Georgian Paintings

Wonderful Georgian style oil painting showing a groupe of elegant ladies playing cards Very well painted, so detailed skilled brushwork Reminds me of the Pre Raphaelite style of oil ...

A wonderful provincial scene of a revering William Shakespeare holding a pen, in a fanciful woodland. The outdoor scence would appear to be the wild woods outside of Athens from A M...

English Antique Lover's eye portrait miniature brooch. circa 1840-50 The charming oval-shaped portrait miniature is mounted in a gilt metal repoussé frame with a pin back with a gilt leaf design on each side. The portrait is of a woman's right eye and brow showing ringlets of hair hanging down over her ear. Dimensions: 1-inch wide x 5/8 inch high x 1/4 inch deep from pin Reference: EYE MINIATURES Eye miniatures or Lovers' eyes were Georgian miniatures, normally watercolour depicting the eye or eyes of a spouse, loved one or child. These were usually commissioned for sentimental reasons and were often worn as bracelets, brooches, pendants or rings with richly decorated frames, serving the same emotional need as lockets hiding portraits or locks of hair. This fad started in the late 1700s and miniaturists such as Richard Cosway...

Portrait miniature silhouette profile of Mrs. Graydon, Attributed to John Thomason. Late 18th Century. A portrait on paper of Mrs. Graydon. Provenance: Mrs. Graydon: Sotheby'...

An exceptional quality framed watercolorr titled 'The Castle of Ferara' by renowned British artist Samuel Prout (1783-1852). Samuel Prout was a member of the Royal Watercolour Societ...

Antique portrait of a handsome senior military officer wearing a red jacket with gold braid over his right shoulder and gold embroidery on the jacket front, with a black gilt embroid...

The picture retains its original gilt frame. The image is rendered in a mixture of silkwork and hand painted decoration and depicts the injured traveler on the roadside being aided by the Samaritan while the Levite and the Priest are seen in the distance. This parable is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?" This work is vastly bigger than 19th century silkwork pictures...

A rare collection of family portraits circa 1820 of The Moncrieff Family. In original country house condition, losses to the painted surface, small holes and age related craqueleu...

A well executed oil on board coat of arms, showing a families crest that would off once graced a small carriage or coach. Age related craquelure to the painted surface, reminisce...

A charming pair of naively depicted English bull dogs, oil on canvas that has been applied to a hardwood board. Both boards have had splits, one with a elderly cloth repair the other a recent repair, this has lifted the canvas from the board more so on the cream bulldog. Age related craquelure to the paint surface. both 27cm in width, 26cm in height, 1.1cm in depth The now extinct old English bull dogs were original breed for bull baiting...

A odd little gouache, pencil grisaille on card portrait of a lady believed to the be the old maid in the garret The image taken from the song the old maid in the garret, it was a...

An unusual profile portrait of a late Georgian gentleman in original gesso frame. Substantial ware and loses to the frame, small elderly repair to the canvas (patched on reverse) A...