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Period: Mid-19th Century
The Ayase River and Kanegafuchi, Summer, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Soquel, CA
The Ayase River and Kanegafuchi, Summer, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Summer on the Ayase River by Hiroshige (Ando) Utagawa (Japan, 1797 - 1858 ). Woodcut circa 1856.
Ima...
Category
1850s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Ink
Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru - One of a Diptych Original Woodcut Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru is a Japanese Ukiyo-e print created between 1848 and 1854 by artist Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864). The print is a Diptych, and is part of the...
Category
1850s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Printer's Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Early 19th Century Portrait of Dutch Man and Woman - Pair - Original Oil on Line
By 19th century Dutch or Flemish school
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 19th Century Portrait of Dutch Man and Woman - Pair - Original Oil on Line
Exceptional Dutch School portraits of young man and woman. Some craquelure through due to age. Laid d...
Category
1830s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
19th Century Original Scottish Loch Painting in the style of Alexander Nasmyth
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid 19th Century Original Oil Painting of Fishing on Scottish Loch in the Style of Alexander Nasmyth
Gorgeous 19th Century landscape painting of a Scottish loch with fisherman and castle ruins in the style of Alexander Nasmyth (Scottish, 1758 - 1840). This painting features the rough-hewned nature of Scotland's landscape while juxtaposing the peacefulness of a fisherman casting his line into the loch. Adding interest is the castle ruins on the cliff's edge with a sailboat beneath. There is something new to see with each viewing of this picture.
Signed: Illegible monogram lower left corner. (See image)
Framed: Presented in rustic giltwood frame of the period.
Condition: Good
Canvas size: 18"H x 24"W.
Framed Size: 22"H x 28"W x 3"D
Alexander Nasmyth was a painter, illustrator, landscape gardener and engineer. Alexander Nasmyth's style appears to have been molded principally on that of Claude Lorrain in arrangement, color and mood, and on Jacob van Ruysdael...
Category
1860s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Located in Soquel, CA
Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print
Bright woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). In this scene, two dancers with swords and fans are facing each other, in the center of a courtyard. There are spectators surrounding them, including nobles in black clothing on a balcony.
Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 16"H x 20"W
Paper size: 9.63"H x 14.5W"
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858, sometimes called Ando Hiroshige) was the second of the two great masters of the Japanese landscape woodblock print...
Category
1830s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Kiyomizu Temple, Scenes of Famous Places along Tôkaidô Road - Woodblock on Paper
By Utagawa Hiroshige II
Located in Soquel, CA
Kiyomizu Temple, Scenes of Famous Places along Tôkaidô Road - Woodblock on Paper
Full Title:
Kyoto: Kiyomizu Temple (Kyô Kiyomizudera), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along...
Category
1860s Edo Landscape Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
The Pilgrimage Procession to Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa in the Eastern Capital
By Kuniyasu
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Parade - Woodblock Print
Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyasu (歌川 国安) (Japan, 1794–1832). Japanese women, dressed in blue and red kimonos, are the focal point. A vi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Beauties Mirrored in the Forms of Flowers - Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese Woodblock
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in Soquel, CA
Beauties Mirrored in the Forms of Flowers - Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese Woodblock
A Japanese beauty dressed and posed resembling flowers by Utagawa Kumiyoshi (Japan, 1797 - 1861 ).
A...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Dressing the Boy Samurai - Kuniyoshi Japanese Woodblock Print Original Wood Cut
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in Soquel, CA
Dressing the Boy Samurai - Kuniyoshi Japanese Woodblock Print Original Wood Cut
A young Samurai boy is finishing dressing with the help of a younger sister while his mother looks on ...
Category
1850s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
A Governor’s Mansion - Countryside Couple - Original Watercolor on Paper 1860s
Located in Soquel, CA
A Governor’s Mansion - Countryside Couple - Original Watercolor on Paper 1860s
Governor’s Mansion during the Civil Water. A watercolor painting depicting horse carriages and disting...
