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Diary In Silver And Art Deco Enamels
Located in Madrid, ES
Diary In Silver And Art Deco Enamels
Elegant diary in solid silver and enamel from the art deco
Category
1920s Antique Diaries
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Large Welsh Turned Treen Sycamore Diary Bowl
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A mid-19th century turned sycamore diary bowl.
The bowl has a wonderful color with an untouched
Category
Mid-19th Century Welsh Antique Diaries
Materials
Sycamore
Fanny Burney, Diary & Letters of Madame D'arblay, in a Full Leather Binding 1854
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: BURNEY, Fanny - Madame D'arblay.
Title: Diary and Letters of Madame D'arblay
Category
1850s British Antique Diaries
Materials
Leather
H 6.69 in W 4.5 in D 1 in
La ritirata del Friuli - Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1919
By Ardengo Soffici
Located in Roma, IT
La ritirata del Friuli - note di un ufficiale della Seconda Armata. Diary of the author Ardengo
Category
1910s Surrealist Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper
H 7.68 in W 5.52 in D 0.79 in
Charles DICKENS. David Copperfield. FIRST EDITION IN MONTHLY PARTS A PERFECT SET
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
pieces in the "Lett's Diaries for 1850" H&C state they are "of varying quantity".
CONDITION: 6 spines
Category
1840s British Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper
H 9 in W 6 in D 0.1 in
Riders and dogs on a country path
By Charles Towne
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
1790's, where he was noted in Farrington's "Diaries", and it seems likely that it was here that his
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Edward Lear, Extensive Greek or Roman Landscape, Temple, Ruins, British Art
By Edward Lear
Located in Greven, DE
drawings and kept a diary of his experiences and impressions. Many years later, Lear’s travelling companion
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique Diaries
Materials
Watercolor
Edward Lear, Extensive Greek Italian Landscape, Antique Ruins, Campagna di Roma
By Edward Lear
Located in Greven, DE
drawings and kept a diary of his experiences and impressions. Many years later, Lear’s travelling companion
Category
19th Century Romantic Antique Diaries
Materials
Watercolor
Ludlow Castle, Shropshire with Clee Hills beyond - bright landscape in Oils
Located in ludlow, GB
1921. Thornton's Diary of an Art Student of the Nineties was published the year before his death, and
Category
Early 20th Century Color-Field Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Palais Royal Aide-de-Memoire, French, circa 1830
Located in New York, NY
Purse revealing diary and pen in the interior.
Category
1830s French Antique Diaries
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Oil Painting by Thomas Fallon Marshall "Mrs Pepys Adopts The Latest Fashion"
Located in Mere, GB
on canvas. No. 106 scene from Pepys Diary 2/3/1669.
Dimensions unframed 26 x 37 inches
Dimensions
Category
19th Century Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Vintage Golf Book, F.g. Tait, a Record, by J.l. Low
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Golf Book, F.G. Tait "A Record, Being His Life, Letters And Golfing Diary".
A very well produced
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper
View of Bridgnorth, Shropshire with river, tower, hills & buildings oil painting
Located in ludlow, GB
, and his aesthetic theories were published in the Burlington Magazine in 1921. Thornton's Diary of an
Category
Early 20th Century Color-Field Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Lovely Japanese 18/19th c Edo Scroll Kano Osanobu Nihonga Painting Mountain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
by his father to perform various public tasks for the Kanon School. He kept a diary for 36 years
Category
18th Century Edo Antique Diaries
Materials
Silk
H 61.03 in W 11.62 in D 0.04 in
Folio of 6 etchings and engravings
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
diary of his family, friends and travels and include a remarkable series of etched self portraits made
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Antique Diaries
Materials
Etching
1S Shell
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
the time and who often featured shells in her paintings. Weston wrote in his diary of seeing these
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Diaries
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A bay hunter in a landscape
By Charles Towne
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
London in the late 1790's, where he was noted in Farrington's "Diaries", and it seems likely that it was
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil, Canvas
2S Shell
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
her paintings. Weston wrote in his diary of seeing these shells in her studio, stating that that he
Category
1920s Antique Diaries
Materials
Silver Gelatin
2S Shell
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
her paintings. Weston wrote in his diary of seeing these shells in her studio, stating that that he
Category
1920s Antique Diaries
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rare Gold and Enamel Presentation Pocket Watch with Portrait of Naser Shah
Located in New York, NY
Europe in 1873, he recorded his travels in a diary which was later translated into several languages
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Diaries
Materials
Gold, Enamel
17th Century Saint Ignatius Italian School Adoration Oil on Canvas Brown Orange
Located in Sanremo, IT
noteworthy are the Autobiography and the Spiritual Diary.
