Sand Picture of a Recumbent Tiger Attributed to Benjamin Zobel

A Pair of Sand Pictures by Benjamin Zobel, framed by Benjamin Taylor, each showing a farming scene, one with four sheep under a large oak tree by a field gate...

These extraordinary ‘paintings’ were created using coloured grains of sand rather than paints. Each is after an original painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg. The first scene shows the Battle of Hastings with a central mounted figure, presumably William the Conqueror, with a red plume in his helmet, raising his sword against a fighter on foot. A printed version of this image, shown above, was made by William Bromley. (See the British Museum registration number 1858,1009.115 for a fine impression.) The second scene, composed with a similar central mounted knight with a raised axe (sword in the original) represents Richard the Lionheart in combat against Saladin at the Battle of Acre. In this case the print was made by Anker Smith...

A minutely embroidered Chinese silk picture of a sea eagle, the bird in flight over foaming waves in shades of blue and turquoise with white wave tips on a p...

Late 19th century wool work picture of two gaff rigged cutters one flying Royal Yacht Squadron pennant.

An original Beken photograph of HRH duke of Edinburgh leading the fleet in his flying fifteen Cowslip at Cowes regatta 1961. Trained in its original ...

A pair of ormolu equine portraits of famous war horses ‘Copenhagen’ and ‘Marengo’, each with a beautifully detailed horse, the slightly stockier horse, with an elaborate deep saddle with a triangular cloth and padded roll, is probably Marengo while Copenhagen has a simpler harness and rangier body, on the original velvet ground and within rosewood a frame. English, circa 1860. Marengo (c. 1793–1831) was Emperor Napoleon’s grey Arab war horse named after the Battle of Marengo in Italy. Although technically a pony at 14.1 hands, he was indomitable. Wounded eight times in his career, he carried the increasingly overweight Emperor at the battles of Austerlitz...

Attributed to William Huggins (1820-1884) Head of a Tiger. Bears signature 'W. Huggins' and dated 1875, on the (lower right). Watercolour on paper laid down on board irregula...

Decorative panel in wool fabric delivered with oak frame. Typical Art Deco abstract design attributed to Walter Gropius (Architect: early 20th century). Walter Gropius (1883-1969) ...

Two-faced drawing. Studies of characters and harbor scene. With an inscription stating it is from the sketchbook in the collection of Dr. Manuel de Espirito Santo in Lisbon. Ink a...

Decorative panel in wool fabric delivered with oak frame. Typical Art Deco abstract design attributed to Walter Gropius (Architect; early XXth century). Walter Gropius was a German...

Picture of tiger on hillside with tree painted in Oil on Canvas from 1988 Measurements with frame: 146x96x4cm.

Wax portrait of Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, Attributed to John Flaxman, Late 18th century. A large and rare portrait of Queen Charlotte, i...