Category
1860s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique Lithograph Shakespeare's "The Taming Of The Shrew" Character Petruchio
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Smoker" After Shakespeare's "The Taming Of The Shrew" Petruchio - Antique Lithograph
Lithograph titled "The Smoker," after the character "Petruchio" in William Shakespeare's pl...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Located in Soquel, CA
Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Delicate hand-colored lithograph of Rue de la Paix Palace in Paris, France printed by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887). Published, Paris 1843 to 1867 by Hautecoeur Freres (Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur (French). After Charles Riviere...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Landscape Prints
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Evening Time New York Hudson River School Scene Oil on Canvas Ornate Frame
Located in Soquel, CA
Evening Time Hudson River School Style Scene Oil on Canvas
European style painting of the Hudson river Valley School by B. Czerniawski (Polish/Ame...
Category
1860s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Elegant Amusements of Eastern Genji - Japanese Triptych Woodblock Print on Paper
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Amusements of Eastern Genji - Japanese Triptych Woodblock Print on Paper
Dynamic woodblock print with several elegantly dressed figures by Utag...
Category
1850s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Dressing Room 53 Stations of Tokaido - Woodblock Utagawa Hiroshige and Kunisada
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
Dressing Room 53 Stations of Tokaido - Woodblock Utagawa Hiroshige and Kunisada
Elegant woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858) and Utagawa Kunisada I...
Category
1850s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
NYDIA, THE BLIND FLOWER GIRL OF POMPEII Marble Sculpture 1856-1870
Located in Soquel, CA
Randolph John Rogers (American, 1825 - 1892) Randolph Rogers' Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii debuted in 1856 to critical and public acclaim, solidifying Rogers’ position as a pre-eminent American sculptor and it remains one of the artist’s most celebrated works today. The subject of Nydia is drawn from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's The Last Days of Pompeii 1834. After touring the ruins of the ancient city in 1833, and inspired by the stories of blinding volcanic ash, he composed the tale of Nydia, a slave who led her master, Glaucus, to safety. Rogers depicts Nydia at the moment that she and Glaucus have become separated in their perilous journey through the rubble and Nydia seeks familiarity in the surrounding chaos, her distress evident in her pained expression. The grace of the sculpture is at odds with the turmoil portrayed; a toppled Corinthian capital lies at her feet and obstructs her next step, indicated by the tilt of her back foot and grip on her walking stick. Examples of this model can be found in major American collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Literature, Millard F Rogers, Jr. Randolph Rogers, American Sculptor in Rome. University of Massachusetts Press, 1971, American Figurative Sculpture in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1986. Joyce K Schiller. "Nydia, A Forgotten Icon of the Nineteenth Century." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts,
Born in Waterloo, New York, Randolph John Rogers became an expatriate* sculptor of idealized figures, portraits, and commemorative works in Neo-Classical* and Realist* styles. He worked in clay, plaster, marble and bronze, and lived both in Italy and the United States. He made 167 examples of Nydia in two sizes (varies depending on base height) 36" and 54'.
Rogers was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and as a young man did woodcuts* for the local newspaper, The Michigan Argus, and also worked as a baker's assistant and a dry goods clerk. In 1847, he moved to New York City, where he hoped to find work as an engraver*, but failing to do so, worked in a dry goods store owned by John Steward...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Located in Soquel, CA
Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph
Delicate hand-colored lithograph of Tuileries Palace in Paris, France printed by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887). Published, Paris 1843 to 1867 by Hautecoeur Freres (Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur (French). After Charles Riviere...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Actor Arashi Rikan II as Aburaya Yohei - Figurative Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Actor Arashi Rikan II as Aburaya Yohei - Figurative Woodblock Print on Paper
Woodblock print of kabuki actor by Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanes...
Category
1830s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Courtesans at Yoshiwara Edomachi - Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
By Utagawa Yoshiiku
Located in Soquel, CA
Courtesan at Yoshiwara Edomachi - Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Full color woodcut print of two women in elaborate gowns by Utagawa Yoshiiku (Ochiai Yoshiiku) (Japanese, 1833-1904). Two women are dressed in colorful robes with crossed arms. They are underneath a plum blossom tree in bloom, at night. In the background there is a building with many rooms. Valuable polychrome woodblock print of vertical large oban (大判) format made by Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾), the famous artist also known as Ochiai Yoshiiku (落合芳幾), and depicting the courtesan Shizuka (しづか), of the house of pleasure Matsumotoro (松本楼), together with her young kamuro (禿) assistant. The couple is escorted by a kanabohiki (金棒引き) watchman holding a lantern and a metal rod with rings to make noise and alert the crowd.
