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Period: 19th Century
Paul-Desire TROUILLEBERT , Sartrouville Church, Oil on canvas, 19e C.
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Paul-Desire TROUILLEBERT (1831-1900), France, 2nd part of the 19th C. Saint-Martin-de-Tours church in Sartouville near Paris. With frame: 58.5x51 cm - 25.2x22 inches...
Category

Barbizon School 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fruit by Alphonse Mucha
Located in New Orleans, LA
Alphonse Mucha 1860-1939 Czech Fruit Signed "Mucha" (lower left) Pastel on paper "Art only exists to communicate a spiritual message." —Alphonse Mucha Alphonse Mucha's distincti...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

19th century portrait of a spaniel dog in a landscape, a country house beyond
By Charles Bilger Spalding
Located in Bath, Somerset
A 19th century black and white spaniel standing in a landscape, with a country house in the distance. Signed C B Spalding, lower right. Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame. Charles B...
Category

English School 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Japan – Tokyo, The Yoshiwara Prostitute Houses
Located in Middletown, NY
Original Photograph / Photographer unattributed Yokohama, Japan: c 1890. Hand-tinted albumen print, 8 x 10 1/2 (204 x 266 mm), uncaptioned, some cockling at top corners; pencil ins...
Category

Realist 19th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Paper

19th Century French Portrait of a Lady in Pink Silk Gown Belle Epoque Period
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
19th Century Portrait of a Lady in Pink Silk Gown French School, indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 1893 Canvas: 24 x 19.75 inches Provenance: private collection, Fra...
Category

Impressionist 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Rare, Antique, Life-Size Dog Bronze of a Chihuahua "Lydie" Charles Valton. 1890s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Sculpture Chihuahua "La Petite Belle Lydie" Charles Valton (French, 1851-1918) Circa 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 7 Lydie is a Chihuahua making her a very rare image from ...
Category

Realist 19th Century Art

Materials

Bronze

Dundee, from the Opposite Side of the Tay By W.H. Bartlett - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dundee, from the opposite side of the Tay is a lithograph on paper realized by the artist W.H. Bartlett. Signed on the plate on the lower left. Titled on the lower center. The stat...
Category

Modern 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

L'Effet de la Jalousie, Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Albrecht Durer, After by Amand Durand, German (1471 - 1528) - L'Effet de la Jalousie, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Image Size: 12.5 x 8.5 inches, Size: 13.5 x 9 in. (34.29 x...
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Old Masters 19th Century Art

Materials

Etching

Peniches sur la Seine - Impressionist Landscape Oil - Armand Guillaumin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin. The work depicts barges moored on the b...
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Impressionist 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large 1830's English Oil Painting Tranquil River Landscape with Old Mill
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bucolic Landscape English School, circa 1830 oil on canvas, framed Framed: 23 x 27.5 inches Canvas: 20 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good conditi...
Category

Victorian 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Courtiers under a wisteria draped pine tree
Located in Middletown, NY
Tokyo: Yokoyama Ryohachi, 1892 Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, the full ...
Category

Edo 19th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Woodcut

‘Cats Playing around a Mirror’ by Joseph Bail (1862 – 1921), French Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
Joseph Bail Limonest 1862 – 1921 Paris French Painter ‘Cats Playing around a Mirror’ Signature: signed lower right ‘Bail Joseph’
 Medium: oil on canvas
 Dimensions: image size 45,5...
Category

Romantic 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Park Pond with Fountain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: The Park Fountain Medium: signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over c...
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Impressionist 19th Century Art

Materials

Gouache

Middle Ages, French antique 19th century Racinet art design lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Middle Ages - Moyen-Age - Mittel Alter' Late 19th century interior design chromolithograph, from Racinet’s ‘L’Ornement Polychrome’, 1887. Published in Paris. Albert Racinet's 'L' ...
Category

French School 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original cover for Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater, Symbolist letterpress, 1899
Located in Chicago, IL
“Humankind rests safely in the hand of an androgynous God, dreamlike and powerful; Mucha’s Byzantine tresses are replaced here with hair personifying the wind of the vast cosmos, unf...
Category

