1870s Paintings

This moonlit harbor scene is painted with remarkable spontaneity and freedom. A dark sailing vessel rises against a glowing path of reflected moonlight, while the surrounding boats, ...

California landscapist William Keith was born in Scotland in 1838. He immigrated to New York with his family in 1850 and began training as a wood engraver in 1856. Keith moved to San...

‘Morecambe Bay’ by Alfred de Breanski ARCA (1852-1928). The painting - which depicts cattle grazing on Heysham salt marshes in Morecambe Bay with a view of the Old Man of Coniston a...

“Portrait of a North African Man, 1872” by August Holmberg (1851-1911) This striking oil painting by the German painter, August Holmberg, depicts a richly detailed and intimate port...

Oil Painting by John Watkins Chapman "King Charles II and the Lord Mayor, Sir Robert Vyner"  1832-1903 Sunderland painter of genre scenes and marines. Studied at Leighs Academy in Lo...

William Hughes British, 19th Century Study of Apples, circa 1870 Oil on panel Monogrammed lower right A finely observed and intimate still life by William Hughes, painted circa 1870, depicting a small grouping of apples arranged upon a simple wooden surface. Executed with quiet restraint and technical assurance, the composition reflects the enduring appeal of Victorian still life painting, where humble subjects are elevated through careful observation and painterly sensitivity. The apples, shown attached to a slender branch with leaves, are rendered with particular attention to texture and natural variation. Subtle transitions of colour—soft greens, warm russets, and touches of golden ochre—capture the ripeness and individuality of each fruit. The surfaces are delicately modelled, with highlights and imperfections thoughtfully described, lending the work both realism and charm. Set against a rich, dark background, the fruit is brought into sharp relief, a compositional device that enhances both depth and focus. The contrast between the illuminated forms and the shadowed ground creates a sense of quiet drama, while the horizontal line of the wooden ledge anchors the composition with stability and balance. Hughes’ handling is confident yet controlled, combining fine brushwork with a painterly softness that avoids excessive detail. The leaves and stems are treated with a lighter touch, providing a natural counterpoint to the more solid forms of the apples. This balance between precision and atmosphere is characteristic of well-executed 19th-century British still life painting...

Antique French landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 15 x 17 inches overall, and 7.25 x 9.25 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

* No US duty or taxes to pay on works of art * A very beautiful signed and dated 1875 oil on panel depicting a river landscape, by Belgian artist Vital de Gronckel. Excellent quali...

This late 19th-century oil painting by Danish artist Harald Foss (1843-1922) depicts the gentle surroundings of Ørslev Monastery in Jutland, where fresh Spring leaves begin to unfurl...

John Joseph Enneking: 1841-1916. Very well listed and very important 19th and early 20th century American artist. he painted in several styles, including tonalist,limpressionist and ...

Henry George Todd (British, fl. late 19th century) Still Life of Strawberries with Butterfly Signed and dated 1878, lower left Oil on canvas Presented in an ornate giltwood frame wit...

French 19th century Chickens in a landscape Charles-Emile Jacque (23 May 1813 – 7 May 1894) was a French painter of animals (animalier) and engr...

A very well-painted Dutch 19th century marine scene. The small boat is full of men who are rowing hard to get to the larger vessels, possibly to either take goods on or off the large...

The painting – which depicts three young Victorian ladies and their dogs on Bournemouth beach after a swim – is signed by the artist and dated 1872. In October of that year the engra...

Antique American barnyard chicken grazing oil painting by August Laux (1853 - 1921). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 22 inches overall, and 10 by 14 painting alone. E...

‘Morecambe Bay’ by Alfred de Breanski ARCA (1852-1928). The painting - which depicts cattle grazing on Heysham salt marshes in Morecambe Bay with a view of the Old Man of Coniston a...

William Keith The Oaks by Moonlight, California, circa 1870 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 23 x 28 inches Provenance Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York Private Collection (acquired...

Adolphus Knell English, 19th century Shipping at Sunrise (or Sunset) Circa 1870 Oil on canvas Not Signed , though possible the remnant of a signature lower left. In an antique gilt f...

English artists, circa 1870 oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 36 x 31 inches canvas : 30 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: overall very good and pr...

This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist Charles Leslie (1839-1886) depicts Glen Tilt, one of Scotland's most celebrated Highland valleys. A solitary figure stands bes...

Incredible signed early American dog portrait painting. Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a period gold giltwood frame.

A magnificent 19th-century Italian painting. Oil on canvas, first canvas, painting depicting a young woman absorbed in thought, of extraordinary pictorial quality. The girl with long...

Impressive early American Hudson River School landscape oil painting by Jasper Holman Lawman (1825 - 1906). Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 10H by 16L.

