English School Art

Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Theatre Royal Bristol Founded 1776 by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements: 2.5...

Portrait of a Red Setter/Spaniel English school, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 14 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: stretcher bar marks showing...

A poignant and highly affecting 19th century image of an African American church congregation in Washington DC after the emancipation of slaves, published in London. London: The Ill...

The English Gentleman and his Country House English artist, circa 1800-1820 period Fine Georgian period portrait of a young English gentleman, seated with distant view of his country...

Richard Roper (British, c. 1730-c. 1775) Grey stallion held by groom in the Duke of Grosvenor’s colours Oil on canvas Old chalk inscription '22 Mar 74' verso Property of a gentleman...

Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), Circle of Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680) Queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland, married to King Charles...

Harvest Time in a farm on East Coast of England by 20th Century British Artist Art measures 8.75 x 6.25 inches Frame measures 11.5 x 9 inches Don Micklethwaite is a British Post...

"Tessa" by Eric Hargreaves, British mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 19.5 inches canvas: 20 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very ...

A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian lady, unusuallly depicted wearing an elaborate hat with lace brim and plume. Circle of Hinton Gibbs (1783-1839) Portrait of a lady, bust ...

Winter landscape with snow covered fields & farmhouse in the English Countryside by British Artist Art measures 30 x 20 inches Frame measures 35 x 25 inches Richard Wood was born i...

An excellent example of Rowlandson's visual commentary on the challenges of changing fashion for those with a less than ideal physique. Rowlandson, Thomas (after George Murgatroyd W...

John Wootton (1686 - 1764) The Bloody-Shouldered Arabian Oil on canvas Inscribed below, 'Bred by Lord Oxford in 1755 & Sire of many famous Racers, including the Duke of Bolton's 'Swe...

Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Gatehouse of Bristol Cathedral c. 1156 by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements: ...

Sweet Dreams - Oil on canvas painting, Eugenio De Blasi, Italy, 2011 Gold leaf gilded wooden frame cm. 134x94 The painting by Eugenio De Blasi is inspired by the painting "Sweet Dreams" by John William Godward, a neoclassical Victorian painter...

An important oil on canvas painting by the celebrated equestrian artist, Harry Hall (1814-1882), of the racehorse "Lord Lyon", 1866. Hall was the most important equestrian artist of ...

London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper. 6 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (157 x 210 mm), full margins. Initialed in the plate by Cruikshank, a...

'Setter on Point' is by 19th century British artist John Sutcliffe known for his paintings of animals. One of his paintings of a dog in a landscape, same size as this one, sold at Ch...

Idyllic Watermill Scene English School, circa 1840's period (there is an old frame plaque with the frame but we do not think this work is by that artist named on it) oil on canvas, f...

Title: Architectural Miniature Watercolor of Bath Abbey from the West Front by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements: 3.7...

English School, 19th century The Sunday Before Confirmation; Parson: What did your godfathers & godmothers then for you? Boy: Nothing sir, rot'em for I never had none. London: Thoma...

Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Theatre Royal and Coopers' Hall in King Street by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measur...

'Irish Wolfhound and Wire Haired Terrier' Cecil Aldin dog lithograph, 1935. Cecil Aldin was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, s...

Engraving with extensive handcoloring, on laid paper with a Fleur de Lys watermark, with margins. Plate 11 13/16 x 15 3/4 (300 x 400 mm); Sheet: 12 1/2 x 16 3/8 inches (317 x 415 mm)...

Fishing on Loch Maree by Donald Ayres (Briths b. 1936) signed oil on board, framed framed: 22 x 18 inches board: 16 x 22 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: ve...

Enoch Seeman Oil on Canvas Canvas Size: 30 x 25" (76 x 64cm) Outside Framed Size: 37 x 32" (94 x 82cm) He was born in Danzig, now Gdansk, Poland, around 1694. His father, also En...

Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor Triptych of Bristol Sailing Ships by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements: each min...

Title: Miniature Watercolor of Chapel of the Three Kings, Christmas Steps in Bristol by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurem...

Title: Set of Four Miniature Watercolor of Bristol Cathedral and Architectural Details by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measur...

A finely detailed silhouette a Victorian gentleman Peter Skeolan (1815-1871) Portrait of a gentleman, profile turned to the left, wearing coat and cravat Watercolour with gold highlighting on paper/card Stencilled with artist's details to the reverse 3¼ x 2¾ inches, oval, without the frame 5½ x 4¾ inches with the frame Peter Skoelan the son of Stephen Skoelan was born in Ireland in 1815. During his early career he worked as an itinerant miniature portrait painter and profilist, possibly as early as the 1830s. The 1841 census shows us that he was working in Leeds, his stated occupation was painter, aged 25. He was lodging with Thomas Lacy, a Tailor. By this time he had married and had a son and daughter...

