Victorian Wall Decorations

This antique print in its original frame was copyrighted by George Henry Patnoe & Henry Brown of Canada in 1909 in a Victorian style. The print depicts the symbolism of the Lodge and...

"19th century Victorian oil on canvas portrait painting of Great, Great Grandmother (Elizabeth Craford 1798-1865) by Laura Birge, circa 1870, signed middle left. Laura C Birge (b.1846 - 1928), was born in Seneca Falls, New York. As a young girl she learned, for several years, to draw with Clara Soule (1834 - 1902). She then went to New York City and studied under William Rimmer...

Dirk van Lokhorst (Dutch, 1818–1893) Two Sheep Grazing Free together with their Two Companions Signed and dated 'D.v. Lokhorst 1878' bottom center and bottom right, oil on panel Dirk van Lokhorst was a Dutch painter. He was born, lived and worked in Utrecht throughout his life, specialising in landscapes and paintings of animals. He studied under the cattle painter Albertus Verhoesen...

A fine French 19th century etching and drypoint Titled "Soirée d'été" (Summer Evening) by Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836-1902) depicting Mrs. Kathleen Newton resting on a lounge chair. Signed and dated (l/l): J.J. Tissot, 1881 in the plate. Under the mat, the front of the sheet inscribed in pencil with a '1' in a circle, the verso of the sheet with old price inscription "450-" in pencil. Circa: 1881-1882. Measures: Plate Height: 9 inches (22.9 cm) Plate Width: 15 1/2 inches (39.4 cm) Sheet Height: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm) Sheet Width: 20 5/8 inches (52.4 cm) Frame Height: 19 inches (48.3 cm) Frame Width: 24 1/2 inches (62.2 cm) Frame Depth: 1 1/8 inches (2.9 cm) Literature: Wentworth 56. Note: Tissot's from 1881 is said to depict his lover, the Irish divorcee Mrs. Kathleen Newton, resting on a lounge chair. Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, California Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), Anglicized as James Tissot, was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of Paris society before moving to London in 1871. He became famous as a genre painter of fashionably dressed women shown in various scenes of everyday life. He also painted scenes and characters from the Bible. Jacques Tissot was born in the city of Nantes in France and spent his early childhood there. His father, Marcel Théodore Tissot, was a successful drapery merchant. His mother, Marie Durand, assisted her husband in the family business and designed hats. A devout Catholic, Tissot's mother instilled pious devotion in the future artist from a very young age. Tissot's youth spent in Nantes likely contributed to his frequent depiction of shipping vessels and boats in his later works. The involvement of his parents in the fashion industry is believed to have been an influence on his painting style, as he depicted women's clothing in fine detail. By the time Tissot was 17, he knew he wanted to pursue painting as a career. His father opposed this, preferring his son to follow a business profession, but the young Tissot gained his mother's support for his chosen vocation. Around this time, he began using the given name of James. By 1854 he was commonly known as James Tissot; he may have adopted it because of his increasing interest in everything English. In 1856 or 1857, Tissot travelled to Paris to pursue an education in art. While staying with a friend of his mother, painter Elie Delaunay, Tissot enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study in the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin and Louis Lamothe. Both were successful Lyonnaise painters who moved to Paris to study under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Lamothe provided the majority of Tissot's studio education, and the young artist studied on his own by copying works at the Louvre, as did most other artists of the time in their early years. Around this time, Tissot also made the acquaintance of the American James McNeill Whistler, and French painters Edgar Degas (who had also been a student of Lamothe and a friend of Delaunay), and Édouard Manet. In 1859, Tissot exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time. He showed five paintings of scenes from the Middle Ages, many depicting scenes from Goethe's Faust. These works show the influence in his work of the Belgian painter Henri Leys (Jan August Hendrik Leys), whom Tissot had met in Antwerp earlier that same year. Other influences include the works of the German painters Peter Von Cornelius and Moritz Retzsch. After Tissot had first exhibited at the Salon and before he had been awarded a medal, the French government paid 5,000 francs for his depiction of The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite in 1860, with the painting being exhibited at the Salon the following year, together with a portrait and other paintings. Émile Péreire supplied Tissot's painting Walk in the Snow for the 1862 international exhibition in London; the next year three paintings by Tissot were displayed at the London gallery of Ernest Gambart. In about 1863, Tissot suddenly shifted his focus from the medieval style to the depiction of modern life through portraits. During this period, Tissot gained high critical acclaim, and quickly became a success as an artist. Like contemporaries such as Alfred Stevens and Claude Monet, Tissot also explored Japonisme, including Japanese objects and costumes in his pictures and expressing style influence. Degas painted a portrait of Tissot from these years (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), in which he is sitting below a Japanese screen hanging on the wall. Still on Top, 1873 Tissot fought in the Franco-Prussian War as part of the improvised defense of Paris, joining two companies of the Garde Nationale and later as part of the Paris Commune. His 1870 painting La Partie Carrée (The Foursome) evoked the period of the French revolution. Either because of the radical political associations related to the Paris Commune (which he was believed to have joined mostly to protect his own belongings rather than for shared ideology), or because of better opportunities, he left Paris for London in 1871. During this period, Seymour Haden helped him to learn etching techniques. Having already worked as a caricaturist for Thomas Gibson Bowles, the owner of the magazine Vanity Fair, as well as exhibited at the Royal Academy, Tissot arrived with established social and artistic connections in London. Tissot used...