The style of this undoubtedly Emilian painting is
Category
Late 17th Century Italian School Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 58.67 in W 48.82 in D 0.79 in
Rare Gold and Enamel Presentation Pocket Watch with Portrait of Naser Shah
Located in New York, NY
travels in a diary which was later translated into several languages. During that trip, Queen Victoria
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Diaries
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Set of Three Early 20th Century English Copper Funnels
Located in Chicago, IL
diary, with fantastic sculpture forms. These would be beautiful displayed down the center of a table, on
Category
Early 1900s British Folk Art Antique Diaries
Materials
Copper
Portrait of a Young Boy Carrying a Fruit Basket, 18th Century Oil on Canvas
By Sir William Beechey
Located in London, GB
knighthood Joseph Farington's Diaries give many accounts of Beechey's relations with the royal family during
Category
18th Century English School Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1830 Watercolor and Gouache Painted Vignettes of Eastern Entertainers
Located in Savannah, GA
Eastern Entertainers taken from diary of G. Copeland 1830."
Perhaps a rememberance from a grand tour, the
Category
1830s English Grand Tour Antique Diaries
Materials
Silk, Glass, Paint, Paper
Sailor’s Ball
By Margrete Levy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
children.
Her first child inspired her to the children's book Fregnes's Diary from his birth to his 2 Year
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Louis XVI Period Secretary 18th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
activities and letter writing, as well as providing storage for collectors’ items, documents or diaries in
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Diaries
Materials
Bronze
Lewis Carroll - through the Looking-Glass. 1872 First Edition Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
on 24 June 1866 in his diary, noting "we saw the pretty little Joanna", later that year (30 July
Category
1870s British Antique Diaries
Materials
Leather
H 9 in W 6 in D 1.5 in
Les Ecrits Erotiques de Stendhal - Illustrated by Fagus (G. Faillet) - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
printed by Louis Chevasson. The volume is dedicated to the erotic texts, letters and diaries collected by
Category
1920s Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper, Photogravure
H 9.65 in W 7.68 in D 0.4 in
Herding cattle through a wooded river landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
became a visual diary of his encounters with nature's majesty. His depictions of Alpine peaks and sun
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
1800s Antique French, Figural, Carved Oak, Stepback, Glazed Doors Bookcase
Located in Austin, TX
written by Anna Mum Diary!
Wear and imperfections commensurate with being moved, age and use.
150t23
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Diaries
Materials
Oak
1900s Louis Vuitton Monogram Cabin Trunk
By Louis Vuitton
Located in London, GB
a visual diary, mapping out the trunk's journey through the decades, across continents, oceans, and
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Diaries
19th Century landscape oil painting of fishing on the River Usk near Brecon
By Thomas Baker of Leamington
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
inches
Provenance: Details of this painting & a sketch are listed in the artist’s diary, no 333.
This
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 23.5 in W 29.5 in D 2.5 in
2.8 X 2.2 METER SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE DRAWERS PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
Anniversary of the Great Fire of London, which Pepys so famously recorded in his diary.
This year also marks
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.8 in W 88.78 in D 21.07 in
2.8 X 2.2 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
recorded in his diary.
This year also marks the 350th birthday of Pepys’ first two bookcases, or ‘presses
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 113 in W 88 in D 20.08 in
2.8 X 1.6 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
of London, which Pepys so famously recorded in his diary.
This year also marks the 350th birthday of
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.41 in W 65.16 in D 23.23 in
2.8 X 3.9 METER ANTIQUE SAMUEL PEPYS 1666 STYLE LIBRARY BOOKCASE PART OF SUiTE
Located in GB
the 350th Anniversary of the Great Fire of London, which Pepys so famously recorded in his diary
Category
1860s English High Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Glass, Oak, Pine
H 112.01 in W 152.37 in D 27.56 in
The Runaways, or Swiss boy on Donkey. Attributed to Joseph Hornung.
Located in Firenze, IT
delight the caricaturists.
Henri-Frédéric Amiel, who recorded their conversations in his diary, noted
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Diaries
Materials
Stainless Steel
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H 17.52 in W 14.57 in D 1.78 in
OIL PAINTING By MAJOR John E . Bale OLD FINE MASTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
By John Edward Bale
Located in Ferndown, GB
, Surgeon Major Augustus Frederick Elliott (born 1834),
kept a diary (now at Duke University Library) which
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Guy Péne du Bois Oil on Canvas Painting of the French Gardener, Dated 1929
By Guy Pène Du Bois
Located in New York, NY
du Bois diary titled 'Artists Say the Silliest Things':
“Our landlord and gardener, Pere Martin, who
Category
1920s Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Guy De Maupassant, Sur L'eau with Illustrations by A.Le Petit. Kieffer Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Naturalist writer Guy de Maupassant (1850 – 1893), the diary of a nine-day cruise along the Côte d’Azur.
