19th Century Art

Oil Painting by Hugh Shearwin Hemsley "Favourite Bathing Spot" 1852 -1925 Born in Tadcaster Yorkshire he had a studio in Leeds from where he exhibited at the Yorkshire union of artis...

Annie L. Morgan Still Life with Cherries, Grapes, and Pomegranate, circa 1880 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches

Canvas Sz: 38 3/4"H x 31 1/4"W Frame Sz: 41"H x 33 1/2"W Wood gilt frame made in Belgium *w/ craquelure* w/ Cary Family coat-of-arms Virtute Excerptae Signed LR (illegible) Trum...

Claude Cardon British, (1864-1937) Spring Lambs Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 9.5 inches x 13.5 inches Size including frame: 16.25 inches x 20.25 inches A charming painting of ...

Dangerous: The Appearance of a Contemporary Geisha of the Meiji Era Color woodcut, 1888 Plate 28 from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners" (Fuzoku Sanjuniso) Format...

'Cetaces - Dauphin ordinaire' Engraving with original hand-colouring by Beyer after Edouard Travies (1809-1865). From Dictionaire Universel d'Histoir...

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...

Collections: Muir Hetherington; Sir John and Lady Witt, acquired 1974; By descent to 2015. Literature: Tom Jones (ed.), William Henry Hunt 1790-1864, exh. cat., 1981, no. 145 (Girl in a bedroom); John Witt, William Henry Hunt (1790-1864) Life and Work, London, 1982, no. 553, p. 194, colour pl. 16. Exhibited: Wolverhampton, Central Art Gallery, Preston, Harris Museum and Art Gallery and Hastings, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, William Henry Hunt 1790-1864, 1981, no. 145 as Girl in a bedroom (Lent by Sir John & Lady Witt) Framed dimensions: 20 x 20.75 inches This unusually charming and well-preserved watercolour was painted by William Henry Hunt in around 1833. Almost certainly depicting his young wife, Sarah, possibly in the interior of her family home at Bramley in Hampshire. This work shows Hunt’s remarkable virtuosity as a watercolourist, Hunt, for example, articulates the profile of his young wife, by leaving a reserve of white paper to suggest the light modelling her features. Throughout the 1830s Hunt made a sequence of richly painted interior views of both domestic and agricultural spaces which pay scrupulous attention to detail. Hunt was born in London, the son of a tin-plate worker and japanner. J. L. Roget recorded the observation of Hunt’s uncle: ‘nervy, little Billy Hunt… was always a poor cripple, and as he was fit for nothing, they made an artist of him.’ At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to the landscape painter John Varley for seven years, moving to live with Varley at 18 Broad Street, Golden Square, London. There he made close friends with both John Linnell and William Mulready. Hunt worked at the ‘Monro Academy’, at 8 Adelphi Terrace, London, the house of Dr Thomas Monro, an enthusiastic patron of landscape watercolourists. Through Monro, Hunt was introduced to the 5th Earl of Essex...

A very attractive and meticulously executed view of a rocky landscape within the woods dating to 1823. This would suit a library or study with its muted tones and skifull draughtsmanship. William Nicholson (1781-1844) Near Croxdale Hall Signed with initials and inscribed with title and date 1823 Pen, ink and grey wash 11 x 8 inches, image only 17 x 13 inches without frame The portrait-painter and etcher William Nicholson was born in Ovingham-on-Tyne, Northumberland, on Christmas Day 1781. His family transferred to Newcastle when his father was appointed Headmaster of the city's Grammar School. At an early age, though, Nicholson appears to have moved to Hull where he made his artistic debut, painting miniatures of officers garrisoned there. He was almost entirely self-taught, learning his craft through the close study of artworks in private and public galleries. He subsequently returned to Newcastle where he received many commissions to paint portraits of the old families of Northumberland. In 1808, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy, continuing to do so until 1822. By 1814, Nicholson, whose mother was a Scot, had moved to Edinburgh where he set up as a miniaturist and painter in oils. Soon, however, he began to specialize in watercolour portraits. Early subjects included the actor Daniel Terry and the poet and novelist James Hogg. In 1818 he began to publish a series of Portraits of Eminent Scotsmen, etched from his own portraits and those of other painters. Besides Scott and Hogg, the subjects included the writers Robert Burns, John Wilson ('Christopher North'), and Lord Jeffrey, the painters Sir Henry Raeburn, the divines Alexander Carlyle and Alexander Cameron, the engineer James Watt, the architect John Playfair, and the song-collector and composer George Thomson...