English or Dutch original oil painting on canvas of a bucolic scene with a ram and ewe with ducks "At the Water's Edge", signed with initials H ST. This 19th century painting is on i...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original circa 1880-1890 Robert Gemmell Hutchinson R.S.A oil on canvas titled “A New Toy” I fell in love with this Gemmell the secon...

English 19th century oval tole tray painted with allegorical scene in polychrome colors. Surrounding the central image is a border is a black surface painted with a band of leaves, birds and four smaller oval paintings...

We are delighted to offer this absolutely exquisite 19th-century Continetal School oil painting of a mother and child in a gilded and pierced foliate Florentine frame This paintin...

This is a wood sticks and handpainted Spaniard fan. It depicts four different scenes related to Spain. Starting in the left, there is a bullfighter fighting a bull in a bullring; then an 18th Century scene of a horse carriage with a lady inside it in a country landscape while some people sitting in the grass appear selling pottery; next, there is a bouquet of carnations (the national flower of Spain) and finally some women with flamenco dresses dancing in a square. The fan is saved in a fan shaped gilt wood shadow box...

"Antique 19th century oil painting of an old woman by Henry Jame Barrett. Features a lady wearing a bonnet in traditional attire holding a rose. Henry James Barrett...

A beautiful drawing of The Grand Canal Fabulous quality. On wove quality paper/card Signed on verso. Unframed *Robert Hindmarsh Grundy. 1816-1865. Examples of his wor...

Beautiful aquarelle from the early 20th century. Antique frame with anti-reflection glass (Museum Glass).

English Majolica grapes plate signed Samuel Alcock Circa 1850. Rare plate decorated with grapes and strawberries.

An extremely rare giant Victorian taxidermy Loggerhead sea turtle England, 19th century The extremely large animal with a nice patina, with some parts professionally restored and...

Oil on academy board, one signed W. Sheridan. W. Sheridan was an English artist active in the 19th century. Each painting measures 22" x 29.5" including the frame. The pair togethe...

