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19th Century English Oil Portrait of an Oriental Youth
19th Century English Oil Portrait of an Oriental Youth

19th Century English Oil Portrait of an Oriental Youth

Located in London, GB

It seems likely, therefore, that the present painting was a preparatory sketch for a larger portrait, executed by an accomplished British artist who was working in the circle of Etty...

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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas

The New Puppy, Victorian Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed 1896, Framed
The New Puppy, Victorian Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed 1896, Framed

The New Puppy, Victorian Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed 1896, Framed

By Edgar Hunt

Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB

As a child, Edgar spent much of his time sketching from farm life, and was considerably influenced by his brother, Walter Hunt, a skilful animal painter in his own right.

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1890s Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Late 19th-century Portrait of an Admirable German Woman, by F. Bloos
Late 19th-century Portrait of an Admirable German Woman, by F. Bloos

Late 19th-century Portrait of an Admirable German Woman, by F. Bloos

Located in San Francisco, CA

Bloos" appears on early 20th-century German postcards and landscape sketches, this artist is generally considered a minor or regional commercial illustrator from the German school ac...

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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chicks by the Wicker Basket, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Early 20th Century
Chicks by the Wicker Basket, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Early 20th Century

Chicks by the Wicker Basket, Oil on Canvas, Signed, Early 20th Century

By Edgar Hunt

Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB

As a child, Edgar spent much of his time sketching from farm life, and was considerably influenced by his brother, Walter Hunt, a skilful animal painter in his own right.

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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Canvas

An Early 19th Century Regency Bureau Bookcase After Thomas Hope
An Early 19th Century Regency Bureau Bookcase After Thomas Hope

An Early 19th Century Regency Bureau Bookcase After Thomas Hope

By Thomas Hope

Located in London, GB

Hope's impact on style was cemented by his publication of 'Household Furniture and Interior Decoration' in 1807, a work containing detailed sketches of his own decorative schemes and...

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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sketch

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Set of 4 18th-Century Kip & Knyff Hand-Colored Country House Engravings - Framed
Set of 4 18th-Century Kip & Knyff Hand-Colored Country House Engravings - Framed

Set of 4 18th-Century Kip & Knyff Hand-Colored Country House Engravings - Framed

By Johannes Kip

Located in North Palm Beach, FL

Leonard Knyff traveled throughout the English countryside sketching estates from elevated, idealized perspectives, while Johannes Kip translated those drawings into intricately engra...

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Mid-18th Century English Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

LARGE 1871 HERMAN HERZOG American BEACH SCENE W/ Figures Original Gilded Frame
LARGE 1871 HERMAN HERZOG American BEACH SCENE W/ Figures Original Gilded Frame

LARGE 1871 HERMAN HERZOG American BEACH SCENE W/ Figures Original Gilded Frame

By Hermann Ottomar Herzog

Located in New York, NY

He began traveling the U.S. extensively and made his first trip to the West in 1873. On this trip he sketched in Yosemite. During the ensuing 32 years, several trips were made to the...

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1870s American Realist Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

George Price Boyce - Invernesshire - Pre-Raphaelite watercolour
George Price Boyce - Invernesshire - Pre-Raphaelite watercolour

George Price Boyce - Invernesshire - Pre-Raphaelite watercolour

By George Price Boyce

Located in London, GB

.: G P BOYCE 66; inscribed on the reverse: Near Ru-Arisaig – Autumn Sketch 1866, signed and inscribed with title and the artist’s address on a label on the backboard Watercolour Fra...

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1860s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Sketch

Materials

Watercolor

Allegory Of Europe Solimena 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Allegory Of Europe Solimena 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Allegory Of Europe Solimena 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Of these wall paintings, which were lost during the fire that destroyed the flats in 1837, several studio versions are preserved, many of them oval in format, such as the four canvas...

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18th Century Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828) - 1810 Watercolour, Three Girls
William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828) - 1810 Watercolour, Three Girls

William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828) - 1810 Watercolour, Three Girls

Located in Corsham, GB

The composition arranges the three subjects in a horizontal line, each gazing outward with gentle expressions, creating an intimate glimpse of Victorian-era childhood captured in thi...

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Early 19th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Watercolor

Boulevard de Capucines-Nuit - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Edouard Leon Cortes
Boulevard de Capucines-Nuit - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Edouard Leon Cortes

Boulevard de Capucines-Nuit - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Edouard Leon Cortes

By Édouard Leon Cortès

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 16.5"x20" Unframed: 10.5"x20" Provenance: Private French collection Edouard Leon Cortes, the son of the painter Antonio Cortès, w...

