1870s Paintings

Oil on canvas mounted on board. As twilight descends over the ancient city of Cairo, the iconic silhouette of the Citadel emerges against the fading light. This is the scene that Robert Swain...

Louis Aimé Japy (1840-1916) Oil on canvas Cows in river with village in background Signed lower right, Japy. Canvas 26” x 32” Overall in a period gilt frame 38” x 44”. Conditi...

Italian. 1871. paper, mixed media, 20.5x15 cm

William Astor Pilots the New York Yacht Club Run A superior and graceful schooner as grand as any ever built, AMBASSADRESS was William Backhouse Astor, Jr's "floating home" from its launch in 1877 until he sold it in 1884 and purchased his massive steam/sail yacht...

Antique American modernist sunset mountain landscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1990. Signed on back. Displayed in a wood frame. Image, 20"L x 16"H.

JOINVILLE Antoine Victor Edmond Madeleine (1801-1849) From Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910) The Walk in Luxembourg Garden" in Paris, also called "The Privileged" Preserved at The Louvres M...

A black and white spaniel standing on a yellow silk damask covered day-bed in a sumptuous interior. Provenance: With Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., London. Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 15 May 2007, lot 284 Private collection, London Samuel John Carter...

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.

Beautiful painting depicting a gallantry scene, an officer and a young lady sitting on a pool table inside a Tavern. Signed lower right Rigot and dated 1874. Austrian or German Sc...

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...

This late 19th-century oil painting by French artist Paul Constant Soyer (1823-1903) depicts a rustic cottage interior with an elderly woman spinning wool while a child peels vegetab...

La Seine à Paris by Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927) Oil on canvas 45.3 x 61 cm (17 ⁷/₈ x 24 inches) Signed lower right, A Guillaumin Executed circa 1874 Literature: G. Serret & D. Fab...

Harrison Bird Brown Maine Cliffs, Rough Sea Signed lower right Oil on canvas 20 x 36 Provenance Estate of John Carter, Gloucester, MA Harrison Bird Brown was born in 1831 in Portl...

"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...

In this enchanting painting by Adolf Gudfast (Gotthard) Werner, entitled "The Broken Dream", a young shepherd rests melancholically beside his faithful dog, facing a broken vase from...

Signed and dated '1873' lower left

Original oil on canvas laid down to old fiberboard by the well known American artist, Edward Burrill Jr. The painting shows two figures standing in front of an old double chimney ho...

La obra va firmada a mano por el artista en la parte media y fechada del año 1879 Se presenta bien enmarcada la pintura El estado de la obra es aceptable Medidas de la obra: 61 cm...

Oil on canvas set to oval Signed and dated F. Bonvin 1876 in the center right Provenance: • France, private collection

Frans SCHWARTZ (Copenhagen, 1850 – Valby, 1917) Profile of a Young Girl Mixed media (pastel and oil?) on paper mounted on canvas H. 33 cm; W. 30 cm Monogrammed upper left Frans Schw...

Etienne Billet (French, 1821-1888), Portrait of William Harold Fitch, Oil on Canvas laid on Board, circa 1870, signed mid left, inscribed "William Harold Fitch / of Marseilles France...

KUWASSEG Charles Euphrasie (1838-1904) Landscape with Windmill Oil on canvas signed low right New Golden frame Dim canvas : 75 X 108 cm Dim frame : 104 X 140 cm KUWASSEG Charles Euphrasie (1838-1904) French Painter 19th Century born on September 29, 1838 in Draveil (Essonne). Died in October 1904 in Paris Painter, Watercolor Lively landscapes, seascapes, panoramas Charles Kuwasseg...

William Louis Sonntag Sr. was an American Landscape painter and a member of the Hudson River School movement. He was an Academician of the National Academy of Design. His work is in ...

3929 Antique interior painting of an artist studio works on artist board Set in a period walnut frame image size 19.5x13.5"

This beautiful oil on canvas painting of a Swiss Landscape is circa 1870 and is by the artist Eduard Boehm (1830 - 1890). Austrian landscape pain...

Well painted 19th-century portrait of Sir Charles Dickens. The original painting is in the National Gallery in London and I'm sure this piece would have been painted by a fan of the author who was also a very good artist as this piece is a very good copy of the original painting. There was a great fashion to paint copies of famous paintings during the 19th century and most of the world's most famous paintings have been copied many times. Often the artist who does the copy is very talented but usually anonymous With this piece, it's the only way to own an antique copy...

After an initial training at the Toulouse School of Fine Arts, Jules-Arsène Garnier joined the Paris School of Fine Arts in 1867 in Jean-Léon Gérôme's studio. As an academic artist, ...

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

Lacazette Amelie (19th) Young Girl with a dove Oil on canvas signed upper left Old frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 56 X 37 cm Dim Frame : 74 X 57 cm Lacazette Amelie (19th) - ...

VICTOR JEAN BAPTISTE BARTHELEMY BINET French, 1849-1924 This very attractive & early painting, circa 1875 by Binet, quintessentially defines the late Barbizon School period. Depicti...