Eugène CLARY (1856-1929) Le port de la Rochelle Huile sur toile Dimensions : 45 x 81 cm Signé en bas à droite En très bon état de conservation. Cadre ancien avec traces d'usure Offer...

A stunning bronze bust "Le Rieur Napolitain" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875), a master of 19th-century French sculpture. This piece captures the joyful expression of a young Neapolitan boy, reflecting Carpeaux’s signature realism and dynamic movement. Details: Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux Title: Le Rieur Napolitain (The Laughing Neapolitan) Material: Bronze Dimensions: Height 27 cm, Width 19 cm, Depth 12 cm Period: 19th century Condition: Good, with a beautiful natural patina Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875) was a leading French sculptor of the 19th century, known for his ability to infuse lifelike movement and emotional depth into his works. Le Rieur Napolitain (The Laughing Neapolitan) is a striking example of his dynamic and expressive style, embodying his fascination with naturalism and human vitality. This bust is part of Carpeaux’s series of Neapolitan figures...

This mask was made by an unknown Indonesian sculpture. It is carved out of wood and covered in gold leaf. It features an abstracted face and is 7" tall by 5 1/2" wide.

'Ashdod', tinted lithograph after David Roberts RA. Signed in stone lower right. Printed title below the image. Roberts travelled throughout Egypt an...

"West Point from the East Bank of the Hudson" Antique Drawing on Paper Delicate and detailed drawing by Hartford, Connecticut artist Edward Watkins Wells (1819-1898) The viewer looks out past a gate at the Hudson River, with its characteristic mountain banks. A shepherd is driving a flock of sheep towards the gate and viewer. The scene appears to have been copied from a drawing book published in 1827, based on the inscription at the bottom edge. Presented in white archival mat Mat size: 12"H x 12"W Paper size: 7.5"H x 9.25"W Notes of interest on Edward Watkinson Wells Our most significant acquisition this year came from a dealer in Philadelphia. It is a 450-page diary written over 10 years (1841-1851) by Hartford artist and dilettante Edward Watkinson Wells (1819-1898), one of the many nephews of our founder, David Watkinson (1778-1857). Edward was immersed in Hartford’s cultural life in the 1840s, exhibited his works at local fairs and gave lessons to the locals. He portrays an active involvement with with his large extended family, which often crossed and re-crossed the other prominent families of Hartford (i.e., Barnard, Channing, Dexter, Ely, Gallaudet, Gill, Goodrich, Hudson, Rockwell, Silsbee, Tappan, Terry, Tracy, Trumbull, Van Renselaer, and Wadsworth). Edward describes dancing and costume parties, soirees, teas, dinners, and receptions in private homes and public venues. He meets Charles Dickens and his wife when they come through Hartford in 1842, and describes brushes with other luminaries, such as Col. Thomas L. McKenney (who lectures on American Indians), and the Unitarian clergyman Rev. Henry Giles, who gave a pro-Irish speech. Other entertainments included a balloon ascension, exhibitions of mesmerism and hypnotism, parades, and performances by well-known groups. He also chronicles the progression of the construction of the Wadsworth Atheneum, and touches on his father’s far-reaching interests in the business world–canals, railroads, factories, and real estate. The cost of this valuable document of mid-19thC Hartford was generously underwritten entirely by a member of the Watkinson Trustees. Trinity College and the Watkinson Virtual Library has content on Edward Watkinson Wells. Yale College also: Edward Watkinson Wells also kept a diary, of which three volumes are preserved (folder 32). He describes a trip by steamboat to Florida, ca. 1855-1860, and the social life and customs he observed there. The other two volumes detail his daily life in Hartford during 1856-1860, and record the deaths of his father and David Watkinson in 1857. Other items contained in the William Wells...

Artist/ School: Thomas Bromley Blacklock (Scottish, 1862-1903), signed and inscribed. The son of the English teacher at Kirkcudbright Academy...

