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Period: 1840s
Monk in a Monastic Cell, Roma, Italy
Monk in a Monastic Cell, Roma, Italy

Monk in a Monastic Cell, Roma, Italy

Located in Stockholm, SE

Egron Lundgren (1815–1875) Monk in a Monastic Cell signed and dated Egron Lundgren Rom 1848 oil on relined canvas unframed 62 x 50 cm (24 ½ x 19 ¾ in.) framed 79 x 68 cm (31 x 26 ¾...

Category

Old Masters 1840s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Interior of a Kitchen, c. 1840
Interior of a Kitchen, c. 1840

Interior of a Kitchen, c. 1840

Located in Stockholm, SE

Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815–1875) Sweden Interior of a Kitchen, c. 1840 oil on paper laid on cardboard, inscribed “Lundgren Nr. 15” on the reverse. unframed 27.5 x 20.5 cm (10 ¾ x ...

Category

Old Masters 1840s Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

White Eye-browed Partridges: Hand-colored Folio-sized Bird Lithograph by Gould
White Eye-browed Partridges: Hand-colored Folio-sized Bird Lithograph by Gould

White Eye-browed Partridges: Hand-colored Folio-sized Bird Lithograph by Gould

By John Gould

Located in Alamo, CA

This is a 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Dendrortyx Leucophrys" (White Eye-browed Partridges) by John Gould, published in his monograph 'A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America' in London between 1844-1850. Reportedly only 250 copies were printed. The print depicts two partridges, one standing and the other lying apparently on sand, surrounded by high grass. A landscape of plants and possibly water is seen in the background. This beautiful hand-colored lithograph is presented in a double cream-colored mat. There is one tiny spot in the left lower corner, faint spots in the right upper print and mild toning about the periphery which is covered by the mat. It is otherwise in excellent condition. It is accompanied by the original text page. John Gould (1841-1881) was an English contemporary of the American John James Audubon. Gould published his first illustrated book on birds in 1831 entitled "A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains", followed by "Ramphastidae" and "Birds of Europe". He then extended the scope of his travels and research to include Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, drawing birds in their natural habitat. Artists, such as his wife Elizabeth Gould, Henry Richter and Edward Lear, transferred his drawings to hand printed and hand colored stone lithographs, which are known for their beauty, detail and accuracy. As well as an exceptional and prolific artist, Gould was an outstanding scientific naturalist. In approximately 50 years he created approximately 3,000 lithographs of birds...

Category

Naturalistic 1840s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Romantic French painting Italy Como lake monks Mid 19th
Romantic French painting Italy Como lake monks Mid 19th

Romantic French painting Italy Como lake monks Mid 19th

Located in PARIS, FR

Jules SANSON Active in the 1830s and 1840s The arrival of the young girl at the monastery on the shores of Lake Como Oil on canvas 27 x 35.5 cm (31.5 x 39.5 cm with the frame) Signed...

Category

Romantic 1840s Art

Materials

Oil

Roseate Spoonbill /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Water Bird
Roseate Spoonbill /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Water Bird

Roseate Spoonbill /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Water Bird

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Roseate Spoonbill" (Plate 362, No. 73) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper Limited edition: approx. 1,200 Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA Sheet size: 6.75" x 10.44" Image size: 5" x 7.63" Condition: In excellent condition Very rare The "Roseate Spoonbill" is one of the very top, absolute most desirable birds from Audubon's famous "Birds of America" series Notes: Provenance: private collection - Fleming Island, FL. Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", First Royal Octavo Edition (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs. Based on a composition painted in Florida in 1831 or 1832. "This beautiful and singular bird" was prized for its wings and tail feathers which were made into fans in St. Augustine. The roseate spoonbill is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in both South and North America. The roseate spoonbill's pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin, like the American flamingo. To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first...

Category

Victorian 1840s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Snowy Heron /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Snowy Egret Bird
Snowy Heron /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Snowy Egret Bird

Snowy Heron /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Snowy Egret Bird

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Snowy Heron" (Plate 374, No. 75) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Original...