Adolphus Knell (1795–1875) Beached Fishing Vessel at Low Tide Oil on artist’s board, signed verso Circa 1870 A beautifully restrained and atmospheric Victorian coastal scene by the ...

signed and dated Otto Sinding Karlsruhe 1873 lower right oil on relined canvas framed 59 × 101 cm (23.2 × 39.8 in) unframed 41 × 83.5 cm (16.1 × 32.9 in) Provenance: The collection ...

Edward Gentle (fl. late 19th century) Coming Out of Port Oil on artist’s board, signed lower right Circa 1870 A finely executed Victorian marine painting by the English maritime art...

Antique German landscape oil painting with a cow by Thomas Ludwig Herbst (1848 - 1915). Oil on board. Unsigned. Framed. Measuring: 22 x 2...

Original antique American school oil painting on canvas dated 1887, depicting a peaceful riverside landscape with a rustic waterside building nestled among trees. The composition cap...

Antique American landscape oil painting. Oil on paperboard. Framed. Measuring: 10 x 14 inches overall, and 7 x 10 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

William Thornley was a painter of coastal scenes whose work is very similar to Hubert and Charles Thornley, who may have been members of the same family. He painted scenes of genre, architecture, and landscapes as well. A number of the landscapes were of Belgium, Holland, Italy, and Norway. However, it is for his seascapes that he is best remembered. Thornley’s works are beautifully detailed and show a masterful understanding of the moods of both weather and sea. They are often small in size and put together with fine detail and great artistic merit. Thornley’s fishing scenes are spirited and similar in style to those of “Jock” Wilson, and are often painted in pairs. Thornley’s works have always been popular when they appear on the art market. He was believed to have first exhibited marines at the Royal Academy in 1859 from an address in Paddington, London and also at the British Institution from 1861 until it closed in 1867. He continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy until 1898. Thornley also exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Salon of French Artists, receiving an honorable mention in 1881 and a third-place medal in 1888. William Thornley also went by the names Georges William and William...

‘Melancholic Sappho’ by Arthur Hill RBA (1841-1908). The painting – which depicts the celebrated poet of Ancient Greece appealing to the Goddess Aphrodite, with the Parthenon on the ...

Here for your consideration is an outstanding example of the landscape mastery of American artist, Edmund Darch Lewis. Fabulous light and clarity of the bucolic scene. Signed lower right and dated 1870. Recently cleaned. Several old patches verso with corresponding in paint. Condition is very good The painting is framed in its original gold leaf period frame which is in fine condition. Overall measurements are 35 by 46.5 inches. Edmund Darch Lewis was born in Philadelphia, the son of a prominent businessman. According to family tradition he was educated at a private school...

‘A Welsh Hillside Path’ by Benjamin Williams Leader (1831-1923). The painting is signed and dated by the artist and was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1874. We only offer origin...

Incredible signed early American dog portrait painting. Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a period gold giltwood frame.

Fine painting of iconic Iona Island coast by celebrated Scottish artist Duncan Cameron (1837-1916). Renowned for his landscape paintings, this work captures the natural light on the sea, sand and rocks with splashes of rich color under a big sky. Iona off the west coast of Scotland, has attracted artists for for its dramatic scenery and northern light, including the Scottish Colourists who favored the fresh pure light. The cliffs and coastal rocks are reminiscent of works by Samuel Peploe, John MacLauchlan Milne, Francis Cadell, and Duncan Fergusson of this fabled island. In 1876 Cameron won a Gold Medal for landscape painting, at the Crystal Palace exhibition. The year after this painting (circa 1870s) Cameron began exhibiting in the Royal Academy, Society of British Artists, and Royal Scottish Academy, showing his work consistently from 1880. Other venues for exhibiting his work include the Glasgow Institute, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery, and the Royal Hibernian Academy. His work is sold today in Fine Art Galleries in the UK and in Saltire Gallerie, USA. His landscape paintings are widely acclaimed, and this landscape painting of considerable size and detail is a fine example. Born in Perthshire, Cameron studied in Dundee and in South Kensington, London. He later died in Edinburgh. The highest auction sale of his work reached nearly 20,000 GBP. He was widely acclaimed as a landscape artist, painting Scottish farmlands and haystacks, coastal scenes and lochs. In this work the colors of the sea change from blue to green with white crests of waves. The rocks have splashes of red, rust and orange, and the beach has red and green in the sand. Water laps at the edge of beach and rock. A sailboat is a focal point, with distant sailboats on the water, and a rowboat by the central sailboat. A hill rises behind the beach painted...

Hare Coursing by J.C Mitchell (British sporting artist, 19th century) dated 1879 signed oil on board, framed framed: 11.5 x 14 inches board: 9.25 x 12 inches provenance: private coll...

This exquisite late 19th-century oil painting by German artist Adelaïde Salles-Wagner (1825-1890) depicts a mother feeding her baby with a silver spoon. Salles-Wagner is known predom...

