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Artist: Unknown
19th century silhouette of a lady
Located in York, GB
19th century silhouette of a female ,
framed and glazed and in good condition with only minor signs of age as to be expected.
2nd image with flash to show highlights etc.. Apologie...
Category
19th Century English School Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Roman Dances and Songs - Original Charcoal And Pencil Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Dances and Songs is an original modern artwork realized by an Anonymous Italian painter in the middle of the XIX Century.
Original Drawing on paper: charcoal and pencil on iv...
Category
19th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
France early 20th century, Head of a faun, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France, early 20th century
Head of a faun
bears a monogram "P H" on the lower right
Pencil on paper
24.5 x 13 cm
In a period frame (in good condition except a small loss on the upper...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
$205 Sale Price
30% Off
France 18th Century, Pastorale (Arcadian Landscape), original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France 18th Century,
Pastorale (Arcadian Landscape)
Black chalk and heightenings of white gouache on blue-grey paper
19 x 31 cm
Framed : 34.5 x 46.5 cm
The atmosphere and the subje...
Category
1760s Old Masters Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
King's College Cambridge River Cam 1920s Art Deco Jazz Age watercolour art
Located in London, GB
Anonymous
King's College Cambridge with the River Cam and Bridge to foreground
51x63.5cm
Watercolour
c. 1920s
A fine, and large, view of King's College. The...
Category
1920s Art Deco Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1994 Watercolour - Tuscany Village
Located in Corsham, GB
A bright watercolour painting with graphite details, depicting a village scene in Tuscany, Italy. Signed and dated to the lower right-hand corner, however, artist's last name is ille...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$312 Sale Price
20% Off
French Romantic School, Le Baiser (The Kiss) Study, charcoal and Ink drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School circa 1830
"Le Baiser"
The Kiss, A hunter and a girl flirting, study of the girl in the upper register
pencil, pen and black ink
19.5 x 13 cm (view)
Framed ...
Category
1830s Romantic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink
$352 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - French Fishwife
Located in Corsham, GB
A portrait of a French fishwife in a pink dress. Presented glazed in a cream mount and a reeded gilt frame. Unsigned. There is a label on the verso inscribed with the title and furth...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$278 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Watercolour - Crashing Estuary Waves
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine late 19th century watercolour by an unknown hand, evocative of tidal waters and the coastline of the British Isles. Unsigned. Well presented in a cream card mount and antique ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$239 Sale Price
20% Off
Illuminated psalter Psalm 31 manuscript
Located in London, GB
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Illuminated psalter - Psalm 31
Illuminated manuscript on vellum
15 x 11 (sheet), 11 x 9 cm (framed area)
A beautifully illuminated psalter page, including the Latin text...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Vellum
Signed & Framed c.1890 Watercolour - Sailors at Dawn
Located in Corsham, GB
Distant ships traverse the rough sea as sailors gather at the rocky sea-face
The artwork is signed '..evil', with the beginning of the signature obscured by the mountboard.
Well pr...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$394 Sale Price
20% Off
After Allen Ramsay - Watercolour, Portrait of Margaret Lindsay Ramsay
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study after Allan Ramsey. The portrait depicts Ramsay's first wife Margaret Lindsay Ramsay. She was a member of the Scottish Clan Murray and the eldest daughte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$346 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed English School 19th Century Watercolour - Fishing in the Bay
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful coastal scene in watercolours showing numerous ships and fishing boats dotted off the British coast. Unsigned. Well-presented in a glazed gilt frame with ornate foliate ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$284 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled: Standing Nude
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/ Unidentified Artist, "Standing Nude", Figurative/ Nude Charcoal Drawing on Brown Charcoal Paper, 24 x 20, Late 20th Century, 1968
Colors: White, Blue, Black, Red, Black
"S...
Category
1960s Academic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Academic Nude Study
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Turn of the century drawing signed E. Rantz on laid paper.
Watermark: Lalanne
Frame: 29 3/4 x 24
Image: 24 3/4 x 18 3/4"
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Frederick Edward J Goff (1855-1931) - Framed Watercolour, Winchester
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted autumnal study of Winchester Cathedral by the listed and highly collected British artist Frederick Edward Joseph Goff (1855-1931). Presented in a beautiful bird's-ey...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$1,074 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Les Goules
Located in Houston, TX
Bright watercolor landscape of a sailboat drifting in a small cove ringed by red rock mountains by artist M. Balestié, circa 1930. Titled lower left and signed lower right.
Original...
Category
1930s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$350 Sale Price
30% Off
French School late 19th century, A woman in a deckchair, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School late 19th century,
A woman in a deckchair,
pencil on paper
21 x 31.5 cm
In a modern frame : 36 x 47 cm
This is a very sensitive and interesting drawing.
