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Period: 1880s
Late 19th century color cityscape Milwaukee trees figures lake churches
Late 19th century color cityscape Milwaukee trees figures lake churches

Late 19th century color cityscape Milwaukee trees figures lake churches

By Theodore R. Davis

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"View of the City of Milwaukee" from "Harper's Weekly" is an original hand-colored wood engraving by Theodore R. Davis. It depicts an aerial view of the Wisconsin lakeside city in 1882. 9" x 13 3/8" art 17 5/8" x 21 3/4" frame Theodore R. Davis (1840–1894) was a 19th-century American artist, who made numerous drawings of significant military and political events during the American Civil War and its aftermath. As a child, Theodore R. Davis was taken to Washington D.C. where he graduated from Rittenhouse Academy. When he was fifteen, he moved to New York where studied art under Henry W. Herrick and James Walker. The Training Theodore Davis received under James Walker was informal. Davis typified certain artists as "special artists" was hired by popular magazines and newspapers. He was hired by them to illustrate the Civil War. He was hired by Harpers Weekly in 1861.[ During the Civil War, he served as a captain in the 15th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. After the war, he became a companion of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Some of these drawings include the Battle of Champion Hill, and the most significant sketch of General Joseph E. Johnston and General William T. Sherman meeting at the Bennett Farm near Durham Station to discuss the surrender terms of the remaining Confederate armies in the Southeast. After the war when the Cyclorama in Atlanta was being painted, Davis was asked for his ideas having traveled with Sherman's army. He was later added to the painting. Theodore Davis was a staff artist at Harper's Weekly. Many of his drawings were published as wood engravings in Harper's Weekly. Theodore R. Davis was chosen to create the Haye's China with a chance meeting. Mr. Davis suggested using flora and fauna of the American decor...

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Other Art Style 1880s Art

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Engraving

"Paysan Breton" original etching

"Paysan Breton" original etching

By Alphonse Legros

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. Executed ca. 1880; this is a good impression with full original margins on laid paper from "The Portfolio" edition, published in London by Seeley, Jackson &...

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1880s Art

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Etching

Landscape from Barbizon With Characters
Landscape from Barbizon With Characters

Landscape from Barbizon With Characters

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Paul Désiré Trouillebert (1829-1900) Landscape from Barbizon with characters Oil on canvas signed low right Old original sculpted wood frame gilded with leaves Size canvas : 33 X 41 cm Size frame : 43 X 51 cm Paul Désiré Trouillebert (1829-1900) Paul Désiré Trouillebert (1829 in Paris, France – 28 June 1900 in Paris, France) was a famous French Barbizon School painter in the mid-nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. Trouillebert is considered a portraitist, a genre and landscape painter from the French Barbizon School. He was a student of Ernest Hébert...

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Barbizon School 1880s Art

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Oil

The Flower Girl - Genre Scene 18th Century
The Flower Girl - Genre Scene 18th Century

The Flower Girl - Genre Scene 18th Century

By Theodore Levigne

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

LEVIGNE Théodore (1848-1912) The Flower Girl and The Puppy Oil on canvas signed and dated 1883 low left Old Frame regilded with leaves Dimensions canvas : 120 X 70 cm Dimensions frame : 137 X 88 cm LEVIGNE Théodore (1848-1912) French Painter 19th-20th century Lyon School Born 1848 in Noirétable (Loire) - Died 11...

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Academic 1880s Art

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Oil

Le Curé de Cucignan
Le Curé de Cucignan

Le Curé de Cucignan

By Félix Hilaire Buhot

Located in Middletown, NY

A lovely, dark impression with excellent provenance. Paris: Lemerre, 1880. Etching, drypoint, aquatint (dust ground and spirit ground), spit bite, and roulette in black on cream laid paper with a deckle edge, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (170 x 112 mm), full margins. Third state (of 4). An illustration from Alphonse Daudet's, Lettres de mon moulin, Paris, 1880. In very good condition with some light uniform toning and two areas of paper tape at the top right and left corners on the verso (from a former mount). With the 1921 J.H. de Bois circular ink stamp in green ink in the lower right margin on the recto (Lugt L.733). [Bourcard 112] A note regarding the provenance: J. H. de Bois was a well known late-19th century modern art...