The Pilgrim Fathers Landing at Plymouth Rock Anglo/ America School, early 20th century ink/ watercolor on paper stuck on board, framed - glass covered framed: 12 x 14 inches board : 6.5 x 8 inches Provenance: private collection, Cotswolds, England Condition: very good condition The scene possibly depicts the Pilgrim Fathers landing in the 'New World', particularly at Plymouth Rock in 1620. The visual elements support this interpretation: The central figure in dark clothing and a wide-brimmed hat: This could represent a leader like William Bradford or John Carver...

Title: Redcliffe Bristol Historic Maritime Watercolor Sailing Ships River Scene by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements:...

Portrait of a Young Child English artist, circa 1800's period oil on canvas, framed framed: 31.5 x 27 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: very good and sound co...

Botanical Watercolor watercolour drawing on artist paper, unframed drawing: 10.5 x 8 inches Provenance: Private collection Condition: Great condition Description: This exquisite bo...

A well-colored Victorian portrait of the woman whose ghost is known to haunt the Bank of England and Threadneedle Street. Lithograph with hand-coloring in watercolor, 9 x 6 1/2 inch...

Title: Set of Four Miniature Watercolor of Bristol Theatre Royal and St John’s Gate by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measureme...

A faithful architectural rendering of the earliest Ashkenazi synagogue constructed in London; built about 1690, and subsequently destroyed in the Blitz, 1941. London: Rudolph Ackerm...

Rowing on the River English Impressionist, 1980's period signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 30.5 inches canvas: 20 x 26 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: ve...

Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Lewins Mead in Bristol by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unf...

A market scene; the spot on which the execution of Joan of Arc took place. London: R. Bower, 1825. Aquatint with hand-coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 10 3/4 x 13 5/8 inc...

'Borzoi, Sealyham, Collie' Cecil Aldin dog lithograph, 1935. Cecil Aldin was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketch...

Rural English Cottage Scene English School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed Framed: 12 x 16 inches Canvas : 8 x 12 inches Provenance: privat...

Condition: The paintings are in overall very good and sound condition, with age related craquelure running throughout. Framed in period frames.

A charming scene of a figure by a loch with a ruined castle and homestead in the background by one of Queen Victoria's favourite artists. William Leighton Leitch (1804-1883) Figure ...

Herbert Gustave Schmalz Anyone for Croquet, circa 1898 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 47 5/8 x 31 3/4 inches Provenance Anthony Mitchell, Nottingham Burlington Gallery Ltd., Londo...

‘On the Arun, Sussex’ by George Vicat Cole RA, RBA (1833-1893). The painting is signed with the artist’s monogram and dated 1869, in which year Vicat Cole was elected an Associate ...

Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Lord Mayors Chapel in Bristol by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements: 3.5 inche...

Vintage River Landscape Oil in English Countryside - 20th Century British Art Art measures 11 x 7.5 inches Frame measures 13 x 10 inches Don Micklethwaite is a British Postwar & ...

Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of St Mary the Virgin Church in Mangotsfield by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurement...

Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Bootham Bar and York Minster in York by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements: 3....

Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of 16th Century Hatchett Inn in Bristol by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements: 3 ...

A stunning 18th century optical view of London from the Thames. London: 1760. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper with a large circular wate...

An iconic image satirizing the Prime Minister at the 1832 London Conference. The Cat's Paw (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevento & Henry John Temple...

Title: Miniature Watercolor of Interior Scene John Wesley’s Chapel Broadmead Bristol by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measure...

Circle of George Stubbs (1724-1806). English 18th century portrait of a water spaniel standing in a wooded landscape. This charming painting is a wonderful example of the style of English dog painting made popular by artists such as George Stubbs and other sporting artists working in England in the 18th century who painted the dogs and horses of the aristocracy and wealthier classes. It follows in the ancient tradition of celebrating and commemorating our faithful canine companions through portraiture. Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame Provenance: Private collection, Somerset George Stubbs (1724-1806) was classified in his lifetime as a sporting painter, and as such was excluded from full membership of the Royal Academy. He is best remembered for his paintings of horses and his conversation pieces. Having studied anatomy, Stubbs's pictures of horses are among the most accurate ever painted. Stubbs was born in Liverpool, the son of a leather worker...

'Spaniel and Chow' Cecil Aldin dog lithograph, 1935. Cecil Aldin was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of an...

Horse in a Landscape by Henry Percy (British, first half 20th century) signed oil on board, unframed Board: 8.25 x 10 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: very g...