Art Nouveau 19th Century Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

J. Bonnevay, Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on canvas signed
Located in Paris, FR
J. Bonnevay (active in France in the late 19th century) Portrait of a Gentleman Signed upper left (the signature is quite difficult to read, but without a doubt Bonnevay's) Oil on c...
Category

Academic 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

The Old Sporting School - Etching by Joseph Banks - 1837
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Sporting School is an artwork, realized by the artist Joseph Banks in 1837. Etching colored. Titled and signed on plate . Beautiful engraving with contemporary colouring. E...
Category

Old Masters 19th Century Art

Materials

Etching

"Shelter Island, Long Island" Julian Onderdonk New York Coastal Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Julian Onderdonk Shelter Island, Long Island, New York, circa 1905 Signed "Chas Turner" lower right Oil on canvas 14 x 19 1/2 inches Julian Onderdonk was...
Category

American Impressionist 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th century antique English fishing boats by the White Cliffs of Dover
By J.H.Watson
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very pretty late 19th-century English marine scene of fishing boats beached after being out to sea and bringing in their catch for the day. This was a subject that was very popul...
Category

Victorian 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Framed Late 19th Century Oil - A Distinguished Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century Continental School portrait depicting a distinguished gentleman dressed in formal attire, set against a dark background. The portrait is beautifully housed in an ...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

'Continental Coastal View', Berlin, Paris, Riga State Museum, Romantic Landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Krause' for Franz Emil Krause (German, 1836-1900) and painted circa 1865. Framed in a finely finished, hand-carved, gilt-wood and gesso frame. Framed Size 42.5 ...
Category

Romantic 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

The Hand Kisser - Oil on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Hand Kisser is an artwork realized by an unknown Painter of Center Italy. Oil on Canvas, Early 19th Century. Copy of an earlier painting, probably...
Category

Modern 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paris - Eglise de L'abbaye de St Denis, French lithograph, 1861
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eglise de L'abbaye de St Denis', tinted lithograph by Felix Benoist (1818-1896). From a series of lithographs depicting the famous buildings of Paris - 'Paris dans sa Splendeur', p...
Category

Naturalistic 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

19th Century oil painting of a farm with horses, pigs, goats, poultry & cattle
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
John Frederick Herring Jnr British, (c1820-1907) Farmyard Friends Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 23.25 inches x 35.25 inches Size including frame: 29.75 inches x 41.75 inches Provenance: Frost & Reed; Stacy Marks, Eastbourne A fantastic rural farmyard scene featuring horses, pigs, goats, chickens, ducks and cattle by John Frederick Herring Jnr. In the foreground, pigs, goats and chickens are shown foraging for food whilst horses watch on. To the right, a bay horse drinks from a pond next to some ducks as cattle graze outside a barn. In the distance two figures can be seen walking along a country path towards a church. John Frederick Herring was born in Doncaster c1820 to the artist John Frederick Herring (1795-1865) and his wife Anna Catharina (nee Harris) and was baptised on 2 May, 1821. There is some confusion about the date of his birth due to an earlier birth record existing for 21 June, 1815. To complicate matters further, all of the census records indicate he was born in 1816. Some sources suggest this was an earlier child who died and that Herring was the child born in 1820. Herring’s brothers Charles Herring (1828-1856) and Benjamin Herring (1830-1871) also became artists. He and his brothers were exposed to art at an early age and were all tutored by their father whose subject matter influenced their work. The family moved to Newmarket during the early 1830’s and Herring would visit the racecourse to study the horses. The brothers would often collaborate with their father on paintings, however, Herring Jnr soon developed his own style and began painting farmyard and rustic scenes featuring horses and other farm animals. His emerging success caused some discord with his father, who from around 1836 began adding ‘SR’ or ‘Senr’ to his signature to avoid confusion between the two artists. Herring did not join his father when he later moved to London but at some point moved to Cambridgeshire where he met and married Emma Jane Dawson on 29 August, 1836. Together, they lived at Great Wilbraham with their 5 children. By 1861, he had moved to nearby Fulbourn and continuing his successful career made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1863. He began exhibiting at the British Institution from 1864 and also exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists at Suffolk Street. After the death of his first wife, Herring married the artist Catherine Augusta Rolfe on 5 December 1865 at St Pauls Church, Hammersmith in London. Catherine (or Kate) was the sister of the artists Alexander Frederick Rolfe (1814-1875) and Henry Leonides Rolfe (1823-1881) and the daughter of William E Rolfe, a friend of his father. They lived at Wilbraham Road in Fulbourn, later moving to The Poplars in Fulbourn where Herring spent the rest of his life. He died at Fulbourn on 6 March 1907. Examples of his work are held by a number of museums and public collections including the Bradford Museum, Hawarth Art Gallery, Government Art Collection, Grundy Art Gallery, the Tate, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC and the Watford Museum & Witt Library. Presentation: The painting is housed in a new, English made gilt frame which is in excellent condition. Condition: As with all of our original antique oil paintings, this work is offered in ready to hang gallery condition, having been professionally cleaned, restored and revarnished. © Benton Fine Art
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19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th C. Barnyard Interior Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming 19th C. barnyard interior scene with your typical barn animals including horses, a goat, and a few hens. Signed lower right with monogram and dat...
Category

