Victorian Art

An image of the last major insurrection in Great Britain, known as Guy Fawkes's Cato Street Conspiracy. London: Thomas Mclean, 1835. Etching with hand colo...

'Beer' Chromolithograph, 1871, after Ape (Carlo Pellegrini 1839-1889) Vanity Fair portrait of Michael Thomas Bass (1799 -1884) was a British brewer and MP. Under his leadership, Ba...

'Little Darling' Chromolithograph. 1897. Vanity Fair musician portrait of Charles John Darling (1849-1936), lawyer, politician and High Court judge. 395mm by 265mm (sheet)

'Praise and Prayer' Chromolithograph, 1874, after Ape (Carlo Pellegrini 1839-1889) Vanity Fair portrait of Ira D. Sankey (1840 -1908), known as The Sweet Singer of Methodism, who w...

'Crystal Palace' Chromolithograph. 1895. Vanity Fair portrait of Sir August Friedrich Manns (1825-1907) who was a German-born conductor who made his career in England. After servi...

'Finger Prints' Chromolithograph. 1905. Vanity Fair portrait of Sir Edward Richard Henry, 1st Baronet GCVO KCB CSI KPM (1850-1931) who was the Commissioner of Police of the Metropo...

'The Lord Mayor' Chromolithograph. 1902. Vanity Fair portrait of Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale (1849-1912), Lord Mayor of London 1901-1902. With original descriptive text. 395mm...

'Song Thrush etc' Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879. 160mm by 245mm (sheet). Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.

Artist: (after) James Ward (English, 1769-1859) Title: "Bulls Fighting" Portfolio: The Portfolio *Signed by Wise in pencil lower right. It is also signed in the plate (printed signat...

Here for your consideration is an antique fine copy of an earlier original painting by the well known 18th century French artist, Jean Baptiste Greuze. This painting is an oil paint...

A fine Victorian Scottish genre oil on canvas painting which dates to 1868 and is titled The Gossip by famous Scottish artist William Fettes Douglas RSA. It is a stunning depiction o...

John Harris after Harry Hall The Merry Beaglers Restrike print - c. mid twentieth century 48x65cm Aquatint with hand colouring The most famous beagling...

Artist: George Brookshaw (English, 1751-1823) Title: "Pears (Bergamot de Chantilly, Bouchee, Winter Sweet Sugar Pear, Bishop's Thumb)" (Plate LXXIX - 79) Portfolio: Pomona Britannica, or A Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits Year: 1808 (First edition) Medium: Original Aquatint and Stipple Engraving with Printed and Hand-Coloring on wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: T. Bensley, London, UK Publisher: George Brookshaw, London, UK Framing: Recently framed in a wood and gold moulding with 100% cotton rag matting and Museum Glass Framed size: 28.5" x 24.44" Sheet size: approx. 22.25" x 17.5" Image size: 16.25" x 12.25" Reference: Dunthorne No. 50; "Great Flower Books" - No. 81; Nissen BBI No. 244; "An Oak Spring Pomona" No. 40a; Prideaux No. 295 Condition: Some minor scuffing to image. In excellent condition Rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Orlando, FL; acquired from The Old Print Shop, New York, NY retaining their original gallery label upper center on verso. Comes from Brookshaw's famous book volume "Pomona Britannica", (1804-1812) which consists of 90 aquatint engravings some with stipple printed...

Alfred Drury's (1856-1944) body of work locates him as a leading figure in the New Sculpture movement, yet his position as an innovator and conduit betwee...

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...

Alfred Drury's (1856-1944) body of work locates him as a leading figure in the New Sculpture movement, yet his position as an innovator and conduit betwee...

A fine large half-length portrait of a lady which was drawn in the late 19th century by British artist Horace Henry Cauty. A stunning and detailed work it is dated May 1892. It is a...

Thomas Baker British, (1809-1864) Lock on the River Avon near Stratford Oil on panel, signed & dated 1863 Image size: 12 inches x 15.75 inches Size including frame: 17.5 inches...

This lovely British Victorian landscape oil painting is by attributed to artist Keeley Halswelle. Painted in 1883 it is a large harvest scene with wheat sheaves in a field in the for...

Artist: John Sell Cotman (English, 1782-1842) Title: "Entrance to the Castle at Tancarville" (Vol. 2, Plate 86) Portfolio: Architectural Antiquities of Normandy Year: 1822 Medium: Or...

A vibrant Victorian watercolour which is signed and dated 1869 by Henry George Hine RI. A lovely scene around the camp fire with gypsies such as the man smoking and the laundry hung ...

Artist: Daniel Giraud Elliot (American, 1835-1915) Title: "Felis Rubiginosa (Rusty-Spotted Cat)" (Plate XXIX - 29) Portfolio: A Monograph of the Felidae or ...