A very fine 19th century coastal scene painting of the Atlantic Ocean in Tintagel, Cornwall, United Kingdom by Benjamin Williams Leader in a fine gilt frame. Artist: Benjamin Williams Leader (1831-1923) , British. Medium: Oil On Canvas Signed: B. W. Leader (Lower Left) Dated: 1870 Canvas size: H: 20 in / 50.8 cm ; W: 30 in / 76.2 cm Framed size: H: 27 1/2 in / 69.8 cm ; W: 37 1/4 in / 94.6 cm Artist Biography: Leader was born in Worcester as Benjamin Leader Williams, the son, and first child of eleven children, of notable civil engineer Edward Leader Williams (1802–79) and Sarah Whiting (1801–88). His father was described as a "non conformist dissenter" and his mother was a Quaker – their marriage in an Anglican church resulted in them being disowned by the Society of friends. Leader's father was a keen amateur artist – a friend of John Constable – and Benjamin would often accompany him on sketching trips along the banks of the River Severn. His brother, also Edward Leader Williams, later became a notable civil engineer who was knighted for his work, and is now mainly remembered for designing Manchester ship canal...

A rare 19th century anatomical wall chart depicting the human skeleton. On the sides On the sides are detailed description in German language. The wall...

Oil on board signed lower right. Provenance: Private collection New England, David Dike Fine Art, Dallas Measuring 25" x 19" panel and 30" x 24" including the frame. Max Gaisser...

19th century silk embroidered and hand painted oil on canvas seascape by Thomas Willis (1850 - 1925), depicting a schooner-rigged racing yacht closely ha...

"O for Ostler" from "An Alphabet" by William Nicholson from the first edition published by William Heinemann, London, 1898. Original lithograph from the colored woodblock. "Ostler, o...

A beautiful watercolor of the North Wales coast Fabulous quality. Lovely colours. Not faded at all. On paper applied to paper Unsigned Unframed *Robert Hindmarsh Grun...

A lovely key hanger board made of hand carved wood, made in the black forest area in Germany. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. It is not marked. A nice addition to your...

An elegant black and white engraving of an aristocratic Victorian lady outfitted in period attire, framed handsomely with wide black mat and ...

A finely painted 19th century German oil on canvas of empress eugenie in a white court dress by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (1805-1873). Sight dimensions: 53.5" (135.9cm) x 39.5" (100.3 cm) Franz Xaver Winterhalter...

Fine European school oil painting on canvas, 19th century. Nymphs with musical instruments. Period frame. Unsigned.

19th century Victorian hand colored lithograph in original frame. Large and rare folio Beautiful original hand colored print of four girls titled, “God i...

Majolica plate signed Choisy le roi, circa 1890. Decorated with leaves, ferns, pink flowers and Greek border. Very rare colors.

Rare small Palissy platter with alligator, snail, butterfly, shells and plants Thomas Sergent.

Great map of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Drawn and Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston Published By A & C Black, Edinburgh. Original colour Unfr...

George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Rare Tile, naturalistically molded in high relief with a large green-glazed lily pad and waterlilies, on a cobalt blue ground, the reverse with im...

Antique 19th century portrait oil painting prepared by Winsor Newton. Features a young man dressed in traditional attire with big sidebur...

George Jones Majolica Trompe L'oeil Rare Tile, naturalistically molded in high relief with a large green-glazed lily pad and waterlilies, on a cobalt blue ground, the reverse with pa...

Very nice pair of rare prints from the late 19th century, circa 1890. British, unattributed, scenes of ‘The Hunt”. The first print is labelled “The Meet on the Green” and the second one is called “Crossing the Green” Both scenes depict the gathering of The Hunt party on the Village Green to prepare for the fox hunt ahead. Both in their original frames. 19th century pair of British Hunt Prints of The Meet on the Green and Crossing the Green. FOX HUNTING: Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a “master of foxhounds” (“master of hounds...

CHARLES F. BLAUVELT (AMERICAN, 1824-1900) "The Relic Hunter" (1854) Oil on canvas Signed lower left "Blauvelt 1854" Item # 001PCX30W A rich scene executed in 1854 in oil on canvas by Charles Felix Blauvelt titled The Relic Hunter, the scene is large and bright and depicts an elderly man in the afternoon sun digging through the dirt with a small spade to find discarded objects in the soil. A similar work was painted by Blauvelt of the same title [offered at Northeast Auctions...