English School 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Courtier Presenting Himself to Elegant French Ladies in Rococo Parkland, 1800's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Courtier Presenting Himself Before Elegant Ladies in Parkland French artist, circa 1800 period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 19 inches provenance: private collection, France c...
Category

Rococo 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Fighting Temeraire: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After J. M. W. Turner
By J.M.W. Turner
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful 19th century framed engraving "The Fighting Temeraire" by James Tibbetts Willmore is based on an original painting by the renowned British artist J.M.W. Turner. It was published by James S. Virtue & Co. in London between 1859-1875. It depicts the once mighty British warship the HMS Temeraire being towed away down the river Thames by a much smaller steamboat to a ship-breaking yard to be broken up for scrap. The Temeraire was first launched in 1798 and represented the pinnacle of British ship-building. 180-feet long, constructed of English oak and armed with 98 guns, she was one of the largest warships of the period. The Temeraire became a symbol of British pride and military power that endured throughout the 19th century. The man-of-war served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was among the last serving ships to have been at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It became one of the many older ships put out of service in the 1830s and 1840s. The once mighty and feared ship symbolizes a once magnificent, but now obsolete, technology. Turner seems to lament her inglorious final journey, being towed by a less magnificent, but modern steam powered tugboat. The Turner painting was created in 1838 and is now held in the National Gallery in London. Willmore's engraving, created in 1859, captures the dramatic scene with great detail and skill. The image has become an iconic representation of the decline of Britain's naval power and the transition from sail to steam in the 19th century. The sunset in the background is symbolic of the sun going down on British naval power and tradition. The painting conveys profound and diverse themes that are central to the human experience: those of mortality and change, technology and progress, heroism and brutality. The painting demonstrates Turner’s skill as an artist. His ability to produce scenes of great beauty that are dramatic, but are also symbolic, stimulating both thoughtful analysis, as well as emotion. Turner's painting was voted by the British public in a 2005 BBC radio sponsored survey to be the British people's favorite painting of all time. In 2020 it was included on a new British banknote...
Category

Romantic 19th Century Art

Materials

Engraving

19th Century Portrait Miniature, Young Man in Blue Coat
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Portrait Miniature, Young Man in Blue Coat As is
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19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

19th century English Portrait of a Young boy in a Cavalier costume
Located in Woodbury, CT
This elegant English 19th-century portrait of a young boy dressed in a Cavalier costume, painted circa 1860, is a striking example of Victorian portraiture that seamlessly combines h...
Category

Old Masters 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid 19th Century Oil - Man with A Long Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming mid 19th century study depicting a man smoking a long pip. Presented in a gilt effect composition frame. On board.
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

The horse race, signed George Arnull
By George Arnull
Located in London, GB
George Arnull (c. 1800–1880) was a British painter active during the 19th century, renowned for his equestrian scenes and depictions of horse racing. He developed a keen interest in ...
Category

