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Fairy Tales 19th Century American Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Gertrude Braud 19th Century Watercolour on paper, entitled on original backing paper Image size: 11
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Miss Ruth Bowerie Watercolour Portrait 19th Century American
Located in London, GB
Gertrude Braud 19th Century Watercolour on paper, initialled and dated 'Sep 29/69'. Image size: 9 1
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Egyptian Buffalo & Farmers 19th Century American Orientalist Framed Watercolor
By Edwin Lord Weeks
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Edwin Lord Weeks. American ( b.1849 - d.1903 ). Egyptian Buffalo And Farmers, Egypt. Watercolor On
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

19th century American watercolor - Flowers Butterfly Alps Switzerland Germany
Located in Aartselaar, BE
This beautiful and vibrant 19th century American watercolor is an hommage by Paul de Longpré to the
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Late 19th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Still Life with Carnations, Watercolor, 19th Century American, California
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Elizabeth Jenkins was born in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1841. By the early 1870s the artist was living in Yuba County, California. In 1873 she exhibited at the California State Fair.
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Late 19th Century California Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful late 19th-century watercolor landscape in the style of Elmer Wachtel (American, 1864-1929
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1880s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Pumpkin Vine Watercolor Painting 19th C. American Artist Charles DeWolf Brownell
By Charles De Wolf Brownell
Located in Surfside, FL
. Church and other mid-19th century American landscape painters. A resident of East Hartford, Connecticut
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19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Plants, Bristol 1863 Watercolor Painting American Artist Charles DeWolf Brownell
By Charles De Wolf Brownell
Located in Surfside, FL
. Church and other mid-19th century American landscape painters. A resident of East Hartford, Connecticut
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19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

19th Century Maritime Seascape, USS Steam Frigate Niagara
Located in Soquel, CA
. William B. Hoff (American, 19th Century) was a US Naval officer and maritime artist whose work is included
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19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

R. Falk - American School 19th Century Charcoal Drawing, Orlando Montague
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming portrait depicts a man in fine clothing drawn in charcoal and chalk. Label verso titles the painting 'Orlando Montague of Bridgton, Maine' Signed under the mount. Prese...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

19th Century Landscape -- Cape Ann, Gloucester Harbor
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century delicate watercolor of the harbor at Cape Ann, Gloucester, Massachusetts
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Watercolor River Landscape titled "Enjoying Calm Waters"
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Enjoying Calm Waters" is a captivating 19th-century American School watercolor landscape that
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19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

NATIVE AMERICANS HUNTING - TWO DRAWINGS.
By Cassilly Adams
Located in Portland, ME
Adams, Cassilly (American 1843-1921). NATIVE AMERICANS HUNTING - TWO DRAWINGS. Charcoal and
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Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Watercolor

African American Woman artist Mailou Jones Cezannian Cote d'Azur cubist village
Located in Norwich, GB
If you are interested in African American Art and in Women in the Arts, I will certainly not need
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Mid-19th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Misty Dunkeld Scotland Hills w. Sheep, Late 19th Century Scottish Landscape W/C
By H. L. Radford
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning late 19th century landscape of misty purple hills dotted with small sheep in the Scottish
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1890s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Old Russell House, " Charles Marion Russell, Western American Drawing
By Charles Marion Russell
Located in New York, NY
Private Collection, New York, 2019 Charles Marion Russell was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 19
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Late 19th Century Boats at San Francisco Port Seascape Drawing
By Raymond Dabb Yelland
Located in Soquel, CA
San Francisco moorings, a late 19th century double-sided pencil sketch by Raymond Dabb Yelland
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1880s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Reflections in a Pond 19th Century Pencil Drawing by Alfred Villiers Farnsworth
Located in Soquel, CA
Reflections in the Pond 19th Century Pencil Drawing by Alfred Villiers Farnsworth 19th century
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1880s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Scroll painting of the American ship commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Attributed to Ukita Ikkei (1795-1859) Hanging scroll painting of the American ship commanded by
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Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

