Victorian Art

Artist/ School: Robert Hogg 1981, signed and inscribed verso Title: 'Storm Clouds Over Fleetwith PiKe Buttermere' Medium: oil on board, framed Framed: 21 x 30 inches Board: 18 x ...

Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) dated 1993 and inscribed verso Title - Feeding The Swans By River Mole, Surrey Medium: gouac...

"Western Travellers" by Rudolf Stone, British late 19th Century signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner oil painting on wood panel, framed framed size: 8 x 14 inches Won...

Edmund Bristow - British Painter 1787 - 1876 Victorian Nineteenth Century Rural Landscape Oil Painting of Horse and Cattle in a Meadow. An unsigned Oil on Canvas, mounted on stretch...

Victorian 19th-century arts and crafts figure scene from a Shakespeare play Robert Anning Bell was born on 14 April 1863 and educated at University College School in London. At the age of fifteen, he was articled for two years to an architect uncle before studying at the Royal Academy Schools, the Westminster School of Art (under Fred Brown), in Paris (under Aimé Morot...

Wonderful Antique Victorian Welch landscape, Ruined Castle by the shore side with moored fishing boats Joseph Horlor was born in Bath in 1809 and was a landscape painter of Welsh sc...

Well-drawn early 19th century French watercolor of a family in a wooded landscape. Framed in an antique water gilded frame, which might be the original to the piece. The quality o...

Joseph THORS A very attractive piece by Joseph Thors who was one of the most sought after artists of the Victorian period. Perfect for any mantlepiece it has many of the most desira...

An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and and added level of quality. This and the others from the collection were Im sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...

Artist/ School: British School, signed, 20th century Title: The Country House Garden Medium: signed oil painting on board, framed. Size: framed: 21.25 x 29.75 inches board: 15.7...

On the Lea River attributed to Peter de Wint (British 1784-1849) signed lower right corner, titled verso original watercolour painting on paper, unframed painting: 11 x 14 inches C...

Pierre-Louis Bouchard French, (1831-1889) Une Bonne Tasse de Thé Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 23 inches x 13.75 inches Size including frame: 35 inches x 25.75 inches A lovely portrait of a young woman pouring a cup of tea, by Pierre Louis Bouchard. The woman is depicted wearing a green striped dress with a white apron, whilst on her head is a mob cap decorated with a red ribbon. She is shown standing before a table containing a porcelain tea service on a silver salver. She is painted with her head turned towards the viewer as she expertly pours the tea into a cup. The mode appears similar to others figures the artist painted and could well have been the same person. Pierre Louis Bouchard was born Pierre-François Bouchard in Lyon on 2 May 1831 to Pierre Bouchard and Amelie Baron. In 1845, he began studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon where he was taught by Jean-Claude Bonnefond (1796-1860). He then moved to Paris where he became a pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) at the Ecole des beaux Arts. He also studied under Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin...

Artist: Philip Lutley Sclater (English, 1829-1913) Titles: "Circaetus Zonurus (Brown Snake-Eagle)", "Spizaetus Ayresii (Ayres's Hawk-Eagle)", "Tinnunculus Alopex (Fox Kestrel)", and ...

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Bonaparte’s Flycatching-Warbler (Great Magnolia)" (Plate 73, No. 15) Portfolio: The Birds of America (First Royal Octavo Edition) Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper Limited edition: approx. 1,200 Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA Sheet size: 10.5" x 6.5" Image size: 7.5" x 5.63" Reference: Ayer/Zimmer page 22; Bennett page 5; McGill/Wood page 208; Nissen No. IVB 51; Reese No. 34; Sabin No. 2364; Tyler App. I Condition: Minor area of discoloration upper right corner. In excellent condition with strong colors Notes: Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", (First Royal Octavo Edition) (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs. Based on a composition painted on August 13, 1821. The Canada warbler is a small boreal songbird of the New World warbler family. It summers in Canada and northeastern United States and winters in northern South America. To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first...

Artist/ School: Michael Sedgwick, British 20th century, signed and dated 1980. Title: Shipping in Calm Waters Artist/ School: Michael Sedgwick, Brit...

Standout 19th century English paraffin wax assemblage of fruit and nuts in a faux wicker basket, presented under a glass dome on a mahogany plinth.

Francis Moltino Italian, (1818-1888) The River Thames with St Paul’s & Blackfriars Bridge Oil on canvas, indistinctly signed with monogram Image size: 23.25 inches x 35.25 inches Si...

This superb British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite conversation piece figurative oil painting is attributed to Thomas Musgrave Joy, artist to Queen Victoria. Painted circa 1845 the composi...

This late 19th-century maritime painting by George Stainton captures the dramatic return of a fishing boat to harbor, skillfully portraying the power of the sea and the resilience of...

