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Period: 1840s
Italian landscape with bathers
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Félix-Hippolyte LANOÜE
(Versailles, 1812 – Versailles, 1872)
Italian Landscape with Bathers
Oil on canvas, in its original frame
D. 41 cm
Signed lower right
Circa 1840
Trained by Je...
Category
French School 1840s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Approach of the Simoon, Giza, Egypt: Original 19th C. Lithograph by D. Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Approach of the Simoon, Desert of Gizeh" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, ...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
'Attilla' A Chestnut Horse in a Stable. Oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Canvas Size: 28 x 36" (71 x 91cm)
Outside Frame Size 36 x 44" (91 x 111cm)
It is signed on the middle right on the wooden window.
This is a stunning painting of a racehorse signed and dated J F Herring Sen 1842. The horse is named above the water trough as Attilla. As Herring was a renowned painter of racehorses it is likely that this was done for a wealthy patron who owned several. Although he painted many of the winners of the St. Ledger Cup Attilla was not one of these.
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John Frederick HERRING Snr
1795 – 1865
A sporting painter, born in Surrey of American/Dutch extraction. At first he was a sign and coach painter. He then worked as a stable boy and coachman in Yorkshire until with the help of patrons he was able to study with Abraham Cooper RA, the only art education he appears to have had.
He specialised in racing subjects and his few hunting scenes are rare. Herring painted the start of the 1844 Derby, which became known as ‘the dirtiest Derby in history’. He sometimes collaborated with his three sons, J.F.Jnr, Benjamin Jnr and Charles. He also collaborated with James Pollard on a number of racing scenes inc. ‘The Doncaster Gold Cup’, 1838, ‘The Emperor of Russia’s Cup at Ascot’ 1845 and ‘The Dead Heat for the Doncaster Great St. Ledger’ 1849
Herring painted 33 successive winners of the St. Ledger and not surprisingly lived a large part of his life in the Doncaster area before settling in Newmarket in 1830 and then in London in 1835. He suffered serious financial difficulties after his move to London which, thanks to a great friend and patron William Taylor Copeland (1797 – 1868) head of the Spode Porcelain factory at Stoke on Trent, was resolved.
He painted many pictures of the Copeland family, some of which were adapted and used as designs on the Spode china...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Oil
The Great Sphinx & Pyramids, Giza, Egypt: A 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "The Great Sphinx, Pyramids of Gizeh" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, publ...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Interior of the Temple Abu Simbel, Egypt: A 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Interior of the Temple of Aboo Simbel" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, pu...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Pre-Second Republic Academic 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 Standing Male Nude.
Pencil & Charcoal On Paper.
Paper size 23.8 inches x 13.6 inches ( 60.5cm 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.
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This exceptional academic nude...
Category
Academic 1840s Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
The Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt: A 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored lithograph entitled "Pyramids of Geezeh" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, published in Lon...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Great Hall at Karnak, Luxor, Egypt: A 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Great Hall at Karnac, Thebes" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the larg...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
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.
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This striking academic nude study...
Category
Academic 1840s Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil, Paper
19th Century English Antique Bay Hunter horse in a stable, called Business
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry Calvert was an animal painter, particularly of the sporting variety and best known for his depictions of horses, hunting scenes and equestrian hunting portraits...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$14,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Bijinga - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1842
Located in Roma, IT
Bijinga is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1842.
Woodcut Print Oban Format.
From the series "Joshi kyôkun kyôka awase" (A collection of comic poems for t...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Woodcut
$590 Sale Price
25% Off
"Janetta Falls, New Jersey" Jasper F. Cropsey, Hudson River Wooded Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Jasper F. Cropsey
Janetta Falls, New Jersey, circa 1846
Signed J.F. Cropsey
Oil on canvas
12½ x 10¾ inches
Provenance
Private Collection, New York, 1930s
Thence by descent to the pr...
Category
Hudson River School 1840s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English River landscape with figures, horses, cottage, sheep
By John Frederick Tennant
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted and very interesting composition attributed to the English landscape painter john Frederick Tennant.
His work is very similar to ...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Narni Landscape Drawing
Located in Stockholm, SE
“Hilly landscape with trees and bushes from Narni in Italy,” sketched by Gustav Wilhelm Palm (1810–1890). Dated and signed “Narni 16 Sept” with “G.W [palm tree] 45,” it portrays gent...
Category
Other Art Style 1840s Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Colossal Statue Luxor, Egypt: Original 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "A Colossal Statue at the Entrance to the Temple of Luxor" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the larg...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
19th century English Antique horse racing scene in a landscape with Jockey up
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English Antique Horse racing scene in a landscape with Jockey up.
Wonderful and very well painted English Horse Racing scene. Simil...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Eagle
Located in Columbia, MO
John James Audubon was born in Haiti in 1785. Most of his childhood was spent in France, where he first took interest in birds and drawing. He came to the U.S. at age 18, and made ma...
