19th Century Art

Cattle by Stream English artist, late 19th century inscribed on label verso oil on board, framed framed: 14 x 17 inches board: 9.5 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, England...

A large & important Orientalist oil on canvas painting, Moorish Spain, by Pollok Sinclair Nesbit (1848-1922) ASRA, "The Gate of the Sun" Toledo, 1872. A member of The Royal Scottish ...

This James Webb English marine painting, circa 1870, is a masterpiece of atmospheric charm and technical precision that would appeal profoundly to an interior designer or fine art co...

Jacques Alfred Brielman (1836-1892) French. A Landscape with Cattle and a Dog in a Rural Lane, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Unframed 15" x 23" (38 x 58.5cm) condition: overall very good,...

This stunning arched top Victorian figurative oil painting is by noted Belgian artist Charles Soubre. It was painted in 1853 and is signed and date lower right. The composition is a ...

This serene landscape painting captures a tranquil countryside scene, with a village church in the distance. Circle of John Noble Barlow (1861-1917). British school. Unsigned. Prese...

Artist: Frederick Goodall (English, 1822-1904) Title: "Susannah (Without the Elders)" *Monogram signed and dated by Goodall lower left Year: 1885 Med...

Anna Richards Brewster (American, 1870-1952) Title: Visiting the Place of Pilgrimage Medium: oil on canvas Size: 17 x 25 inches / 26 x 34 inches framed Markings: Signed lower left ...

Pristine condition.

This is an original 19th century hand-colored folio-size McKenney and Hall engraving of a Native American entitled "To-Ka-Con, A Sioux Chief", drawn ...

Sunshine in the Scottish Highlands British School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 26.5 x 36.5 inches canvas: 24.5 x 35.5 inches provenance: private collection, UK conditi...

Conditions : Very good original Conditions including a beautiful frame. Framed under glass, this rare composition for sale is an exceptionnel piece for Art collectors. Signed and d...

Hans CHRISTIANSEN (1866 - 1945) Woman in the Poppies, 1898 Original lithograph (Champenois workshop) Printed signature in the plate On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in) INFORMATIO...

Plate 57 from "Documents Decoratifs", published by Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, 1902. Literature: Rennert/Weill, A.7 p. 389, Lendl p.132-33 no.105, Grand Palais no 28...

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...

Stilla sommarkväll (1851) by Adolf Julius Berg captures a tranquil summer evening by the water, suffused with the golden glow of sunset. In the foreground, two small boats drift on glassy, reflective waters – in one, a man stands with a fishing rod in hand, patiently angling as the day fades. A gentle breeze appears to carry a few diminutive sailboats across the distant bay, their sails illuminated by the last warm light. On the shoreline stands an old windmill, its silhouette etched against the radiant twilight sky. The overall composition exudes calm and harmony, evoking the profound stillness of a Nordic summer nightfall. The alla prima handling of light and color – from the lambent rose-tinted clouds to the lustrous reflections in the water – showcases Berg’s skill in rendering atmosphere and nuanced illumination. In its poetic serenity, Still Summer Evening stands as a superb example of Berg’s romantic landscape artistry, inviting the viewer into a moment of idyllic peace. In both subject and style, this painting is emblematic of Adolf J. Berg’s oeuvre. The coastal setting with a windmill and tranquil waters suggests a locale in southern Sweden – likely inspired by the archipelagic shores of Berg’s native Blekinge or a similar Swedish seaside landscape. Berg often painted scenes from Blekinge and other picturesque Swedish locales, and he favored twilight or moonlit atmospheres that imbue the scenery with a mellow, contemplative light. The warm, low-angled sunlight in Stilla sommarkväll, reflecting off calm water and silhouetting rustic structures, is typical of his fascination with dawn and dusk effects. In the harmonious balance of land, water, and sky, one can sense the influence of Berg’s early mentor, the venerable Romantic landscapist Carl Johan Fahlcrantz, whose tradition of lyrical, sunset-lit vistas is carried on here. Every element – from the fishermen quietly tending their evening catch to the distant sails gliding home – contributes to the painting’s atmosphere of gentle reverie, evoking the timeless charm of a Swedish summer night. Adolf Julius Berg (1820–1876) was a Swedish landscape painter celebrated for his atmospheric portrayals of the Nordic countryside. Born in the coastal city of Karlskrona, Berg developed an early affinity for marine and riverside scenes. His artistic approach was shaped initially by the poetic realism of Carl Johan Fahlcrantz, and later by the dramatic naturalism of Marcus Larson...