French 19th century Fall River landscape, with later afternoon sunlight, Autumn trees and River bank flowers. William Baptiste Baird was born in Chicago, moving to Paris in the 1870s where he spent most of his working life. He exhibited both in Paris, at the Salon des Beaux-Arts and at the Royal Academy in London from 1877 to 1899. In 1877 he gave his address as 47, Bloomsbury Square, London; in 1879 as 20 Cheyne Row...

Victorian Oil Painting of Street Scenes showing William Shakespeare's Wife, Anne Hathaway's Cottage in Stratford on Avon, England. Oil on Panel, Signed with monogram showing timber framed houses, Cottage Garden and Figures and Geese in the Street in a rural setting. This is one of a Pair of Oil Paintings, please see a picture (below) of both of them together. This is the sweetest pair of Oil Paintings of Shakespeare's birthplace and Anne Hathaways Cottage...

Victorian Welsh Landscape Oil Painting of Tintern Abbey ruins in a River Landscape. Victorian Oil Painting of Tintern Abbey Ruins on the Welsh borders w...

Pretty and well-painted, View of Vevey on the north shore of Lake Geneva. Dating from the early 20th century this painting would have been painted for one of the many visitors who w...

Charming antique sailors valentine handcrafted in exotic seashells in heart form with an image of a sailing ship as seen through a convex lens and having a map of North America on th...

George Augustus Williams, British (1814 – 1901) Moonlit, Winter Scene Oil on Board 16.5 x 14.5 inches Framed 10 x 7.5 Unframed Signed Provenance: Private collection, United Kingdom...

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 ...

Antique pencil and faded watercolor wash portrait titled "L'Amazon" (French, translates "horsewoman") by Constantin Guys (French, 1802-1892), circa 1860...

A very attractive rural scene of a fisherman and his dog on a riverbank, in very good colour and an appealing composition. Claude Hayes (1852-1922) A fisherman and his dog by a riverbank Signed Watercolour with touches of pencil 6½ x 10 inches, image only 13 x 16 inches with the frame Claude Hayes was a Dublin born painter who to avoid his father's wish to make a businessman of him ran away to sea and served on the Golden Fleece, one of the transports used in the Abyssinian expedition of 1867-68, and also spent a year in the United States. Returning to London, he studied art at Heatherley's and the Royal Academy Schools, and then in Antwerp, under Charles Verlat. He worked in Hampshire with James Aumonier and also in Surrey with William Charles Estall, whose sister he married. Hayes exhibited widely in London and provincial centres, and was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1886, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, 1902. He also showed at the RA, RBSA, Brook Street Art Gallery, Dudley Gallery, FAS, GI, Grosvenor Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, MAFA, RBA, RHA, Ridley Art Club, RSW and Walker's Gallery, London. In 1912, Claude Hayes represented England at the Venice Biennale. His work is in various public collections in England and Ireland including the Ulster Museum, Museums Sheffield, Torre Abbey Museum and the Leeds City Art Gallery. His father was the artist Edwin Hayes.

This superb French Victorian portrait oil painting is by noted French society painter Jules-Elie Delaunay. Painted in 1883 it is a three-quarter length profile portrait of the Marquesa de Escombreras. Her full name was Trinidad Maria Piedad Fulgenico de Aguirre. She was born in 1824 in Cartagena, Spain, the seventh and last child of Jose de Aguirre, a retired naval officer. On October 22nd 1843 she married Frenchman Hilarion Roux (1819-1898) who was a banker from Marseille who settled in Cartegena in January 1843. After her marriage she was known as Trinidad Roux. Hilarion Roux had arrived in Cartagena first to trade silver. He quickly became one of the main lead industrialists in Catagena then in the Mediterranean area. The couple later lived in France again, in Marseille and later in Paris, where Trinidad died in 1905 aged 81. Interestingly there is no similar portrait of her husband. In this superb painting, the Marquesa, aged about 60 in reality, is wearing a black off the shoulder dress...

"Frame Size: Height: 13.60" x Width: 10.60" Frame Thickness: 2.50" Picture Size: Height: 9.40" x Width: 6.40" Immerse yourself in the delicate beauty of this KPM Porcelain Plaque ...

A hand colored Vanity Fair caricature of a 19th century opera singer, M Jean de Reszke, entitled 'Polish Tenor'. The print was created by the most famou...

Early 20th Century English Autumn river landscape with a Norman Church. Abraham Hulk Junior was born in the Netherlands in 1851 to renowned Dutch ...

An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and and added level of quality. This and the others from the collection were Im sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...

This superb, large British Victorian oil painting is by noted Newlyn and Menton artist Arthur Alfred Burrington. It was painted circa 1890 when Burrington was most likely in Newlyn, ...

