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18th Century Watercolor Portrait of Sir John Mennes After Anthony van Dyck
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century Watercolor Portrait of Sir John Mennes After Anthony van Dyck This 18th century
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Baroque Paintings

Materials

Paper

Framed 18th Century Watercolour - The Blind Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 18th century portrait in watercolours, depicting a blind man seated in an expansive country
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Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Portrait of a Lady in a White Dress - 18th Century Watercolour
By John Downman
Located in London, GB
John Downman 1750-1824 Portrait of a Lady in a White Dress Pencil, stump and watercolour
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18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Grimace - China Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
an anonymous artist of the late 18th century. A precious old master's original drawing, representing
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

French 18th Century Pastel Portrait
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century French pastel portrait on paper of a young lady in period dress in a 'feigned
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Late 18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pastel

Portrait of a Lady - Late 18th Century European Pastel
Located in London, GB
European School Late 18th Century Portrait of a Lady Pastel on paper, mounted on canvas Image
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Late 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Laid Paper, Pastel

18th century portrait drawing of the Rev. William Atkinson
By George Romney
Located in London, GB
dimensions: 14.50 x 15.38 inches This drawing is one of only two known portrait drawings by Romney (as
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Portrait of Lady, 18th Century English Pen and Ink
By Ozias Humphry
Located in London, GB
Ozias Humphry 1742-1810 Portrait of Frances Abington Pen and brown ink Image size: 7 1/2 x 5 3/4
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18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen, Ink

18th century portrait of the Royal Academy model George White
By John Russell
Located in London, GB
half of the eighteenth century. A paviour – or street mender –by profession White had been discovered
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Minnie Asprey - Framed 1913 Watercolour, Portrait of a House Maid
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour from listed artist Minnie Asprey depicting a house maid dressed in 17th/18th
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Portrait of a Young Man Original Charcoal and Pastel French 18th Century
Located in London, GB
French School 18th Century Portrait of a Young Man Charcoal and pastel on paper Image size: 11 x
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18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

French School, 18th Century, Portrait Of A Man Seen From Three Quarters, chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
French School - 18th century Paris, Louis XV-Transition period Portrait of a man seen from three
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Mid-18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Laid Paper

18th century pastel portrait of Lady Augusta Corbett and her son, Stuart
By Daniel Gardner
Located in London, GB
working for one of the most ambitious and most impressively connected families of eighteenth-century
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Gouache

Late 19th Century Watercolour - The Watercress Seller
Located in Corsham, GB
sellers were common during the 18th and 19th centuries and would sell to workers early in the morning
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Late 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

18th Century Pastel - Rebecca
Located in Corsham, GB
middle-class society in the late 18th century. Drawn in excellent detail, with particular attention to
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18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, 18th Century Pastel Drawing
By Thomas Frye
Located in London, GB
pastel drawing by Thomas Frye is a half-length portrait of a man dressed in a turban. This drawing is the
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1750s English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Attrib. Lady Diana Beauclerk (1734-1808) - Watercolour, Shepherdess with Baby
Located in Corsham, GB
A heartwarming sepia study of a shepherdess comforting her young baby. Well-presented in a contemporary gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.
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Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Attrib. William Hamilton RA (1751-1801) Watercolour, The Little Fortune Teller
By William Hamilton
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study depicting a young woman wearing a dress and smock. She points to her
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Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Portrait - Original Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original Modern artwork realized in the half of the 18th Century in France
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18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

George Gatcombe (fl.1887-1897) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, French Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A turn-of-the-century portrait of a woman in stylised French 18th-century dress, a fleur-de-lis
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

18th Century, Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo, red chalk drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French (?) school circa 1770 Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo, red chalk on paper 20 x 29 cm Numbered
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1770s Baroque Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

After John Downman - 1794 Watercolour, Sarah Siddons (née. Kemble)
By John Downman
Located in Corsham, GB
This accomplished watercolours is a fine copy of John Downman's portrait of Sarah Siddons. Painted
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18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

1866 Watercolour - Lady In The Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming late 19th Century watercolour showing a finely dressed young lady in a flowing white
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Eighteenth-century Irish portrait of the Rev. Henry Dabzac
By Hugh Douglas Hamilton
Located in London, GB
This characteristic pastel portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton was made early in his career; it depicts
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Portrait - Drawing after Baccio del Bianco - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Pencil Drawing realized by an Italian artist of 17th and early 18th century, after
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17th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Portrait - Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Ink, pastel and Watercolor realized by an artist of 18th Century. Good condition on
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18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pastel, Watercolor

18th century ink study for the Leveson-Gower Children
By George Romney
Located in London, GB
portrait of the Gower Children now in Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal. Romney was a bold and incisive
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pencil

Antique French Miniature Portrait of Lady Biographical details with painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Miniature Portrait French School, late 18th/ early 19th century framed: 5.5 x 5.5 inches board: 2
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk) on paper 27 x 18
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1780s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk

French Pastel Portrait of a Chevalier of the Order of St Louis.
By (Circle of) Jean Baptiste Greuze
Located in Cotignac, FR
A fine 18th century French pastel portrait on paper of an aristocrat wearing the order of St Louis
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18th Century Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Young Lady With A Guitar
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 19th-century English school portrait depicts a demure young lady wearing a white dress
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1830s Folk Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

