1890s Drawings

Large French painting dated 1899. Oil painting on canvas, first canvas, depicting a view of a country village with characters and animals of good...

Francesco Ballesio (Italian, 1860-1923). A fine orientalist pencil and watercolor heightened with gum Arabic on paper figure of "A Middle-Eastern Beauty at Rest" depicting a young maiden resting on a Persian rug laid down as a bed while holding a tambourine and next to a Moroccan ivory-inlaid octagonal table with a tea pot on top. Signed and inscribed 'Ballesio Roma Tivoli' (upper right). All within an ornate rococo gilt wood and gesso carved frame with a protective glass, Rome, circa 1890-1900, Frame height: 23 inches (58.4 cm). Frame width: 30 1/2 inches (30.5 cm). Frame depth: 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm). Paper height: 15 inches (38.1 cm). Paper width: 21 1/2 inches (54.7 cm). Literature: A similar subject matter watercolor is catalogued and illustrated in Caroline Juler, "Les Orientalistes...

An exceptional French oil on canvas, "Feeding the Doves", Signed and Dated by E. Munier, 1890. Émile Munier is one of the most sought after and most talented French artists of the 18...

19th century framed Pastel by Francois Stroobant (1819-1916) is a remarkably well preserved work, thanks to the careful handling over the past century, and the relatively recent reframing with glass. A silvered frame was chosen to accentuate the sepia tones of the work, which depicts a quaint rural scene with a pond acting as an invitation into the scene, beside which a group of quaint cottages have been built. A lone man in a boat...

Tower Bridge etching late 19th century. Small smudge bottom right near mount in margin. Otherwise, good condition. Modern frame, probably a book plate.

Drawing of a nude woman in 1898. 450 each.

A lovely set of 3 x antique charcoal drawings in later frames. Circa 1900.

Frederick William Rose (English, 1849-1915) Illustration possibly depicting an event from the Indian Mutiny in which his kinsman Hugh Rose had many successes as commander of Anglo-...

Magnificent restored mid-19th century lithograph in it's original frame. Transporting your senses to a place far away is what great art does, thus being the case with this. The waves...

A veritable Renaissance Man in his day, Charles L'Eplattenier was a leading proponent of a form of Art Nouveau in Switzerland that became known as "style sapin" or "pine style." He w...

Mariano De Franceschi (1849-1896) Italian. "Peasant Woman and Boy Watching Baby" watercolor Measures: 29 1/4" x 20 3/4". Signed M. De Franceschi and insc...