Wayte & Ridge Majolica Monkey wall pocket, 18 inches high, English, ca. 1860, molded as a monkey climbing a tree, holding a simulated coconut forming the flower bowl, with molded loz...

French Victorian pen and ink drawing of stylized figures in a gilt wood frame.  

A beautiful watercolor of a a young lady. Fabulous quality The sitter is Lucy Grundy. Related to the artist Robert Hindmarsh Grundy* On paper applied to card Unsigned ...

A fine antique Victorian oil painting of a steam engine train which I would date from around the 1880’s period. This is a lovely subjec...

Pair of French Victorian oil painting of a Middle Eastern scene with figures and camels standing next to a building (signed: G BUSSEN).  

Presenting a fabulous and very rare, original early 19th century engraving after a painting by John Frederick Herring Snr……engraved by Charles Hunt, circa ...

English Victorian watercolor painting of two hunters on horses under glass in a gold and black rectangular frame.  

A large german majolica plate, circa 1880-1890s. The plate represent a german nobleman on a gold plated background surrounded by flowers. Made ...

Pair of French Victorian pewter round wall plates with fruit in relief. (signed ERMENAULT) (Priced As Pair).   

We are delighted to offer for sale this this stunning suite of three Gustave De Breanski oil paintings each one signed and titled These are a very charming set, each in the origin...

"Z for Zoologist" from "An Alphabet" by William Nicholson from the first edition published by William Heinemann, London, 1898. Original lithograph from the colored woodblock. Nichols...

19th century fine portrait miniature of a young man with curly red hair Dimensions 3" x 2.5". The velvet lined mat measures 3.75" x 5". The portrait is in very good condition. ...

English Victorian watercolor painting of two hunters on horses under glass in a gold and black rectangular frame.  

19th century large blue and white French transferware platter signed Utzschneider & Cie (Sarreguemines) Model Helvetia. Scene with fisherman, cow...

Great map of Japan Original color. Good condition Published by Alexander Gross Unframed.

19th century cast iron shoemaker’s trade sign A highly decorative example of a late 19th century cast iron French shoemakers shop trade sign. Hand crafted from a hand cut iron metal...

Antique painting on porcelain of an older gentleman lighting his pipe. Signed "Geyer" for Austrian artist Bruno Geyer. The title on the back translates to ...

Color engraving of George Washington's home. Pastoral scene of the Washington's family sitting on the porch outside. Signed on right side: "Engraved by: THO OLDHAM BARLOW". Dark wood...

Antique Toms Music Lesson oval painted colored lithograph print by F. Silber for Edmund Foerster & Co. Features two Victorian clad girls / sisters at the p...

Richard Beavis (British, 1824-1896) Near Arles on the Rhone Initialed and titled lower left. Ink and watercolor on paper/board. With an old attribution to Bonnington. Sight size: 6 x 13 in. The dimension given otherwise includes the frame. Framed in a charming late 19th century frame. Best known for his rural landscapes, the British painter Richard Beavis populated his scenes with picturesque grazing cattle and people hard at work as well illustrated in our watercolor. Provenance: The estate of Sir Edwin A.G. Manton (1909-2005) a driving force in the creation of the American International Group (AIG), a collector of paintings by John Constable...

Antique pastel portrait of a young boy in early 20th century clothing sitting upon a Victorian Northwind chair. A sticker previously affixed to the fro...

French Victorian gilt framed oil painting of seated black and white terrier (signed DUBOUY, 1904).    

Large Franҫois Maurice Palissy Ware Majolica Trompe L'oeil Fish Plaque, Paris, circa 1880, signed with impressed signature, 'F. Maurice.' Natural...

English Victorian color lithograph of the aerial view of an English estate in white matting and a rectangular wood & black trimmed frame (Companion piece: 062454).