Category
Naturalistic 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$5,040
Les Fleurs Animées - Rare Book by J.J Grandville - 1847
Located in Roma, IT
Les Fleurs Animées is an original modern rare book engraved by Jean Jeacques Grandville (Nancy, 1803 – Vanves, 1847) and written by Taxile De...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$1,432 Sale Price
25% Off
Ruins of the Imperial Castle Outside Split in Croatia
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (1810–1890) Sweden
Ruins of the Imperial Castle Outside Split in Croatia
pencil and watercolour
unframed: 23.6 x 29.2 cm (9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in)
framed: 40 x 45 cm...
Category
Romantic 1840s Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt: A 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Thebes" 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.
The print depicts a view of the imposing pair of sitting...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Church of St. Stephen in Vienna - Lithograph by Auguste Wahlen - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
Church of St. Stephen in Vienna is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844.
Good condition.
Drawing in black and white.
At the center of the artwork is the original title " Ch...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
George Cruikshank’s Table Book - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Cruikshank - 1845
Located in Roma, IT
George Cruikshank’s Table Book is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - London, 1878) and written by Various Authors in 1845.
Published by Punch Office, London.
Original First Edition.
Format: in 8°.
The book includes 284 pages with Twelve full page Etchings (hundred in text half page).
Mint conditions.
George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - London, 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend di lui Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. For Charles Dickens, Cruikshank illustrated Sketches by Boz...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Snowy Heron /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Snowy Egret Bird
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 Two Horses in a Landscape - British 19thC equine art oil painting
By George Cole
Located in London, GB
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 ...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Oil
$7,750 Sale Price
20% Off
Abu Simbel Temple to Ramesses II in Egypt: A 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "The Great Temple of Aboo Simble, Nubia" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, p...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Roseate Spoonbill /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Water Bird
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
France 19th century, The Bohème artist in his workshop, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1850
The Bohème artist in his workshop
Watercolor on paper
15.5 x 21.5 cm
In good condition except a small tear (visible on the photographs) on the upper right border.
I...
Category
Romantic 1840s Art
Materials
Watercolor
$687 Sale Price
20% Off
Les Gens de Justice - Lithograph by Honoré Daumier - 1845
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Daumier in 1845, belonging to the Series "Les Gens de Justice"
Table no. 12 of the Series.
Very good condition.
Ref. Delteil 1348
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Utagawa Kuniyoshi -- The Diving Woman Recovers the Stolen Jewel from the Dragon
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The Diving Woman Recovers the Stolen Jewel from the Dragon King's Palace
Circa 1844-45
Woodblock print
Oban
Signed Chooro Kuniyoshi ga, censor's seal Tanaka
Publi...
Category
1840s Art
Materials
Woodcut
Kabuki Actor - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1848/49
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki Actor is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1848/49.
Lifetime impression in very good condition, except for some very minor sign of time.
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Woodcut
Fabbriche di Careggine - Mid 19th Century Oil Painting of Tuscany Hills Italy
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. The painting depicts one of these goatherds and a young woman riding out from the village at sunrise.
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
"The Doorway of Baalbec": A David Roberts' 19th Century Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
"The Doorway of Baalbec" is a 19th century full folio sized duotone lithograph, representing plate 81 in the Egypt and Nubia volumes of David Roberts’ large folio edition, published ...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
American Flamingo /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Bird Litho
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "American Flamingo" (Plate 375, No. 75)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo E...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
19th century English landscape with cottage, figures and cows by a stream
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry John Boddington (1811–1865)
English Landscape, oil on canvas, circa 1840
This richly atmospheric oil painting by Henry John Boddington captures the tranquillity and pastoral c...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
$620 Sale Price
78% Off
19th century English portrait of a young girl with her pet spaniel in landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
This enchanting early 19th-century portrait of a young girl in a pastoral landscape, attributed to the esteemed English portraitist Margaret Carpenter, is a rare and captivating exam...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Romantic painting Painter Eugène CICERI Paris Salon 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Camille Auguste GASTINE
Paris, 1819– Paris, 1867
Portrait of the painter Eugène Cicéri
Oil on canvas
Signed, dedicated and dated lower right “1849 / C. Gastine / To his friend EC”
60...
Category
Romantic 1840s Art
Materials
Oil
Mare en foret de Fountainebleau, Barbizon
By Théodore Rousseau
Located in New York, NY
Theodore Rousseau
French, 1812- 1867
Mare en foret de Fountainbleau
Oil on panel
10 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches (26.7 x 41.3 cm.)
Framed: 18 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (47 x 59.7 cm.)
Signed lower ...
Category
Barbizon School 1840s Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dutch Winter Landscape at Sunset, 1842
Located in Stockholm, SE
This remarkable painting by Swedish artist Per Wickenberg captures a serene Dutch winter scene at sunset, showcasing his mastery of atmospheric light and dramatic composition. Create...
Category
Romantic 1840s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,025 Sale Price
20% Off
Persian, Man of the People - Lithograph by Auguste Wahlen - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
Persian, Man of the People is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844.
Hand colored.
Good condition.
