Victorian Paintings

The Half Way Hotel English artist, late 19th century (double sided painting with a hunting scene to the reverse). oil painting on board, unframed board: 13 x 10.75 inches provenance...

James Hardy (British contemporary, 21st century) signed oil painting on board, framed board: 8 x 10 inches provenance: private collection condition: overall very good

English 19th century River landscape farmers harvesting the hay in an English Summer. A stunning late 19th/early 20th-century oil painting by the highly collected English School lan...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, England and had been part of an album of works assembled by the artist during the early 1900's. During the Victorian and Edwardian era in Britain, it was very fashionable for ladies of aristocratic and wealthy backgrounds to draw and paint still lifes of flowers and plants that they had picked or seen in gardens. Many were highly accomplished and extremely talented artists, who sadly were not encouraged to exhibit due to society frowning upon such activities. Artist/ School: Caroline Worsley...

Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley, inscribed verso Title - October Manor Farm Surrey Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, unframed Paint...

Fishing the Stream by Ted Dyer, British artist, 21st Century Oil painting on canvas, framed Signed by artist framed size: 14.5 x 18.5 inches canvas: 12 x 16 inches Ted Dyer is one o...

Artist/ School: Signed initials 'F.P.A', Scottish School, 19th century Title: Rocky Coastline Medium: oil on canvas board, framed Size: framed: 7 x 9 inches board: 4.75 x 6.75 i...

19th century French oil painting of a lady and a parrot by Semenowsky French, 1891 Panel: Height 56cm, width 38cm Frame: Height 68cm, width 49.5cm, width 3cm This wonderful oil on p...

Tall ships in a rocky bay, with figures in Eastern costume in boats and on the shoreline 19th Century School oil on canvas, framed framed: 39.5 x 3...

Victorian Marine Oil Painting depicting an Old Prison Hulk and other Shipping at Sunset on the Medway in England. Thornley remains a staple of the British Maritime Painting...

Crossing the Bridge Scottish School, late 19th century signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 9 x 13 inches canvas: 7 x 11 inches provenance: private collection, ...

Plough Horses Watering Circle of Samuel Joseph Clark (1841 - 1928) British oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 27.5 x 35 inches canvas: 21 x 28 inches provenance: private collecti...

The Cavaliers Rest English School, 19th century The painting is after Sir Edwin Landseer's earlier painting which hangs in the National Trust's collection. oil painting on canvas, fr...

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 honourable mention in 1881 and a third place medal in 1888. William Thornley also went by the names Georges William and William...

Victorian 19th century Moonlight landscape with river, fishermen and a watermill. J.Barclay was the pseudonym for the illustrator Horace Hammond who lived in Birmingham. Most of his...

'Sunset' Continental School, late 19th Century signed lower left corner oil painting on wood panel, unframed painting: 21.5cm x 29.5 cm Painted with fascinating details which one c...

Sunset in the Highlands by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950) signed lower corner with the artists pseudonym 'Phil Hips'. oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 24 inches F...

This lovely British Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted artist William Gosling. Painted circa 1870 it is a river landscape, possibly the Thames. Gosling exhibited several pa...

Frank Cassell (British 19th century) signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 18.5 x 22 inches canvas: 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection...

Sunset English School, mid 19th century oil on artists board, framed framed: 10 x 14 inches board: 8 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound con...

Alfred Pollentine British, (1844-1910) The Grand Canal looking towards St Marks Square & the Doge’s Palace, Venice Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 19.25 inches x 29.25 inches Size including frame: 25.25 inches x 35.25 inches A wonderful view of the Grand Canal featuring the Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Square, Venice by Alfred Pollentine. The scene shows the entrance to the Grand Canal with the Santa Maria Della Salute with its distinctive rotunda and the Dogana to the left. Ahead can be seen the bell tower of St Mark’s with the Doges palace to its right. Alfred William Pollentine was born in St Pancras, London on 26 August 1844, the son of William Pollentine, a carver gilder and picture dealer and Caroline Smith. After the death of his father in 1856, his mother married the artist Adam Barland...

