18th Century Art

Thomas Beach

18th Century Portrait Paintings

Oil

Portrait of a Girl in a White Dress with Finch and Music Box from an artist in the circle of Thomas Beach. A particularly fine, large and highly decorative late eighteenth century p...

Robert Surtees The Elder

Late 18th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Oil

A Fine 18thc Large Scale Oil Painting on canvas depicting a group of bearded Bandits drinking ale and smoking their clay pipes in their encampment in Dalby Forest near Mainsforth Hal...

Unknown

Early 18th Century Academic Landscape Prints

signed print of a clipper ship mid century

Homann Heirs

1730s Landscape Prints

Engraving

Engraved plan on three sheets, WITH FINE ORIGINAL HAND-COLOUR, small area of restoration at lower left corner. A handsome plan of London, extending from Grosvenor Square in the west...

Salvador Dalí

1790s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Etching

Etching, “El arcabuz produce monstrous”, Goya". Signed in pencil on the lower margin and signed in the plate with "Goya" printed below the image. Numbered 148/200 in pencil . On BFT ...

Basilius Besler

1710s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Copper, Engraving

Magnificent plates from "Hortus Eystettensis", one of the earliest and most famous works in the field. The Hortus Eystettensis is a pictorial record of the flowers grown in the great...

Joseph Friedrich Leopold

1710s Baroque Figurative Prints

Etching

The complete set, a spectacular example heightened with gold. Joseph Friedrich Leopold (1668-1726) was a publisher, engraver, printseller and bookseller in Augsburg, taking over the...

Antonio Visentini

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Engraving

The most widely known and the best of the many engravings after Canalatto's views of Venice. They were originally commissioned by Consul Smith and based on paintings by Canaletto. Th...

Antonio Visentini

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Engraving

Area S. Josephi, cum Templo S. Nicolai ad Castrum (Plate no II). This scene shows a relatively quiet backwater of Venice, in the eastern district of Castello. The central focal poin...

Unknown

18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Circle of Henry Thomas Alken (British, 1785 – 1851) Tally ho Oil on canvas 10.1/8 x 14.1/8 in. (25.7 x 36 cm.) This rustic scene of a huntsman waving to his friends to show them th...

Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun (circle)

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Oil

A fine French Old Master oil on canvas which dates to circa 1770 and is attributed to the circle of Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun. A beautiful 18th century portrait in a fine gilded oval f...

Dean Wolstenholme the Elder

1780s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Oil

Peak Moment of Drama is captured. Work has great physical presence in person and presents very well as a signature piece. canvas: 36"w x 50.75"w overall (with frame): 42"h x 56.5...

Claude Joseph Vernet and studio

1740s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Couple sur une colline rocheuse au-dessous d'une rivière - Couple on a Rocky Hill Couple sur une colline rocheuse au-dessous d'une rivière (Couple on a Rocky Hillside above a River)...

Antonio Visentini

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Engraving

Platea S. Mariae Formosae, ejusque Templum (Plate no VIII). "Self-styled as painter, architect, and engraver, Visentini enjoyed a long career in Venice where he was connected to th...

Antonio Visentini

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Engraving

Area P.P. Societatis Jesu cum eorum Templo (Plate no IX). "Self-styled as painter, architect, and engraver, Visentini enjoyed a long career in Venice where he was connected to the ...

Antonio Visentini

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Engraving

Platea S. Stephani ad Meridiem (plate no VII). Campo Santo Stefano, here depicted at midday, is in the principal sestiere of San Marco, one of the six divisions of Venice, near the ...

Anton Schranz

Late 18th Century Landscape Paintings

Oil

ANTON SCHRANZ VIEW OF PORT MAHON, MINORCA oil on canvas 16¼ x 24½ in. (41.2 x 62.3 cm) Anton Schranz specialised in painting landscapes and seascapes in the Mediterranean. He lived ...

Antonio Visentini

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Engraving

Area S. Rocchi cum ejusdem Templo et Schola (plate no V). The Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and the obliquely viewed church of San Rocco, were both founded in response to the plague, ...

Antonio Visentini

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Engraving

Engraving after Canaletto, 405 x 555 mm. The piazza San Paolo, or more familiarly San Polo, is the second largest in Venice after the piazza San Marco. Originally open grazing land...