A Compelling 1951 Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Compelling, 1951 Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold
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Mid-19th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Hugo Anton Fisher Setter in a Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Hugo Anton Fisher: 1854-1916. Well listed American artist, mostly associated with California and
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Late 19th Century American Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Rocks and Sea
By Robert Swain Gifford
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
shared interests in watercolor painting and etching and together were instrumental in founding the
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Medicine Man
By Cassilly Adams
Located in Missouri, MO
Cassilly Adams (American 1843-1921) "Medicine Man" c. 1860s Watercolor on Paper Unsigned Provenance
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Hemlock--Selden's Neck, Lyme, Connecticut
By Charles De Wolf Brownell
Located in New York, NY
Framed, 5.25 x 8.5 x 1.5 in.
Category

19th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Tree and Fence, East Hartford, Connecticut (New England Landscape)
By Charles De Wolf Brownell
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor and gouache on paper
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Imperial Woodpecker, aka Ivory Billed Woodpecker, Ornithology, Birdwatching
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
John Livzey Ridgeway (American, 1859-1947) Signed: J. L. Ridgway Imperial Woodpecker, aka Ivory
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Late 19th Century American Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

Harvest Time The Hills of Mt Tamalpais near Lake Bon Tempe 1890s
Located in Soquel, CA
19th century were a time of work and play as seen in this watercolor near Lake Bon Tempe circa 1898
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Watercolor, Illustration Board, Laid Paper

Flox de Pascua-Magnolia (Tropical Trees & Plants)
By Charles De Wolf Brownell
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

African Agapanthus, or Blue Lily, a native of the Cape
By Frances Jauncey Ketchum
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): FJK
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Early 19th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Bitter Quassia, a native of Surinam
By Frances Jauncey Ketchum
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): FJK
Category

Early 19th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

19th Century, American School "The Monk" Ship Nautical Watercolor
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century, American. This finely executed 19th-century American watercolor captures a dynamic
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Antique 19th Century American American Colonial Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Paint

19th century American silhouette of man Ink and Watercolor Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century American silhouette of man Ink and Watercolor Painting 6.26" x 10" unframed 11.5
Category

19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

GIRL WADING
By Edward Henry Potthast
Located in Portland, ME
Potthast, Edward H. GIRL WADING. Colored pencil drawing on paper, not dated. Signed recto, lower right "E. Potthast," lower right, and inscribed "Holiday Greetings" and signed "Edw. ...
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Color Pencil

GIRL WADING
GIRL WADING
H 16 in W 12 in D 2 in
Machias Seal Island Light
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Wolf Kahn was commissioned by the Smithsonian to design a postcard for them. He made four designs and they selected a singular one. This drawing here is one of the few rejected desig...
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19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Raising the wreck of the steamer Flushing at Hampton Roads, Virginia
Located in Middletown, NY
Likely a study for an illustration for Harper's Weekly, for which Wiser was a Civil War-era illustrator, focusing on shipwrecks and battles occurring along the mid-Atlantic coast. ...
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

Plant Study
By Anna Richards Brewster
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
with John LaFarge and William Merritt Chase. Like so many American artists working at that time
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19th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Pencil

William C. Ostrander "A Tragedy in Still Life"
By William Cheesborou Ostrander
Located in San Francisco, CA
William C Ostrander: 1858-1933. Listed NYC and California artist. In the 19th century he taught at
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19th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

19th C. Pair of Watercolors, American School
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Western Wild Birds, each monogrammed ES lower left. Watercolor on Paper.  
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Antique 19th Century American Drawings

Materials

Paper

49 Framed American Victorian 19th Century Watercolor Botanical Drawings
Located in Queens, NY
49 American Victorian (19th Century) watercolor, ink, and pencil botanical drawings depicting
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

Materials

Giltwood

American Watercolor "Wasp" Painting
By John Clifton
Located in Queens, NY
American watercolor on paper depicting the clipper ship "Wasp" at sail within a molded maple frame
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Antique 19th Century American Country Paintings