Typical of Im...
Category
1890s Realist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$582 Sale Price
30% Off
Early 19th Century Watercolour - Gathering Kindling
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful 19th century watercolour depicting a family collecting kindling for their fire in the depths of winter. Painted en-grisaille, this naive study is full of character and ch...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$571 Sale Price
20% Off
S. R. - 1964 Watercolour, Across the Mountain Lake
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study depicting a continental lake surrounded by mountains. A small island in the centre of the lake holds a church and small dwe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$251 Sale Price
20% Off
"Cubist Figure Lounging" Original Ink Drawing South West Artist John Rosa
Located in Arp, TX
John Rosa
"Cubist Figure Lounging"
2000
Ink on paper
11"x8" unframed
Signed and dated in ink lower left
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Ancient City - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient City is a drawing realized in the Early 20th Century by an unknown french master.
Pencil on paper.
In good conditions.
The artwork is represented through deft strokes mast...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Lovely Country House Pastel, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, c. 20th Century
Pastel on paper
Sight: 21 1/2 x 31 in.
Framed: 24 1/4 x 34 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.
Signed lower left
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Two Adorable Chinese Watercolors, Signed & Dated 1992
Located in New York, NY
Two Watercolors of a Bird and Panda
Watercolor on paper
4 7/8 x 7 in.
11 x 14 in.
Signed, dated, and stamped with artist insignia
Category
1990s Contemporary Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Charles Salomon - French School 20th Century Gouache, St Vincent Under the Snow
Located in Corsham, GB
An expressionistic view of St Vincent under the snow. Captured in a fun palette of pastel colours. The contemporary frame compliments the painting very well with a fine grey and whit...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Charming early 19th century Graphite Portrait of a Young Boy with Birds
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming early 19th century Graphite Portrait of a Young Boy with Birds
A young child sits with a bird on his finger and a nest of birds on his lap
A wonderful antique drawing - Po...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Capriccio Landscape View with Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Capriccio painting in a greek or Italian style with women around a river. Capriccio is a fanciful architectural landscape painting. It was popular in Italy in the 18th Century. Most ...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Frederick Tucker (1860-1935) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Bedded Down
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour painting by Frederick Tucker (1860-1935), depicting a large bail of straw scattered between two thatched cottages, with sleeping pig nestled within. Monogramme...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Costume for Aida - Tempera and Watercolor - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume for Aida is a painting in tempera and watercolor on brownish paper realized in 1920 ca. by an Anonymous Italian artist of the early 20th Century.
In very good condition.
Th...
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
The Girlish - Drawing Hubert Yencesse - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
The Girlish is a drawing realized by Hubert Yencesse in 1955.
Pencil on paper.
Good condition.
Beautiful drawing with soft pencil strokes.
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Italian School 19th Century Watercolour- Antonio Maranon of the Cistercian Monks
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study of Antonio Maranon of the Cistercian Order. Well-presented in a contemporary oak frame with card mount. Inscribed and initialled to the lower edge. On pa...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
20th Century Gouache - Tropical Birds And Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful 20th Century gouache on cotton silk, showing colourful parrots entwined in flowers and foliage. The painting is unsigned and presented in a 20th Century silver frame with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$295 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Watercolour - Garynahine, Isle of Lewis
Located in Corsham, GB
A dramatic mountain view near the settlement of Garynahine on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Unsigned. Presented in a washline mount with a gold window and...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$345 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
Category
Late 19th Century Qing Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Framed Contemporary Gouache - Snowy Fields
Located in Corsham, GB
A modern British landscape depicting snow coveredfields on a clear winter's day. Presented in a complimenting contemporary frame with a crisp white mount. Signed with initials and da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Figures - Original Watercolor Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figures" is an original watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper by Anonymous Artist of XX Century.
Very good conditions.
Sheet dimension: 22.2 x 16.2 cm.
This is an original ...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Humorous Gentleman's Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cartoon sketch, ca. 1955. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Unsigned with editor's notations.
From a group of sketches meant to be preliminary drafts for editor appro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$125 Sale Price
50% Off
Posing Figure - Drawing - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Posing Figure is a drawing realized in 1978 by an unknown artist.
Penc on paper.
Monogrammed and dated on the lower.
The state of preservation is good.
The artwork is represented...
Category
1970s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Lanvin of Paris c1920s Original Fashion Illustration in Gouache
Located in Bristol, CT
9 3/4"H x 6 3/4"W
Category
1920s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
France 18th Century, The Surprised Lovers, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1770
Two lovers surprised in bed
Black chalk on paper
13 x 17 cm
Modern frame : 34 x 38 cm
This drawing had been attributed to Gabriel de Saint Aubin (1724-1780). It's...
