.
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Impressionist 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Day in the Country - 19th Century Oil Painting British Royal Academy 1859
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865). The painting – which depicts a group of Victorian figures on a summer’s day before an extensive landscape ...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School Museum Quality Fruit Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school realist fruit still life oil painting. Oil on board. Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 16L x 16H.
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Realist 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Board

Castle and River Landscape - British 19thC art oil painting follower of Turner
Located in London, GB
This stunning large 19th century landscape oil painting is attributed to follower of Joseph Turner, possible George William Mote. Painted circa 1850 it is a panoramic landscape loo...
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Old Masters 1850s Paintings

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Oil

19th century American Folk Art of a Seated Lady in her Sunday best clothes
Located in Woodbury, CT
Unknown Artist (American School, 19th century) Portrait of a Lady in Blue, c. 1835–1850 Oil on canvas This quietly elegant portrait captures a mature woman with a serene yet dignifi...
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Folk Art 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fishing with Cattle Watering
By Edwin H. Boddington
Located in St. Albans, GB
Edwin Henry Boddington Canvas Size: 20 x 32" (51 x 81cm) Outside Frame Size: 29 x 41" (74 x 104cm) A very good and typical example of his work which has been relined for preservation only. He lived 1836 - 1905 Landscape and River Scene Painter. Son of Henry John Boddington, he painted mainly scenes of the Thames. He developed a very personal and recognisable style. His river scenes are usually painted in a pale evening light, using a range of very dark greens and browns. Address: Lonsdale Villa, Barnes, London 6 Upper Ranalagh Place, Pimlico, London Exhibited 1853 – 1869 Exhibited at:- British Institution, London Portland Gallery, London Royal Academy Royal Society of British Artists The following works were exhibited at the Royal Academy: On the River Lodden 1854 On the Welsh Hills...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

The Travelling Herd, Early Victorian Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Travelling Herd, Impressionist Landscape, Oil Painting, Signed English School, mid 19th century Oil painting on canvas, framed Framed size: 14.5 x 18.5 inches Majestic scenic oi...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

A Pre-Raphaelite Beauty. A Portrait of a lady by Josef Arnhold. Oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
A wonderful painting of a beautiful woman in the style of the Pre-Raphaelites. It is signed Arnhold. It is in very condition and in the original frame. Picture Size: 21 x 21" (51 ...
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Pre-Raphaelite 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Early Antique American School New England Sunset Sailboat Marine Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Up for sale here is a really impressive mid 19th century painting. Very fine quality and great color! Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 13 by 17.
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Hudson River School 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th century English fox hunt in landscape with huntsman and women with hounds
By Samuel Henry Alken
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to Samuel Henry Alken (British, 1810–1894) Fox Hunting Scene, ca. 1850 Oil on canvas, housed in an antique maple frame A spirited cavalcade of riders and hounds charges t...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Harbour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, " Julius Montalant, Maritime Port Trade
Located in New York, NY
Julius Montalant (1823 - 1898) Harbour of Rio Janeiro, 1843-1850 Oil on canvas 17 x 24 inches Signed and dated lower right; conservator's inscription on the reverse Born in Virginia, probably Norfolk, Julius Montalant is known for his drawings and paintings inspired by his travels on board navy ships. Attached to the USS St. Louis around 1844-45, he sketched ports of call he visited, including Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and China. Many of his works are held in the Museum of the U.S. Naval Academy. Navy records indicate his rank as 'C. Clerk', which may mean that he held a civilian position. During the 1850s he lived in Philadelphia, and in 1851-61 he exhibited at the Philadelphia Art Union and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Included were paintings of North America, Greece...
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Hudson River School 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French School 19th Century, A Man bust-length, oil on wood panel
Located in Paris, FR
French School of the 19th Century A Man bust-length Oil on wood panel 31,5 x 22 cm Framed 47,8 x 37,5 cm In good condition. The painter chose to deal with the roughness of his suppo...
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Romantic 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Steam Ship Washington rescuing from the Winchester off Boston 1854
Located in Woodbury, CT
James Edward Butteerworth Owning a painting by James Edward Buttersworth depicting the heroic rescue of passengers from the ship 'Winchester' by the inscribed steamship 'Washington...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Board

