Portrait Librarian
The Librarian
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting captures the reading nature of a young Nigerian girl in a private library. The aim of this is to encourage the younger generation not to give up on our reading culture ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Self-Portrait - Royal Academy Founding Member, 18th Century
By Francis Hayman
Located in London, GB
Francis Hayman RA
1708–1776
Self-Portrait
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 8 x 6¼ inches
Contemporary
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oak
Lady in Red Portrait - British Post Impressionist 50s oil painting female artist
By Constance Anne Parker
Located in London, GB
A super circa 1955 British portrait oil painting in tones of red. A very evocative period portrait
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a lady - British 50's Post Impressionist oil painting blonde woman
By Constance Anne Parker
Located in London, GB
A super circa 1955 British portrait oil painting in tones of blue and brown. A very evocative
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Girl with Basket of Flowers -British 18thC Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming 18th century Old Master cartouche portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady - British 50's art oil painting woman in green female artist
By Constance Anne Parker
Located in London, GB
A super circa 1955 British portrait oil painting in tones of grey and green. A very evocative
Category
20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady in a Hat - British 50's art oil painting female artist
By Constance Anne Parker
Located in London, GB
A super circa 1955 British portrait oil painting of a woman in a hat. (verso another portrait). A
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Lute Player - Scottish Glasgow Boy artist Victorian exhibited portrait W/C
By James Paterson
Located in London, GB
This stunning Victorian Impressionist portrait painting of a lute player is by noted Scottish
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Box at 'Faustus'
By Diana Thorne
Located in Storrs, CT
supported herself as a reporter, librarian, writer, bicycle shop owner, and typewriter repair person. At
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Early 19th Century Portrait of Naval Captain William Compton Bolton
Located in Nantucket, MA
another portrait of Captain Bolton found online (posted by a former librarian at the Library of Congress
Category
Antique 1830s American Federal Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Shooting Print, On the Covert Side, Photogravure by Arthur Wardle
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
a female subject it is also an unusual portrait. It is framed and mounted in a modern wooden frame
Category
Antique 19th Century British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Mid 20th Century Impressionist Original Oil Landscape of Shongum, New Jersey
Located in Soquel, CA
active/lived in New Jersey, Ohio / Switzerland.
R. Eicher was a portrait and landscape artist. He had
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
H 21.5 in W 25.5 in D 1.5 in
Nude - British Impressionist art 50s oil painting black nude woman female artist
By Constance Anne Parker
Located in London, GB
nude black woman. A very evocative period portrait of a woman by highly regarded artist, the style is
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique 1886 Thomas Stothard The Vintage Festival Engraving Print 19"
By Thomas Stothard
Located in Dayton, OH
academician in 1794. In 1812 he was appointed librarian to the Academy after serving as assistant for two
Category
Antique 1880s Neoclassical Prints
Materials
Paper
1594 Maurice Bouguereau Map of the Region Limoges, France, Ric0015
Located in Norton, MA
print publisher Jean III Le Clerc, brother of the librarian and print publisher David Le Clerc. Baptized
Category
Antique 16th Century Dutch Maps
Materials
Paper
Arcimboldo by Roland Barthes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
text is in English. Arcimboldo has become best known for his portraits of human heads made up from
Category
Antique 16th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Kite
By James Paterson
Located in St. Albans, GB
was elected ARSA in 1896, and became Librarian and later Secretary of the Academy.
He became a Royal
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dinas Cottage Killarney - Old Master Irish art landscape watercolour nocturne
By George Jones (b.1786)
Located in London, GB
his paintings were portraits and literary genre subjects but he became known as 'Waterloo Jones' after
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Highland Scene, Gamekeeper with Setters by Alfred Strutt, Game Picture
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
the year 1901 in the office of the librarian of Congress at Washington', 'London, Published June 1st
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Antique Early 1900s Scottish Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Oak, Paper
Students of Emmanuel and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge 1815 engraving by John Agar
Located in London, GB
high-profile art appointments including the librarian of the Royal Academy, Surveyor of Pictures to
Category
1810s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Val-Dieu Apocalypse - One-Time Only Limited-Edition Facsimiles
Located in BARCELONA, ES
grounds and particularly elegant realism in the portrait of the figures. These qualities are reinforced by
Category
2010s French Medieval Books
Materials
Leather
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H 8.86 in W 7.68 in D 1.19 in
Andrew Coltee Ducarel Lld (..) - Perry, Etching on Paper, 1756
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Andrew Coltee Ducarel LLD (…)' - Portrait of Andrew Coltée Ducarel (1713
Category
Antique 18th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
Pair of Fishing Watercolours, Got Him & Lost Him by F.p. Hopkins 'Shortspoon'
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
self portrait of one of the most important golf artists of the Victorian era. Signed and dated 1886
Category
Antique 1880s European Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paint
H 21.46 in W 17.72 in D 0.99 in
Roman Hills, Aqueducts and Roads: An Early 18th Century Map by Jan Goeree
Located in Alamo, CA
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Francois Desseine was a Dutch librarian who authored the work 'Beschrijving van oud en niew Rome verdeelt
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Corkscrew Willows with Stairs - Hand Colored Drypoint Etching California Adobe
Located in Soquel, CA
first projects with which Orpha impressed the public was a notable series of her large color portraits
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Drypoint, Watercolor, Paper
H 10 in W 12 in D 0.25 in
Doctors of Divinity, University of Cambridge 19th century engraving by John Agar
Located in London, GB
librarian of the Royal Academy, Surveyor of Pictures to Queen Victoria and the Keeper of the National
Category
1810s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
MA Masters of Arts and Trinity College, Cambridge member engraving by John Agar
Located in London, GB
-profile art appointments including the librarian of the Royal Academy, Surveyor of Pictures to Queen
Category
1810s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Early 20th Century Calming Stream Landscape
By Joline Butler Smith
Located in Soquel, CA
Smith, whom lived most his life in Madison, Connecticut, was a landscape and portrait painter. He
Category
1890s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Still Life, Joan of Arc Momento Mori' oil on canvas circa 1910
By James Paterson
Located in Frome, Somerset
), was a Scottish landscape and portrait painter associated with The Glasgow Boys movement of artists. He
Category
1910s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 28.75 in W 32.68 in D 1.58 in
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Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson of Edinburgh
By Sir Henry Raeburn
Located in Miami, FL
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson
Sir. Henry Raeburn ( Scottish 1756 - 1823 )
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson
29x 24
Purchased, J Leger & Son, 13 Old Bond Street, London, J...