Category

Victorian 1840s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

"Portrait of Rebecca" Harriet Peale, Early American Female Portrait
"Portrait of Rebecca" Harriet Peale, Early American Female Portrait

"Portrait of Rebecca" Harriet Peale, Early American Female Portrait

By Harriet Cany Peale

Located in New York, NY

Harriet Peale Portrait of Rebecca, 1840 Inscribed verso, “Portrait of Rebecca Greenwood (?)/ Aged 25 years/ Painted by Harriet C. Cany/ May 1840” Oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches...

Category

Academic 1840s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Whooping Crane /// John James Audubon Ornithology Natural History Wading Birds
Whooping Crane /// John James Audubon Ornithology Natural History Wading Birds

Whooping Crane /// John James Audubon Ornithology Natural History Wading Birds

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Whooping Crane" (Plate 313, No. 63) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Origi...

Category

Victorian 1840s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Romantic Portrait of a Woman in Oriental Dress among Greek Ruins, ca. 1840
Romantic Portrait of a Woman in Oriental Dress among Greek Ruins, ca. 1840

Romantic Portrait of a Woman in Oriental Dress among Greek Ruins, ca. 1840

Located in Firenze, IT

Female Figure in Oriental Dress among the Ruins of Romantic Greece Oil on canvas, 61 × 46 cm (without frame), 74 × 57 cm (with frame) Early to mid-19th century Not signed A youn...

Category

Romantic 1840s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fabbriche di Careggine - 19th Century Oil Painting Ancient Ruins Tuscany Italy
Fabbriche di Careggine - 19th Century Oil Painting Ancient Ruins Tuscany Italy

Fabbriche di Careggine - 19th Century Oil Painting Ancient Ruins Tuscany Italy

By Edmund John Niemann

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

‘Fabbriche di Careggine’ by Edmund John Niemann (1813-1876). Fabbriche di Careggine is the name of a Italian ghost village that today lies beneath Vagli di Sotto, a man-made lake in Tuscany. Prior to its flooding in 1953 the village was home to a community of subsistence farmers who raised sheep and Garfagnana goats. Academy Fine Paintings is fully conversant with the legal exemptions which, under the supreme law of the U.S. Constitution, enable us to ship paintings to America free of reciprocal trade tariffs. Clients should also note that tracked and signed for international shipping is always complimentary. Academy Fine Paintings only offers artwork for sale in the finest condition it can be for its age having been professionally cleaned, conserved, and re-varnished. It is not uncommon for paintings by one member of famous family of artists to be mistakenly attributed to a relative; a picture by “the Elder” is erroneously credited as being by “the Younger” and the work of one brother is confused with another, and so on. In 19th century British art...

Category

English School 1840s Art

Materials

Oil

River Cottage 1849/ Barbizon landscape heralding Impressionism Jongkind's friend
River Cottage 1849/ Barbizon landscape heralding Impressionism Jongkind's friend

River Cottage 1849/ Barbizon landscape heralding Impressionism Jongkind's friend

By Henri Sieurac

Located in Norwich, GB

A wonderful view of a river landscape with a rustic cottage and pollarded trees by Henri Sieurac. It isa rare, early and very fresh landscape by this Parisian artist which may well have been painted in the countryside around Barbizon, near the river Loing. Henry Sieurac had studied with his father, François Joseph Sieurac , and of Paul Delaroche...

Category

Barbizon School 1840s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diana resting
Diana resting

Diana resting

By Eugene Le Poittevin

Located in BELEYMAS, FR

Eugène Modeste LE POITTEVIN (Paris, 1806 - Paris, 1870) Diana Resting Original oil on canvas (E. Picart, 16 rue du Bac) H. 33 cm; W. 40.5 cm Unsigned Red wax seal from the posthumous...