This lovely British Victorian oil painting is attributed noted landscape and animal artist George Cole ans ascribed verso. Painted in 1840 it is a superb portrait of two horses, one ...

Artist/ School: French School, early 19th century Title: Cattle being Driven through the town. Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Size: canvas: 21 x 25.5 inches Provenanc...

Oil on canvas, signed lower right Image size: 33 1/2 x 56 1/2 inches (85 x 143 cm) Original gilt frame Provenance With the artist's son, Millie Dow Stott Esq., until 1912. Artist's Studio Sale, Christies, November 1913. Private Collection Exhibitions London, Royal Academy, 1895, no. 679. Paris, Societe de la Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1896, no. 1179. Berlin, VII Internationale Kunstausstellung 1897. no. 3533. Manchester, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1912, no. 339. In the 1890s William Stott exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, mainly highly decorative works with subjects derived from classical mythology and literature. This painting was Stott's 1895 entry to the Royal Academy and was subsequently exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1896 and then on to the Berlin, VII Internationale Kunstausstellung 1897. Shakespeare was a favourite source for Victorian painters, and the tragic romance of Ophelia, from Hamlet, was an especially popular subject, featuring regularly in the Royal Academy exhibitions. The most popular and iconic image of Ophelia's death was, and is to this day, John Everett Millais's 1851 painting showing the confused and tragic Ophelia floating downstream on her back in a state of mad ecstasy, arms raised in a gesture of inevitable submission. However, although Stott chose not to pastiche this image, it seems highly likely that he was prompted to take up this subject, which had almost become a 'rite of passage' among Victorian painters, by the fact that in 1894 Millais's Ophelia was presented to the National Gallery of British Art by Sir Henry Tate. It appears that Stott was much influenced by John William Waterhouse...

Well painted late 19th-century German genre painting. Often painted in the Munich area of Germany these highly desirable antique paintings are always of the finest quality. This is...

Tranquil Lochside with Highland Peaks by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 30 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: The painting ...

French 19th century Fall River landscape, with later afternoon sunlight, Autumn trees and River bank flowers. William Baptiste Baird was born in Chicago, moving to Paris in the 1870s where he spent most of his working life. He exhibited both in Paris, at the Salon des Beaux-Arts and at the Royal Academy in London from 1877 to 1899. In 1877 he gave his address as 47, Bloomsbury Square, London; in 1879 as 20 Cheyne Row...

Artist/ School: F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950), signed to the lower right. Title: Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe. A beautiful Scottish Highlands sunset warmi...

Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century. The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...

John Willes Johnson (1793-1863) Boates moored, with tide going out Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1830 lower right Canvas Size - 15 x 15 in Framed Size - 16 x 18 1/2 in John Samuel...

Harold Clayton British, (1896 - 1979) Still Life of Flowers, Oil on canvas, signed Measuring 24" x 26" including the frame. Provenance: MacConnal-Mason, London, UK (label reve...