Category
18th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Collection of Six 18th Century Mezzotint Portraits of European Nobility
Located in Rochester, NY
Group of six 18th century portraits of European Nobility. Mezzotint prints. Framed.
Category
Antique 18th Century European Prints
Materials
Paper
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
Category
1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian 18th Century Portrait of a Woman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian 18th Century portrait of a woman. Amazing details especially with the fabrics. Nicely framed and ready to hang in your home.
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Gallant Scene Painting by Philippe Mercier, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An 18th century painting of a gallant scene in a park.
Attributed with seal of painter's studio to Philippe Mercier (1689 to 1760) from the circle of the french painter Nicolas Lanc...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Pair (2) Portraits Gentleman & Lady, William & Rachel Helyar c.1656, Civil War
By Robert Walker
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Colonel William Helyar (1621-1698) and Rachel Helyar (c.1633-1678) c.1656
Circle of Robert Walker (act. 1637-1656)
These fascinating portraits, presented by Titan Fine ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 51.97 in W 44.1 in D 1.97 in
Early 19th Century Folk Art Child Portrait Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Early 19th century folk art oil on thick paper portrait painting of a little girl in red dress with lace trim holding a woven straw rattle and sitting in a painted thumb back chair. ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Unknown Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood, Paint, Paper
Portrait of a Young Boy
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated, lower left: Louise Hersent/ 1823
Provenance:
Private Collection, Chicago, by 1996
Private Collection, Florida
This charming portrait of a young boy is the work o...
Category
1820s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Gentleman in Green Coat -British 18thC art Old Master oil painting
By Francis Cotes
Located in London, GB
This lovely 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Francis Cotes. It was painted circa 1760 when Cotes was preferring oil as a medium and comparison...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century portrait painted in St Petersburg in 1819
Located in London, GB
Signed, inscribed and dated, lower right:
'Geo Dawe RA St Petersburgh 1819', also signed
with initials, lower centre: 'G D RA'; and signed and inscribed verso:
'Geo Dawe RA Pinxit 1...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Harlem, New York 1931 - Original Fortune Magazine Print Art
Located in Soquel, CA
Harlem, New York 1931 - Original Fortune Magazine Print Art
Original print from Fortune Magazine 1931 by Zdzislaw Czermanski (Polish, 1900-1970). The intersection of Lenox Ave and W...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Prints
Materials
Paper
Aristomachus, Ancient Greek, C18th Grand Tour Roman bust engraving, 1741
By Carlo Gregori
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Aristomaco'
Copper-line engraving by Carlo Gregori after P Pazzi.
Illustration of a Roman bust of Cleopatra from 'Musei Capitolini' a series of engravings showing the sculpture of...
Category
Mid-18th Century Renaissance Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Pair of Danish Early 19th Century Children’s Portraits Oil on Canvas
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 19th Century Children’s Portraits Oil on Canvas, A Pair
Charming pair of Danish Early 19th Century paintings oil on canvas. These child portraits have been set in carved wood ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Empire Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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H 43.5 in W 37.8 in D 5 in
Antique American Oil Painting Portrait Young Woman Necklace Period Frame Rare
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful and rare antique American portrait of a young woman in a stunning period frame, likely original to the piece.
Unsigned but beautifully painted this is a wonderful treasu...