Category

French School 1840s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Minaret of a Mosque in Siout, Egypt: Original 19th C. Lithograph by D. Roberts
Minaret of a Mosque in Siout, Egypt: Original 19th C. Lithograph by D. Roberts

Minaret of a Mosque in Siout, Egypt: Original 19th C. Lithograph by D. Roberts

By David Roberts

Located in Alamo, CA

This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Minaret of the Principal Mosque in Siout, Upper Egypt" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, published in London by F. G. Moon in 1849. The lithographs were prepared by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) from drawings and paintings by Roberts. The resultant large folio editions of 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia' are considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century. This lithograph depicts an imposing minaret in the background, a large mosque on the left and both sitting and standing groups of Egyptian men in conversation in the foreground. Roberts thought this minaret was the most beautiful he had encountered and was a prime example of the architecture of modern Egypt. It has four balconies with enriched balustrades supported by brackets and corbels...

Category

Realist 1840s Art

Materials

Lithograph

La Sortie du Bain
La Sortie du Bain

La Sortie du Bain

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Eugene Leroux (1807-1863) La Sortie Du Bain Lithograph, c. 1840 Signed in the lower left corner of the image (see photo) Inscribed "Imp Bertauts Paris" in bottom margin Inscribed "55...

Category

Romantic 1840s Art

Materials

Lithograph

19th century English warship off the Italian, Mediterranean coast, with village
19th century English warship off the Italian, Mediterranean coast, with village

19th century English warship off the Italian, Mediterranean coast, with village

Located in Woodbury, CT

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...

Category

Victorian 1840s Art

Materials

Slate

19e century Holland school Winter scene Oil painting Signed
19e century Holland school Winter scene Oil painting Signed

19e century Holland school Winter scene Oil painting Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️Winter scene⬅️ Watercolor from Johannes Franciscus HOPPENBROUWERS (1819-1866) (see wikipedia) ⭐Structural Analysis⭐ This painting depicts a winter scene in a rural village, possibly in the Netherlands or a similar European setting. The composition is well-balanced, featuring: A central building with a distinctive thatched roof covered in snow, creating a focal point. A frozen river or canal, with a person ice skating in the middle ground, adding movement and human presence. A windmill and houses in the background, reinforcing a Dutch setting. Figures engaged in daily life, such as the man near the building carrying a walking stick and a bag, adding a narrative element. The overall scene is tranquil yet lively, capturing a nostalgic winter atmosphere. ⭐Color and Light⭐ The palette consists of muted earth tones, including warm browns, ochres, and soft grays, giving a rustic and aged appearance. The sky has an orange-yellow hue, possibly representing a sunrise or sunset, casting a gentle glow over the cold landscape...

Category

Romantic 1840s Art

Materials

Gesso, Watercolor

Ocelot, or Leopard-Cat /// John James Audubon Quadruped Big Wild Cat Animal Art
Ocelot, or Leopard-Cat /// John James Audubon Quadruped Big Wild Cat Animal Art

Ocelot, or Leopard-Cat /// John James Audubon Quadruped Big Wild Cat Animal Art

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Ocelot, or Leopard-Cat" (Plate 86, No. 18) Portfolio: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Imperial Bowen Edition Year...

Category

Victorian 1840s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

"Galantes Paar" by Henri Druard - Oil on Canvas - 100x81 cm
"Galantes Paar" by Henri Druard - Oil on Canvas - 100x81 cm

"Galantes Paar" by Henri Druard - Oil on Canvas - 100x81 cm

Located in Geneva, CH

Artwork sold with frame (100 x 120 x 7.5 cm) Henri Druard (1821–1877) was a French painter known for his genre scenes and depictions of everyday life in 19th-century France. Born in...