Francis Swaine

18th Century Landscape Paintings

Oil

Maritime painting by Francis Swaine A FRIGATE AND A ROYAL YACHT AT SEA signed 'F Swaine' (lower left) oil on canvas 9 x 13 in. (22.9 x 33 cm)

Thomas Whitcombe

Late 18th Century Landscape Paintings

Oil

A classic Maritime painting by Thomas Whitcombe, of a large two-decker ship off the coast with small sailing boats and sailors on the shore. A TWO-DECKER OFF THE COAST signed with in...

Thomas Whitcombe

Late 18th Century Landscape Paintings

Oil

THOMAS WHITCOMBE A MERCHANTMAN IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL oil on canvas 21 x 29½ in. (53.3 x 75 cm)

Christoph Trew

1750s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Engraving

Fine images from Trew's 'Plantae Selectae', one of the greatest of all eighteenth-century botanical books, drawn by the greatest of eighteenth-century botanical artists, George Dion...

Christoph Trew

1750s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Engraving

Fine images from Trew's 'Plantae Selectae', one of the greatest of all eighteenth-century botanical books, drawn by the greatest of eighteenth-century botanical artists, George Dion...

Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

1730s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Engraving, Mezzotint

An attractive collection of fine plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Weinmann (1683-1741) was a Regensburg apothecary who organized the publication of Phy...

Pierre Joseph Buchoz

1780s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Engraving

Collection coloriée des plus belles variétés de Tulipes qu'on cultive dans les Jardins des Fleuristes. 6 engraved hand-colored plates of tulips, 33 x 20.5 cm (13 x 8 in), in matchin...

Unknown

18th Century Landscape Paintings

Oil

Landscape with ruins and figures, oil on board. High quality figures and perspective depth through light. 18th century. Presented in late 17th century Roman frame.

Pierre-antoine Demachy

Mid-18th Century Baroque Paintings

Oil

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (Paris 1723 - 1807) Architectural capriccio oil painting on canvas 92 x 70 cm Criticism and expertise of Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri (Rome [...] With regard to ...

Unknown

1750s Old Masters Animal Paintings

Canvas, Oil

18th century old master school painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1750. Unsigned. Displayed in a giltwood frame. Image size, 26"L x 18"H, overall 31"L x 23"H.

Unknown

1750s Old Masters Animal Paintings

Canvas, Oil

18th century old master school painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1750. Unsigned. Displayed in a giltwood frame. Image size, 18"L x 20"H, overall 26"L x 28"H.

Victor Jean Nicolle

1780s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Brown ink and watercolor by the well known French artist, Victor Jean Nicolle. Circa 1787-1789 when Nicolle was in Italy. Signed lower left. No apparent foxing; very slight toning ...

Nathaniel Dance

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Oil

Pictures of Innocence A pair of fine and highly decorative portraits of children from the Georgian period, from an artist in the circle of Nathaniel Dance (1735 - 1811) They are pre...

Unknown

18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Oil

18th century Italian school, birds, ducks and ornamental fowl in a classical Italian landscape with fountains. Oil on canvas in an 18th century giltwood frame. Provenance: Private ...

Leonardo Da Vinci (After)

Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Oil

ABOUT THE ORIGINAL MONA LISA The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda or La Joconde) is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the ...

French 1700's

Early 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

"Pierre De Darnal, Lawyer of Parliament" French School circa 1700 oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 99 x 83 cm (39 x 32.75 inches) framed. provenance: private collection, Versa...

French 1700's

Early 18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

"Portrait of Founder of Girls Charity Hospital" French School circa 1700 oil painting on canvas, framed provenance: private collection, Versailles, France framed: 81 x 61 cm (32 x 2...

William Hogarth

Mid-18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Paper, Watercolor

William Hogarth (1697-1764) was a major English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, and editorial cartoonist who was credited as a pioneer in western sequential art. His work ra...

Unknown

Early 18th Century Modern Animal Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Hand signed on the lower left. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a l...

Francesco Lavagna (attr.)

18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Still life with flowers. Attributed to Francesco Lavagna (Naples 1684-1724). Dimensions of Frame : 95 x 120 x 6 cm This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, an...

Attributed to Adolf Friedrich Harper

18th Century Romantic Landscape Paintings

Oil

The Waterfall at Terni, Italy Attributed to Adolf Friedrich Harper (German 1725 - 1806) oil painting on canvas, framed provenance: private collection, England since 1986, previously ...