Category
1760s Old Masters Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
$939 Sale Price
20% Off
Prospect of Durham from the River 19th Century Watercolour
Located in London, GB
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Category
19th Century Realist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Procession - Mixed Media on Ivory-colored Cardboard - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Procession" is an original drawing in mixed media, ink, charcoal and watercolor on ivory-colored cardboard, realized by Anonymous Ethiopan Artist of the XX Century.
The state of pre...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
Mid 19th Century Gouache - Winter Walk
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful winter scene shows a man carrying kindling across an icy bridge towards snow laden fields. The artist has used white gouache to depict the texture of the fresh snow a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$331 Sale Price
20% Off
Douglas Sutton - Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Berry Pomeray Castle
Located in Corsham, GB
An attractive view of Berry Pomeray Castle, illustrated through a blustery opening in woodland trees. Well-presented in a large hardwood frame. Signed to the lower right and dated 57...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$404 Sale Price
20% Off
Aubrey Sykes RI PS (1910-1995) - 20th Century Watercolour, Floral Still Life
Located in Corsham, GB
A well-composed and delicate still life with a floral arrangement in watercolour with gouache details, by the well-listed artist Aubrey Sykes (1910-1995). The artist's proficiency in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$292 Sale Price
20% Off
Geometric Female Nude in Pink and Mauve – circa 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Geometric Female Nude in Pink and Mauve – circa 1970
Medium: Tempera on cardboard
Dimensions: H 65 cm x W 33 cm approx.
Description:
The female body is reimagined through a composit...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Illustration Board
Framed Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Children on the Beach
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour study of two young children hand in hand. They appear to be brother and sister. The young boy holds a large fishing net as he wades through the shallow waters of t...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Watercolor - Tudor Style Cottage by The Lake
Located in Houston, TX
Watercolor painting of a tudor-style cottage overlooking a small lake with a footbridge and a grand castle in the background, circa 1890.
Displayed in a white mat with a gold borde...
Category
1890s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Black & White Sketch of Leonard
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century - Graphite Character Drawing of Leonard Brezhnev done by Ben Blum
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Glass, Graphite
Attrib. Henry Earp Senior (1831-1914) - Framed Watercolour, Riverside Grazing
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful watercolour scene depicts a small group of cattle grazing in a landscape. A windmill stands to the far left of the view, set back from a large sweeping river. The wat...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Willis Willis - Signed & Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Heath With Cattle
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted depiction of a highland heath with body colour and gum Arabic. The fine brushstrokes used to the foreground recreates the texture of heathland foliage while enhancin...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$292 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed Mid 20th Century Pastel - Portrait of a Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel portrait of a woman in thought.
Indistinctly signed.
Well presented in a gilded and molded frame with glazing and a white mount-board
On wove.
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$375 Sale Price
20% Off
French Romantic school, View of a citadel, pen and watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, 19th century
View of a citadel
Pen and ink, watercolor and heightenings of white gouache on brown paper
18 x 29.5 cm
In good condition, some stains and traces...
Category
1850s Romantic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$390 Sale Price
30% Off
Portrait of a Bear
Located in Buffalo, NY
A fantastic original painting on paper by an unknown but highly talented artist.
This work is signed lower right what appears to be Chappell, although the exact artist has not been ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Ink abstract drawing in tones of blues, black and brown, 1980s.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Archival...
Category
1980s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$250
French School, dated 1907 Portrait of a Young Girl with a White Headscarf
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
French School, dated 1907
Portrait of a Young Girl with a White Headscarf
Charcoal on laid paper with watermark "CF" in a shield with caduceus (Canson Frères)
45 × 35 cm
Signed and d...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Ten Framed 19th Century Chinese Pith Paintings of Courtly Entertainment
Located in London, GB
Ten Framed 19th Century Chinese Pith Paintings of Courtly Entertainment
Chinese, 19th Century
Height 29cm, width 41cm, depth 2cm
This striking suite of ten Chinese watercolours is p...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rice Paper
Circle of Pablo Picasso Nude Abstract Figurative Monotone Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb period work from the 1960's era - very close in every respect to the later works by Pablo Picasso. The artwork is not signed but we believe it to be of French authorship.
Pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
"Scene in Wurttemberg" - Late 19th Century Antique Framed Watercolor Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
I've included a photo here of the blue sticker a movie studio put on the back of this beautiful old German pastel when they rented it from my Magazine Street gallery for the shoot of...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French School 19th Century Watercolour - Sweet Dreams
Located in Corsham, GB
This delicate artwork captures the tender moment of a sleeping child, rendered in soft, muted tones that evoke a dreamlike quality. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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