The work, produced in August 1869 by the publisher Tsunajima Kamekichi (綱島亀吉), is taken from the “Twelve Months of Yoshiwara” (よし原十二ヶ月のうち), an elegant series of prints dedicated to the famous red light district of Edo (江戸), and is paired with the “month of leaves” Hazuki (葉月), that is August.
Ochiai Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833-1904) was an ukiyo-e artist from the end of the Edo Period to the Meiji Period. He has created works which are essential to the history of ukiyo-e, such as“Twenty-eight Famous Murders with Verse”, a series of chimidoro-e (bloody paintings) which Yoshiiku and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi collaborated together, and “Shimbun (newspaper) Nishiki-e” that illustrated Meiji news articles with ukiyo-e.
Born the son of teahouse proprietor Asakusa Tamichi in 1833, Yoshiiku became a student of ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi toward the end of the 1840s. His earliest known work dates to 1852 when he provided the backgrounds to some actor prints by his master.
Yoshiiku's earliest works were portraits of actors (yakusha-e), beauties (bijin-ga), and warriors (musha-e). He later followed Kuniyoshi into making satirical and humorous pieces, and became the leading name in the field after Kuniyosh's death in 1861. He illustrated the Tokyo Nichi Nichi...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Shirasuka Rokuro" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
"Shirasuka Rokuro" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print
Beautiful mid 19th century figural Japanese woodblock print of a samurai named Shirasuka Rokuro by Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) (Japanese, 1786-1864/5). The samurai is holding a spear, standing under a tree with full blossoms. He is wearing an elaborate outfit, including two swords. Artist's signature and chop are in the lower left corner of the piece.
Presented in a wood frame with a cream mat.
Frame size: 21.5"H x 16.5"W
Image size: 13.75"H x 9.5"W
During his lifetime Kunisada Utagawa was considered to be the best print designer by his contemporaries. He was more popular than Hiroshige, Hokusai or Kuniyoshi. And Kunisada was extremely productive. His total output is estimated at more than 20,000 designs, many made by his students.
Kunisada was born near Edo (today Tokyo) as the son of an affluent merchant with a ferry boat license. At the age of fifteen he joined the famous art school of Utagawa Toyokuni and took the name Kunisada.
In 1807 the young artist produced his first illustrated book. And in 1808 his first actor prints were published. His fame grew fast. While other artists like Kuniyoshi Utagawa or Hiroshige had to fight for recognition for years, he was successful from the beginning.
He should become the most commercially successful of all woodblock printmakers ever. His early success may not have had a good influence on his personality. He had a reputation for his conceited personality.
Kunisada designed a wide spectrum of traditional ukiyo-e subjects like kabuki themes, beautiful women, historical events and quite a few shunga...
Category
1850s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
The Samurai Genta Kajiwara - Japanese Woodblock Diptych in Ink on Paper
By Utagawa Yoshitora
Located in Soquel, CA
The Samurai Genta Kajiwara - Japanese Woodblock Diptych in Ink on Paper
Boldly colored woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active c.1840-1880)...
Category
1860s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Sun Saburo Matsugaya" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sun Saburo Matsugaya" - Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print
Beautiful mid 19th century figural Japanese woodblock print of a seated man with lilies in the background by Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) (Japanese, 1786-1864/5). Artist's chop is in the lower right corner of the piece. The actor is Magosaburo Matsugaya from the play "Katakiuchi Rumors"
Presented in a new grey-blue mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 21"H x 16"W
Paper size: 14"H x 9.75"W
During his lifetime Kunisada Utagawa...
Category
1850s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Large Scale 19th Century American Impressionism Garden and Lighthouse Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale 19th Century American Impressionism Garden and Lighthouse Landscape
Wonderfully large American Impressionist landscape of garden overl...
