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Period: 1870s
Chromolithograph of Quail
Chromolithograph of Quail

Chromolithograph of Quail

By Alexander Pope Jr.

Located in London, London

Chromolithograph of Ducks, laid on to contemporary card (as published). [Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1878]. Alexander Pope, Jr., was an American sculptor and painter. He’s kn...

Category

Naturalistic 1870s Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Une Lecture chez Diderot - Etching by Auguste Mongin - 1878
Une Lecture chez Diderot - Etching by Auguste Mongin - 1878

Une Lecture chez Diderot - Etching by Auguste Mongin - 1878

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint realized by Auguste Mongin in 1878, after Meissonier. Early proof before the letter, with the stamp of the publisher Petit. The subject was published on the Ma...

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Etching

Le Supplice du Garrot, Old Masters Heliogravure Etching by Francisco de Goya
Le Supplice du Garrot, Old Masters Heliogravure Etching by Francisco de Goya

Le Supplice du Garrot, Old Masters Heliogravure Etching by Francisco de Goya

By Francisco Goya

Located in Long Island City, NY

Francisco de Goya, After by Amand Durand, Spanish (1746 - 1828) - Le Supplice du Garrot, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 12.5 x 8.5 in. (31.75 x 21.59 cm), Printer: Amand Durand, Description: An Amand Durand etching...

Category

Old Masters 1870s Art

Materials

Etching

“View of Mount Shasta, California”
“View of Mount Shasta, California”

“View of Mount Shasta, California”

Located in Southampton, NY

Beautiful original pastel on archival paper of Mount Shasta in Northern California by the well known Hudson River artist, George Douglas. Signed and dated 1874 lower right. Condition is excellent. Recently professionally matted and framed in a antique silver style gallery frame. Overall framed measurements are 27 by 36 inches. Under glass. Provenance: A Pennsylvania collector. George Douglas Brewerton received lessons in art from Prof. Robert W. Weir at West Point where his father was Superintendent. In 1874, he was detailed to San Francisco as an officer in the Stevenson Regiment. In 1848, he underwent many adventures in Western deserts and mountains with Kit Carson, who crossed the country with news of the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War, Brewerton called himself “Colonel,” although he never received an army commission...

Category

Hudson River School 1870s Art

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

Egypt in Words and Pictures - Rare Illustrated Book by Georg Ebers - 1879-1880
Egypt in Words and Pictures - Rare Illustrated Book by Georg Ebers - 1879-1880

Egypt in Words and Pictures - Rare Illustrated Book by Georg Ebers - 1879-1880

Located in Roma, IT

Egypt in words and pictures is an original rare book written by Georg Ebers between 1879 and 1880. Two volumes. Eduard Hallberger publisher, bound editions, moldy and dirty spots, pages with cracks. A marvellous edition of hundres of illustration depicting ancient Egypt and scene of ordinary life in late 19th Century. Georg Moritz Ebers (1837-1898) was a German Egyptologist and writer. With his historical novels and popular science books...

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Paper

Stone Bridge Ink Wash
Stone Bridge Ink Wash

Stone Bridge Ink Wash

Located in Houston, TX

Sepia nineteenth century French ink wash, circa 1870. Signed lower left. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a ...

Category

1870s Art

Materials

Ink

"L'Incendie" original etching

"L'Incendie" original etching

By Alphonse Legros

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. This is a rich, dark impression on laid paper with full original margins, printed by A. Salmon and published in Paris by L'Art in 1876. Size: 9 1/2 x 10 7/8...

Category

1870s Art

Materials

Etching

Jebez Bligh - Mushrooms in a Basket - 19th Century British Watercolour
Jebez Bligh - Mushrooms in a Basket - 19th Century British Watercolour

Jebez Bligh - Mushrooms in a Basket - 19th Century British Watercolour

Located in London, GB

JEBEZ BLIGH (1832-1900) Mushrooms in a Basket Signed and dated l.r.: J BLIGH / 74 Watercolour Framed 22.5 by 31.5 cm., 9 by 12 in. (frame size 42.5 by 51 cm., 16 ¾ by 20 in.) Jeb...

