Softwood Drawings

This elegant pair of 19th-century French hand-painted wall panels epitomizes the sophistication of Neoclassical design. Each panel features a delicate arrangement of floral garlands,...

A well executed watercolour and ink portrait of a white hound, housed in a faux rosewood frame. Signed bottom left but illegible. The related knocks and abrasions 31/36/2cm Eng...

A trio of life size ink on paper silhouettes with gilt detailing, a pair of males and a female. These appear to of been done by the same hand and like...

A well executed collection of four academic studies, housed in a pair of glazed gilt wood and ebonized cushion frames. The studies and frames are in very much untouched country h...

An exceptional watercolour on card volvelle, George the 2nd in age, circa 1730 The revolving centre circle is moved from the reverse via a turned bone knob, the front center is mo...

A pair of early 19th century engravings published by Thomas Kelly 1817 One depicting a armillary sphere (An armillary sphere is a model of objects in the sky, consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth or the Sun, that represent lines of celestial longitude and latitude and other astronomically important features, such as the ecliptic. As such, it differs from a celestial globe, which is a smooth sphere whose principal purpose is to map the constellations. It was invented separately in ancient Greece and ancient China, with later use in the Islamic world and Medieval Europe) small tear to bottom right corner stains and discoloration And the second showing a Copernican (Copernican heliocentrism is the name given to the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543. It positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets orbiting around it in circular paths modified by epicycles and at uniform speeds. The Copernican model departed from the Ptolemaic system that had prevailed for centuries, placing Earth at the center of the Universe, and is often regarded as the launching point to modern astronomy and the Scientific Revolution) Stains and discoloration to the engravings small...