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1920s Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Panel

Napoleon III Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock by Delafontaine
Napoleon III Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock by Delafontaine

Napoleon III Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock by Delafontaine

Located in London, GB

The clock’s base is intricately decorated with relief scenes, depicting fauns, as well as putti sketching and carving classical sculptures. Strings of flowers hang between them.

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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Sketch

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

American, Ashcan, lithograph, 1916, George Bellows
American, Ashcan, lithograph, 1916, George Bellows

American, Ashcan, lithograph, 1916, George Bellows

By George Wesley Bellows

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The first version reversed the original drawing, while Prayer Meeting, Second Stone returned to the orientation of the original sketch but substantially reworked the atmosphere and e...

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1910s Ashcan School Antique Sketch

Materials

Lithograph

"The Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road" 1913 Print by Thomas Moran
"The Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road" 1913 Print by Thomas Moran

"The Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road" 1913 Print by Thomas Moran

By Thomas Moran

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Yellowstone Moran" by his companions on the Territorial Surveys, was only 34 years old when he sketched the Yellowstone region. Shortly thereafter he went on to sketch the Yosemite V...

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1910s American Edwardian Antique Sketch

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Theseus slaying the Centaur Bienor
Theseus slaying the Centaur Bienor

Theseus slaying the Centaur Bienor

By Antoine-Louis Barye

Located in PARIS, FR

Biography : Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) was a French sculptor, known for his animal sculptures. His sketch practice done in the wild, according to the animals of the Jardin des P...

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1860s French School Antique Sketch

Materials

Bronze

Suzanne Valadon. Women. 1905. Sanguine on paper. 26 x 29 cm.
Suzanne Valadon. Women. 1905. Sanguine on paper. 26 x 29 cm.

Suzanne Valadon. Women. 1905. Sanguine on paper. 26 x 29 cm.

By Suzanne Valadon

Located in Barcelona, CT

In contact with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who was her great friend as well as lover, and who represented her in some of his masterpieces ("La Buveuse," 1889, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec)...

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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Sketch

Materials

Pencil

Still Life of Summer Flowers, Oil on Panel, Early 20th Century, Framed
Still Life of Summer Flowers, Oil on Panel, Early 20th Century, Framed

Still Life of Summer Flowers, Oil on Panel, Early 20th Century, Framed

By Dorothea Sharp

Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB

She then attended the Regent Street Polytechnic where she was greatly encouraged by Sir George Clausen and Sir David Murray, visiting critics to the Polytechnic Sketch Club. It was ...

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Early 20th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Panel

Above: Tokyo kaika meisho (Famous Sites of Civilized Tokyo)
Above: Tokyo kaika meisho (Famous Sites of Civilized Tokyo)

Above: Tokyo kaika meisho (Famous Sites of Civilized Tokyo)

By Kawanabe Kyosai

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Kyōsai was born into a samurai family and demonstrated an intense obsession with sketching from early childhood—once famously drawing a severed human head he pulled from a river.

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1870s Other Art Style Antique Sketch

Materials

Woodcut

Lamorna Cove, Cornwall Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 19th Century
Lamorna Cove, Cornwall Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 19th Century

Lamorna Cove, Cornwall Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 19th Century

By Samuel John Lamorna Birch

Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB

When he returned to work, as an industrial designer in a linoleum factory, Birch continued to sketch in his spare time and built up a local reputation for his paintings.

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19th Century Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Samuel Prout (British, 1783-1852) Watercolour of Ruins on The Appian Way
Samuel Prout (British, 1783-1852) Watercolour of Ruins on The Appian Way

Samuel Prout (British, 1783-1852) Watercolour of Ruins on The Appian Way

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

Around 1818, Prout began to create sketches and watercolours from the continent, finding his niche skilfully capturing naturally lit architecture and quaint side streets.

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Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Goats and Sheep in Various Poses, Cairo (c. 1871)
Goats and Sheep in Various Poses, Cairo (c. 1871)

Goats and Sheep in Various Poses, Cairo (c. 1871)

By Egron Sellif Lundgren

Located in Stockholm, SE

The use of the gray-brown paper as mid-tone gives depth to the quick sketches. Made during Lundgren’s time in Cairo (circa 1871), the sheet reflects his practice of sketching local a...

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1870s Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

North African Market
North African Market

North African Market

By Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

For decades, Brabazon’s thousands of sketches remained hidden from the public eye, viewed only by close friends who visited his studio.