Category

Realist 1870s Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Sainte Cecile d'apres Raphael, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi
Sainte Cecile d'apres Raphael, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi

Sainte Cecile d'apres Raphael, Heliogravure by Marcantonio Raimondi

By Marcantonio Raimondi

Located in Long Island City, NY

Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - Sainte Cecile d'apres Raphael, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 11 x 6.5 in. (27.94 x 16.51 cm), Printe...

Category

Old Masters 1870s Art

Materials

Etching

19th Century Child and Dog Portrait
19th Century Child and Dog Portrait

19th Century Child and Dog Portrait

Located in San Francisco, CA

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...

Category

Realist 1870s Art

Materials

Oil

La Répétition - Etching by Edouard Moyse - 1870s

La Répétition - Etching by Edouard Moyse - 1870s

Located in Roma, IT

La Répétition is an artwork realized by Edouard Moyse in the 1870s. Etching. Image size:19x29 Good conditions. Realized for the "Société des Aquafortistes. Born on the initiati...

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Etching

Winter view
Winter view

Winter view

By Anna Barbara Aemisegger-Giezendanner

Located in Geneva, CH

Work on wood Golden patina wooden frame 60 x 50 x 3,5 cm

Category

Land 1870s Art

Materials

Oil

Dans la Rue - Etching by Alfred Cadart - 1870s

Dans la Rue - Etching by Alfred Cadart - 1870s

Located in Roma, IT

Dans la Rue is an artwork realized by Alfred Cadart in the 1870s. Etching. Image size:16x12 and 16x12 Good conditions. Realized for the "Société des Aquafortistes. Born on the ...

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Etching

Yew Tree - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s

Yew Tree - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s

Located in Roma, IT

Lithograph hand watercolored. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration o...

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Lithograph

China Export Watercolour on Pith Paper: A Set of Twelve Processions
China Export Watercolour on Pith Paper: A Set of Twelve Processions

China Export Watercolour on Pith Paper: A Set of Twelve Processions

Located in London, London

[China Export Water-colours on Pith Paper] A Set of Twelve Processions. China, ca. 1870]. Water-colour and gouache studies on pith paper, framed by blue silk ribbon, all mounted. ...

Category

Other Art Style 1870s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Rice Paper

Nutmeg - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s

Nutmeg - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s

Located in Roma, IT

Lithograph hand watercolored. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration o...

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Rue du Rivage - Etching by Armand Queyroy - 1870s

Rue du Rivage - Etching by Armand Queyroy - 1870s

Located in Roma, IT

Rue du Rivage is an artwork realized by A.Queyroy in the 1870s. Etching. Image size: 26x21 Good conditions. Realized for the "Société des Aquafortistes. Born on the initiative ...

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Etching

Sunflower - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s

Sunflower - Lithograph by Vincenzo Tenore - 1870s

Located in Roma, IT

Lithograph hand watercolored. Belongs to the Series "Atlante di Botanica popolare ossia Illustrazione di Piante Notevoli di ogni famiglia" (Atlas of popular botany or illustration o...

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Rural Scene Oil Painting of Peasant Couple, 1870s
Rural Scene Oil Painting of Peasant Couple, 1870s

Rural Scene Oil Painting of Peasant Couple, 1870s

Located in Genève, GE

An elegant and evocative example of 19th-century figurative painting, combining narrative charm with timeless decorative sophistication. Monogrammed lower right and dated 1878. A charming and finely executed 19th-century European genre painting, oil on canvas, monogrammed L.A. and dated 1878. The composition depicts a tender rural scene: a young peasant woman pouring a drink for a seated farm worker resting beside a rocky outcrop, his scythe laid across his lap. In the background, a pastoral landscape unfolds with grazing livestock, distant figures, and tall trees, evoking the quiet rhythms of agrarian life. Rendered with academic precision and warm naturalistic color, the painting captures both the dignity of rural labor and the intimacy of everyday moments. The artist demonstrates particular skill in the modeling of the figures, the textures of clothing, and the atmospheric depth of the landscape. Soft light bathes the scene, enhancing the harmonious palette of earth tones, greens, and warm reds. Works of this type were highly prized in late 19th-century Europe, reflecting the period’s fascination with pastoral virtue and traditional country life. The painting offers both historical character and strong decorative appeal, making it suitable for collectors of antique European art as well as refined interior settings. 19th century genre painting, antique oil painting 1878, European peasant painting, rural genre scene painting, antique figurative oil painting, pastoral scene antique, farm worker painting, peasant couple painting, academic oil painting 19th century, Continental school painting...