This lovely British Victorian oil painting is by Edward Charles Williams of the Williams Family of artists and related to George Morland. The painting is a figurative landscape entitled the Woodman's family and entails five figures and a dog gathered around a tree that the Woodman is tackling with his axe. The painting is signed and indistinctly dated (only visible with ultra violent light) lower left, the date being 1869. For me, the highlight of the painting is the artistry and attention to detail with which Williams has portrayed the light on the trees above and the exquisite colouring of the leaves. There are even two birds finely depicted in the tree foliage. Signed and indistinctly dated 1869 lower left (only visible under ultraviolet light). Provenance. Berkshire estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, image size is 40 inches by 36 inches and in good condition. Housed in a complementary frame. Framed size is 48 inches by 44 inches and in good condition. Edward Charles Williams (London 10 July 1807 – 25 July 1881) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian Era, and a member of the Williams family of painters. He was the eldest son of the painter Edward Williams (1781–1855) and Ann Hildebrandt (c.1780–1851), and a member of the Williams family of painters, who were related to such famous artists as James Ward RA and George Morland. His father was a well-known landscape artist, who taught him how to paint; otherwise he received no formal instruction. He adopted much of his father's style and technique, and like the other painters of his family, he devoted himself to landscapes, producing rich and tranquil views of Barnes, Cumberland, Kent, Surrey and the Thames. His paintings are now highly sought after. Williams married his first wife Mary Ann Challenger on 11 December 1839 in Westminster. Mary Ann died in 1857 in London, and his only child Alice Williams was born shortly afterwards to Sarah Susannah Horley, who had been Mary Ann's nurse – Edward and Sarah did not marry for another 10 years until 3 October 3, 1868, when they wed at the St. Pancras Old Church in Camden, London. He largely stopped painting after the 1859 death of his second wife, adding value to the small number of paintings that he did produce from 1859 on − Springer in the Bracken, The Lap Dog, The Ploughman's walk home, The Ducks at Tilbury and Primrose at St Mary's (Primrose was the Verger's Cat). Some suggest that he suffered a breakdown after his wife's death, given his choice of subjects in these later years. The location of three of these post-1859 works are unknown, and they are assumed lost during two world wars. He signed some of his work as E Williams, which leads to confusion with his father, who painted in a similar style, and at times he signed as C Williams to purposely avoid such confusion. Because many of the paintings of both father and son are unsigned, it can be difficult to correctly attribute their work. Edward Charles also collaborated on several paintings with William Shayer, where Williams would paint the landscape, and Shayer would add in figures and animals; his Near Wantage, Berkshire is a good example. He died 25 July 1881 at Shepherds Bush in London and is buried with Sarah Horley and their daughter Alice in Hammersmith Old Cemetery, close to other family graves. Edward Charles Williams was born into an artist family that is sometimes referred to as the Barnes School. His father and five surviving brothers were all noted landscape painters during the Victorian era. Three of the sons of Edward Williams changed their last names to protect the identity of their art. Edward Williams (father) Henry John Boddington, George Augustus Williams, Arthur Gilbert, Sidney Richard Percy, Alfred Walter Williams.

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

19th century English Antique Horse racing scene in a landscape with Jockey up. Wonderful and very well painted English Horse Racing scene. Simil...

Claude Cardon British, (1864-1937) Spring Lambs Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 9.5 inches x 13.5 inches Size including frame: 16.25 inches x 20.25 inches A charming painting of ...

Artist/ School: by Charles Leslie (British 19th century), signed and dated 1881 Title: The Highland Loch Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 19 x 27 inches Provenance: priva...

Charles Hunt Jnr British, (1829-1900) A Deal to be Done Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 24.75 inches x 34.75 inches Size including frame: 32.25 inches x 42.25 inches A superb genre painting of two men and a boy with donkeys and other animals in cottage by Charles Hunt. Two men are depicted conversing at a table in rustic surroundings as a boy watches on. Meanwhile, two donkeys and a pig can be seen chewing the leaves of a turnip on the floor nearby as a small dog stares out at the viewer. Through the open door to the far left, we are shown a glimpse of a garden path leading to a gate with trees and a landscape beyond. Charles Hunt was a genre and figure painter born in Kensington, London in 1829. His sons Reuben Hunt...

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...

The Highland Loch by Sidney Yates Johnson, dated 1899 signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 12 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good condition Descri...

The Scottish Glen by F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950) signed with the artists pseudonym, W. Richards oil on canvas, framed framed: 27 x 37 inches canvas: 20 x...

Artist/School: 19th Century English School Title: Milking on a riverbank with church beyond Medium: oil on canvas, framed Size: 19 x 23 ...

Harold Clayton British, (1896 - 1979) Still Life of Flowers Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 21.5 inches x 25.5 inches Size including frame: 30.25 inches x 34.25 inches A finely ...

'Looking out to Sea' The Cornish Fisherman Signed by David W. Haddon (British, flourished end of the 19th century) Oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 10...