Constant Troyon Shepherdess After The Storm Large Oil Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Constant Troyon (French 1810-1865) Shepherdess After The Storm. A large and powerful plein air Barbizon painting by The master Constant Troyon representing a Shepherdess giving at yo...
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Barbizon School 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil painting“hunting scene with dogs and horse” circle of Alfred De Dreux 19th
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in Gavere, BE
Oil painting“hunting scene with dogs and horse” attr. to Alfred De Dreux 19th Oil on canvas, restored and cleaned in good condition. Very nice painting for hunting scene art...
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French School 1850s Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Very Rare 19 Cent. American School Floral Painting, Lucinda Church, Pennsylvania
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a rare example of mid 19th century painting by a budding Pennsylvania artist associated with a local school. The work is a floral still life by listed artist Lucinda Carver ...
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Realist 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Stormy Seas
Located in Columbia, MO
Egide Linnig (1821–1860) was a Belgian painter known for his landscape and genre paintings. He was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp....
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Naturalistic 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1857 American Hudson River Rockland County Landscape Painting KENNEDY Gallery
Located in New York, NY
John Henry Hill 1839-1922 Signed lower right Dated: 1857 Sight size: 3 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches Overall size: 7 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches oil on panel Good condition Kennedy Gallery Label Verso ...
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Hudson River School 1850s Paintings

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Wood Panel

19th century English marine Sailing scene of Dutch fishing boats by a harbor
By Henry King Taylor
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry King Taylor was a marine and coastal scene painter who lived in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1859 to 1864 with titles includi...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English 19th century portrait of two seated King Charles Cavalier Spaniels dogs
By James Cassie
Located in Woodbury, CT
James Cassie was born at Keithhall near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, the son of a prosperous tea and spirit merchant. Although briefly a pupil of the artist James Giles, Cassie was largely self-taught. He began his career as a painter of animals and portraits, but on moving to Aberdeen he increasingly turned his attention to local seascapes and coastal scenes, especially at dawn and sunset. He favored these outdoor scenes but continued to paint some domestic subjects and portraits throughout his life. In 1869 he moved to Edinburgh and was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy. Shortly before his death in 1879 he was elected an Academician. This piece is framed in its original frame and the painting is signed lower right and inscribed on the reverse. From the inscription on the reverse, this painting was purchased from an important house sale...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Soir dans une gorge Boisee" Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Plein-Air Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Soir dans une gorge Boisee, 1850-55 Signed lower right Oil on board 13 1/2 x 9 inches Provenance: Dutilleux, Paul Tesse, etc. Quincy Adams Shaw Pauline S...
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Impressionist 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Franz Xaver Petter (Circle), Still Life With Alpine Flora
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This beautiful mid-19th-century Austrian oil painting depicts a still life with a decorous abundance of alpine flora and lively blooms. It’s sign...
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Naturalistic 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Oil

After a successful hunt 1858 Kitchen Genre Scene Swedish Animalist J. Arsenius
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right: Johan Arsenius and dated 1858 or 1853, attributed Johan Georg Arsenius (1818 - 1903), was a Swedish military man, painter and draftsman. Up for sale is important ...
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Realist 1850s Paintings