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...

This oil on canvas is signed and dated in the lower right and measures 32.5" x 37" including the frame. The scene depicts a young lady playing her guitar by the light of the fire. Th...

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902) was one of only a handful of leading late-nineteenth century French Sculptors, whose reputation was perhaps second only to his contemporaries, Henri Chap...

Nineteenth Century Victorian Dutch Marine Oil Painting on Canvas of Boats and Fisherfolk off the Coast at Rotterdam. This is a superb luminous shimmering Oil on Canvas on stretchers which is framed in a period gold frame. This work is by the Listed and World Renowned Marine Painter James Webb...

Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902) was one of only a handful of leading late-nineteenth century French Sculptors, whose reputation was perhaps second only to his contemporaries, Henri Chap...

'Ornamentale Tatowierung' (Ornamental Tattooing) German chromolithograph. 1895. 240mm by 150mm (sheet)

The Clan of Macauley (Tartan) Chromolithograph. 1886. From 'The Tartans of the Clans of Scotland', by James Grant, 1886. 365mm by 265mm (sheet). Accompanied by a sheet of descri...

Ludwig Hermann German, (1812-1881) A Bustling Harbour Town Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1863 Image size: 26 inches x 36.5 inches Size including frame: 35.25 inches x 45.75 inches A wonderful continental townscape scene of a bustling harbour by Ludwig Hermann. The Medieval architecture is reminiscent of North Germany and the Baltic sea area with its busy trading ports. Figures can be seen chatting to traders as ships sail around the harbour. Ludwig Hermann or Herman was born Elias Ludwig Julius Herrmann at Greifswald, Germany in 1812 to Wilhelm and Sophie Herrmann. Although little is recorded about his early life and education, he is known to have left his home in 1831 at the age of 19, to pursue an artistic career in Berlin. There he entered the Prussian Academy of Arts where he studied under Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850). Hermann started exhibiting at the Berlin Academy exhibitions in 1836. A year later in 1837, he travelled to Paris to study under Eugène Isabey (1803-1886) and Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-1870). By 1841 he had returned to Berlin where he married Caroline Wilhelmine ‘Auguste’ Dupont on 16 October, 1841. From his base in Berlin he travelled around Europe painting views of France...

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

William Duffield British, (1816-1863) Still Life of Fruit & a Vase Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1850 Image size: 13.5 inches x 18.5 inches Size including frame: 18.5 inches x 23.5 inches A wonderful still life painting of fruit and a vase by William Duffield. An array of fruit including grapes, peaches and a Melon are depicted grouped together on a table. Nestled behind them can be seen a grey crackle glazed ring handled vase...

Artist: Robert Huish (English, 1777-1850) Title: "The Alligator (In the Gardens of the Zoological Society)" (Plate 26) Portfolio: The Wonders of the Animal Kingdom; Exhibiting Deline...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came...

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...

Lord Fauntleroy Melanie Sherman 240522-129 Pigment Print Year: 2024 Visible Size: 13 x 13 inches Framed: 20.5 x 20.5 inches Signed: On Label Edition: 7 COA provided *White frame wit...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Beautiful pair of life-sized, hand cast, left and right, English, terracotta poodles from the East Hampton Estate of legendary socialite, publicist, and sister of Jackie Kennedy, Lee...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

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

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

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

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...

'The Century Atlas. Alaska, North America.' Original antique map, 1903. Inset maps of 'Sitka, Glacier Bay' and Aleutian Is.'. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on...

'The Century Atlas. Italy, Central and Southern Part.' Original antique map, 1903. Inset maps of Sicily and Naples. Central fold as issued. Map name an...

'The Century Atlas. Manitoba, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Canada, North America.' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printe...

'The Century Atlas. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Canada.' Original antique map, 1903. Inset map of Newfoundland. Central...

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

'The Century Atlas. South America. Eastern Part' Original antique map, 1903. Inset map 'Rio de Janeiro and Vicinity'. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the rev...

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

'The Century Atlas. Africa. North-East Part' Original antique map, 1903. Inset map of 'Nile Delta and Suez Canal'. Central fold as issued. Map name and nu...

'The Century Atlas. Africa. Southern Part' Original antique map, 1903. Inset maps of 'Cape Town', 'Johannesburg' and 'Ladysmith'. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printe...

Copper-line engraving by Pierre Foudrinier (1698-1758) after Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), 1794. Sir William Chambers (1723-1796) was a renown 18th century British architect. He traveled to China, France and Italy before establishing an architectural practice in London. He became Architect of the King's Works and worked for Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales, making fanciful garden buildings...

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