Victorian Art

19th century English landscape with trees, a Harvest Field during Summertime. A wonderful classic English landscape dating from the middle of the 19th century. This style of paintin...

GEORGE PAICE Ypsilanti, Winner of the Great Jubilee Handicap at Kempton Park Oil on canvas, dated 1904 Signed lower left Presented in a decorative gilt frame This accomplished late nineteenth-century British sporting portrait by George Paice depicts the celebrated racehorse Ypsilanti, winner of the Great Jubilee Handicap at Kempton Park. Painted and dated 1894, the work records the successful thoroughbred standing in a stable interior. Ypsilanti is shown in full profile facing left, standing alert yet composed upon a straw-covered stable floor. The horse’s rich bay coat is carefully modelled with deep brown and chestnut tones, enlivened by cool highlights along the neck, back and muscular hindquarters. The upright ears, attentive eye and finely drawn head convey an intelligent and spirited character. A blue-grey horse blanket is draped over the partition behind the animal, introducing a subtle note of colour and reinforcing the stable setting. The pale walls and restrained interior provide a quiet backdrop, allowing the horse’s elegant outline and athletic proportions to dominate the composition. Particular attention has been given to Ypsilanti’s conformation. The long neck, deep chest, powerful hindquarters and slender legs are described with the anatomical understanding expected of an experienced equestrian painter. Paice combines precise observation with a direct and decorative approach, presenting the horse both as an individual animal and as a distinguished winner on the racecourse. George Paice (1854–1925) was a British painter best known for his portraits of horses, dogs and other sporting subjects. Working during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, he developed a reputation for characterful and carefully observed animal portraits. His paintings frequently depict named racehorses, hunters and family animals within stable, landscape or domestic settings. The work is painted in oil on canvas and is signed and dated by Paice at the lower left. The inscription identifies the horse as Ypsilanti, winner of the Great Jubilee Handicap at Kempton Park, giving the portrait an important connection with British racing history. The painting is presented in a decorative gilt frame with broad moulded corners and a foliate inner border. Its warm, time-softened finish complements the bay colouring of the horse and provides an appropriately substantial setting for the composition. An attractive combination of equestrian portraiture and British racing history, this work would make a distinctive addition to a collection of sporting art, racehorse paintings...

19th century British oil, Ship in a rough sea. The style of the painting is very similar to the work of Bernard Benedict Hemy a well known Briti...

A pair pf 19th century English School watercolor portraits of a man and woman, possibly husband and wife. Both are inscribed on the rever...

Victorian Marine Oil Painting of Ships and Boats in the Harbour bathed in Golden Dusky Light. This atmospheric marine by Adolphus Knell captures a tranquil nocturnal harbour scene ba...

Canvas Size: 30 x 30" (76 x 76cm) Outside Frame Size: 37 x 37" (94 x 94cm) Unsigned Provenance: Christies REUBEN Thomas William SAYER(S) 1815 - 1888 British Painter born in 18...

Hay Cutting by John Edwards (English, 1940 - 2020) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 29 x 23.5 inches canvas : 23 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very go...

A very engaging portrait of a pretty young girl holding a posy of flowers. On a large scale, this impressive piece would add grandeur to a hall or drawing room. William Edwards Mill...

Alfred Augustus Glendening Snr British, (1840-1921) The Vale of Evesham Oil on canvas, signed with monogram & dated (18)88 Image size: 29.25 inches x 49.5 inches Size including fram...

Well painted and very decorative oil on panel Painted on a mahogany panel and monogrammed L.B Well framed in a new English handmade gold leaf frame. The...

Charles Towne (1763-1840) London : A distant view of the city from the south with a herdsman and cattle in the foreground Oil on canvas laid on panel Canvas Size - 14 1/2 x 19 in Fra...

Very pretty English 19th century River landscape with sailboats, a Paddle Steamer, and a crew rowing. Possibly a view on the Thames in London, this piece ...

American ships off either the coast of Brazil or Barbados from the 1860's

Fine pair of 19th century Austrian bronze figural sculptures, a male and female in classic Bedouin attire and active stance, both cold paint and gilt decorated now with a charming ti...