Category

Realist 1840s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Drölling Student Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Framed 1840s French Drawing
Drölling Student Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Framed 1840s French Drawing

Drölling Student Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Framed 1840s French Drawing

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

Henry Arthur Roberts. French ( b.1819 - d.1900 ). Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Carrying A Staff. Pencil & Charcoal On Paper. Paper size 23.4 inches x 13.6 inches ( 59.5cm x 34.5cm ). Frame size 28.3 inches x 18.7 inches ( 72cm x 47.5cm ). Available for sale; this academic life drawing of a male nude is by the French artist Henry Arthur Roberts and dates from the early 1840s. The drawing is presented and supplied in a modest hand painted glazed wooden frame dating from the mid-20th century (which is shown in these photographs). This antique drawing is in good condition, commensurate with its age. It is in an untouched condition having never been restored. The paper has handling marks, some light surface dirt, the odd foxing mark and general age toning. The overall patina adds to the aesthetic and is supplied ready to hang and display. The drawing is not signed but came from a portfolio of drawings by Henry Arthur Roberts. Henry Arthur Roberts was a recognised French artist, notable for his portraits and paintings of religious subjects. Born in Paris in 1819, he was the son of British watercolour artist James Roberts, himself active in Paris from 1819 -1846. Henry became a student of his father. Henry Roberts’s talent as a young man was such that he was accepted as a student of Michel Martin Drölling and worked extensively with him. Drölling, the highly acclaimed neoclassic artist (1786-1851) was noted for his theatrical paintings of history and grand portraits. He produced many notable works, including a ceiling work for the Louvre, and works in the Palace of Versailles. Roberts would have studied with Drölling at an early stage in his career, as Drölling died when Roberts was 32. Learning with such a master would have had a huge impact on Roberts in terms of his academic skills and his own emerging style. Roberts exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1839, when he was only 20 years old, right through to 1867. His work in the Universal Exhibition of 1855 won him a Third Class Medal. He became Vice-President of the Association of Artists in Paris and in July 1898 he was elevated to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour with a foreign title. This was the highest state honour available to him, in recognition of his status as an artist. Henry Roberts died in 1900, but his legacy lives on, with works in many famous public collections, including the Musée Carnavalet, the Musée du Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orsay, and in Boston, USA. © Big Sky Fine Art This striking academic nude study...

Category

Academic 1840s Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

Chapel of St Helena

Chapel of St Helena

By David Roberts

Located in London, GB

First Edition lithograph Full plate: 20 Presented in a acid free mount Modern hand-coloured lithograph for the first edition of David Roberts' The Holy Land. Published by F.G. Moon ...

Category

Realist 1840s Art

Materials

Laid Paper, Lithograph

Wakechai (Crouching Eagle) A Saukie Chief Lithograph with Applied Watercolor
Wakechai (Crouching Eagle) A Saukie Chief Lithograph with Applied Watercolor

Wakechai (Crouching Eagle) A Saukie Chief Lithograph with Applied Watercolor

Located in Soquel, CA

1842 Wakechai (Crouching Eagle) A Saukie Indian Chief Lithograph with Applied Watercolor The lithograph depicts Wakechai, also known as Crouching Eagle, who was a member of the Sauk and Fox delegation. King renders Wakechai with exceptional detail. The Saukie Chief is adorned with fine accoutrements such as a white fur robe...

Category

Hudson River School 1840s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper, Lithograph

Americana 1848 pokerwork pyrography panel Prophet or Gospel writer Pennsylvania
Americana 1848 pokerwork pyrography panel Prophet or Gospel writer Pennsylvania

Americana 1848 pokerwork pyrography panel Prophet or Gospel writer Pennsylvania

Located in Norwich, GB

a wonderful antique pokerwork/pyrography panel by I W Wells, an American artist who flourished between 1845 - 1880. He was active in Pennsylvania/Philadelphia, yet most of his work is conserved in the Pinto Collection, which is part of the Birmingham Museums Trust in the UK. A portrait of Tennyson by Wells is in the Virginia State...

Category

Outsider Art 1840s Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Etching

Glaucus Gull - Burgomaster /// Ornithology Bird John James Audubon Seascape Sky
Glaucus Gull - Burgomaster /// Ornithology Bird John James Audubon Seascape Sky

Glaucus Gull - Burgomaster /// Ornithology Bird John James Audubon Seascape Sky

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Glaucus Gull - Burgomaster" (Plate 449, No. 90) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition Year: 1840-1844 M...

Category

Victorian 1840s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph