Paper Drawings

Fine pair of Fisher & Son London hand coloured engravings from the early Victorian Period. Beautifully framed and mounted and in good condition. Detailed scenes of Cornwall...

Antique Original Pencil Study of a Marble Sculpture A sensitive study of an ancient Greek or Roman sculpture. Signed ‘G. Guyot’ and dated 13th November 1885. In a stunning 19th Ce...

Step into the romantic atmosphere of the early 19th century with this captivating Nocturnal Charcoal Drawing, a timeless masterpiece that transports you to a bygone era. This exquisi...

Drawing of a column base from the Constantine Baptistry in Rome, with description 'base qui esa au Baptistaire Constantin'. Framed H. 27.5" W. 31.5" Sheet Size: H. 17" W. 20".

Pen & Ink Old Woman Drawing by Charles Joseph Travies De Villers Additional information: Features: Signed Region of Origin: Europe Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 1...

Charming drawing of the XIXth century, representing a character of the famous tale of Charles Perrault: " Le petit Poucet ". It shows the young boy in country dress, wearing a hat to...

A unique large hand-drawn map of Surinam by Albrecht Helmut Hiemcke (German, 1760-1839) ? 'Colonie Surinaame', 1830 A large hand-drawn and coloured map of the colony of Suri...

This drawing is an authentic drawing framed in a gilded wooden frame, and placed under a Marie-Louise. It is an authentic drawing from the 19th century made in France, by an artist w...

Antique French painting from the second half of the 19th century. Artwork oil on paper applied on canvas depicting a young girl, Sibyl of good pictorial quality. Modern frame in wood...

Antique Japanese History book Meiji era, circa 1878 Woodblock print book Book dimensions: 182 mm x 121 mm There are damages because it is antique i...

We are delighted to offer this exquisite circa 1850 French school chalk on paper sketch of the side of a ship A beautiful example of the French school, the piece is very serene an...

Interesting trio of English Sir William Hamilton Greco-Roman neoclassical hand-colored engravings set of images made in the Grand Tour style. Hamilton was a British ambassador to the...

A set of eight English engravings of classical subjects titled: Bacchus Reeling; Apollo & Marsyas; Egyptian Symbols; Cupid Embracing Psyche; Mercury; D...

Convallaria Majalis hand colored engraving signed P. J. Redoute. One signed and numbered of a set of large and impressive well painted set of nine ...

Pair of 18th- early 19th century engravings iOS snakes from an Audubon contemporary

« Portrait of the Virgin Mary in finery » , Pastel, 1875, by M.Arnould. This drawing is done in pastels with an extreme finesse. This blessed vierge is richly dressed and covered...

Pair of drawings framed in a gilded wooden frame: these are portraits of a young seated couple. Each drawing is signed A Fleisner (1807-1876) and d...

19th Century. Great Crested Grebe by Prideaux John Selby, Selby was an English ornithologist, botanist and natural history artist. He studied at un...

Unknown academy student 19th C drawing, pencil on paper, Framed, Signed.

Pair of 19th-century Italian academic charcoal drawings. These vividly rendered drawings are classical studies of the male nude figure; one depicts an artist's model and the other a ...

Unknown Academy Student 19th C drawing, pencil on paper, framed and signed.

Hand colored engraving on paper of sailors in a long boat rowing against high seas among closely reefed ships of the line. Published by William Miller, Alber...

'Llanberis Lake at the Foot of Mount Snowdon' in Wales. Watercolor on paper, signed and dated "J. Varley 1812" ll, identifying info on verso. sight size: 8 x 19 3/4 in. John Varley is known as an English landscape painter in watercolor and a close friend of William Blake. Varley represents the transition between tinted topographical drawing and the bolder, more fully developed manner of watercolor painting characteristic of the 19th century. As well as being a leading painter, he was the most popular and enthusiastic teacher of his day: his pupils included Cox, De Wint, Linnell, Mulready (his brother-in-law), and Samuel Palmer, and he published various instructional works, including one with Blake. In his early years Varley was influenced stylistically by the work of Thomas Girtin...

Early 20th-century charcoal drawing of standing nude male model in the classical tradition of the French Academy. Mounted in a custom wood frame, the image has a pensive quality, and...

Adorable drawing from the middle of the 19th century representing an alms giving scene in a church. In the background of the drawing, there is a painting representing Saint Martin cutting off his coat to offer it to a beggar. This painting echoes the symbolism of the sketch. 7 characters appear on the drawing: a poorly dressed woman with a patched dress...

Beautiful painting representing a woman of the XVIIIth century. The scene is set in a typical interior of the period, recognisable by the furniture, armchair and bench in the Louis X...

Beautiful companion pair of 19th century copper engravings with Italian Roman scenes. Interesting scenes with amazing details make these very fine accessories!

Rare, antique drypoint etching pencil signed by the artist whose name is illegible, circa mid-19th century, England.

Antique anatomical drawings for the study of the human body, nude males. The history of anatomy extends from the earliest examinations of...

Three gorgeous early 19th century architectural prints by Louis-Pierre Baltard de la Fresque (1764-1846).

French (late 19th century) pencil illustrations of equestrian performers on horseback in two panels titled "Double Equestrian" in a carved giltwood frame with white canvas matting. (...

Pencil on paper drawing after a late 18th century French neoclassical painting after a painting of Belisarius by Baron Francois Pasal Simo...

Antique bird print titled 'Weaver Birds'. Old bird print depicting weaver birds. This chromolithograph originates from the natural history set 'Animate Cre...

Beautiful decorative 19th Century, Black Ink Painting of the Greek Warrior Notis Botzaris And His Wife, with incredible details.  

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...

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...

19th century pair of English Sir William Hamilton Greco-Roman neoclassical hand-colored engravings. Head of a woman profile made in the Grand Tour style. Hamilton was British Ambassa...

A large hand written land indenture document England, 1810, framed. The beautifully hand written document mounted on board with a red velvet border and ...

A set of three sketches on post cards of sailing vessels in heavy water by Montague Dawson RA. Montague Dawson was born in West London, in Chiswick in 1895, Montague Dawson was the grandson of Victorian landscape painter Henry Dawson. He studied under the seascape artist Charles Napier Hemy at the Royal Academy. He also worked in an art school in Bedford Row...

Iris Virescens hand colored engraving signed and numbered P. J. Redoute. One of a set of large and impressive well painted set of nine floral works e...

These fine portraits of John and Caroline Bull have been drawn with pastel on vellum. The frames come in their original frames. Both portraits carry inscriptions on the reverse. The ...

A Japanese hanging scroll or Kakejiku, circa 1890, depicting bamboo grass and a rabbit. In Japanese culture, the rabbit is a symbol of cleverne...

1870s Charcoal drawing of an English girl. Signed.

Fabulous small Impressionist painting attributed to French painter, Louis George Eleonor Roy (1862-1907) either gouache or water color on ...

Set of four French equestrian engravings 18th-19th century depicting aristocrats and prize stallions in a procession or being shown at a festiva...

Four male nude drawings from life by V. Geoffray in the late 19th century. These academic drawings of the nude, called académies, were the basic building block of academic education, as it was practiced in France in the 19th century. They were executed in the studio, where a live model...

Phalangium Liliastrum hand painted colored engraving signed & Numbered P.J. Redoute. One of a set of large and impressive well painted set of nine flo...

Gladiolus Carnelus hand painted colored engraving signed P.J. Redoute. One of a set of large and impressive well painted set of nine floral works ...

Paolo Sala (1859-1924) Parliament Square in London. Signed Watercolor on Paper Paolo Sala was an Italian painter from Lombardy region specialised in city views and genre scenes. He ...

This pencil drawing was recently acquired from a Palm Beach estate, and it dates to May 20, 1882, and is by the German English artist William Charles Thomas Dobson. Note: The piece ...

1880s Paul Albert Besnard pencil drawing of floating face. In a gold gilt frame. From a celebrity’s Southampton, NY oceanfront estate.

A fine antique Indian or Indo-Persia Moghul Islamic Illustrated manuscript folio. Depicting monkeys gathering fruit at the base of the tree. ...

Architectural Print Total of 6 available 2 horizontal & 4 vertical prints Dimensions : Frame: 16” W x 20.25” H x 1” D Etching: 9.5” W x 13.75...

This charming portrait of a boy is the work of French artist Eugène Louis Lami (1800-1890). This work of art is a masterly executed pencil drawing from the late 1820s. The drawing co...

1880s Paul Albert Besnard pencil drawing of a woman. In a gold gilt frame. From a celebrity’s Southampton, NY oceanfront estate.

Antique Italian painting from 19th century. Framework tempera on paper, applied on canvas, depicting a religious subject Adoration of the shepherds of good pictorial quality. Frame i...

Architectural print Total of 6 available 2 horizontal & 4 vertical prints Dimensions: Frame: 16” W x 20.25” H x 1” D Etching: 9.5” W x 13.75” H.

Antique French pastel from the late 19th century. Framework on paper fixed on canvas and frame depicting a scene of popular taste The reading of the hand, landscape with peasant wome...