19th Century Scottish Landscape Scottish School - Ben Lomond overlooking Loch Lomond oil on canvas, framed signed with initials and dated 1867 inscribed ve...

A splendid 19th-century painting, imbued with that Barbizon golden glow, of the sun setting beyond a cabin on a pond, If you look closely at the close-up, you can see a fisherman fis...

Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Rembrandt Appuye (B21). Year: 1878 (of original 1639), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 8 x 6.5 in. (20.32 x 16.51 cm),...

This James Webb English marine painting, circa 1870, is a masterpiece of atmospheric charm and technical precision that would appeal profoundly to an interior designer or fine art co...

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...

Nicely painted 1880s European impressionist beach scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Very finely painted and impressive in person. Excellent ready to hang condit...

John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...

Woodland Landscape French School, signed and dated 1855 indistinctly signed by artist Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas: 10.5 x 16 inches Condition: The painting is in very go...

After the painting by John Lomax,who was an English genre painter The scene is great fun, as we can see different groups all enjoying the Classic English Pub interior...

Jean Joseph Bonaventure LAURENS (Attributed to) Carpentras, 1801 – Montpellier, 1890 View of Grenoble from the heights Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard 35.5 x 42.5 cm (46.5 x 54.5 ...

"Illustrations of the Book of Job" Engraving "The Fire of God is Fallen From Heaven...And the Lord said unto Satan Behold All that he hath is in thy Power" Engraving, third printing...

A charming oil portrait depicting a little girl clutching a toy rooster in one arm and a long foraged branch in the other. Looking slightly dishevelled, the artist captures the child...

Antique Silvered Bronze Rooster France, circa 1900 10 1/4 x 9 1/2 (H x D) inches A very fine and lively bronze statuette of a preening Rooster. Nicely cast and well-carved and in ex...

Portrait of a Young Lady wearing pink and a Turban headpiece by Henri-Charles Daudin (1864-1917, French) signed oil on wood panel, unframed board: 14 x 10.5 inches provenance: privat...

Set of 4 Antique French Black & White Engravings Ancient Greek views and monument landmarks including the Pantheon, Athens. each paper : 9 x 12 inches...

Fue miembro del grupo pictórico de Sitges. En 1888 formó parte del jurado de la Exposición Universal de Barcelona. Comenzó su formación en la Escuela de Bellas Artes de Barcelona, do...