Girl in restaurant in Paris. 19th century, oil on wood, 46x37,5 cm Eduardo Léon Garrido (1856-1949) Eduardo León Garrido was born in Madrid in 1856. He falls within the Group of Spaniards in Paris, as he warns in his style, with clear influences of Impressionism, somewhat reminiscent of Manet. He was the eldest son of Luis Garrido Fernandez, an official at the Ministry of Finance. His father would have liked him to embrace an administrative career but Eduardo León moved towards the artistic career. Trained in the Escuela Superior de Madrid, he painted his first work « the theft of the Sabine women », at only eighteen years old. Then he entered the Studio of Vicente Palmaroli (1834-1896). He will always consider the latter as his true teacher. In 1875, at the age of 19, he arrived in Paris to continue his studies with a scholarship from the city of Madrid. The same year he exhibited for the first time at the Salon where he presented a « Saint Jerome ». Very quickly he appears to be noticed by the famous merchant of the Rue Chaptal, Adolphe Goupil, for who he worked a few years. Notice that Vincent van Gogh worked for Goupil & Cie from 1869 till 1876 (his brother Theo entered in 1873. From 1876 on Garrido exhibits portraits and stylish, contemporary scenes. Catalogues indicates that he changed his dealer for the gallery Borniche around 1880. During the years 1882-1894 he did not expose anymore at the Salon (except once, in 1887, with the portrait of his friend, the painter Bréauté) . However, he painted a lot to feed the gallery of his dealer and a few galleries in Madrid. During that period he had also some student : Anne Blanche Dillaye (1851-1931), the american painter, studied with him from 1885 till 1887. From 1892 onwards it is the merchant Félix Gérard (one of the first dealers of work by Manet and Courbet), of the Rue Lafitte, which concludes with him an exclusive contract. He probably imposed to the artist to paint a different style. This sealed a radical departure from his 1880-1890 period, during which he painted the streets of Paris, café terraces, newspaper kiosks, and was likened to very fashionable Belle-Époque artists. From 1892 onwards, Garrido painted almost solely gallant scenes in the 18th century style, in keeping with current tastes and clients’ demands. Meanwhile, Garrido left Paris. In 1888 he established a studio on the banks of the Marne at La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire (Val-de-Marne near Paris). He married there in 1892 one of its models, Leonie Beck, and in 1893 their first child, Louis- Edouard, was born. He is quickly integrated into local life and became an art teacher in the Philotechnic Association of La Varenne. From 1895 onwards he presented new works at the Salon des Artistes Français and in 1914, he obtained the French citizenship, while two of his son went into battle (World War I). He continued painting, mainly landscapes, portraits of family members (children, granddaughter Odile born in 1923) and flowers. At the end of his life and because of poor eyesight he painted exclusively flower bouquets. In 1939, Eduardo León and his wife Leonie arrive at Caen. They settled with their son, Louis- Edouard, who resided there. Eduardo Leon Garrido died there in 1949. He is buried in the family burial at the cemetery Venoix in Caen. Some of his paintings can be seen in the Museo del Prado (Madrid), the Museo Carmen Thyssen (Málaga), the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Argentina), Bilbao Fine Arts Museum and private collections such as the Bellver Collection in Sevilla. In the Musée Charles Léandre...

This is a hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Muscipeta Incei" ( (Ince's Paradise Flycatcher)) by John Gould, which is plate 19 from his monograph "The Birds of Great Brita...

Artist/ School: French Romantic School, 19th century. There is an artists label verso, "P. Grimaud, Toulon". Title: Ladies in Southern French landscape praying to a statue of the M...

With The Red Parasol, Edgard de St-Pierre De Montzaigle delivers a painting that speaks to the viewer both visually and emotionally. The young woman, lost in thought, is sheltered by...

Albert LYNCH (1851-1936) French "Rêverie" Oil on canvas Signed lower left Canvas: 43 1/4" high x 24 3/4" wide Frame: 49 5/8" high x 30 3/4" wide Albert LYNCH: Born in Lima in 1851, Albert Lynch studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and in the studios of the figure painters Gabriel Ferrier and Henri Lehmann...