Victorian 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Japanese Woodblock Print', By Unknown, Color Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 21.25" x 37.5" framed Japanese woodblock print, depicts a busy scene that includes many figures within, and upon a large boat. The boat takes up the majority of the horizontal c...
Category

Edo 19th Century Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Framed 19th Century Oil - Family Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
A naive yet charming 19th-century study of a small family gathered around a baby. The mother cradles the infant in a chair while a small white cat watches quietly in the background, ...
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19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

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...
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Modern 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Listed Artist Samuel West (1810-1867) Antique oil on canvas, Dated 1860 Portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an Antique oil painting on canvas 19 century depicting a portrait of a British Gentleman by Listed British-Irish Artist Samuel West (1810-1860). C...
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Impressionist 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

"Ixion" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed on laid paper by Cadart and published in Paris by Gazette des Beaux Arts in 1876. Plate size: 5 1/8 x 6 3/8 inches (130 x 165 mm). Not signed.
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19th Century Art

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Etching

Jean Coulon - Aegina and Zeus Bronze Statue
Located in New York, NY
Aegina was one of the daughters of the river god Asopus and his wife, the river nymph Metope. The couple had many daughters, and most of them became the object of desire of either Ze...
Category

Academic 19th Century Art

Materials

Bronze

Men - Original Drawing by Alexandre Bida - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Men is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Alexandre Bida (1823-1895). Good conditions. No signature. F. Alexandre Bida (1813–1895) was a French p...
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Modern 19th Century Art

Materials

Pencil

Still Life with Flowers - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Stil life with flowers is an artwork realized by an artist of the mid-20th Century.  Oil on panel, 35 x 48 cm with frame; panel 20 x 32 cm. Good conditions
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Modern 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting The Old Chateau Building at Dusk
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: The Old Chateau Medium: gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unframed card: 9.75 x 12.75 i...
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Impressionist 19th Century Art

Materials

Gouache

Portrait of a Lady, Oil on Canvas, 1840's, In Style of Jacob Eichholtz
Located in Doylestown, PA
This interior portrait of a woman dressed in an elegant lace shawl is a 30" x 25" oil on canvas painting in the style of Jacob Eichholtz. The artist is unknown but the painting is believed to have been painted in the 1840's. It is not signed but framed and in good condition. Provenance: Private Collection, Old Queens Gallery...
Category

American Realist 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Antique Oil Still Life with Hunting Dogs & Game Classic Sporting Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian artist, 19th century Still Life with Hunting Dogs indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 14.25 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very goo...
Category

Old Masters 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Large Antique German Oil Painting Castle Ruins Twilight Landscape Gilt framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Castle ruins in a windswept landscape Late 19th Century German School oil on panel, framed framed: 31 x 38 inches panel : 24 x 32 inches the painting is in overall very good and soun...
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Victorian 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Renaissance Style Head Profile Portrait of Christ Beautiful Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Head of Christ 19th Century Dutch School oil on paper laid down on board, unframed size: 7.5 x 6 inches private collection The painting is in overall very good and sound condition
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Renaissance 19th Century Art

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Oil

View of Avellino - Etching by Tommaso Piroli - Mid-19th century
Located in Roma, IT
View of Avellino is a print realized by Tommaso Piroli in the mid-19th century. Etching Hand-watercolored on paper. Signed and titled on the plate. Good conditions with foxing
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Contemporary 19th Century Art

Materials

Etching

19th century French Barbizon school painting Elegant group outdoors
Located in Aartselaar, BE
19th century Barbizon painting "The nymphs bathing in a forest landscape" The artist wonderfully captured this dreamy scenery with vibrant colours and assured brushstrokes, inviting...
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Impressionist 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Portrait of Giuseppina Bonaparte
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Black wooden frame with glass pane 16.4 x 13.2 x 2 cm
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19th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV Painting after Ilya Repin
Located in Queens, NY
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, also known as Cossacks of Saporog, Are Drafting a Manifesto. Late 19...
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19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait Of White Arabian Horses 19th Century circle of JOHN FREDERICK HERRING
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of White Arabian Horses 19th Century circle of JOHN FREDERICK HERRING (1795-1856) Large 19th Century English study of three white Arabian horses, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition study of the heads of three white Arabians. Exceptional detail circa 1860 study taken from Herrings Seniors work titled "The Pharaohs Horses...
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19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Original Late 19th Century Oil Painting of Upstate New York Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th Century Upstate New York Oil Painting Landscape by Frances B. Clark Moody rural Hudson River School style painting of Upstate ...
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Post-Impressionist 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Stretcher Bars, Linen