Category
Early 20th Century European Antique Diaries
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 7.75 in W 6.13 in D 1 in
London : A distant view of the city from the south with a herdsman and cattle
By Charles Towne
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
1790's, where he was noted in Farrington's "Diaries", and it seems likely that it was here that his
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grand Tour Landscapes, 19th Century Signed Travel Watercolour
Located in London, GB
, women’s letters and travel diaries about their experiences provided entertainment and vicarious travel for
Category
1870s English School Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of Lady in Mob Cap - British Old Master 18th century art oil painting
Located in London, GB
of George Whitefield. He began an elaborate introspective diary in John Byrom's shorthand in 1766 and
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Italian Landscape - British 19thC art Impressionist oil painting female artist
By Susan Isabel Dacre
Located in London, GB
the famous diary. Dacre was associated with Julian’s atelier on two different occasions: 1878-1879
Category
19th Century Impressionist Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
Siena Italy - 19thC British Impressionist oil painting cityscape female artist
By Susan Isabel Dacre
Located in London, GB
the famous diary.
Dacre was associated with Julian’s atelier on two different occasions: 1878-1879
Category
19th Century Impressionist Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil
A Surrey Common - Pre-Raphaelite landscape watercolour by George Price Boyce
Located in London, GB
nature. His diaries are a valuable source of information on the Pre-Raphaelites. Boyce exhibited at the
Category
1860s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Diaries
Materials
Watercolor
A wooded landscape with a traveller on a path
By Charles Towne
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
"Diaries", and it seems likely that it was here that his techniques developed their more sophisticated
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Set of Two Antique Maps of Northern Italy by Homann Heirs, 1754
Located in Langweer, NL
Guastalla with the battle order on April 6. Two columns of an extensive and detailed diary of the events to
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper
Portrait of a Lady in an Elaborate Stone Cartouche, Oil on canvas Painting
By Mary Beale
Located in London, GB
prolific a painter: Additionally, through the diaries kept by her husband Charles, a former Clerk to the
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 35.44 in W 30.71 in D 2.37 in
A mahogany strong box made for the Ovenden Female Society, Instituted May 1809
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Society’s membership. Extracts from Wadsworth’s diaries were published in a series of articles in the
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Diaries
Materials
Mahogany
H 19.25 in W 27.5 in D 18 in
19th Century David Livingston Memorial Relic Heart Buried Beneath 1873
Located in Lowestoft, GB
there under a mpundu tree by his followers. His body was shipped backed to England along with his diary
Category
Mid-19th Century Zambian Antique Diaries
Materials
Hardwood
Yiddish Theatre Cubist Costume Design 1924 Deco Color Field Modernism Broadway
Located in New York, NY
original 1953 production of The Crucible and the 1955 The Diary of Anne Frank (a play by Frances Goodrich
Category
1920s American Modern Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
19th Century landscape oil painting of cattle
By Thomas Baker of Leamington
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
this painting & a sketch are listed in the artist’s diary, no 723. A watercolour sketch of this
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 20.5 in W 18.25 in D 2 in
"Upper Street" Manierre Dawson, Cubism, Abstract Pastels, Cityscape
By Manierre Dawson
Located in New York, NY
. There is, unfortunately, no mention in his diary of avant-garde art that he may have seen, however, he
Category
1910s Abstract Antique Diaries
Materials
Oil, Board
19th Century Madonna and Child with Souls in Purgatory Papier-Mache Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
Mary 'Star of the Sea'. She brings them refreshment ".
(Diary of Sister Faustina Kowalska p. 11
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Diaries
Materials
Paper
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H 37.41 in W 14.97 in D 11.03 in
A Little Wooded Valley in Surrey - Pre-Raphaelite landscape by G P Boyce
Located in London, GB
-Raphaelite principles of truth to nature. His diaries are a valuable source of information on the Pre
Category
1870s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Diaries
Materials
Watercolor
British Modernist Portrait of Chaim Weizmann President of Israel Oil Painting
By Alfred Aaron Wolmark
Located in Surfside, FL
letters, papers, artworks, photographs and press cuttings including his original diary containing who some
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Antique Diaries
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woodland Path - British 19th Century landscape watercolour by Helen Allingham
Located in London, GB
Pre-Raphaelites. She edited for publication her husband’s diary, which was published in 1907 and
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Antique Diaries
Materials
Watercolor
James Greig Magdalen College Oxford and River Isis watercolour
By James Greig
Located in London, GB
, also editing the diaries of the landscape painter Joseph Farington (1747-1821) and publishing articles
Category
1920s Realist Antique Diaries
Materials
Watercolor
H 11.03 in W 14.97 in
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