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Late 19th Century Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Bear standing
Bear standing

Bear standing

By Antoine-Louis Barye

Located in PARIS, FR

Biography : Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) was a French sculptor, known for his animal sculptures. His sketch practice done in the wild, according to the animals of the Jardin des P...

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1880s French School Antique Sketch

Materials

Bronze

Glasgow School Oak Armchair George Walton Style 'Abingwood' Liberty & Co
Glasgow School Oak Armchair George Walton Style 'Abingwood' Liberty & Co

Glasgow School Oak Armchair George Walton Style 'Abingwood' Liberty & Co

By George Walton

Located in Norwich, England

Literature: Daryl Bennett, 'Liberty Furniture 1875-1915'.4 Art Furniture, Page 131, plate 4.91. Sketch illustration of George Walton design. Please see photographs.

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19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Sketch

Materials

Leather, Oak

Baroque Italian painter - 17/18th century figure painting - Franciscan friar (ht
Baroque Italian painter - 17/18th century figure painting - Franciscan friar (ht

Baroque Italian painter - 17/18th century figure painting - Franciscan friar (ht

Located in Varmo, IT

Italian painter (17th–18th century) - Seated Franciscan friar writing (preparatory sketch). 14 x 16.5 cm (without frame) - 19 x 21.5 cm (with frame).

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Late 17th Century Baroque Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil, Panel

Original Vintage Advertising Poster The Metropolitan Museum of Art American Wing
Original Vintage Advertising Poster The Metropolitan Museum of Art American Wing

Original Vintage Advertising Poster The Metropolitan Museum of Art American Wing

By Thomas Maitland Cleland

Located in London, GB

Original vintage advertising poster for The Metropolitan Museum of Art American Wing featuring a great illustration by Thomas Maitland Cleland (1880-1964) of a sunny day outside the ...

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1920s American Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Speech - China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - Mid 1747
Speech - China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - Mid 1747

Speech - China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - Mid 1747

By Jan Pieter Verdussen

Located in Roma, IT

Speech is an original and unique drawing in ink on paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen, with sketches on the rear. The State of preservation is very good with the traces of time.

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1740s Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Ink

Art Deco table Lamp , Design, Damon & Marcel-Louis Baugniet, Belgium
Art Deco table Lamp , Design, Damon & Marcel-Louis Baugniet, Belgium

Art Deco table Lamp , Design, Damon & Marcel-Louis Baugniet, Belgium

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

“Le beau, c'est l'utile" (Beauty is useful) is a philosophy that is found in the other sketches including Etudes de bar and Etudes de fauteuil (Sketches for a bar and Sketches for an...

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1920s Belgian Art Deco Antique Sketch

Materials

Chrome

Snaffles Print, Wwi Military Print, 'le Poilu'
Snaffles Print, Wwi Military Print, 'le Poilu'

Snaffles Print, Wwi Military Print, 'le Poilu'

By Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

Surrounding the main image are four remarques depicting sketches of French soldiers. One of the remarques shows two charging soldiers with bayonets drawn.

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1910s British Sporting Art Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Pommes de Pin et Aiguilles - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy
Pommes de Pin et Aiguilles - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy

Pommes de Pin et Aiguilles - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

He had assembled from 1930 innumerable sketches of Conservatory musicians, sketched from above during rehearsals when Dufy would typically sit behind the percussion section.

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1920s Fauvist Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Art Deco table Lamp , Design, Damon & Marcel-Louis Baugniet, Belgium
Art Deco table Lamp , Design, Damon & Marcel-Louis Baugniet, Belgium

Art Deco table Lamp , Design, Damon & Marcel-Louis Baugniet, Belgium

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

“Le beau, c'est l'utile" (Beauty is useful) is a philosophy that is found in the other sketches including Etudes de bar and Etudes de fauteuil (Sketches for a bar and Sketches for an...

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1920s Belgian Art Deco Antique Sketch

Materials

Chrome

De Wit Flowers Still life Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Cupids Art
De Wit Flowers Still life Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Cupids Art

De Wit Flowers Still life Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Cupids Art

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

We can compare our canvas with a sketch drawn for a canvas, in a private collection (see fig. 1), made by de Wit's workshop, which resembles our painting in many details: we can see ...