Category
1890s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
David Goliath Cagnacci Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Guido Cagnacci (Romagna, 1601 - Vienna, 1663)
workshop / attributable
Quality work depicting David with the head of Goliath (or the Triumph of David)
oil painting on canvas
Dimensio...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
British School, Oil on Canvas Large Portrait of a Lady, Mid 18th Century
Located in Alexandria, VA
This beautiful lady was painted in the mid 18th Century, possibly in London. In the mid 18th Century it was fashionable for elegant ladies to be painted in simple gowns without any j...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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Portrait of Giovan Battista Nani, the Venetian Republic Ambassador to France 1643 â?? 1668 and Procurator of San Marco.
By Nicolas Regnier
Located in London, Central London
Portrait of Giovan Battista Nani, the Venetian Republic Ambassador to France 1643 – 1668 and
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Michael I of Russia - Mikhail Romanov by Olearius - Engraving - 18th Century
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
'. Adam Olearius (1599 - 1671) was a German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian. He became
Category
1710s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Filtered Sun, Luxembourg Gardens by Martha Walter (1875-1976, American)
By Martha Walter
Located in New York, NY
commissioned portraits and landscapes during the summer. Her ability to contrast her light and vibrant palette
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
17th Century French Portrait of a Gentleman; Fine Frame
By (circle of) Nicolas de Largillierre
Located in London, GB
the Palmer Baronets for over 300 years.
This half-length portrait depicts a gentleman believed to be
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Important Copper Portait Roundel by Félix François Roubaud, 1857
By Félix François Roubaud
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Rare copper portrait roundel of Edgar Alfred Bowring by important 19th century French sculptor
Category
Antique 1850s Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
"Texas Hill Country"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Librarian at University of Kansas.
Paul Rodda Cook, a muralist, and painter of portraits, landscapes and
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"ROLLING HILLS" LARGE PIECE 40" x 48" ORIGINALLY FROM HIS DAUGHTERS COLLECTION
By Birger Sandzen
Located in San Antonio, TX
Richard Bergh, a well-known portrait painter and Per Hasselberg, one
of Sweden's best sculptors.
Sandzén
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th-Century Engraving, Robert Brichet After Joseph François Von Götz
Located in Cheltenham, GB
colourful characters - from the bespectacled librarian, through to the flamboyant chevalier. Each figure
Category
18th Century French School Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Thomas Stothard, British (From Taming Of The Shrew by Shakespeare)
Located in Hallowell, ME
which he was elected associate in 1792 and full academician in 1794. In 1812 he was appointed librarian
Category
19th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reclining Nude
By Dewitt M. Lockman
Located in Delray Beach, FL
-July 1, 1957). Landscape, genre, historical, and portrait painter. Born in Brooklyn, the son of Mary
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
The Sun & the Wind
By Antonio Frasconi
Located in Soquel, CA
Caldecott Medal from the U.S. children's librarians, which annually honors the illustrator of the best
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
AT YOUR SERVICE
By Diana Thorne
Located in Santa Monica, CA
to escape to England, where Thorne was said to have supported herself as a reporter, librarian
Category
1930s Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
ROUGHY’S CHRISTMAS - Original Illustration 19 1/4" x 14 1/2"
By Diana Thorne
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, librarian, writer, bicycle shop owner, and typewriter repair person. At this time she began her first
Category
1930s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
"FLINT HILLS" 49 x 57 FRAME ORIGINALLY FROM HIS DAUGHTER'S COLLECTION
By Birger Sandzen
Located in San Antonio, TX
instruction from Zorn as well
as Richard Bergh, a well-known portrait painter and Per Hasselberg, one
of
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
18th Century Portrait of a Young Girl by Francis Hayman
By Francis Hayman
Located in Dallas, TX
Portrait by Francis Hayman, a historical painter born in Exeter in 1705, was a pupil of Robert
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Paintings
Alone, Man in Restaurant
By Anne Womack
Located in Dallas, TX
Library Science degree from Louisiana State University. Until her retirement in 2009, she was a librarian
Citrus & Lace
By Anne Womack
Located in Dallas, TX
Library Science degree from Louisiana State University. Until her retirement in 2009, she was a librarian
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Koi Parade
By Anne Womack
Located in Dallas, TX
Library Science degree from Louisiana State University. Until her retirement in 2009, she was a librarian
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Animal Paintings
Lace, Glass & Eggs
By Anne Womack
Located in Dallas, TX
Library Science degree from Louisiana State University. Until her retirement in 2009, she was a librarian
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Plum Blossoms
By Anne Womack
Located in Dallas, TX
Library Science degree from Louisiana State University. Until her retirement in 2009, she was a librarian
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Glass birds & Eggs
By Anne Womack
Located in Dallas, TX
Library Science degree from Louisiana State University. Until her retirement in 2009, she was a librarian
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Koi Acrobats
By Anne Womack
Located in Dallas, TX
Library Science degree from Louisiana State University. Until her retirement in 2009, she was a librarian
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Glass birds and eggs
By Anne Womack
Located in Dallas, TX
Library Science degree from Louisiana State University. Until her retirement in 2009, she was a librarian
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting of Nude Lady on Blue Sofa
Located in Seattle, WA
This traditional oil on canvas portrait of a conservatively styled young women standing in stark
Category
Late 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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A portrait librarian can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,484, while the lowest priced sells for $162 and the highest can go for as much as $220,000.