Paris: J & A Lamercier, 1885. Etching with aquaint on Arches laid paper with a partial watermark, 7 x 4 5/8 inches (176 x 118 mm), full margins. Seventh state (of 7), after the remo...

Bellos Consejos is an original artwork realized by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799. Original etching on paper. The plate is part of the T...

A wonderful turn of century landscape of a stream in wooded glen by American artist Joline Butler Smith (American, 1849-1946). Signed lower right corner. Condition: Very good: One te...

This beautiful oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1840 and is by British Victorian artist William Edward Frost who was noted for his depiction of nudes and feminine beauty. The ov...

This late 19th-century oil painting by Austrian artist Otto von Thoren (1828-1889) depicts three horses pulling a cart across a shallow ford. Von Thoren was a celebrated painter of l...

Late 19th Century Chinese Decorated Metal Covered Ginger Jar in the Japanese Style Labeled on bottom Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York 9 x 7.5 x 7.5 inches Ginger jars were used...

Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art w...

Binyon 232 - A fine impression in fine condition in an edition of 55 signed and inscribed by the artist. Strang was a prolific printmaker and across his lifetime produced over 750 o...

This beautiful painting of Siena Italy is an oil on canvas, framed behind glass in its original gallery frame, by Susan Isabel Dacre. It was painted circa 1875. She was an early member of the Feminist movement and a member of the Manchester arts community. She travelled with Lord Leighton and exhibited widely. Indeed this painting retains an exhibition label for Manchester Art Gallery. This work shows influences of early British impressionism. The clarity and palette are light and airy. The painting depicts Siena in Tuscany, Italy, with houses dotted all around the hill with Saint Catherine's church on top. A superb Victorian painting by a noted female artist. Signed lower right. Provenance. Manchester Gallery label and number verso. Harnell and Son London Art Dealers. Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 12 inches by 8 inches, canvas in original excellent condition. Housed in its original Harnell and Son London Gallery frame, behind glass, 17 by 13 inches, in good condition. Susan Isabel Dacre (1844 – 1933) was an English artist of the Victorian era. She was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, and was educated in Salford. For the decade of 1858–68 she lived in Paris. After a winter in Italy (1869), she returned to Paris, and was present during the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune. She returned to England in 1871 and began studying art at the Manchester School of Art, where she won the Queen's Prize in 1875. She began a lifelong friendship with fellow artist Annie Swynnerton; the two women pursued their art studies in Rome and Paris between 1874 and 1880. Around 1872, Lord Leighton dictated notes and observations on his methods of painting and composing his pictures to Susan Dacre, during a stay on the island of Capri. From 1877-1880 she was in Paris at the Académie Julian with a fellow - pupil Marie Bashkirtseff...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 27.5 x 19 inches Framed size: 36.25 x 27.5 inches Signed lower left

Medium: original etching. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's very scarce "Etching and Etchers". Plate size: 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (197 x 1...

This captivating Victorian harbor scene by H.L. Robinson, a distinguished English painter known for his evocative landscapes and views of Northumberland, offers a vivid and nostalgic...

A delicately-observed, three-quarter length oil portrait of a young woman in society, fashionably dressed in a pinch-waisted, embroidered chiffon ball-gown and wearing a gold pendant and teardrop earrings with tea roses in her hair; the subject shown gazing towards the viewer with candor and good humor. Displayed in a period, black-walnut frame with period gilt liner. Danish School...

A delightful oil landscape by the 19th century artist George F. Harris (1856-1924). The scene depicts a single fisherman waiting for his first catch below the river falls. The artist...

Portrait of a Lady French School, 19th century circle of Henri Rousseau, French 1844 - 1910 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 23.5 inches provenance: private collection, France co...

David Roberts R.A. 1796 - 1864 The Doorway, Baalbec Antique First edition lithograph Full plate 81 Presented in a acid free mount We have a full set of the 250 David Roberts prints in stock. Hand coloured lithograph printed in 1847 by F.G. Moon and Son.

Alexis De Leeuw Belgian, (1822-1900) A Winter’s Day Oil on panel, signed Image size: 10.25 inches x 14.25 inches Size including frame: 18 inches x 22 inches Provenance: Cooling Gall...

Persian Cloth in 19th Century is a Hand-colored lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History...