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French School 1880s Art

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Laid Paper

Young Lady and Cupid in The Park
Young Lady and Cupid in The Park

Young Lady and Cupid in The Park

By Hans Zatzka

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Hans Zatzka (8 March 1859 – 17 December 1945 Young Lady With Cupid in The Park Oil on canvas circa 1880 signed low with pseudonym C.BRIAND Old Frame gilded with leaves Size canvas : ...

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Academic 1880s Art

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Oil

"Similitudes" original etching

"Similitudes" original etching

By Jean-Louis Forain

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. Executed by Forain for J. K. Huysmans "Croquis Parisiens" and published in Paris in 1880 by Henri Vaton in a total edition of 545. Printed on laid paper. Pl...

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1880s Art

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Etching

"His Own Doctor" original etching

"His Own Doctor" original etching

By Thomas Waterman Wood

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. Published in 1883 for a deluxe portfolio of American etchings, this is a fine, dark impression on wove paper. Size: 11 1/2 X 7 5/8 inches (plate); the full ...

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1880s Art

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Etching

Hermanus Koekkoek Jr, View of Dutch Harbor In Winter
Hermanus Koekkoek Jr, View of Dutch Harbor In Winter

Hermanus Koekkoek Jr, View of Dutch Harbor In Winter

By Jan Van Couver

Located in Dallas, TX

Hermanus Koekkoek Jr. (Dutch, 1836-1909). View of Dutch A Harbor in Winter. Oil on canvas. Measures: 24 x 36 inches (61.0 x 91.4 cm). Signed lower left: J van Couver. A powerful ye...

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Barbizon School 1880s Art

“Worcester, Massachusetts”
“Worcester, Massachusetts”

“Worcester, Massachusetts”

Located in Southampton, NY

Oil on wood panel painting of a Worcester, Massachusetts view by local resident artist Mabel Blake. Signed M. Blake lower left. Circa 1880. Condition is good. The bucolic scene depicts a man in a boat...

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Hudson River School 1880s Art

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Oil, Board

The Temple - Chromolithograph after Karl Werner - 1881

The Temple - Chromolithograph after Karl Werner - 1881

Located in Roma, IT

The Temple is a modern artwork realized d'apres Karl Werner  Mixed colored cromolithograph.  The artwork is after the watercolors realized by the artist during a trip to Egypt betw...

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Modern 1880s Art

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Lithograph

"Spring Calf, " Frederic Ede, watercolor, impressionist, pastoral landscape, 1889
"Spring Calf, " Frederic Ede, watercolor, impressionist, pastoral landscape, 1889

"Spring Calf, " Frederic Ede, watercolor, impressionist, pastoral landscape, 1889

By Frederic Charles Vipond Ede

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Frederic Charles Vipond Ede was born in 1865 in Nottawa in Ontario, Canada. He began his studies in America before traveling to Paris, where he studied at the Académie Julian under T...

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Impressionist 1880s Art

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Watercolor

Nymphs Dancing
Nymphs Dancing

Nymphs Dancing

By Henri-Pierre Picou

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

PICOU Henri Pierre (1824-1895) Nymphs Dancing Oil on canvas signed and dated 1881 low left Old frame regilded with leaves Dim canvas : 62 X 82 cm Dim frame : 80 X 100 cm PICOU Henri Pierre (1824-1895) French Painter 19th century Born on February 27th, 1824 in Nantes - Died on July 17th, 1895 in Nantes Painter of History, allegorical subjects, genre paintings, Symbolist. Pupil of Paul Delaroche...

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Academic 1880s Art

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Oil

"University of California Berkeley" original etching

"University of California Berkeley" original etching

By George Spiel

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. Printed in 1888 on cream wove paper and published for the portfolio entitled "Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope". Image size...

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1880s Art

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Etching

Fallen Rider - Etching by Max Klinger - 1881
Fallen Rider - Etching by Max Klinger - 1881

Fallen Rider - Etching by Max Klinger - 1881

By Max Klinger

Located in Roma, IT

Fallen Rider  is a modern artwork realized by Max Klinger in 1881. The artwork belongs to a series of prints called Intermezzi realized by Max Klinger, published by Nurnberg: Stroef...