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Wood, Oil, Wood Panel

Anton Benno Zottmayr, Portrait Of A Gentleman With A Letter
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century oil painting by German artist Anton Benno Zottmayr (1795-1865) depicts a gentleman holding a letter. Zottmayr was an accomplished painter of portraits,...
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Folk Art 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Nymphs in the Forest" Oil on Canvas Signed in Gilded Frame
Located in Pistoia, IT
Narcisse Díaz de la Peña, "Nymphs in the Forest. Oil on canvas signed "Diaz" at lower left. In its original gilded wooden frame bearing the name "Diaz 1807-1876" on brass plate. Nar...
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Barbizon School 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Antique English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier and Westie dogs in a room
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier spaniel and Westie terrier in an interior. This exquisite English 19th-century painting by...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Loch Awe and Kilchurn Castle
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Loch Awe and Kilchurn Castle is a landscape oil painting on board by 19th century artist Edward Train (1801 -1866). Train was a British artist, painting mostly landscapes in northern England and, like this one, in Scotland. The painting is signed E. Train (lower left) and dated 1850 or 1856, the last number being too faint to be certain. From 1850 to 1880 Train flourished as an artist, but his work was exhibited in galleries in northeastern England and Edinburgh from the 1830s. Born in Gateshead, Tyneside, Train left to take an apprenticeship with a London engraver. In the 1830s Train traveled with an expedition to the Hebrides and Shetland Islands. Here he became fascinated with the Scottish scenery that would become part of his repertoire of landscape art. Loch Awe lies in the west of Scotland in Argyll and Bute. Kilchurn Castle, built in the 16th century, lies on a peninsula inside the Loch, on the water's edge. Train would have traveled to the Highlands and painted the dramatic scene from the east banks of Loch Awe, across from the Castle. This painting captures the Highland mountains, loch and castle that was very much the ouevre of this artist's work. Train painted the Highlands decades before other renowned landscape artists of the 19th century, such as Alfred de Breanski, Louis Bosworth Hurt, Douglas and Duncan Cameron...
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Naturalistic 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Board

19th Century Oil Painting Victorian Holiday Summer Landscape Royal Academy 1859
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865). The painting – which depicts a group of Victorian figures on a summer’s day before an extensive landscape ...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Thomas Sidney Cooper RA, Livestock In A Landscape With River Beyond
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine mid-19th-century oil painting by British artist Thomas Sidney Cooper RA (1803-1902) depicts two cows and a sheep in a landscape. Cooper was a distinguished painter of the n...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Loch Awe and Kilchurn Castle
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Loch Awe and Kilchurn Castle is a landscape oil painting on board by 19th century artist Edward Train (1801 -1866). Train was a British artist, painting mostly landscapes in northern England and, like this one, in Scotland. The painting is signed E. Train (lower left) and dated 1850 or 1856, the last number being too faint to be certain. From 1850 to 1880 Train flourished as an artist, but his work was exhibited in galleries in northeastern England and Edinburgh from the 1830s. Born in Gateshead, Tyneside, Train left to take an apprenticeship with a London engraver. In the 1830s Train traveled with an expedition to the Hebrides and Shetland Islands. Here he became fascinated with the Scottish scenery that would become part of his repertoire of landscape art. Loch Awe lies in the west of Scotland in Argyll and Bute. Kilchurn Castle, built in the 16th century, lies on a peninsula inside the Loch, on the water's edge. Train would have traveled to the Highlands and painted the dramatic scene from the east banks of Loch Awe, across from the Castle. This painting captures the Highland mountains, loch and castle that was very much the ouevre of this artist's work. Train painted the Highlands decades before other renowned landscape artists of the 19th century, such as Alfred de Breanski, Louis Bosworth Hurt, Douglas and Duncan Cameron...
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Naturalistic 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Board

Portrait of a Lady
By Alexandre-François Caminade
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alexandre François CAMINADE (1789-1862) Portrait of a Lady Oil on wood signed low right Old frame gilded with leaves Wood size : 22 X 15 cm Frame size : 40 X 30 cm Alexandre-Françoi...
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Academic 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Victorian 19th century portrait of an seated English Flower Seller
Located in Woodbury, CT
Victorian 19th-century portrait of a seated English Flower Seller. This is a very pretty classic English Victorian Genre painting. The style ...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Harbour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, " Julius Montalant, Maritime Port Trade
Located in New York, NY
Julius Montalant (1823 - 1898) Harbour of Rio Janeiro, 1843-1850 Oil on canvas 17 x 24 inches Signed and dated lower right; conservator's inscription on the reverse Born in Virginia, probably Norfolk, Julius Montalant is known for his drawings and paintings inspired by his travels on board navy ships. Attached to the USS St. Louis around 1844-45, he sketched ports of call he visited, including Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and China. Many of his works are held in the Museum of the U.S. Naval Academy. Navy records indicate his rank as 'C. Clerk', which may mean that he held a civilian position. During the 1850s he lived in Philadelphia, and in 1851-61 he exhibited at the Philadelphia Art Union and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Included were paintings of North America, Greece...
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Hudson River School 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hen and Chicks in Basket, Realist Scene by Female Pennsylvania Painter
Located in Doylestown, PA
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 ...
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American Realist 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tired Hiker, The Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 36.00" x 28.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post...
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1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19thc century classical French portrait sketch of a North African mans head
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding small oil on velum sketch of a North African/ Arab head study. The painting is a classic sketch and I'm sure the figure would have been used in a much larger finished w...
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Old Masters 1850s Paintings