Family Group Drawing in Chinese white, sepia and bistre ink, c. 1790 Signed lower left: G. Morland (see photo) The present work appears to be a preliminary study for two Morland paintings where the artist uses portions of this preliminary study in finished exhibition paintings. The strongest association is with the painting entitled The Cottage Door (1790), now in the collection of Royal Holloway College, University of London. Morland uses the same small girl (on left side of this sheet) holding a doll on a chair in the exact same pose. The second painting entitled The Tea Garden (Tate Gallery, London, c. 1790) incorporates similar poses and gestures of the three other figure studies on this sheet. Provenance: Colnaghi, London (Stock # D25924, see photo) Maynard Walker Gallery, New York ( see photo of label) Davis Galleries, New York, their Eagle stamp and stock number (see photo) Ms. Gloria Kaplan (1930-2011) New York City Regarding Maynard Walker: Maynard Walker New York Times obit: "Maynard Walker, an art dealer in New York City for nearly 40 years who was among the first to show the works of leading American regionalist painters, died of pneumonia Tuesday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Carbondale, Pa. He was 89 years old and lived in Lake Ariel, Pa. In 1933, while working at the Ferargil Gallery in New York, Mr. Walker organized an exhibition for the Kansas City Art Institute that for the first time brought together the work of the regionalist painters Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry. After Mr. Walker opened his own gallery, at 108 East 57th Street, in 1935, these artists joined him and showed regularly there. The gallery was also among the first to show the work of George Grosz, the German painter and caricaturist, who moved to the United States in 1932. The gallery moved to 117 East 57th Street after the war." Condition: Aging to paper Slight fading to ink Tiny spotting in image All consistent with the age of the drawing Image size: 6 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches Frame size: 14 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches George Morland was born in London on 26 June 1763. He was the son of Henry Robert Morland, and grandson of George Henry Morland, said by Cunningham to have been lineally descended from Sir Samuel Morland, while other biographers go so far as to say that he had only to claim the baronetcy in order to get it. Morland began to draw at the age of three years, and at the age of ten (1773) his name appears as an honorary exhibitor of sketches at the Royal Academy. He continued to exhibit at the Free Society in 1775 and 1776, and at the Society of Artists in 1777, and then again at the Royal Academy in 1778, 1779 and 1780. His talents were carefully cultivated by his father, who was accused of stimulating them unduly with a view to his own profit, shutting the child up in a garret to make drawings from pictures and casts for which he found a ready sale. The boy, on the other hand, is said to have soon found a way to make money for himself by hiding some of his drawings, and lowering them at nightfall out of his window to young accomplices, with whom he used to spend the proceeds in frolic and self-indulgence. It has been also asserted that his father, discovering this trick, tried to conciliate him by indulgence, humouring his whims and encouraging his low tastes. He was set by his father to copy pictures of all kinds, but especially of the Dutch and Flemish masters. Among others he copied Fuseli's Nightmare and Reynolds's Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy. He was also introduced to Sir Joshua Reynolds, and obtained permission to copy his pictures, and all accounts agree that before he was seventeen he had obtained considerable reputation not only with his friends and the dealers, but among artists of repute. A convincing proof of the skill in original composition which he had then attained is the fine engraving. It is said that before his apprenticeship to his father came to an end, in 1784, Romney offered to take him into his own house, with a salary of £300, on condition of his signing articles for three years. But Morland, we are told, had had enough of restraint, and after a rupture with his father he set up on his own account in 1784 or 1785 at the house of a picture dealer, and commenced that life which, in its combination of hard work and hard drinking, is almost without a parallel. Morland soon became the mere slave of the dealer with whom he lived. His boon companions were "ostlers, potboys, horse jockeys, moneylenders, pawnbrokers, punks, and pugilists." In this company the handsome young artist swaggered, dressed in a green coat, with large yellow buttons, leather breeches, and top boots. "He was in the very extreme of foppish puppeyism", says Hassell; "his head, when ornamented according to his own taste, resembled a snowball, after the model of Tippey Bob, of dramatic memory, to which was attached a short, thick tail, not unlike a painter's brush." His youth and strong constitution enabled him to recover rapidly from his excesses, and he not only employed the intervals in painting, but at this time, or shortly afterwards, taught himself to play the violin. He made also an effort, and a successful one, to free himself from his task-master, and escaped to Margate, where he painted miniatures for a while. In 1785 he paid a short visit to France, whither his fame had preceded him, and where he had no lack of commissions. Returning to London, he lodged in a house at Kensal Green, on the road to Harrow, near William Ward, intercourse with whose family seems for a time to have had a steadying influence. It resulted in his marriage with Miss Anne Ward...

Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Busy Wells Market Square by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, u...