This lovely colourful British 19th century genre oil painting is by Victorian artist William Henry Midwood. Painted circa 1870 it is a charming Victorian interior genre scene of a farmer and his daughter and their collie dog. The artist has perfectly captured the interaction between the three characters and the colouring and brushwork is superb. A lovely example of British Victorian genre painting...

Nineteenth Century Victorian Oil Landscape Painting of Spaniel Dog flushing a Pheasant in Woodlands. A typical oil painting by the Nineteenth Century Sporting Artist Jean Langlois. ...

Transporting 19th century English oil painting on board of the steamship "Bristol, executed in the traditional maritime style. Signed on the back Samuel Pickford and presented in a w...

Victorian White Cockatoo with Yellow Crest Perched in an Interior Harry Bright (British, 1846–1895) Signed and dated 1885. Medium: watercolour on paper, on board ,framed. Glass cover...

Richard Caton Woodville, Junior British, 1856–1927 Captain Kennedy, 1st Royal, Capturing his First Eagle at Waterloo Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white on pap...

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Wilson’s Petrel - Mother Carey’s Chicken" (Plate 460, No. 92) Portfolio: The Birds of America (F...

Victorian Maritime Oil Painting of HMS Ganges anchored off Falmouth with Sailors alighting and on deck with Sailing Boats. Oil on artists card, laid on board and framed in its orig...

An enchanting 19th century watercolor with figures before a castle in a river landscape. Circle of Samuel Prout (1783-1852) Figures before a castle in a river landscape Watercolour ...

This lovely British Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted artist Frederick Waters Watts. Painted circa 1850 the composition is of three carthorses watering in a small pool whi...

Whimsical 19th century Italian hand decorated glazed earthenware centerpiece crafted in a fantasy composition with seashells and mermaids.

'1. Heliconius erato 2. Heliconus vesta 3. Heliconus sylvanus' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.

Alfred Duke British, (c1860-1905) Over the Hedge Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 13.5 inches x 20.5 inches Size including frame: 20.75 inches x 27.75 inches An animated sporting...

‘Hunt the Slipper’ by Frederick Goodall R.A. (1822-1904). The painting – which depicts a large group of figures playing in English country woodland – is signed and dated 1848. 'Hunt...

18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute. Henry Redoute was the brother of the great botanical artist Pierre Joseph Redout...

George Gregory British, (1849-1938) Fishing Boats by the Coast Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1880 Image size: 11.25 inches x 17.25 inches Size including frame: 17.25 inches x 23...

A really charming study of a blacksmith puffing on a clay pipe at the forge door. Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham Junr (1823-1875) Village Blacksmith Patterdale, Aug 1848 Signed, in...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

Artist: William Curtis (English, 1746-1799) Title: Set of Six Hand-Colored Engravings Portfolio: The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed Year: 1801-1809 (Second series) M...

Adolf Schreyer's "Arabian Rider at Dusk" is a stunning oil painting on canvas that depicts an Arabian rider in a golden sunset. By Adolf Schreyer 8.5" x 15.5" Oil on Canvas Framed...

Edward Charles Barnes, a distinguished London painter active during the Victorian era, is celebrated for his evocative domestic scenes and interiors, particularly those featuring wom...

John Ferneley Jr. (1815–1862) was born in 1815 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, the eldest son of renowned sporting artist John Ferneley Sr. Growing up in a family immersed in the ...