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Oil

19th century English forest landscape with figures by a fire side, mid afternoon
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English forest landscape with figures by a fireside, mid-afternoon. A very well painted classic Victorian English landscape with figures. Wonderful observation by the p...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

Barbizon School, Fontainebleau landscape with walkers, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Barbizon School, French circa 1850 Fontainebleau landscape with walkers Oil on canvas 21.5 x 31 cm Framed : 32 x 41.5 cm In good condition, some minor lacks of paintingsdue to a former frame abrasion mainly on the right border and in the lower border (see photographs please) This landscape is probably a view of the Fontainebleau forest. This type of scene was painted by the Barbizon painters and by Camille Corot. The village of Barbizon is very close to the forest of Fontainebleau and the painters who lived there, such as Camille Corot, painted the most picturesque views of the spectacular stone quarries. There were also many walkers and hikers in these places, as the artists had made them famous and fashionable. The author of this charming little painting wanted to depict the wildness of the place and, in contrast, the walkers who made it a pittoresque curiosity. Although it's difficult to identify or ascribe the work, as there's no signature or other indication, there's a great deal of sensitivity and self-confidence in a very lively touch that heralds Impressionism. The detail of the barely sketched silhouettes...
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Realist 1850s Paintings

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Oil

David with the Head of Goliath, 19th Century Victorian Oil
By John Rogers Herbert
Located in London, GB
John Rogers Herbert RA 1810- 1890 Oil on canvas, dated '1850' lower right on sword strap Image size: 33 ½ x 23 ½ inches Gilt Watts frame This striking painting, depicts David as a y...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil

“View of Switzerland”
By John William Casilear
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on fiberboard painting of a view of Switzerland done by the American artist, John William Casilear. Signed with monogram lower left. Condition is excellent. Circa 1857/1858. The painting is housed in a contemporary frame. Overall framed measurements are 6 5/8 by 8 5/8 inches. lProvenance: Long Island, New York collector. Biography John William Casilear was born in New York City on June 25, 1811. Like his fellow Hudson River School landscapists Asher B. Durand and John F. Kensett, he worked as an engraver before turning to painting. In 1826 Casilear was apprenticed to the engraver Peter Maverick (1780-1831), and at first he primarily executed bank notes. Durand encouraged him to attempt other subjects, however, and during the 1830s he madeengravings after some of the most prominent paintings of the day, including Daniel Huntington's The Sybil (New-York Historical Society). In 1832 he began submitting engravings to the National Academy of Design exhibition and he first showed paintings there in 1836. In 1833 Casilear was elected an Associate of the Academy; he was elevated to full Academician status in 1851. In 1840 Casilear accompanied Durand, Kensett, and another painter, Thomas P. Rossiter (1818-1871), on a trip to Europe. There the artists studied and copied paintings...
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Academic 1850s Paintings