Materials

Maple, Paper

"The Meadow" Charlotte Buell Coman, Tonalist Watercolor American Landscape
By Charlotte Buell Coman
Located in New York, NY
Charlotte Buell Coman The Meadow Signed lower left; titled on the reverse Watercolor on paper 6 1/4
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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

19th Century 1925 California Coast Marine Landscape Watercolor, Rocks & Waves
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
American Impressionist California coastal watercolor painting by Charles Partridge Adams (1858-1942
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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

American watercolor winter landscape by Howell Wilson, 1890
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Watercolor on laid paper of snow covered corn rows under a gray winter sky. Archival mount under UV
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Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paper

American Victorian Watercolor of Girl in Red Dress
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian 19th Cent watercolor of girl wearing red dress on shore with boats in background
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Watercolor Landscape Painting By J.H. Twachtman (1853-1902)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Watercolor Landscape Painting by American artist J.H. Twachtman (1853-1902) Watercolor on board
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19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Nicely Framed 19th Century Antique American Impressionist Beach Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist watercolor painting. Framed. Measuring 16.5 by 18.5 inches overall
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1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Late 19th Century Bay Area Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique landscape watercolor painting of a country road in San Rafael, California, circa 1880
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1880s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Late 19th Century Avalon, Catalina Island
By Guy Bedford
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful watercolor of early Avalon, Santa Catalina Island by Guy Bedford (American, 1866-1916
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1890s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Large Nautical Boston Engraved by C. Mottram after the watercolor by J.W. Hill
By John William Hill
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
MONUMENTAL HANDCOLORED ENGRAVING - 'Boston' painted by John William Hill (NJ/CA, 1812-1879), engraved by Charles Mottram (British, 1807-1876), printed in New York by Smith Bros, de...
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Antique 19th Century American American Classical Prints

Materials

Paper

'My Old Kentucky Home'
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Watercolor on paper executed by German-American artist Richard Veenfliet "My Old Kentucky Home
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Late 19th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Unknown, "Floral" Watercolor 15 x 11 American 19th century
Located in Dallas, TX
Early American floral
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Dogwood Blossoms by Alice Preble Tucker De Haas (1859-1920, American)
Located in New York, NY
Dogwood Blossoms by Alice Preble Tucker De Haas (1859-1920, American) Alice Preble Tucker De Haas
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19th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Low Tide, Indian Rock, Narragansett by Alfred T. Bricher (1837-1908, American)
By Alfred Thompson Bricher
Located in New York, NY
Alfred T. Bricher (1837-1908) Low Tide, Indian Rock, Narragansett, RI Watercolor on paper 12 ½ x 19
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19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Gondolas in Venice - Francis Hopkinson Smith - American - Charcoal on Paper
By Francis Hopkinson Smith
Located in NEW YORK, NY
FRANCIS HOPKINSON SMITH American, 1838-1915 Gondolas in Venice Signed F. Hopkinson Smith Charcoal
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Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

19th Century North American Landscape Watercolor
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
Subject North American landscape Period 19th century, Artist Signed and dated by the
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Antique 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Paint

The Ivory Booth
By Edward Hopper
Located in Allentown, PA
Dated, 1897, and inscribed by the artist in pencil
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19th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

A Pair of Slippers
By Edward Hopper
Located in Allentown, PA
Signed lower right: E. Hopper 99
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Late 19th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

Henry Snell, Three Sailboats, Pencil Drawing on Paper, c. 1899
By Henry Bayley Snell
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Three Sailboats" by Henry Bayley Snell is a 4.75" x 3" pencil drawing on paper from c. 1899. The artwork is matted and framed. Provenance: From the artist; by family descent, privat...
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

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    British artist John Singer Sargent was one of the most important portrait painters of the 19th century. Other notable portraitists from the period include James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassat, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of portrait paintings.
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    The French painters of the 19th century worked in two styles. Neoclassicism dominated the first half of the century, and Impressionism was the most common style during the second half. On 1stDibs, you can find a variety of French paintings.