Jane Maria Bowkett British, (1837-1891) Collecting Flowers Oil on canvas, signed with monogram Image size: 23.5 inches x 17.75 inches Size including frame: 29.25 inches x 23.5 inches A highly appealing genre painting of a young girl holding flowers by Jane Maria Bowkett. The girl is posed in a wild flower meadow in front of a wooded area and wears a white lace dress with a pink sash. On her head is a yellow straw hat decorated with white feathers and a ribbon. She is shown gripping the brim of her bonnet with one hand whilst holding a posy of flowers in the other. The girl bears a resemblance to the models featured in some of the artist's other paintings and could well have been a family member. Jane Maria Bowkett was a figure and genre painter born in Poplar, London on 17 September, 1837, the eldest child of Thomas Edward Bowkett and Jane Bowkett (nèe Watkinson). The family lived at East India Road where he father practiced as a surgeon, later becoming a doctor and was involved in the Chartist movement. Three of her sisters, Eliza Martha Bowkett (1839-1867), Jessie Undine Bowkett (1861-1886) and Leila Matilda Bowkett (1853-1924) also became artists. She attended the Government School of Design (now Royal College of Art) and in 1858 began her exhibiting career at the Society of Female Artist. In 1860, she started exhibiting at the British Institution and a year later made her debut at the Royal Academy and Royal Society of British Artists. As well as exhibiting in London, she also exhibited more widely at the Birmingham Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Bristol Academy of Art and the Brighton Art Society. Most of her paintings were genre scenes featuring woman and children in a mixture of both interior and landscape settings. Her work also included a number of beach and coastal paintings. She married the still life and landscape artist Charles Stuart on 7 February, 1862 at All Saints Church in West Ham. Although married, she continued exhibiting under her maiden name. The couple spent the first years of their married life living in Stepney Causeway where they started a family. One of their sons Charles Edward Gordon...

Edward Henry Holder British, (1847-1922) The Port of Cannes Oil on canvas, signed & dated (18)95 Image size: 14 inches x 39.75 inches Size including frame: 21.5 inches x 47.25 inche...

Henry H Parker British, (1858-1930) By the River Oil on board, signed Image size: 11.25 inches x 17.25 inches Size including frame: 19.25 inches x 25.25 inches A tranquil landscap...

J. Wilson. English ( fl.1837 - 1870 ). Looe Town & Harbor, Cornwall. Watercolor. Monogramed Lower Left. Image size 6.5 inches x 10.4 inches ( 16.5cm x 26.5cm ). Frame size 12.6 inc...

William E Harris British, (1854-1930) *Sutton Park Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1884, inscribed verso Image size: 9.5 inches x 15.5 inches Size incl...

William Arthur Breakspeare. English ( b.1855 - d.1914 ). A Rendezvous In The Park In The Autumn Fall. Oil On Panel. Signed Lower Right. Image size 12.6 inches x 7.3 inches ( 32cm x 1...

William Edward Webb British, (1862-1903) Douglas Harbour, Isle of Man Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 21.5 inches x 37.5 inches Size including frame: 33 inches x 49 inches A busy quayside painting by William Edward Webb of Douglas Harbour on the Isle of man. Fishermen in boats can be seen preparing to head ashore as other figures make their way along the quayside. William Edward Webb was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in 1862 to William Benjamin Webb and Ellen Butler. His father was a printer and an artist and it is highly likely he received tuition from him. Following the death of his mother, his father remarried and moved the family to Manchester sometime after 1871. By the 1880’s, Webb had started working as an artist and later set up a studio at 30 Exchange Buildings in Manchester. He began exhibiting at the Manchester City Art Gallery from 1890, where he showed more than 60 paintings during his lifetime. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy and Walker Art Gallery Liverpool from 1892. He married Clara Foster in 1899 and the couple lived at 1 Sylvan Grove, Chorlton Upon Medlock in South Manchester with their daughter Florrie. He became friends with the artist Walter Emsley (1860-1938) who also lived in Manchester. Although he spent the rest of his life in Manchester, Webb travelled throughout the UK painting coastal and marine scenes around the main ports and harbours. He spent a great deal of time in the Isle of Mann painting numerous scenes along the coast including views of Peel and Douglas Harbour, subjects he frequently returned to. Webb painted in a highly distinctive style; loose and informal but which manages to retain the sense of perspective. He struggled with ill health and depression throughout his life which sadly led to his suicide 9 November, 1903. In 1974, a retrospective exhibition was held at The Old Customs House and Old Solent House in Lymington, which brought a new found interest in his work. His paintings are now highly sought after and are represented in many collections and Museums including the Astley Hall...

Charles Hunt Jnr British, (1829-1900) A Visitor Calls Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 24.75 inches x 34.75 inches Size including frame: 32.25 inches x 42.25 inches A wonderful genre painting by Charles Hunt of two men and two boys with horses and other animals in a cottage. A farmer and his two sons can be seen eating lunch at a table in rustic interior as a visitor approaches. Perhaps encouraged by the boys, a piglet seems to have found its way onto the table whilst a rabbit and guinea pig eat cabbage leaves on the floor. To the far right, a horse is shown in a stable area along with some piglets. To the far left, a terrier waits on the step by its master. Charles Hunt was a genre and figure painter born in Kensington, London in 1829. His sons Reuben Hunt...