French Art, Rococo Portrait, Oval, Pastel, Portrait of a Lady, Circle of Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
French School, Portrait of a Lady, Rococo, 18th Century, Fine drawing in Pastel/ Oil Pastel on
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18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Portrait of Raffaello / Italian School
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and ink on handmade, watermarked C & I Honig laid paper, 8 15/16 x 6 3/4 inches (226 x 170 mm). Signed illegibly in ink, lower margin. Scattered light creasing and surface...
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18th Century Italian School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Portrait of woman
Located in PARIS, FR
French School of the 18th century Woman portrait Pastel on paper mounted on canvas Pastel: 46.5 x
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1770s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Portrait of woman
Portrait of woman
H 27.96 in W 22.45 in D 2.37 in
French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Paris Society Beauty Portrait
By Adele Grasset
Located in Norwich, GB
A astounding portrait of a society beauty by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With an open face
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1830s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

Portrait Study of a Young Girl, Signed 19th Century Victorian Sketch
By Augustus Leopold Egg
Located in London, GB
cm) Mounted and framed Provenance Studio sale, Christies 18th May 1863 The Artist Augustus Leopold
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pencil

French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Parisian Lady Portrait Madame Seguin
By Adele Grasset
Located in Norwich, GB
transport! As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical
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1830s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

French School 18th Century, L'étonnement, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, L'étonnement, Astonishment as a form of expression, Titled on the
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1750s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of a French Gentleman By Portrait Miniature Artist Daniel Saint
By Daniel Saint
Located in Stockholm, SE
highly popular in 18th and 19th-century Europe. Saint was a highly skilled artist and quickly gained a
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Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

19th Century A Portrait of Rousseau After Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
Located in London, GB
) Pastel on paper This fine19th century pastel portrait of the philosopher Rousseau is directly drawn from
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

French Art, Rococo, Portrait Queen Marie Antoinette France, Oval, Circle Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
, 18th Century. The Pastel is made in the style of Vivien. In a golden Frame , newly built in Rococo
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18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Oil

Italian School 18th century, An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Italian School 18th Century An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper 35 x 23.5 cm in good
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1750s Baroque Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, Contempt and Hate as a form of expression
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1750s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right
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1750s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of Mrs Sarah Kembel Siddons
By Sir William Hamilton
Located in London, GB
and the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Siddons's first major success came in 1782 with
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1790s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Charcoal

Portraits of the Hon. Mary Shuttleworth and Anna Maria, 9th Baroness Forrester
By Daniel Gardner
Located in London, GB
dimensions: Each 28 x 25.75 inches This striking, recently rediscovered pair of portraits of Anna Maria, 9th
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Gouache

Richard III - Drawing by Charles Amelot - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
death in a barrel of Malvoisé. Charles Amelot French, 18th – 19th century, male. Born 1759, in Paris
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Early 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Paper

Boissier, Portrait of a Young Man, 1802, Pastel signed and dated
By Boissier
Located in Paris, FR
Boissier (painter and portraitist active at the end of the 18th century) Portrait of a young man
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Early 1800s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Boy with Mask - Pencil and Watercolor by Antonio Visentini - 18th Century
By Antonio Visentini
Located in Roma, IT
the first half of the XVIII Century. Original watercolor on watermarked ivory paper. The signature
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18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Watercolor

"Portrait of Baron Mayer de Rothschild, Rothschild Collection, " O. G. Rejlander
By Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and late Renaissance art, 18th-century English narrative works, or contemporary cartoons from papers
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1870s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Portrait of a Lady, Drawing Signed and Dated by Augustin de Saint-Aubin
By Augustin de Saint-Aubin
Located in PARIS, FR
draughtsmen of the 18th century, Louis-Michel became a painter at the Sèvres porcelain manufactory and
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1770s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Pencil

Portrait of a Gentleman in a Redingote by student od Jean Louis David drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
redingote. The man’s redingote, worn in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, was a full-skirted, short
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Early 19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Graphite

Seaman in petticoat breeches and slops, smoking a pipe, carrying a carpetbag.
Located in Middletown, NY
English School, 18th century Pen and black ink with gray wash on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 5
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18th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pen

Rococo Portait, French Rococo, Marie Baudouin, Daughter of Francois Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in Greven, DE
, with a 18th century golden frame.
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18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

English school, circa 1784 'Mr and Mrs Rogers', pastel on paper, a pair
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A wonderful naive pair of 18th Century portraits of Mr and Mrs Rogers, (A pair). The details are
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18th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Man Smoking Shisha in Istanbul
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
site in 1458 but was rebuilt in the 18th century. It is named after Eyüp Sultan, a companion and
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1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Study of a Child. Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770)
By François Boucher
Located in Sydney, NSW
of the 18th century. Provenance: Morton Henry Lee former dealer of important French art and a member
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18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Laid Paper

Bust Of A Woman In Profile, Sanguine On Paper, Signed And Dated
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas-André COURTOIS Paris 1734-1806 Bust of a woman in profile 1791 Sanguine Signed and dated lower left on the original mount 43.5 x 37 cm framed 19 x 25 cm
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Late 18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Portrait of an Old Woman - Pencil Drawing - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of an old woman is an original drawing realized in the late 18th Century. The artwork is
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Late 18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Ritratto a matita del pittore Francesco Albani, inizi del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno rappresenta, come riportato a penna in basso al centro del foglio, il ritratto del celebre pittore dell'Emilia Romagna Francesco Albani, uno dei massimi rappresentanti del...
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Early 18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

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18th Century Watercolour Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of 18th century watercolour portraits for sale on 1stDibs. Today, if you’re looking for Modern editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes Modern. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 18th Century. You can search the 18th century watercolour portraits that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, gray, beige and orange. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Daniel Gardner, George Romney, Francis Cotes, John Downman and Hugh Douglas Hamilton produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in crayon, pastel and paint.

How Much are 18th Century Watercolour Portraits?

18th century watercolour portraits can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,485, while the lowest priced sells for $247 and the highest can go for as much as $59,527.