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18th Century Old Masters Antique Sketch

Materials

Oil

Original "1902-1907 Officers of the Staff Corps" by C. Ogden, 1908
Original "1902-1907 Officers of the Staff Corps" by C. Ogden, 1908

Original "1902-1907 Officers of the Staff Corps" by C. Ogden, 1908

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

This would have been one of the last military uniform sketches Ogden created before publishing the book in 1908. 

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Early 1900s American Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Football Hero, American Ashcan, George Bellows, 1905
Football Hero, American Ashcan, George Bellows, 1905

Football Hero, American Ashcan, George Bellows, 1905

By George Wesley Bellows

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Rather than an unrelated sketch, it depicts a freshman student who serves as a deliberate foil to the accomplished football hero on the recto.

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Early 1900s American Realist Antique Sketch

Materials

Ink

Large Plaster Statue Of Jacques Callot Who Took Part In The 1869 Competition
Large Plaster Statue Of Jacques Callot Who Took Part In The 1869 Competition

Large Plaster Statue Of Jacques Callot Who Took Part In The 1869 Competition

Located in Charmes, FR

The committee for the statue of Jacques Callot, created in 1867, organized a major national competition with a view to erecting a statue (the project was old) to the famous Lorraine ...

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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Sketch

Materials

Plaster

Portraits of 14 Queens Or Empresses, Brown Ink and Sepia, signed Herouard
Portraits of 14 Queens Or Empresses, Brown Ink and Sepia, signed Herouard

Portraits of 14 Queens Or Empresses, Brown Ink and Sepia, signed Herouard

Located in PARIS, FR

Portraits of fourteen richly adorned queens or empresses, and sketches of jewellery and bracelets, circa 1925. The artist depicted Egypt, Rome, Greece, Byzantium, the Middle Ages, an...

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1920s French Art Deco Antique Sketch

Materials

Paper

Delft - Blue and white Salad Bowl with elegant scene. Rococo, ca 1760 - 1770
Delft - Blue and white Salad Bowl with elegant scene. Rococo, ca 1760 - 1770

Delft - Blue and white Salad Bowl with elegant scene. Rococo, ca 1760 - 1770

By Delft

Located in DELFT, NL

A small pavilion rises behind the figure, while a windmill appears on the distant horizon beneath a lightly sketched sky. The scene is framed by an elaborate rococo cartouche compos...

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Mid-18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Sketch

Materials

Earthenware, Delft, Faience

"Straw Barge" on the Thames (after) Edward Duncan Oil on Linen 1898
"Straw Barge" on the Thames (after) Edward Duncan Oil on Linen 1898

"Straw Barge" on the Thames (after) Edward Duncan Oil on Linen 1898

By Richard Hayley Lever

Located in Soquel, CA

During these years, Lever spent his free time painting and sketching in the local countryside, exhibiting his work at the Adelaide Easel Club and at other local venues.

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1890s Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Linen, Oil

Charles Partridge Adams “Rocky Mountain Road” c. 1890 Colorado Landscape
Charles Partridge Adams “Rocky Mountain Road” c. 1890 Colorado Landscape

Charles Partridge Adams “Rocky Mountain Road” c. 1890 Colorado Landscape

By Charles Partridge Adams

Located in Denver, CO

In 1881, Adams made a three-month camping trip through the Rockies, producing numerous sketches and paintings that helped establish his lifelong connection to the region.

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Sketch

Materials

Watercolor

Campari, the Bitter Seller - Drawing by Fortunato Depero - 1920s
Campari, the Bitter Seller - Drawing by Fortunato Depero - 1920s

Campari, the Bitter Seller - Drawing by Fortunato Depero - 1920s

By Fortunato Depero

Located in Roma, IT

As regards painting, he first loved to make a series of sketches and then use poor and non-precious materials such as metal wire,cardboard, glass and tissue paper.

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1920s Futurist Antique Sketch

Materials

Pencil

Study of Soldiers - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1857
Study of Soldiers - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1857

Study of Soldiers - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1857

By Auguste Raffet

Located in Roma, IT

Two soldiers are meticulously finished while the others are loosely sketched, suggesting a moment of informal observation on the parade ground.

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1850s Modern Antique Sketch

Materials

Lithograph

Samuel Prout (British, 1783-1852) 19th Century Watercolour of Roman Temples
Samuel Prout (British, 1783-1852) 19th Century Watercolour of Roman Temples

Samuel Prout (British, 1783-1852) 19th Century Watercolour of Roman Temples

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

Around 1818, Prout began to create sketches and watercolours from the continent, finding his niche skilfully capturing naturally lit architecture and quaint side streets.

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Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

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