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Tropic Bird" (Plate CCLXII - 262; part No. 53) Portfolio: The Birds of America (Havell Edition) Year: 1835 Medium: Original H...

Artist: John Gould (English, 1804-1881) Title: "Platalea Leucorodia (Spoonbill)" (Vol. 4, Plate 32) Portfolio: The Birds of Great Britain Year: 1862-1873 Medium: Original Hand-Colore...

Francis Moltino Italian, (1818-1888) The Port of Hull Oil on canvas Image size: 22 inches x 35 inches Size including frame: 27.25 inches x 40.25 inches Provenance: Stacy-Marks A wo...

This beautiful 1889 piece is an original Victorian-era oil painting by the renowned British still life artist Oliver Clare (1853–1927). ARTWORK: The piece is a classic fruit still l...

18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute. Henry Redoute was the bro...

John Ferneley Jnr British, (1815-1862) Horse & Groom in a Stable Oil on canvas, indistinctly signed Image size: 18.75 inches x 23.25 inches Size including frame: 23.5 inches x 28 inches Provenance: The Parker Gallery, Berkeley St., London A mid-19th century sporting painting of a horse and groom in a stable by John Ferneley Jnr. A stable hand is depicted in the middle of a stall grooming a bay horse. Nearby, a tabby cat can be seen resting on table whilst a small black and tan dog wanders by a door to the left. John Ferneley Junior was born in 1815, at Melton Mowbray, the son of the sporting artist John E Ferneley (1782-1869) and his first wife Sarah. His brother Claude Lorraine Ferneley (1822-1892) and sister Sarah Ferneley...

Artist: William Curtis (English, 1746-1799) Title: "Soldanella Alpina Alpine Soldanella" (Vol. 2, Plate 49) Portfolio: The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed Year: 1788 ...

Newlyn School, circle of Frank Bramley is the attribution for this lovely Victorian portrait oil painting. Painted circa 1890 on panel, it is a head and shoulders portrait of a young girl in a straw hat...

Victorian Landscape Beach Scene Oil Painting of Mother, Child and Dog on the Beach. A beautiful and tender scene of a Mother with her young child and pet Dog playing gently by the Sea. A true gem of the Victorian era where the motif of family was strongly portrayed and romanticised. Frederick Thomas Charles Underhill British 1832 - 1896 London painter of genre, coastal scenes and biblical subjects. Born in Birmingham. Exhibited from 1851-75, at the RA between 1852-67. Titles at the RA including 'Sea Coast, 1852, 'The Gypsy Mother', 1855 and 'Hagar and Ishmael...

Pair of antique paintings, oil on canvas, portraits. Around 1850. Portrait of a well-known artist and his wife. Dimensions are per painting...

'The Feather Boa,' a large oil painting of Miss Crofton by Herbert Sidney British, 1901 Frame: height 193cm, width 115cm, depth 6cm Canvas: height 143, width 77cm, depth 3cm By the British artist Herbert Sidney, (1858-1923), this remarkable full length portrait also titled 'The Feather Boa,' depicts Miss Alice...

This beautiful 1892 piece is an original Victorian-era oil painting by the renowned British still life artist Oliver Clare (1853–1927). ARTWORK: The piece is a classic fruit still li...

19th century French oil painting of a lady and a parrot by Semenowsky French, 1891 Panel: Height 56cm, width 38cm Frame: Height 68cm, width 49.5cm, width 3cm This wonderful oil on p...

Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley, inscribed verso Title - October Manor Farm Surrey Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, unframed Paint...

Artist: Currier & Ives after Chaz Zellinsky after J. Cameron Title: The Grand Racer Kingston by Spendthrift Year: 1891 Medium: Hand-colored Lithograph Image Size: 19 x 26 inches Fram...

John Charles Maggs British, (1819-1896) Caught in a Snowstorm Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 10 inches x 16.75 inches Size including frame: 14.5 inches x 21.25 inches An atmosph...

'The Century Atlas. Italy, Northern Part.' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 29.5cm by 40cm.