Victorian Oil Painting of a Blacksmith Forge with Figures and a Horse in a Smithy Interior. Small Oil on Panel in its original gilt frame in excellent condition. A real find, depic...

Significant and rare historical figurative landscape Folkstone Bandstand painting, with British Battle Cruiser in the background, by Adolph M. Brougier, Royal Academy of British Arti...

This Victorian Scottish landscape oil painting by Edward Hargitt (1835–1895) depicts sheep resting within the expansive Scottish countryside. Painted in a classical style with careful attention to landscape, atmosphere, and natural detail, the work reflects Hargitt’s deep connection to Scotland and its rural scenery. Born in Edinburgh, Hargitt studied at the Royal Scottish Academy under the influential landscape painter Horatio McCulloch. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and became a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. Hargitt was particularly known for Highland landscapes, moors, lochs, and pastoral subjects in which animals provide scale and animation. A memorable detail of Hargitt’s life is that he was also a respected ornithologist, and his intense interest in the Scottish natural world informed the careful observation evident in his paintings. His work remains represented in private collections and continues to appear at European auction. This Scottish sheep...

Wonderful and historically interesting scene of a steam ship off the coast of Sandy Hook, New YorkCity before its voyage to Brazil. Part of a collection of pencil drawings , all uns...

Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States. The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Sandwich Tern (with Florida Cray Fish) (Florida Keys)" (Plate CCLXXIX - 279; part No. 56) Portfolio: The Birds of America (Ha...

Oil on artist panel, signed and dated lower left. It measures 19.75" x 22.75" including the frame, which is likely the original. Benjamin Williams Leader RA (12 March 1831 – 22 March 1923) was an English landscape painter. The inspiration for these early works was the countryside around Worcester itself, "the cottages, farmhouses, lanes, hedgerows and churches, so exceedingly picturesque and beautiful". However, Leader did not finish his course of studies at the R. A, nor did he need to – his paintings proved to be in great demand by wealthy buyers and he achieved an enviable degree of commercial success within only a few years of his first sale. In 1857 he changed his name to Benjamin Williams Leader to distinguish himself from the many other painters with the surname Williams. In autumn of that year he travelled to Scotland, and painted A Quiet pool in Glen Falloch...

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Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and Josef Mathias Trenkwald. He wo...

R.Ellis English late 19th-century landscape of a Watermill by a Stream and a bridge. Original frame oils on card Signed and dated on the reverse and lower right. Ellis was a la...

Benjamin William Leader RA, British (1831-1923) A Bye Pass, Burrows Cross Medium: Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20 x 16 inches Framed size: 27 x 23 inches Signature: Signed (Lower lef...

This beautiful Victorian pencil drawing dates to around 1890 and is by an unknown hand. It is a bust length seated portrait of a young girl gazing to her right. Her long hair is bac...

19th century English Antique Victorian Summertime Harvest landscape, with figures. John Mundell was a British painter of landscapes as well as river scenes and coastal views. It is suggested that Mundell was a pseudonym of John James Wilson. Mundell’s work was vigorous, bright, and attractive and compares favorably with the work of many of the better artists of his time. This is a very fine example of the artist's work. It is a rare composition for the artist as he mostly painted marines. This piece is framed in its original antique gold leaf frame

Artist: Arthur Langley Vernon (English, Active: 1871-c.1922) Title: "Ladies in Horse Carriage" *Signed by Vernon lower right Circa: 1880 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Frami...

Very intricate silhouette cut out of black paper over white paper background by the Czech artist, Frederich Kaskeline. Signed lower right. Bearing inscription lower left. Circa 1920...