Category

Academic 1870s Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antoine Louis-Barye "Walking Lion" Antique Engraving by Firmin Gillot ca. 1870
Antoine Louis-Barye "Walking Lion" Antique Engraving by Firmin Gillot ca. 1870

Antoine Louis-Barye "Walking Lion" Antique Engraving by Firmin Gillot ca. 1870

By Antoine-Louis Barye

Located in SANTA FE, NM

"Walking Lion" Antoine Louis-Barye (France, 1775-1895) Antique Engraving by Firmin Gillot Circa. 1870 11 1/3 x 7 3/4 (21 3/8 x 17 1/2 frame) inches This is "Walking Lion," along with "Walking Tiger...

Category

Realist 1870s Art

Materials

Black and White

Bilboquet player, 1879
Bilboquet player, 1879

Bilboquet player, 1879

Located in PARIS, FR

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, ...

Category

1870s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Promenade - Etching by August Von Heyden - 1870s

La Promenade - Etching by August Von Heyden - 1870s

Located in Roma, IT

La Promenade is an artwork realized by August Von Heyden in the 1870s. Etching. Good conditions. Realized for the "Société des Aquafortistes. Born on the initiative of the publi...

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Etching

The Reaper : Life and Death - Original etching - Ed. Durand Ruel, 1873
The Reaper : Life and Death - Original etching - Ed. Durand Ruel, 1873

The Reaper : Life and Death - Original etching - Ed. Durand Ruel, 1873

By Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Located in Paris, IDF

Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (after) The Reaper : Life and Death, 1873 Original Etching Engraved by Boilvin under the supervision of PUVIS DE CHAVANNES Printed signature in the plate On laid paper 20,5 x 30 cm (c. 8 x 12 in) INFORMATION : This etchings was edited in 1873 by Galerie Durand Ruel...

Category

Impressionist 1870s Art

Materials

Etching

Antique 19th century English Victorian Waterfall scene landscape
Antique 19th century English Victorian Waterfall scene landscape

Antique 19th century English Victorian Waterfall scene landscape

By John Brandon Smith

Located in Woodbury, CT

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

Category

Victorian 1870s Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A Dutch Town (Dordrecht), Oil on Wood, Circa 1875-1880
A Dutch Town (Dordrecht), Oil on Wood, Circa 1875-1880

A Dutch Town (Dordrecht), Oil on Wood, Circa 1875-1880

Located in Stockholm, SE

Carl Skånberg (1850–1883), Sweden A Dutch Town (Dordrecht), c. 1875–1880 Oil on wood panel Signed lower left Unframed 35 x 26.5 cm (13.8 x 10.4 in) Framed 52 x 43 cm (20.5 x 16.9 i...

Category

Impressionist 1870s Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Ruins of the Ancient Aqueducts by Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner - 1872
Ruins of the Ancient Aqueducts by Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner - 1872

Ruins of the Ancient Aqueducts by Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner - 1872

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in Roma, IT

Ruins of the Ancient Aqueducts is an original artwork realized by Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (Weimar, 4 October 1808 – Leipzig, 10 January 1894) in 1872. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Hand-signed and dated on the lower left corner: C. Werner 1872. Good conditions. Prov. Collection Dr. Peter Nicolaus (1940-2020). Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (4 October 1808 – 10 January 1894) was a German...

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Krupp's 1000-Pounder Gun - Lithograph - 1872

Krupp's 1000-Pounder Gun - Lithograph - 1872

Located in Roma, IT

Krupp's 1000-Pounder Gun is an artwork realized by an artist during the 19th century. Lithograph, printed in 1872 by Milliam Mackenzie, London. Good condition.

Category

Modern 1870s Art

Materials

Lithograph