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Fiberboard, Oil

'Aurora', Baroque, Classical, Mythological Oil, Guido Reni, Quirinal, Rome
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Leonardi' for Achille Leonardi (Italian, 1800-1870), inscribed, '... Roma' and painted circa 1860. An exceptionally fine and detailed, nineteenth century oil...
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Baroque 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English Victorian 19th century portrait of a brown and white Spaniel dog
By George Earl
Located in Woodbury, CT
George Earl was a painter, primarily of sporting dogs and other animals. He was also the father of Maud Earl and Percy Earl, and the brother of Thomas Earl,...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Soir dans une gorge Boisee" Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Plein-Air Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Soir dans une gorge Boisee, 1850-55 Signed lower right Oil on board 13 1/2 x 9 inches Provenance: Dutilleux, Paul Tesse, etc. Quincy Adams Shaw Pauline S...
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Impressionist 1850s Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Large Scale 19th Century American Impressionism Garden and Lighthouse Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale 19th Century American Impressionism Garden and Lighthouse Landscape Wonderfully large American Impressionist landscape of garden overl...
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American Impressionist 1850s Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Orientalist "Moorish Soldier Holding a Rifle" Manuel Garcia Hispaleto
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Moorish Soldier Holding a Rifle" Manuel Garcia Hispaleto (Spanish, 1836-1898) Watercolor on paper Signed lower left "MGHispaleto" Original wood frame with gilded stucco 18 3/4 x 12 1/2 (33 1/2 x 26 frame) inches Manuel García Hispaleto, originally Manuel García y Martínez (22 November 1836, Seville -26 December 1898, Madrid) was a Spanish painter known for portraits and costumbrista (genre) scenes. His brother, Rafael García...
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Realist 1850s Paintings

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

19th century English Harvest landscape with horses, farmers, children, family
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry Brittian Willis English plough team at rest during harvest Summertime. A painting by Henry Brittiam Willis capturing a 19th-century English plough team, complete with horses,...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

View of the Hongs, Canton
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Sought by collectors worldwide, art and artifacts showing an early western presence in the Orient boomed with the opening of the China Trade by way of the sailing ship. The surviving paintings which capture the important Chinese harbors...
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1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Autumn in the Conway Meadows Looking Toward Mount Washington
Located in New York, NY
In his oil painting, “Autumn in the Conway Meadows Looking Toward Mount Washington, 1858,” Albert Bierstadt paints a grassy plain transitioning to forest, dotted with deer, while fo...
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1850s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting "Winter Skating Scene" by Anton Doll (1826-1877)
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil Painting, Landscape "Winter Skating Scene" by Anton Doll (1826-1877) ...
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Realist 1850s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Barque Mary H. Vose
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional watercolor ship portrait of the Barque Mary H. Vose by French artist Joseph Honore Maxime Pellegrin (1793-1869). Pellegrin worked and lived in Marseilles, France. His ...
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1850s Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Óleo sobre tela - Retrato femenino - Año 1855
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1855 Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con un marco del siglo xix en madera estucada y policromada (el marco ...
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Old Masters 1850s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cattle Watering in a Landscape - British 19th century art Victorian oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian landscape oil painting is attributed to noted artist Sam Bough. It was painted circa 1855 after Bough had moved to Hamilton Lanarkshire in Scotland to focus on painting landscapes along side fellow artist Alexander Frazer. The composition is several cattle watering in a stream under the boughs of an ancient tree. There is superb impasto, for example on the clouds and this is a charming 19th century oil painting. Provenance. London estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 29 inches by 16 inches unframed and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt Victorian frame, 36 inches by 23 inches framed and in good condition. Samuel Bough RSA (1822–1878) was an English-born landscape painter who spent much of his career working in Scotland. He was born the third of five children in Abbey Street, Carlisle in northern England, the son of James Bough (1794-1845), a shoemaker, and Lucy Walker, a cook. He was raised in relative poverty, but with a keen encouragement in the arts. He was self-taught but mixed with local artists such as Richard Harrington and George Sheffield, and was strongly influenced by the work of Turner. After an unsuccessful attempt to live as an artist in Carlisle he obtained a job and as a theatre scenery painter in Manchester in 1845, later also working in Glasgow in the same role. Encouraged by Daniel Macnee to take up landscape painting he moved to Hamilton from 1851-4 and worked there with Alexander Fraser. In 1854 he moved to Port Glasgow to work on his technique of painting ships and harbours. His paintings were noted for their sensitivity to atmosphere and light, were often of cloudy shorelines and busy harbours. He also began supplementing his income by illustrating books, before moving to Edinburgh in 1855. On coming to Edinburgh he lived in a terraced house at 5 Malta Terrace in the Stockbridge area of the city. Following Turner's example, he became a skilful painter of seaports. He was buried in Dean Cemetery Edinburgh on 23 November 1878. The grave bears a bronze medallion of his head by William Brodie...
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Victorian 1850s Paintings

Materials

Oil

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