Late 19th Century French Barbizon School oil on wood panel of poplar trees in a landscape by Richard. The painting is signed bottom left. The painting is on a quality chamfered panel. A very charming, almost impressionist, rendition of a line of iconic French trees in a landscape. Before them an earth drive has been ploughed up by the wheels of passing carts and horses. Richard has created a wonderful perspective that draws us in to the painting and he has created a contrast between the strong greens of the trees and fields against the whites and blues of the sky. The painting is reminiscent of the works of Monet from the 1890s. to whom the poplar trees were a continuing inspiration. The Barbizon school of painters was part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870. It takes its name from the village of Barbizon, France, on the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau, where many of the artists gathered. Most of their works were landscape paintings, but several of them also painted landscapes with farmworkers, and genre scenes of village life. Some of the most prominent features of this school are its tonal qualities, colour, loose brushwork, and softness of form. The leaders of the Barbizon school were: Théodore Rousseau, Charles-François Daubigny, Jules Dupré, Constant Troyon, Charles Jacque, and Narcisse Virgilio Díaz. Jean-François Millet lived in Barbizon from 1849, but his interest in figures with a landscape backdrop sets him rather apart from the others. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was the earliest on the scene, first painting in the forest in 1829, but his work has a poetic and literary quality which sets him somewhat apart. Other artists associated with the school, often pupils of the main group, include: Henri Harpignies, Albert Charpin, François-Louis Français and Émile van Marcke. In 1824 the Salon de Paris exhibited works of John Constable, an English painter. His rural scenes influenced some of the younger artists of the time, moving them to abandon formalism and to draw inspiration directly from nature. Natural scenes became the subjects of their paintings rather than mere backdrops to dramatic events. During the Revolutions of 1848 artists gathered at Barbizon to follow Constable's ideas, making nature the subject of their paintings. The French landscape became a major theme of the Barbizon painters. Millet extended the idea from landscape to figures — peasant figures, scenes of peasant life, and work in the fields. In The Gleaners (1857), for example, Millet portrays three peasant women working at the harvest. Gleaners are poor people who are permitted to gather the remains after the owners of the field complete the main harvest. The owners (portrayed as wealthy) and their laborers are seen in the back of the painting. Millet shifted the focus and the subject matter from the rich and prominent to those at the bottom of the social ladders. To emphasize their anonymity and marginalized position, he hid their faces. The women's bowed bodies represent their everyday hard work. In the spring of 1829, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot came to Barbizon to paint in the Forest of Fontainebleau, he had first painted in the forest at Chailly in 1822. He returned to Barbizon in the autumn of 1830 and in the summer of 1831, where he made drawings and oil studies, from which he made a painting intended for the Salon of 1830; "View of the Forest of Fontainebleau'" (now in the National Gallery in Washington) and, for the salon of 1831, another "View of the Forest of Fontainebleau"'. While there he met the members of the Barbizon school: Théodore Rousseau, Paul Huet, Constant Troyon, Jean-François Millet, and the young Charles-François Daubigny. During the late 1860s, the Barbizon painters attracted the attention of a younger generation of French artists studying in Paris. Several of those artists visited Fontainebleau Forest to paint the landscape, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and Frédéric Bazille. In the 1870s those artists, among others, developed the art movement called Impressionism and practiced 'plein air' painting. In contrast, the main members of the school made drawings and sketches on the spot, but painted back in their studios. The Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh studied and copied several of the Barbizon painters as well, including 21 copies of paintings by Millet. He copied Millet more than any other artist. He also did three paintings in Daubigny's Garden. The Barbizon painters also had a profound impact on landscape painting in the United States. This included the development of the American Barbizon school by William Morris Hunt. Several artists who were also in, or contemporary to, the Hudson River School studied Barbizon paintings for their loose brushwork and emotional impact. A notable example is George Inness, who sought to emulate the works of Rousseau. Paintings from the Barbizon school also influenced landscape painting in California. The artist Percy Gray...

A finely executed mid-19th century portrait depicting a dapper young lad dressed in his best attire. The artist has skilfully captured the boy’s proud, contemplative expression as he...

Etching printed in brownish black on light tan Chine collé, 1861. Image measures 6 x 5 inches, displayed in a 15.5 x 12.5 inch frame. Etched signature and date lower left. A very goo...

European painter (late 19th century) - Landscape with grazing cows. 101 x 76 cm. Old oil painting on canvas, without frame. - Work signed lower right. Condition report: Lined can...

Still Life of Fruit French School, mid 19th century indistinctly signed lower right corner oil on canvas laid on board, framed framed: 27 x 35 inches board: 25 x 33 inches provenance...

Signed and dated oil on canvas landscape by French impressionist painter Victor Alfred Paul Vignon. The piece depicts a view of scenery in Oise, a department in the north of France, ...

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Camille DOLARD Lons-Le-Saunier, 1810 – Lyon, 1884 Oil on panel 24 cm x 33 cm (34 x 43 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left “Camille Dolard / 1860” Very beautiful period frame i...

Portrait of a Noble Lady English School, circa 1820's-1930's period oil on canvas, unframed painting: 35 x 28 inches provenance: private collection, London condition: some old restor...

Conditions : Minor retouching on the upper part, original canvas with frame. Currently Under Restoration by Museum specialist for Alfred Smith paintings....