Category
1850s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
19th Century Italian School Portrait of Peasant Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming 19th Century Italian School portrait of peasant girl by unknown artist, circa 1840. Partial signature lower right edge. Condition: fai...
Category
1850s Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
1830's Hand-colored Lithograph of a Ground Squirrel
By Thomas Doughty
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully preserved hand-colored 1830's lithograph "Ground Squirrel" by Thomas Doughty (American, 1793 - 1856), circa 1830. From "The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports." Phila: J.&T. Doughty, 1830-32. Sold previously by Bland Gallery, Early 20th century East Side gallery specializing in miniatures. Presented in frame with new acid-free mat under plexiglass. Image size: 7.25"H x 8.75"W.
Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume lacked Thomas’ touch.
Printed by Childs & Inman, the partnership between Philadelphia engraver and lithographer Cephas G. Childs and New York portrait...
Category
1830s Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
Mid 19thCent. Kings Hall Party Session, Athelhampton, Dorsetshire by Joseph Nash
By Joseph Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
Historical mid-19th century hand tinted lithograph and a lively scene of men and women engaging in a light hearted game of the era by artist Joseph Nash (British, 1808-1878). Signed ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
"Juro Sukenari, Station #9: Oiso", Mid 19th Century Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid 19th century Japanese woodblock print of a samurai by Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) (Japanese, 1786-1864/5). This piece is from a series of "The 53 Stations of the To...
Category
1860s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
Kabuki Actor, Mid 19th Century Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid 19th century figural Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in blue by Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) (Japanese, 1786-1864/5). Artist's chop is in the upper left corner of the piece. Presented in a cream mat, with a black and red frame and plexiglas. Image size ~13.5"H x 9.5"W
During his lifetime Kunisada Utagawa...
Category
1860s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
Portrait of Gerardina Van Osch by Dutch artist Johan Hendrik Neuman (Dutch)
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful realist mid 19th century portrait of Gerardina Van Osch (Dutch, 1819-1898) by Jan Hendrik Neuman (Johan Heinrich Neuman) (German, 1819-1898). S...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
John Gould Turnstone Strepsilas Interpres, lithograph c.1850
By John Gould
Located in Soquel, CA
"Strepsilas Interpres." John Gould Turnstone lithograph c.1850 by John Gould (England, 1804-1881). Print by J. Gould & H.C. Richter, hand colored lithograph...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph, Paper
Mid 19th Century Figurative Scene from "Great Exhibition of 1851", London
By Lowes Cato Dickinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Hand-colored steel engraving of a the Turkish section of the Great Exhibition of 1851 by Lowes Cato Dickinson (British, 1819-1908). On verso i...
Category
1850s Aesthetic Movement Interior Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
1860s Drawing L'Amazon Figurative
By Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique pencil and faded watercolor wash portrait titled "L'Amazon" (French, translates "horsewoman") by Constantin Guys (French, 1802-1892), circa 1860...
Category
1860s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
19th Century Young Irish Woman with Feathered Hat
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid 19th Century portrait of a young Irish woman in c. 1570s dress with ruffle. Painted in the style of William Merritt Chase. Unsigned and unframed.
Category
Mid-19th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Japanese Antique Choba Tansu (Merchant Chest) Meiji Era
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Antique Choba Tansu (Merchant Chest) Meiji Era
Antique Choba - Tansu (merchant's chest) from the Tohoku area of Northern Japan circa 1868-1912. Made with Kiri (Paulownia) wo...
Category
Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Provincial Style Secretary Desk with Marquetry Inlays and Key
Located in Soquel, CA
French Provincial Style Walnut Secretary Desk with Marquetry Inlays and Key. Original Finish.
Category
Antique 1860s Secretaires
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th Century Silver Tekke Turkmen Carnelian Cuff Bracelet
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful Tekke/Turkmen cuff/armlet armlet, known as bilezik, is decorated with four rows of table-cut semi-precious Carnelians. The cuff is for a small boned person (internal diamet...
Category
Antique 1850s Turkmen Islamic Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Carnelian, Gold Plate, Silver