Early 19th Century Art

Charcoal and grey wash on paper Image size: 14 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (37.5 x 36 cm) Provenance Private collection, Washington DC. C.G. Sloan & Co., Sept. 1980. This charcoal portrait...

Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (The Hague 1795-1860) A winter landscape with hunters on a path along a stream Signed and dated 'H vd S. Bak...

This painting (oil on canvas 97.5 x 63.5 cm; 104 x 71 cm with frame) represents a crucifixion. The white body of Christ stands out in the center, surrounded by the Virgin Mary and Sa...

French painter (c. 1815) - Portrait of a gentleman, probably Napoleon in exile on the island of S. Elena. 109 x 89 cm without frame, 139.5 x 119.5 cm with frame. Oil on canvas, in ...

This fine Regency miniature depicts a dapper gentleman dressed in a cravat, white shirt and black suit. It’s presented splendidly - within an ornate giltwood frame held in a velvet-lined box. Clearly, this was a treasured item. Gentlemen from this period remind us of the ebb and flow of Jane Austen novels and the pulsing undercurrent of societal romance. Is he an outlandish rogue or the one she really wants to marry? Established in 2017, Brave Fine Art...

A charming rural scene painted in the style of Thomas Girtin with good strong colours. Circle of Thomas Girtin Sheep in a hilly pasture with a farmhouse Signed with initials and dated "AP (18)05' Watercolour, with attractive washline mount 6¾ x 9¾ inches with frame 14 x 17 inches including frame Thomas Girtin was born in London in 1775, the same year as J.M.W. Turner, and died in 1802, at the age of twenty-seven. The art of watercolour was transformed during Girtin's brief life. This was especially marked in landscape watercolours, which grew in scale and ambition. Led by Girtin and Turner, watercolourists abandoned careful stained drawings for a more dramatic style of painting that captured moods and a range of light and weather effects. Not everyone welcomed the rapid technical changes, especially as revolution and war threatened the established political order. For a brief period, however, watercolour painting was the epitome of modern art, and the landscapes of Girtin and Turner were welcomed as a national triumph. Girtin was apprenticed at the age of 14, in the year of the French Revolution, and by the age of 19 he was exhibiting at London's Royal Academy, and producing watercolour landscapes for private patrons. However, unlike Turner, Girtin remained something of an outsider to the art establishment: he did not study at the Academy's schools, and was rumoured to have radical, or even revolutionary sympathies. He also tried to break away from the traditional reliance on the patronage of the wealthy, partly by trying to sell his work on the open market, and partly through two larger projects aimed at a mass audience: a group of twenty printed Views of Paris and an enormous 360 degree panorama of London...

Portrait of a British Hong Kong Diplomat, circa 1890 Chinese School - one of a pair we are selling 19th Century Chinese Provincial School portrait ...

A fascinating early 19th century watercolours of a young lord, accompanied by his paid explorer to a hoard of newly discovered treasure. Attached to the back of the frame, on a piece of card is the signature, John Massey...

Attributed to George Morland. 19th Century English Antique, Two Country farmers drinking beer in a landscape. Wonderful early 19th-century original oil on canvas. A classic 'Morland' composition as the painter was a big fan of English Pub scenes...

Portrait Of A Chestnut Horse, 19th Century Alfred William Strutt (1856-1924) sales to $70,000 19th Century portrait of a Chestnut horse, oil on paper ...

Original Chinese Export School gouache.

Original Chinese Export School gouache.

Original Chinese Export School gouache.

Wonderfully painted early 19th-century English rural landscape with cattle in a cowshed. Very similar to the work of Edward Williams who was a very well-known English landscape pai...

This extraordinary Italian gouache and oil on canvas brings two of the most popular characters from Greek mythology vividly the life - the nymph and the satyr. Both creatures are famed for their carefree natures and lascivious temperaments, and tales abound of satyrs pursing nubile nymphs in order to rape or seduce them, usually with little success. One such narrative humorously unfolds in the present piece, which depicts an indignant satyr captured by three nymphs with a golden net. The relationship between these two mythological creatures was a popular one for artists throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, though its origins stretch back to antiquity. Both satyrs and nymphs...

To see our other works of Oxford and Cambridge , particularly suitable for wedding and graduation presents, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. Robert Dighton A View from Trinity College...

A large pair of early nineteenth century Empire Period copper plate engravings, depicting scenes of the surroundings of Paris. Set in Period gilded frames in the Classical taste, beh...

An early nineteenth century reverse glass print after J Seymour, depicting and inscribed, “Lor Nelson Commanding The Victory Octr. 21 1805”. House...

A Regency Period engraving depicting a prize bull and set within an ebonised and parcel gilded frame. Bearing the inscription: “PORTRAIT of the SHORT HORNED BULL...

Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting depicting an athlete holding wreath and a trainer. Technique : Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring Background information : F...

William Blake Illustration to 'The Book of Job': Every One Also Gave Him a Piece of Money (19) 1823-25 Line engraving on India paper (chine collé on wove p...

Animal Locomotion: Plate 749 (Baboon Climbing), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date Stamped with Museum of Ed...

A fine early nineteenth century Regency Period pastel, depicting the goddess Hebe. Pastel upon paper, housed within a period circular mounted rectangular frame. In Greek mythology, Hebe was the goddess of...

Image dimensions: 21 x 27 cm. Liber Veritatis - Plate 189 is a beautiful black and white etching and aquatint on paper realized by the Italian artist ...

Graphite and watercolor attributed to the well known British artist, Henry Thomas Alken. Circa 1825. Unsigned. Condition: Good. Provenance: Christie’s London, 1993. Matted but presently unframed. Alken was born on 12 October 1785 in Soho, Westminster, and baptised on 6 November at St James's Church, Piccadilly. He was the third son of Samuel Alken, a sporting artist. Two of his brothers were George and Samuel Alken the Younger, also an artist. In 1789, the Alken family moved from Soho to 2, Francis Street East, Bedford Square. Young Henry first studied under his father and then with the miniature painter John Thomas Barber...

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), Disparate Pobre (Two Heads are Better Than One) – Trial Proof, with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, c. 1812; plate 11 from Los...

Edward Donovan (1768-1837) The Natural History of British Fishes London, 1802-1808 Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring Born in Ireland, Donovan’s interests were both as a collector and an illustrator. He was invited to become a Fellow of the Linneas Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society. Both his wealth and his social stature gave him access to many of the collections of very famous scientists including Sir Joseph Banks...

Edward Donovan (1768-1837) The Natural History of British Fishes London, 1802-1808 Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring Born in Ireland, Don...

Edward Donovan (1768-1837) The Natural History of British Fishes London, 1802-1808 Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring Born in Ireland, Donovan’s interests were both as a collector and an illustrator. He was invited to become a Fellow of the Linneas Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society. Both his wealth and his social stature gave him access to many of the collections of very famous scientists including Sir Joseph Banks...

Edward Donovan (1768-1837) The Natural History of British Fishes London, 1802-1808 Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring Born in Ireland, Donova...

Edward Donovan (1768-1837) The Natural History of British Fishes London, 1802-1808 Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring Born in Ireland, Donov...

Edward Donovan The Natural History of British Fishes London, 1802-1808 Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring Donovan’s interests were both as...