Still Life of Fruit by Frederick J Stanier (1830-c.1912) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 8.25 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: a few minor scuffs and m...

Tranquil River Landscape French Impressionist School, antique signed with monogram lower corner oil on canvas, framed in antique Gil frame framed: 16.5 x 19 inches canvas : 11.5 x 14...

Antique French print of an archway with a seascape in the background by Emilie Richard Haumont (early 20th cent). Beautifully rendered piece of an idyll...

"One of Two Colossal Statues of Rameses II. Entrance to the Temple at Luxor" is a framed 19th century hand-colored lithograph by David Roberts from volume I of his monumental 6 volum...

Antique English landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and...

'Sunset' Continental School, late 19th Century signed lower left corner oil painting on wood panel, unframed painting: 21.5cm x 29.5 cm Painted with fascinating details which one c...

La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo El estado de conservación es aceptable, pero en la zona de la cara, presenta algunos desgastes (ver fotografías adjuntas) Se presenta sin...

This evocative late 19th-century portrait captures a high-standing lady in period dress. The composition employs dramatic chiaroscuro lighting against a dark background, drawing atte...

Medium: original etching. This impression on laid paper was published by the American Art Review in 1880. The etched image measures 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; the plate measures 6 3/4 x 4...

Ink and sepia wash on light wove paper, 5 1/8 x 4 inches (128 x 100 mm), signed in brown ink and dated in black ink below the image. Scattered light foxing and uniform toning. Adhered to nonarchival white cardstock, creating minor cockling, and obscuring the verso. Alberto Prosdocimi (1852-1925) was an Italian watercolorist and celebrated mansucript illuminator known for his atmospheric cityscapes and interior views of Venice. His canal scences are simple yet masterful, filled with languid motion...

1890. Etching. Hardie 245. 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 (sheet 8 1/4 x 10 1/8). Two hinge stains in the top sheet edges; otherwise excellent condition. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George's Dock was located on the River Mersey, England, within the Port of Liverpool. It was connected to Canning Dock to the south and George's Basin to the north. The dock, which opened in 1771, was designed and built by Henry Berry and expanded by John Foster, Sr. In 1899 the dock and the adjoining George's Basin were filled in to create what is now the Pier Head...

OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER ARTHUR MEADOWS (1843 - 1907) FINE 19th CENTURY BRITISH Original Antique Large late 19th/early 20th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Romantic Sea Scene...

John Emms (1841-1912) "Bob", a collie in a landscape Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1904 lower right Inscribed 'Bob' lower centre Canvas Size - 20 x 24 in Framed Size - 24 x 28 in Provenance The Collection of Charlie Watts. Charlie Watts, the legendary drummer of The Rolling Stones, was renowned not only for his musical prowess but also for his profound affection for animals, particularly Collies. He and his wife, Shirley, resided at Halsdon Manor in Devon, where they managed a stud farm for Arabian horses. Their estate was also home to numerous dogs, reflecting their deep commitment to animal welfare. John Emms was a British artist best known for his dynamic and characterful paintings of dogs, especially working breeds like foxhounds, terriers, and collies. Born in Blofield, Norfolk, in 1843, Emms developed a deep connection to the countryside and rural life, which became the heart of his artistic inspiration. While he painted horses and hunting scenes, it was his dog portraits that brought him enduring recognition. Emms had a remarkable ability to capture the individuality and spirit of each animal, portraying them not just as pets or working animals, but as noble and expressive beings. His brushwork was confident and lively, and he often painted dogs with a sense of pride, intelligence, and dignity. Among the many breeds he painted, collies held a special place. Emms portrayed them with great sensitivity, often emphasizing their alert expressions, soft coats, and loyal nature. His collie paintings...