Venetian School early 18th century

Early 18th Century Renaissance Landscape Paintings

Oil

Arcadian Landscape with Figures Venetian School, circa 1740 oil painting on canvas, framed framed measurements: 29 x 35 inches provenance: private collection, Gloucestershire, UK Ve...

European Antique

Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Oil

The European Aristocrat European School, 18th century Oil painting on canvas, framed Framed size: 35 x 30 inches Fine quality period portrait dating from the 18th century. The work ...

Atelier Dagher after Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)

18th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

"The Dead Bird" After Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) oil painting on canvas, late 20th century from the studio of Dagher, Paris (read notes below), stamped verso canvas: 60 x 50 ...

Unknown

1740s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Oil

18th Century Portrait of William Ockenden in an Orange Robe. Fine, sensitively rendered early/mid 18th century portrait of William Ockenden, of Temple Mills Berkshire, half length w...

Enoch Seeman

Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Oil

18th Century English Portrait of Leonard Smelt by Enoch Seeman. Particularly fine and decorative 18th century portrait of Leonard Smelt by Enoch Seeman. He stands three quarter leng...

Thomas Bardwell

Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Oil

17th Century English Portrait of a Lady with Pearl and Flower Garland attributed to Thomas Bardwell. A fine portrait of a young lady wearing elaborate dress and draped with a pearl ...

Unknown

1770s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Watercolor, Pencil

Portrait of a girl in winter clothes with a muff and an elaborate ostrich feather bonnet, in the style of the late 18th century English School. The artist of this charming, delicate ...

Unknown

Early 1700s Rococo Figurative Paintings

Oil

Follower of Jean-Antoine Watteau oil on canvas entitled Fête Champêtre dans un Parc depicting an idyllic outdoor party of French socialites. Given to "Antoine Watteau" to the namepla...

Andrea Urbani

Late 18th Century Rococo Landscape Paintings

Tempera

Andrea Urbani (Venice 1711 - Padua 1798) - "Conversation in a rural landscape". 52 x 82.5 cm without frame, 62.5 x 92 cm with frame. Tempera on canvas under glass, in carved and gi...

Andrea Urbani

Late 18th Century Rococo Landscape Paintings

Tempera

Andrea Urbani (Venice 1711 - Padua 1798) - "Peasants resting in a landscape". 52 x 82.5 cm without frame, 62.5 x 92 cm with frame. Tempera on canvas under glass, in carved and gild...

Bernard Picart

1730s Old Masters Figurative Prints

Paper, Engraving

Little later hard cover on half brown calf with angles, 6 nerves spine with title and number of volume engraved in gilt. Frontispiece in red and black, engraving vignettes on titles...

Unknown

18th Century Portrait Paintings

Oil

Oil on canvas. The girl from a Lomdard family is depicted with evident care to her serious and calm expression. She is depicted in a domestic setting, where the red armchair against ...

Atelier Dagher after Jean Auguste Dominique INGRES (1780-1867)

Early 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

"Mademoiselle Rivière" After Jean Auguste Dominique INGRES (1780-1867) oil painting on canvas, late 20th century from the studio of Dagher, Paris (read notes below), stamped verso c...

Atelier Dagher after Hubert DROUAIS (1699-1767)

18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

"Marquis of Sourches and his family at the Country Concert" After Hubert DROUAIS (1699-1767) oil painting on canvas, late 20th century from the studio of Dagher, Paris (read notes be...

Atelier Dagher after François Boucher (1703-1770)

18th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

"The Young Lady" After François BOUCHER (1703-1770) oil painting on canvas, late 20th century from the studio of Dagher, Paris (read notes below), stamped verso canvas: 81 x 65 cm ...

Unknown

1730s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Oil

A romantic 18th century oil painting on canvas depicting two young couples in an idyllic landscape, the figures sitting by a stream beside a garden folly, their pets with them. The t...

Unknown

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Oil

An 18th century portrait of an important Parisian bureaucrat and aristocrat named Antoine Brulley de Saint-Seine who was born in 1719. He died in Paris and according to a typed biog...

Domenico Gabbiani (attr.)

18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Martyrdom of Saint Caecilian is a valuable original drawing (black chalk, pen and China ink, brush and wash on laid paper, backed) by a member of the Tuscan School of the XVIII centu...