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Symbolist 1880s Art

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Etching

"At Marblehead Neck" original etching

"At Marblehead Neck" original etching

By James Smillie

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. Executed in 1883; this is a rich, dark impression on heavy cream wove paper, from the "Original Etchings by American Artists" portfolio, published in 1883 b...

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1880s Art

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Etching

"The Fisherman's Home" original etching

"The Fisherman's Home" original etching

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching and drypoint. This rich, dark impression on heavy cream wove paper is from the Sylvester R. Koehler portfolio of etchings, published in 1885 by Cassell & Com...

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1880s Art

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Etching

Signed, Bronze Hound Sculpture
Signed, Bronze Hound Sculpture

Signed, Bronze Hound Sculpture

By Alfred Dubucand

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A lively, beautifully cast, patinated bronze sculpture of two hounds on a lush forest floor by listed French artist, Alfred Dubucand (1828-1894). A proponent of Romantic Realism,  Dubucand was a prize pupil of the renowned founder of the French Animaliers School, Antoine-Louis Bayre (1796-1875) whose patrons were representatives of the state government and royalty including the Duke of Orleans...

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1880s Art

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Bronze

Egypt - Chromolithograph after Karl Werner - 1881

Egypt - Chromolithograph after Karl Werner - 1881

Located in Roma, IT

Egypt is a modern artwork realized d'apres Karl Werner  Mixed colored cromolithograph.  The artwork is  after the watercolor realized by the artist during a trip to Egypt between 1...

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Modern 1880s Art

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Lithograph

Tempera on cardboard of Pre-Raphaelite scope, c. 1880.
Tempera on cardboard of Pre-Raphaelite scope, c. 1880.

Tempera on cardboard of Pre-Raphaelite scope, c. 1880.

Located in Vicenza, VI

Pre-Raphaelite author's painting, probably English, dated 1880 and unsigned. The work depicts a gender scene set in a wooded landscape, with three female figures and two children ar...

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Pre-Raphaelite 1880s Art

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Tempera, Cardboard

"A Burro Train, New Mexico" original etching

"A Burro Train, New Mexico" original etching

By Peter Moran

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: White 1. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1880 for The American Art Review. The plate measures 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches; the sh...

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1880s Art

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Etching

The Farm to the Donkey
The Farm to the Donkey

The Farm to the Donkey

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

GARAT Francis (1870 - NC) The Farm of The Donkey Oil on canvas signed and dated 1883 low right Frame guilded Size canvas : 50 X 76 cm - Size frame : 60 X 76 cm GARAT Francis (1870 -...

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Academic 1880s Art

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Oil

River Landscape Oil Painting on Panel, French, Romantic School
River Landscape Oil Painting on Panel, French, Romantic School

River Landscape Oil Painting on Panel, French, Romantic School

Located in Valladolid, ES

Amazing oil painting on panel, “River Landscape,” of French origin and created in the late 19th century. This small work depicts a river landscape. In the foreground, the rocky bank...

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Romantic 1880s Art

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Wood

Victorian 19th century Highland landscape with pony and gun dogs with the gillie
Victorian 19th century Highland landscape with pony and gun dogs with the gillie

Victorian 19th century Highland landscape with pony and gun dogs with the gillie

Located in Woodbury, CT

Owning a 19th century Victorian Highland landscape with pony and gun dogs with a gillie circa 1880, offers a unique opportunity to own a piece of art that encapsulates the pastoral beauty and tranquil charm of the Victorian era. Duvall's work is celebrated for its meticulous attention to detail, evoking a sense of serenity and timelessness. This painting not only serves as a stunning decorative piece but also represents a valuable object, given the historical significance and enduring appeal of Victorian art. Owning such a painting allows you to connect with the rich cultural heritage of the period, while enhancing your collection with a work that exudes both artistic merit and nostalgic elegance. John Duvall...

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Victorian 1880s Art

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Canvas, Oil

Ancient View of Valparaiso Chile - Original Vintage Photos - 1880s
Ancient View of Valparaiso Chile - Original Vintage Photos - 1880s

Ancient View of Valparaiso Chile - Original Vintage Photos - 1880s

Located in Roma, IT

Ancient Views of Vaparaiso, Chile, is a set of three albumen prints realized in 1880s. Prints in very good condition, applied on a single cardboard. Caption in Italian ink hand-wri...

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1880s Art

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Paper, Photographic Paper