George Loring Brown American, 1814-1889 Lake Of Nemi, Near Rome Oil on canvas 28 by 48 in. W/frame 36 by 56 in. Circa 1876/7 signed & dated lower left , inscribed verso: "Lake of ...

Lovely landscape painting of sunset titled Shere, Surrey by George Vicat Cole, RA (1833-1893). The painting is in the tradition of plein art, monogrammed VC lower right and dated 187...

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...

Signature: Signed Lower Right Homeward Bound is a product of John George Brown’s 1877 and 1878 trips to Grand Manan Island, off the coast of Maine in t...

'The Bird Cage', Louis XV, Fêtes Galantes, Mme. de Pompadour, Rococo, Allegory ---------- 'Les Amours du Bocage' (The Bird Cage). Painted after the original work (1735) by Nicolas La...

François Bonvin (1817 - 1887) Interior scene - Woman and child 1871 Signed, dated and located lower right (London) Oil on canvas 48,2 x 33,2 cm (63 x 48 cm with frame)

Wonderful Antique Victorian Welch landscape, Ruined Castle by the shore side with moored fishing boats Joseph Horlor was born in Bath in 1809 and was a landscape painter of Welsh sc...

La obra va firmada a mano por el artista en la parte media y fechada del año 1879 Se presenta bien enmarcada la pintura El estado de la obra es aceptable Medidas de la obra: 61 cm...

19th century British oil, Ship in a rough sea. The style of the painting is very similar to the work of Bernard Benedict Hemy a well known Briti...

P Deltour (?) French school of the 19th century The artist with his model and friend in his workshop Oil on canvas Signed "P Deltour" (?) and dated 1879 on the lower, an indistinct i...

An unsigned, English school landscape painted circa 1860 painted by a skilled but unidentified hand, perhaps a follower of George Augustus Williams (English, 1814-1901). A particular...

With a great view of the city of Naples off her bow and Mount Vesuvius off her stern there's no doubt where this Baltimore Clipper Brig is located. This very well executed portrait has great detail of the port and ship with great coloration throughout and great reflections of the ship on the water. The ship is shown in full sail with flags flying. The ship was owned and Captained by Griffith Jones, a Welshman born 1831. Port Madoc refers to the Welsh City of Porthmadog- it was spelled Portmadoc before 1974. Her sloped bow and stern along with her size are typical of a Baltimore Clipper but her masts are not as raked as often seen in ships of this design and she is square rigged, though there are historical paintings and drawings of other Baltimore Clippers built in this way. Most of what we know about the Brig EPHRATAH is due to the famous wreck of her sister ship FROLIC, though FROLIC was built much earlier. FROLIC is considered the most important wreck on the West Coast of the United States. Dr. Tom Layton of Stanford University connected the two ships in his research on FROLIC.  EPHRATAH was slightly larger than FROLIC at 230 tons, 152’ with a breadth of 22’. She was built in 1873 for Griffith Jones & Co. who would also sail as her master. Jones was Welsh by birth, born in 1831 in Llannor.  FROLIC was built in Baltimore's Gardner Brothers shipyard for the Opium Trade. When steamers came along in the late 1850's it was perfect timing for FROLIC to switch to the busy California trade, fueled by the new California Gold Rush. FROLIC was carrying a rich cargo when she was shipwrecked off Point Cabrillo, California in 1850. When it was discovered in the 1980's the wreck...

Original Miniature 19th Century Austrian Pastoral Figurative Oil Painting on Wood Painted in the manner of late Romanticism, this charming miniature pastoral landscape by Edmund Fri...

Countryside, 1876 Oil on canvas 13 1/2 x 11 in. Framed: 17 1/2 x 15 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower left and dated 1876

Work on wood Golden wooden frame 57 x 44.5 x 5 cm

This beautiful oil sketch, painted en plein air, was created by Swedish artist Olof Arborelius during his stay in Italy from the fall of 1870 until January 1872. The painting features a charming depiction of ancient Roman ruins—either a city wall or an aqueduct—surrounded by lush trees under the clear Italian sky. With loose brushstrokes and a soft, atmospheric touch, the artist captures the natural light and Mediterranean ambiance, demonstrating his profound understanding of plein air painting. Arborelius was heavily influenced by French artistic trends of the time, particularly in his color sensitivity and study of light and air. His time in Italy was critical for his artistic development, marking the height of his mastery in capturing the delicate interplay of light, color, and atmosphere. Several of Arborelius’ Italian oil studies, including similar small-format plein air works, were later exhibited at various prestigious exhibitions. These include the Svenska konstnärernas förening memorial exhibition in 1910, the Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet in Stockholm in 1931, and a memorial exhibition at the Nationalmuseum in 1943. Viggo Loos praised Arborelius' Italian studies for their "sensitivity to color" and "intense exploration of light and atmosphere," highlighting these works as a high point in the artist's career. Loos emphasized how Arborelius skillfully captured the essence of the Mediterranean landscape, using vibrant tones and delicate brushwork to convey the interplay of light and air. Moreover, Folke Holmér, the curator of Arborelius’ 1943 memorial exhibition, described his Italian sketches as some of the most painterly pieces of his early production, worthy of comparison with the best works Swedish artists had produced in Italy. Among his notable works in major collections are three of his Italian oil studies held at the Nationalmuseum: View from Rome Towards the Arch of Septimius Severus...

Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 35.5 x 49 x 2 cm

John Brandon Smith, John Brandon Smith is an English landscape artist of some renown. He concentrated on the waterways of England, Scotland and Wales. He was particularly interested in the effects of cascading water. This led to his being given the moniker 'Waterfall Smith'. He was fascinated by the spectacle of rivers in spate. Many of his paintings concentrated on the rivers Conway, Llugwy and Lledr in North Wales but he also painted the rivers of England and Scotland. Some of his more celebrated works show The Swallow Falls and Aysgarth Falls in North Yorkshire. He used many shades of green and blue on his small, jewel-like canvases. He would occasionally introduce the figure of a fisherman to provide perspective. His themes are characteristic of the Renaissance of the European Romantic Movement. He exhibited twenty-two works at The Royal Academy between 1860 and 1874. He also exhibited at Suffolk Street. This is a very rare large example of the painters work. It is framed in an Antique English frame

Moody Paul Andorff painting of a town, stormy skies and foreboding! Housed in a period European frame circa 1875. Pairs very well with the other Paul Andorff painting that we have l...

Lovely Paul Andorff oil on board circa 1875. 5.5" * 7.5" housed in a European period frame. Paul Andorff (1849–1920) was a German painter renowned for his detailed urban and rural s...

Armand LELEUX Paris, 1818 – Dardagny (Switzerland), 1885 The Abbot's Servant Oil on canvas signed lower right "Armand Leleux" 73.5 x 61 cm (87 x 70.5 cm with the frame) Painting exhi...

Here for your consideration is a vibrant portrait of a pair of Bavarian flower girls in traditional dress. The painting is unlined and has recently been cleaned. Circa 1875. The pain...

Fabulous 19th Century oil on canvas portrait of a child with their dog. It is signed and dated 1872 underneath the gold matting. I cannot decipher the signature. Painting could be ei...

A very good antique 19th century British oil on canvas painting, seascape coastal scene by Samuel C. Bird, circa 1870. This very attractive oil on canvas painting depicts a coastal s...

Leonard Saurfelt !840-circa 1890, was a French landscape and genre subject painter. This subject sems to be a preferred demonstration of the hard work women endured during the 19th C...

Signed lower right & dated 1879. Antonio Jacobsen’s painting of the Thingvalla (a shipping line between Scandinavia and the United States) is a masterclass in maritime artistry, showcasing his signature crisp brushwork and dynamic composition. Jacobsen’s strokes are precise yet expressive, capturing the texture of the ship’s hull and the shimmering movement of the water. The fine detailing in the rigging and smokestack demonstrates his meticulous approach. • The Thingvalla appears to surge forward, cutting through the waves with a palpable sense of momentum. The artist’s use of diagonal lines and the tilt of the vessel enhances the illusion of motion. Jacobsen’s ability to balance realism with artistic flair ensures that the Thingvalla feels alive, as if caught mid-voyage. Bio: Antonio Jacobsen, America's folk art hero recognized for his unsurpassed contributions to America's maritime history, recorded domestic and international ships as they passed through the age of sail to steam. He was a prolific painter and throughout his life painted an estimated 6000 paintings. Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 November 1850, where, for generations his family had been violin makers. His father encouraged him to practice a similar craft. At an early age he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Design in Copenhagen, however, reversed family fortunes forced him to withdraw. At the age 18 it was compulsory for him to join the Danish military forces, but he decided instead, to sail for America. He left his family behind and arrived in New York in the early 1870's. Like many other immigrants, he went to New York City's Battery Park looking for work. He passed his days sketching the ships that sailed in and out of the harbor. Not before long a representative from Marvin Safe Company noticed his drawings and offered him a job decorating safes. His ability as an artist was further recognized as he began to receive commissions from sea captains and ship owners and eventually Steamship companies, to record their entire fleet. The Old Dominion Line, The Fall River Line and The White Star Line are some of the steamship companies that commissioned him to paint portraits of all the ship in their respective fleets. In addition, the Clyde Line, the Black Ball Line...

Still Life is a superb original oil painting on panel, realized around 1870 by the British artist Edward Ladell (1821-1886), the best known English still-life artist. The artwork r...

After the Cercle of Narcisse Díaz ilisible signature .Oil on canvas Diaz de la Peña, born on August 20, 1807 in Bordeaux and died November 18, 1876 in Menton, is a French painter....

George Henry Smillie Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley, 1871 Signed and inscribed board verso "Cathedral Rocks-Morning-Yo-semite Valley Aug. 71 Geo. H. Smillie", also inscribed "Yo-se...

Oil on board painting of cows in a landscape by the American artist, James Fairman. Signed lower right. In good condition; overall fram...