Alfred De Breanski Senior Oil on canvas Signed and inscribed on the reverse Canvas Size: 24 x 36" (60 x 90cm) Outside Frame Size: 35 x 47" (87.5 x 117.5cm) Free shipping worldwide ALFRED De BREANSKI Snr Alfred De Breanski was a distinguished landscape painter who became famous for his resplendent views of the Welsh and Scottish Highlands; he also painted many views of the Thames. Often bathed in a flood of golden light, these landscapes usually feature water and cattle or sheep on grassy banks; sometimes a solitary figure is seen the distance. Breanski belonged to the real stamp of those landscape painters who nimbly seized moments of the day. He had a great passion for the Highlands and perhaps more than any other, caught the atmospheric influences of the undulating landscape. Born in Greenwich...

Very Rare Portrait of 6 Dogs on Enameled Ceramic Maison Pichenot-Loebnitz Enamels, ceramic France, ca. 1875. 25 x 8 (31 x 13 framed) inches This rectangular panel made of enameled c...

William Hart (1823 - 1894) Pastoral Landscape, 1877 Oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches Signed and dated lower left Born in Paisley, Scotland, William Ha...

Alfred De Breanski Senior Oil on canvas Signed Canvas Size: 20 x 30" (50 x 76cm) Outside Frame Size: 27 x 37" (69 x 95cm) Free shipping worldwide ALFRED De BREANSKI Snr Alfred...

Edwin Hughes Signed and dated 1875 Framed oil on canvas Picture Size: 14 x 20" (36 x 51) Framed Size: 20 x 26" (51 x 66cm) Exhibited 1875 – 1895 Figure and portrait painter Edwin H...

Antique American rare woman artist Hudson River School waterfall landscape by Susan E. W. Fuller (1831 - 1907). Oil on canvas. Signed. Large and impressive painting. Handsomely fr...

This charming British Victorian portrait oil painting is by exhibited artist James N Lee. Painted circa 1875 it is a three-quarter length portrait of a young girl dressed in red with...

Adolphus Knell (1795–1875) Boats at Anchor off the English Coast Oil on artist’s board, signed verso Circa 1870 A refined and beautifully atmospheric nineteenth-century marine paint...

Wonderful Hudson River School oil on board of a fisherman in a peaceful River scene. Monogram and dated on reverse. 9.25" x 12.25" housed in a carved frame measuring 11.5" x 14.5".

Jakob Kulle (1838–1898) Sweden An Afternoon Nap, 1877 signed and dated oil on canvas unframed 61 × 48 cm (24 × 18.9 in) framed 79 × 67 cm (31.1 × 26.4 in) Provenance: Purchased di...

Josef Carl Berthold Püttner (Planá, Bohemia, 1821 – Vöslau, Austria, 1881) Locomotive Speeding Through the Snow in Winter, 1873 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right: “JCB Pü...

I actually prefer this painting to the very slightly larger one by Murillo that sold for $11,600 at auction (Hargesheimer & Günther) in 2009. Another couple of paintings sold at auct...

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

English School, circa 1870 Continental Lake Landscape with Fishermen and Distant Mountains Oil on canvas Monogrammed lower left ES / EJ A finely painted mid–late 19th century Engli...

This superb British 19th century portrait oil painting is by much respected Victorian suffragette female artist Susan Isabel Dacre. The portrait was painted in 1875 in Rome whilst Da...

Racing Yacht "Comet" Off New York, 1879 Oil on canvas 14 x 24 inches (35.6 x 61 cm) Framed dimensions: 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches Signed lower left: A. Cary Smith 79 Provenance Private...

Fine late 19th C oil painting on cradled wood panel by George Washington Nicholson. The painting is in very good cleaned condition and shows Surfmen rescuing a ship in distress. This...

William Hughes British, 19th Century Still Life of Apples, Grapes and Insects on a Garden Ledge, circa 1870 Oil on panel Monogrammed lower right A richly coloured and finely observ...

"Portrait of elegant little girl" , extraordinary oil painting on wood panel signed and dated at upper left "A. Robert 1879" for Alexandre Robert. A Belgian painter of great talent...

Double Portrait: Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs Jules Chardigny (France, 1842-1892) circa 1870 Oil on canvas, signed 21 3/4 x 18 1/4 (29 1/8 x 25 frame) inches Though pairs of G...

"A Shady Runlet" Stream in Fall New Jersey Watercolor 1878 A rare and exceptional watercolor of two ladies viewing a New Jersey stream in fall by William C. Bauer (American, 1856- 1...

Vincent De Vos Two Terriers in a Stable Interior Oil on panel Circa 1870 Signed lower right; further inscribed verso Original frame A finely executed and characterful 19th-century a...

Vincent De Vos Belgian, 1829–1875 Les Saltimbanques (The Acrobats): Portrait of Three Dogs and a Monkey, circa 1870 Oil on panel Signed lower right Original frame A charming and hi...