William Adolphus Knell was a London marine painter, probably the father of William Callcott Knell. Knell was born in Carisbrooke in 1801. He exhibited mainly at the British Institution between 1825 and 1867, at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1825–66 and also at Suffolk Street. Knell was one of the 19th-century marine artists who started to paint in the formalized Dutch tradition and appears towards the latter part of his career to have adopted an English school style. Most of his subjects are views of the English coast, and he also painted the French, Belgian and Dutch coasts occasionally including shipping vessels from a much earlier period. On the rare occasion that he painted galleons, he would paint them to their full, decorative splendor with rigging exposed and light flooding through to highlight every detail. In 1847, he won second prize in the Westminster Hall Competitions with his Destruction of Toulon 1793. Knell painted The Landing of the Prince Regent at Dover and The Review of the Fleet at Spithead for Queen Victoria. Knell died on July 9, 1875, in Kentish Town, London.
A Fine 19th Century Dutch Seascape by William Adolphus Knell 1st, (1801-1875)
By William Adolphus Knell 1
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely executed 19th century seascape depicting Dutch sailing vessels and figures in rowboats on a calm sea. Oil on canvas, signed bottom left, affixed to what appears to be its or...
Canvas, Wood, Paint
19th Century Watercolor Seascape with Shipwreck
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique seascape with shipwreck on a rocky shore, mid-19th century, a watercolor on paper seascape with a shipwrecked brig on the rocks, with another squall rolling in on horizon, un...
Paper
19th Century Painting 'Summer Reflections' by William Stephen Coleman
By William Stephen Coleman
Located in London, GB
‘Summer Reflections’ Painting by William Stephen Coleman Depicts two young girls sitting and playing in the water of a lily pond in a garden at ...
Canvas
Dutch 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome late 19th century Dutch Oil On Canvas Painting by Ed. Jacobs housed in its ebonized frame depicting a marine scene with many sailing ships.
Canvas
19th Century Seascape with Brig Under Full Sail
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Seascape with Brig Under Full Sail, British School, circa 1870, an oil on canvas seascape with a square-rigged Brig under sail on th...
Canvas
$8,500Sale Price|33% Off
H 56 in W 46.75 in D 2 in
Portrait in Oil of Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford by Sir Godfrey Kneller
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Savannah, GA
19th Century copy of 18th century portrait of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, (born 1661, London, died 1724, London). He was a British statesman who headed the Tory ministry from ...
Giltwood, Paint
19th Century Seascape with Fishing Boats on Beach
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Seascape with Fishing Boats on Beach, British School, circa 1870, an oil on canvas seascape with two luggers high on beach at low ti...
Canvas
A large and impressive 19th Century Seascape.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An oil on canvas depicting European ships in a turbulent storm, signed bottom right. - Framed dimensions: 54 in x 37 in
Paint, Canvas
Antique Dutch Genre Painter, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Dutch genre painter, 19th century Oil on zinc sheet. Gold frame. (S-209).
Zinc
Pair 19th Century Derby Porcelain Plaques by William Corden
By Derby
Located in Basildon, GB
Pair 19th Century Derby Porcelain Plaques with portraits by William Corden (1797 - 1867), both signed and dated (1828) on the reverse. The identity of the sitters has not yet been es...
Porcelain, Paint
19th Century American Seascape of Commercial Ship
Located in Buchanan, MI
Handsome 19th century American seascape of commercial ship in giltwood frame, oil on canvas, signed lower left, Alvaro Acores (1868-1950.).
Canvas, Wood
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 25.75 in D 4 in
19th Century, American School Nautical Seascape Oil on Board - Signed
Located in Atlanta, GA
American School, 19th century. Signed to lower left but covered by the frame. This captivating 19th-century oil on board painting, created by an American artist, depicts a vibrant ...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century Sunset Coastal Seascape
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century sunset coastal seascape, an oil on canvas impressionist seascape with gaff-rigged sloop ashore at low tide, other sails in bay under a s...
Canvas
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H 13 in W 21.26 in D 2.37 in
Antique Pair Waterscape Oil Paintings by William Adolphus Knell 19th C
By William Adolphus Knell 1
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful Dutch pair of antique oil on canvas paintings of marine scenes, by William Adolphus Knell (1805-1875), signed right hand lower corners. Both paintings depict ro...
Canvas, Paint
“Fishing off the Coast” by William Adolphus Knell
By William Adolphus Knell 1
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Signed lower left, oil on canvas: A very successful marine painter of the mid-19th century William Augustus Knell exhibited 29 paintings at the Royal Academy (including the painting being sold here), 44 at the British Institution, and 20 with the Royal Society of British Artists and was twice commissioned by Queen Victoria to paint seascapes for the Royal Household. His picture ‘The Arrival of Prince Albert’ was bought by the prince consort himself in 1840, and remains in the Royal Collection. Large marine scenes by William Adolphus Knell...