Male Whooping Crane: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored 1st octavo edition lithograph entitled "Whooping Crane, Male, adult", No. 63, Plate 313 from Audubon...
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Naturalistic 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original Cycles Clement Motocycles Belle Epoque vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original French poster: Cycles Clement Motocycles, La Plus Vaste Usine de Monde; artist: PAL, (Jean de Paléologue) 1860-1942, c. 1895 original stone lithograph; archival linen backe...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

19th century French or Flemish Still life of fruit, original frame
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very High quality French or Flemish still life of fruit. Framed in its original 19th-century hand-made counted corner frame the painting is a wond...
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Victorian 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black-throated Diver: Original 1st Edition Hand Colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first edition John James Audubon hand colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "Black-throated Diver", No. 96, Plate 477, from Audubon's "Birds of America". It was lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1840-1844. It depicts three Black-throated Divers; an adult male (1), an adult female (2) and a young Diver (3). The male sits on the bank, while the young Diver floats in the water and the female watches...
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Naturalistic 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pierre-Auguste Renoir -- Le chapeau épinglé - 3e planche
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Le chapeau épinglé - 3e planche (Delteil, Stella 8), circa 1894 Etching on laid paper. Signed in the plate lower left. From La Vie Artistique by Gustave Geffroy...
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19th Century Art

Materials

Etching

Antique American Hudson River School Landscape Cows Oil Painting Gilt Frame 19th
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Quintessential American Hudson River School landscape by an unknown Hudson River School artist. This painting features its original period gold frame, and a charming scene o...
Category

Hudson River School 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine Antique French Impressionist Winter Country Landscape House in Distance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: Winter Medium: signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unfram...
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Impressionist 19th Century Art

Materials

Gouache

Mango Hummingbirds: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Mango Humming bird, 1. 2. Males. 3. Female. Bignonia grandifolia", No. 51, Plate 251 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed and colored by JT Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1870-1871. The lithograph depicts an adult male hummingbird, labelled 1, in flight above a beautiful flowering plant, a Chinese Trumpet-vine. Another male, labeled 2, is perched on a flower on the left and a female, labelled 3, is perched on a flower on the right. This hand-colored Audubon bird octavo-size lithograph sheet measures 10.25" high by 6.75" wide. It is in excellent condition. The original text pages, 185-186, from Audubon's 19th century publication are included. John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a naturalist and artist. He was initially unsuccessful financially prior to the publication of his famous work “The Birds of America”, spending time in debtor’s prison, once stabbing a disgruntled investor in self-defense. However, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting every bird in America via his watercolor paintings and publishing his works for all to enjoy. Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy. To reach a larger audience, Audubon, with the help of his sons and J. T. Bowen, published a smaller octavo sized lithograph version, which were much more affordable. With the success of his bird projects, Audubon then turned his attention to four-legged animals. He explored the Missouri River in 1843 sketching the four-legged animals he encountered in their natural setting. His expedition covered some of the same regions recently explored by Lewis and Clark, traveling from present day Alaska to Mexico. Audubon realized that this was an opportunity to document these animals in the still relatively pristine American wilderness, before man encroached on their environment. Between 1845 and 1848, Audubon and his sons John Woodhouse Audubon...
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Naturalistic 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Euphorbia, German antique botanical plant chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Euphorbiaceen' (Euphorbia) German chromolithograph, circa 1895. 240mm by 155mm (sheet)
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Naturalistic 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Grape Hyacinth, English antique mauve flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Grape Hyacinth' Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890. Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of Fre...
Category

Naturalistic 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

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