At the center of the artwork is the original title "Perse. Homme du Peuple...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Native American Painting 1860 Montana Fort Owen Museum Rare Gold Frame Original
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare mid 19th Century watercolor depicting Native Americans approaching a fort by Peter Peterson Tofft.
This painting depicts a Fort built by Major John Owen in what is now Steve...
Category
American Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Circassian - Lithograph by Auguste Wahlen - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
Circassian is a lithograph made by Auguste Wahlen in 1844.
Hand colored.
Good condition.
At the center of the artwork is the original title "Circassien".
The work is part of Suit...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$223 Sale Price
25% Off
Camelia - Les Fleurs Animées Vol.I - Litho by J.J. Grandville - 1847
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm.
Single sheet with passepartout.
"...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow gr...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
American Anhinga - Snake Bird /// John James Audubon Ornithology Natural History
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "American Anhinga - Snake Bird" (Plate 420, No. 84)
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: 10" x 6.69"
Image size: 6.63" x 4.63"
Condition: Minor toning to sheet and some faint discoloration in margins. Old glue staining along right binding edge as normal. It is otherwise in very good condition with strong colors
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Cleveland, OH. 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. The preceding 1836 Havell edition of this work has a different title: "Black-bellied Darter", (Plate: CCCXVI - 396, No. 64).
Based on a drawing inscribed "New Orleans 1822 - redrawn ... 1836". This conspicuous bird had various names including "water turkey" and "Bec à Lancette".
The Anhinga, sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from a'ñinga in the Brazilian Tupi language and means "devil bird" or "snake bird".
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
19th Century English Yacht in full sail racing on the high sea
Located in Woodbury, CT
In this luminous marine painting by Nicholas Matthew Condy, the English 19th-century artist once again displays his masterful command of seascape and ship portraiture. This compositi...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Bijinga - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
Bijinga is an original artwork realized in the half of the 19th Century by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865).
From the series "SHyakunin isshu esho" (Girl's pictures and 100 poets' card...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Woodcut
19th Century English Yacht in full sail racing on the high sea
Located in Woodbury, CT
This evocative 19th-century marine scene by English painter Nicholas Matthew Condy captures the dynamic tension and atmospheric drama that typify his maritime works. Known for his ke...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Mushae - Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 1846
Located in Roma, IT
Mushae is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798 – 1861) in the half of the 19th Century.
Original woodcut print rom the se...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
William Traies (Attributed), Wooded River Landscape With Cascade & Figures
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century oil painting attributed to English artist William Traies (1789-1872) depicts a picturesque river view with cascade, figures and cattle. Traies was an a...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dendera, Egypt, Dec 7th, 1838: David Roberts' 19th C. Duotone Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored lithograph entitled "Dendera, Dec 7th, 1838" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, published in...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
19th Century English Yacht on the high sea with a lighthouse in stormy sky's
Located in Woodbury, CT
This maritime scene by Nicholas Matthew Condy, the celebrated English marine painter continues to reveal his deep fascination with ships and the shifting moods of the sea. The compos...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Les Etoiles - Rare Book by J.J Grandville - 1849
Located in Roma, IT
Les Etoiles (suivi de l’Astronomie des Dames) is an original modern rare book written by Joseph Méry and Le Comte Foelix and illustrated by Jean Jeacques G...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
$984 Sale Price
25% Off
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
Reclining Nude Female Portrait - British 19th century Victorian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British mid 19th century oil on board painting is by Edward William Wyon. It was painted in 1843 when Wyon would have been in his early thirties. The composition is a ...
Category
Realist 1840s Art
Materials
Oil
Persians - Costumes - Lithograph - 1844
Located in Roma, IT
Persians - Costumes is a Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the g...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$179 Sale Price
25% Off
Utagawa Kuniyoshi -- Yamabuki Gozen 山吹御前
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
Title Yamabuki Gozen (山吹御前)
Yamabuki Gozen seated on several shields by a log fire mending the coat of her husband Yoshin...
Category
1840s Art
Materials
Woodcut
$468 Sale Price
40% Off
Nakamura Utaemon - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Nakamura Utaemon is an artwork realized in 1840 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865).
Nakamura Utaemon in the role of the fox spirit Ukiyo Matagoro frightens the court lady Benno Naishi...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Woodcut
Mid-19th-Century German School, Portrait Of A Woman
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine mid-19th-century German miniature depicts a woman wearing a black dress and a beautiful white and lilac day cap.
Produced around 1840, this exquisite piece on porcelain is...
Category
Victorian 1840s Art
Materials
Porcelain
'A Family Group with a Pet Dog'. Antique painting on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
William Richard Waters
Picture Size: 36 x 28" (92 x 72cm)
Outside Frame Size: 44 x 36" (112 x 92 cm)
Oil on Canvas signed bottom right and dated 1847
This painting is nearly 200 year...
Category
1840s Art
Materials
Oil
$6,864 Sale Price
20% Off
Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Kabukie is an original artwork realized in 1840 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865).
From the series "Mitate Yakusha gojusan tsui no uchi" (juxtaposition of actors and the 53 Tokaido s...
Category
Modern 1840s Art
Materials
Woodcut
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