This lovely British Victorian oil painting is by Edward Charles Williams of the Williams Family of artists and related to George Morland. The painting is a figurative landscape entitled the Woodman's family and entails five figures and a dog gathered around a tree that the Woodman is tackling with his axe. The painting is signed and indistinctly dated (only visible with ultra violent light) lower left, the date being 1869. For me, the highlight of the painting is the artistry and attention to detail with which Williams has portrayed the light on the trees above and the exquisite colouring of the leaves. There are even two birds finely depicted in the tree foliage. Signed and indistinctly dated 1869 lower left (only visible under ultraviolet light). Provenance. Berkshire estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, image size is 40 inches by 36 inches and in good condition. Housed in a complementary frame. Framed size is 48 inches by 44 inches and in good condition. Edward Charles Williams (London 10 July 1807 – 25 July 1881) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian Era, and a member of the Williams family of painters. He was the eldest son of the painter Edward Williams (1781–1855) and Ann Hildebrandt (c.1780–1851), and a member of the Williams family of painters, who were related to such famous artists as James Ward RA and George Morland. His father was a well-known landscape artist, who taught him how to paint; otherwise he received no formal instruction. He adopted much of his father's style and technique, and like the other painters of his family, he devoted himself to landscapes, producing rich and tranquil views of Barnes, Cumberland, Kent, Surrey and the Thames. His paintings are now highly sought after. Williams married his first wife Mary Ann Challenger on 11 December 1839 in Westminster. Mary Ann died in 1857 in London, and his only child Alice Williams was born shortly afterwards to Sarah Susannah Horley, who had been Mary Ann's nurse – Edward and Sarah did not marry for another 10 years until 3 October 3, 1868, when they wed at the St. Pancras Old Church in Camden, London. He largely stopped painting after the 1859 death of his second wife, adding value to the small number of paintings that he did produce from 1859 on − Springer in the Bracken, The Lap Dog, The Ploughman's walk home, The Ducks at Tilbury and Primrose at St Mary's (Primrose was the Verger's Cat). Some suggest that he suffered a breakdown after his wife's death, given his choice of subjects in these later years. The location of three of these post-1859 works are unknown, and they are assumed lost during two world wars. He signed some of his work as E Williams, which leads to confusion with his father, who painted in a similar style, and at times he signed as C Williams to purposely avoid such confusion. Because many of the paintings of both father and son are unsigned, it can be difficult to correctly attribute their work. Edward Charles also collaborated on several paintings with William Shayer, where Williams would paint the landscape, and Shayer would add in figures and animals; his Near Wantage, Berkshire is a good example. He died 25 July 1881 at Shepherds Bush in London and is buried with Sarah Horley and their daughter Alice in Hammersmith Old Cemetery, close to other family graves. Edward Charles Williams was born into an artist family that is sometimes referred to as the Barnes School. His father and five surviving brothers were all noted landscape painters during the Victorian era. Three of the sons of Edward Williams changed their last names to protect the identity of their art. Edward Williams (father) Henry John Boddington, George Augustus Williams, Arthur Gilbert, Sidney Richard Percy, Alfred Walter Williams.

A beautiful colourful oil on canvas portrait by Annie Louisa Robinson (Swynnerton). She was a founder member of the Manchester Society of Women Artists and the first woman for 200 ye...

Georgina Lara British, (fl. 1862-1871) A Busy Village Oil on canvas, unsigned Image size: 11.75 inches x 19.25 inches Size including frame: 16.25 inches x 24.25 inches Provenance: Cooling Galleries, Bond Street, London A pleasing village scene featuring figures, horse and other animals in a village square. To the left, a team of horses with a hay cart can be seen resting whilst a group of people chat outside a village store. In the foreground a group of children play marbles by a dog as two women chat by a log. Meanwhile, a horse and cart is shown entering the village alongside a barn. Georgina Lara also known as Edwina Lara was a London painter of rustic farmyard and village scenes. Her work also closely resembles that of Edward Masters...

Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and Josef Mathias Trenkwald. He wo...

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...

Arthur Wardle. English ( b.1864 - d.1949 ) Welsh Hounds From The Packs Of Lieutenant Buckley & The Hon. H.C. Wynn. Watercolor On Card. Signed Lower Left. Image size 7.68 inches x 1...

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Key-West Dove" (Plate 282, No. 57) Portfolio: The Birds of America (First Royal Octavo Edition) Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Origi...

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "American Anhinga - Snake Bird" (Plate 420, No. 84) Portfolio: The Birds of America (First Royal Octavo Edition) Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper Limited edition: approx. 1,200 Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA Sheet size: 10" x 6.69" Image size: 6.63" x 4.63" Reference: Ayer/Zimmer page 22; Bennett page 5; McGill/Wood page 208; Nissen No. IVB 51; Reese No. 34; Sabin No. 2364; Tyler App. I Condition: Minor toning to sheet and some faint discoloration in margins. Old glue staining along right binding edge as normal. It is otherwise in very good condition with strong colors Notes: Provenance: private collection - Cleveland, OH. Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", (First Royal Octavo Edition) (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs. The preceding 1836 Havell edition of this work has a different title: "Black-bellied Darter", (Plate: CCCXVI - 396, No. 64). Based on a drawing inscribed "New Orleans 1822 - redrawn ... 1836". This conspicuous bird had various names including "water turkey" and "Bec à Lancette". The Anhinga, sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from a'ñinga in the Brazilian Tupi language and means "devil bird" or "snake bird". To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first...

John Strickland Goodall John Strickland Goodall was born in Heacham, Norfolk on 7 June 1908. He was the son of a famous heart specialist whose boasted seven generations of medics, a...

Artist: William Roscoe (English, 1753-1831) Title: "Maranta Arundinacea (Arrowroot)" and "Phrynium Grandiflorum" Portfolio: Monandrian Plants of the order Scitamineae, Chiefly Drawn ...

Amusing true pair of 19th century English Staffordshire porcelain poodle figures hand decorated and featuring a confetti coat.