Sunset over the Highlands, 'Allan Waters' by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950) signed, lower corner & titled verso oil painting on canvas laid over board, framed canvas: 16 x 24 inches framed: 19 x 27 inches Fine quality antique oil painting by the much admired and celebrated British artist F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950). The painting captures this idyllic hazy view of the famous and beautiful mountains and river 'Allan Waters' in Scotland. The Allan Water is a river in central Scotland. Rising in the Ochil Hills, it runs through Strathallan to Dunblane and Bridge of Allan...

"Allan Water" by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950) signed, lower corner oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 16 x 24 inches framed: 21 x 29 inches Fine quality antique oil painting by the much admired and celebrated British artist F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950). The painting is signed by Jamieson to the lower corner. The painting captures this beautifully romantic view of the Highlands, titled verso as being 'Allan Water', which is a very fine river in central Scotland famed for its trout and Salmon fishing today. The painting has the bonus of capturing the Bridge of Allan...

Artist/ School: Signed by Eric Roberts and inscribed verso Title: titled verso Medium: oil on canvas on board, framed Framed: 22 x 29 inches Painting: 15 x 22 inches Provenance: ...

Paul-Emile Perboyre French, (1851-1929) The Surrender Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1916 Image size: 20.5 inches x 25 inches Size including frame: 26.25 inches x 30.75 inches Paul-E...

"Steps" by Roy Merrington, British contemporary oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 18 inches This work really transports the viewer to the South of France...where the hill top villages all look a bit like this old back street with its climbing steps lined with old shops...

Henry Robinson Hall. English ( b.1857 - d.1927 ). Highland Cattle In The Margins Of A Scottish Loch. Oil On Canvas. Signed Lower Left. Image size 23.4 inches x 15.4 inches ( 59.5cm x...

Well painted late 19th-century German genre painting. Often painted in the Munich area of Germany these highly desirable antique paintings are always of t...

Two delightful watercolours, with wonderful details by the highly collectable Charles Robertson. They depict two different aspects of Victorian life, the first captures two boys fis...

"Summer in the Highlands" by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 24 inches Fine quality antique oil painting by the much admired and celebrated British artist F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950). The painting is signed by Jamieson to the lower corner. F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950) We are extremely fortunate to have been handling the works of the enigmatic British artist, F. E. Jamieson since the year we began art dealing, 1989. Over this time, coupled with our love of the Scottish landscape, we have bought and sold many hundreds of his paintings, in all their various guises and subjects and are considered by many to be a leading authority on the artist and his work. We are also in the early stages of publishing the Catalogue Raisonne for this artist, of which this painting will be featured. Mr. Jamieson was largely a painter of Scottish landscapes and loch scenes...

Artist/ School: Charles Thomas Burt (British, 1823-1902), signed lower corner Title: Haymaking in Surrey Medium: oil on canvas, framed in a fine antique gilt frame. Framed: 36 x ...

Still Life of Roses French School, circa 1930's period signed oil on board, unframed board: 10 x 15 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condi...

An exquisite example of Walter Bonner Gash’s mastery, The Music Lesson (c. 1890) captures the quiet elegance and nostalgia that define his work. This beautifully preserved oil painting, measuring 49 1/2 x 33 inches, remains in its original, period gold leaf frame, adding to its historical significance and charm. Gash, a British artist celebrated for his evocative depictions of domestic life, beach scenes, and childhood innocence, developed his distinctive soft luminescence while studying at the Lincoln School of Art and the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Antwerp. His works reflect an international influence, blending technical precision with an intimate, almost dreamlike atmosphere. Exhibited at the Royal Academy three times, Gash gained recognition for pieces such as Studying the New Woman...

Outstanding 19th century English warship off the Italian, Mediterranean coast, with village, mountains and hills. A very interesting and somewhat unique oil on slate depicting an English ship at anchor in what looks like an Italian or Mediterranean coastline. The piece has influences from John Thomas Serres...

Artist/ School: English School, mid 19th century, circle of David Cox (1783-1859) Title: A View of Borrowdale (Lake District, Cumbria). There is a plaque with this title to the fram...

Carl Georg Wallin (Sweden 1893-1978) Carl Wallin was born into a sea faring family in a small fishing village on the Southernmost tip of Swe...