There are certain poster images that transcend the medium in their beauty and importance; this is one such piece. Cacao Van Houten by Henri Privat-Livemont is acknowledged as one of ...

"La Femme et la Folie Dominent le Monde II" - 1886 Print on Paper ("The Woman and the Madness Overlooking The World II") 1886 French illustration from Felicien Rops (Belgian, 1833-...

A very fine example of a 19th-century French Rococo frame with high relief auricular ornamentation. The frame has excellent form and proportion with an aged gilt-effect finish. Meas...

Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century Stunning Monterey coastal seascape painting w/crashing waves by mystery artist Oil on Canvas Canvas: 16" W x 10" H Frame: 21.75" W x 15.75" H

Signed with the estate stamp initials lower right, Lugt 388a (see photo) Provenance: Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago (label verso) Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago (label verso) ...

In the yard. 1869, watercolor on paper, 30, 5 x 47, 5 cm C. J. W. Huns was born in the family of Estonian teacher, organ player and sacristan Karl Fridrich Huhn. He studied in Rig...

DeWitt Clinton Boutelle Sunset, Indian Summer, 1848-49 Signed and dated lower left Oil on canvas 12 x 16 inches DeWitt Clinton Boutelle was born in Troy, New York. He moved to Phil...

A Golden Dawn on the Maas In this refined marine painting, Arthur Joseph Meadows captures a tranquil sunrise on the river Maas just below the historic city of Dordrecht (“Dort”). The...

Bacchic revelry. A sexy and nude curvaceous young Nymph/Bacchante makes amorous advances to a Herm - whose facial expression reflects her erotic touch. The Herm is stylized where his...

Date: 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 36.00" x 28.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post...

1880s Large American Gilt Antique Frame Frame Size: Wight: 54.50″ X Height: 69″ Thickness: 10″ Picture Size: Wight: 36.60″...

Ver Sacrum (meaning "Sacred Spring" in Latin) was conceived by Gustav Klimt, Max Kurzweil and Ludwig Hevesi. During its six years of activity, 471 original drawings were made specifi...

Pietro Bazzanti (1842-1881) specialized in allegorical and genre subjects as well as copies of Antique and Renaissance sculpture. Regarded as one of the most talented sculptors of h...

Silvio Poma Landscape With Shepherds oil on canvas painting depicts a dirt road in the middle of a tree-lined countryside with farmers grazing a flock of sheep. On the left side of t...

English 19th century River landscape farmers harvesting the hay in an English Summer. A stunning late 19th/early 20th-century oil painting by the highly collected English School lan...

Genjie is an original artwork realized in 1850 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Oban yokoe. From the series "Sono Sugata yukari no utsushi-e", 39th chapter. Genji and his son Yug...

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Heywood Hardy British, (1842-1933) A Visit to the Blacksmith’s Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1902 Image size: 26.75 inches x 22 inches Size including frame: 34.5 inches x 29.75 inches Provenance: Willow Gallery, Duke Street, London A wonderful painting of a lady and gentleman in 18th century costume visiting a blacksmith's by Heywood Hardy. To the left, a woman is shown sitting side saddle upon a bay horse, facing towards a blacksmith's forge. To her right, a man wearing a red coat and black hat watches on as a farrier shoes a grey horse. Meanwhile, a foxhound stands in the middle of the group, with its attention caught by the woman and her horse. Heywood Hardy was born into an artistic family in Chichester, Sussex on the 25 November, 1842 to the portrait and genre painter James Hardy Snr (1801-1879) and his wife Elizabeth. His cousins Frederick Daniel Hardy...

Wenzel Ulrik Tornøe (Danish, 1844-1907) A very fine and large oil on canvas titled "Systue" ("The Sewing Room"). The finely executed artwork depicting the interior of a sewing room w...

Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo Charcoal on paper with light watercolor wash Size: 45 x 37.5 cm Turin, late 19th – early 20th century Sheet from the Turi...

19th century Impressionist view, in watercolour, in the style of Turner, of Beaulieu, South of France, by British artist Hercules Brabazon Brabazon...

"The Kitchen Garden" by Giovanni Boldini stands out for several reasons. Boldini was known for his dynamic and fluid brushwork, which imbued his paintings with a sense of movement an...