Mary Blood Mellen (American Female Artist, 1819-1882) A Large and Exceptional Two-Tiered Fruit Still Life Oil on Canvas Painting, circa 1850 Signed lower right: Mellen Inscribed possibly by the artist's hand on the stretcher bar: To be sent to Sowle & Ward's for Miss C. A. Rice This sumptuous two-tier display of fruit and elegant glassware is the largest and most ambitious still-life painting known to have been produced by Mary Blood Mellen (1819-1882), an American Female artist best known for her luminous marines strongly indebted to the style of Fitz Henry Lane. Indeed, still lifes from her hand are extremely rare. The present work is very close to the style of still life popularized by the Prussian-American artist Severin Roesen (1805-1882) who specialized in the genre during the middle decades of the nineteenth century and is signed as Roesen sometimes signed his own efforts, at lower right, as a curly trompe-l'oeil grape tendril, which reads in this case "Mellen." Until quite recently, Mary Blood Mellen was described in histories of American art exclusively as a copyist, notably of Lane. But as more research into her life and work has been undertaken, that picture of her achievement has been substantially revised and refined. Mellen was, in fact, Lane's pupil, and a copyist of his work. But owing to the skill she developed working with him in his Gloucester studio, Mellen evolved into an artist in her own right, working alongside him as a sometimes collaborator on the same pictures-their work often being so similar that it is frequently difficult to tell it apart. Mellen and Lane also formed a fast friendship. She also painted ravishing moonlit marine compositions of her own invention, as well as nostalgic New England landscapes in her own style. At a 2007 scholarly conference held at Spanierman Galleries in New York in conjunction with the exhibition, "Fitz Henry Lane and Mary Blood Mellen: Old Mysteries and New Discoveries" held at the Cape Ann Historical Museum, there was a small footnote to the effect that Mellen was also known to have copied works by other artists, including Alfred Bricher and Severin Roesen (See Report on Scholars' Gathering in Association with the Exhibition "Fitz Henry Lane & Mary Blood Mellen: Old Mysteries and New Discoveries," 2007, p. 5.) How she encountered works by those figures, particularly Roesen who was active primarily in New York City and eastern and central Pennsylvania, remains speculative. Certainly, copying other artists' work was an aspect of nearly every artist's training at the time Mellen was active as a painter. Mellen was born in Vermont in 1819 to parents who were originally from Massachusetts. She was educated at the Quaker's Fryville Seminary in Bolton, Massachusetts, where she would have learned artistic crafts including theorem painting...

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Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.

Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century. The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wardle'. Title: Falling Tree...

This idyllic late 19th-century oil painting by English artist Edward William Cooke RA (1811-1880) depicts a west-country cove with two cottages, donkeys, figures, and fishing boats. Cooke was a highly renowned painter of marine scenes and landscapes who exhibited extensively at London’s Royal Academy. From our elevated vantage point, the view extends between two quaint cottages and across the beach before sweeping around the sandy coastline. Crystalline waters lap the shore, where moored craft rest. It’s an accomplished rendering of a challenging composition. It’s enhanced by trees, which essentially ‘frame’ the right side, while a wooded track provides interest on the left. Cooke was a keen admirer of the Dutch old masters, and the spirit of the Golden Age underpins this splendid work. In diaries, he recorded how he travelled by donkey to access elevated spots in the southwest, so it’s conceivable that he did so here. In his catalogue raisonné, it lists a work from the same year titled ‘Bay with Donkeys’. Born in Pentonville, London, Cooke was raised in the company of accomplished artists as both his father, George Cooke (1781-1834), and his uncle, William Bernard Cooke (1778-1855), were engravers. As such, they were associated with a circle of Victorian painters who aided Cooke’s early development. These included the highly regarded marine painter Clarkson Frederick Stanfield RA RBA (1793-1867), who provided frequent advice and inspiration. Indeed, as a teenager, Cooke produced numerous drawings after Stanfield’s works. A precocious talent, by the age of nine, he was already displaying an advanced understanding of engraving, particularly for ships, coupled with a natural, seemingly in-built skill as a draughtsman. Many of his early drawings depict pastoral landscapes after the masters, such as Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683), Paulus Potter (1625-1654), and Karel Dujardin (1626-1678). In an extraordinary turn of events, in 1820, his advanced abilities led to his first commission when he provided botanical illustrations for John Loudon's 'Encyclopaedia of Plants’. These were followed by drawings published in the 'Botanical Cabinet...