19th Century Drawings

19th Century Antique Religious Painting Antique, neoclassical paintin from the 19th century. It retakes Bernardo Strozzi work "Annunziazione fata dal...

19th C French Drawing of a Handsome Monarchie de Juillet Cadet, Paris, 1833 Apparently Unsigned, Not examined out of the frame. A well drawn oval portrait of a handsome French c...

Pen Drawing on Paper, "The Birth of Venus" Vincenzo Camuccini. Pen drawing on paper, mounted on an album leaf, "The Birth of Venus" by Vincenzo Camuccini, late 18th century, early 1...

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-...

Swiss alp watercolor " Schwarzwald " from Basel region

Superb, rare and large drawing representing a Portrait of Marie d'Orléans-Longueville, Duchess of Nemours, Princess of France. The drawing is perfectly done. Wonderful work of light on the lace in particular which seems to come out of the painting thanks to its bluish tint. The shadow play is magnificent. On thick marked paper. Drawing Dated 1891 and signed. The Signature is probably “Sieur Duval”. Very good Made from the magnificent painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743), painter of the 18th century model dated 1707. The engraver Pierre Drevet (1663-1738) also engraved this work. The work is “Mary by the grace of God, sovereign of Neufchâtel and Vallangin, duchess of Nemours” / « Marie par la grâce de Dieu, souveraine de Neufchâtel et Vallangin, duchesse de Nemours » Description of the work: Half-legged, seated, turned three-quarters to the left, looking straight on, the princess, whose left arm is folded across her chest, holds her crown placed on the table with her right hand. She is dressed in dark court attire, her head covered with a headdress whose tails are tied on the chest. A curtain and the base of a column constituting the second plan. Marie de Nemours, born in 1625 and died on June 16, 1707, is sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and Valangin. Daughter of Henri II of Orléans-Longueville and Louise de Bourbon-Condé, Mademoiselle de Soissons, she was known until her marriage under the name Marie d'Orléans, Mademoiselle de Longueville. Marie d'Orléans, only daughter of the Duke of Bourbon and Longueville, married Henri II of Savoy, last Duke of Nemours, in 1657. The court was surprised that the richest heiress in France agreed to marry this duke without possessions and without consideration, staid and boring. The Duke of Nemours suddenly fell ill and died on January 2, 1659. The Duchess of Nemours survived him for a long time. In 1694, she was recognized as sovereign of the principality of Neuchâtel and Vallangin (Switzerland), by the states of the country, to the exclusion of the Prince of Conti. She died in Paris on June 16, 1707, at the age of 82. Five months later, despite claims of misconduct by the suitors, the court of these same states awarded this small sovereignty to the King of Prussia. The Duchess of Nemours was said to be miserly and carefully hid her rank under cheap clothes. She was devout but suspicious and often changed her confessor. She left Memoirs, recognized to be remarkable for their accuracy, fidelity and charm of style. Hyacinthe Rigaud, famous painter to King Louis XIV, was born in 1659 and died in 1743. He was the major portraitist of the king and his Court at Versailles. Rigaud fixed for three centuries the image of the official portrait of European courts. On the advice of Le Brun, he devoted himself to portraiture, a genre which he elevated to its highest expression. He attracted the attention of the king and the Court with the portrait of Monsieur...

Swiss alp drawing of a Vaud region women title " Pais de Vaux " the dimensions are the frame dimensions

Drawing of a French woman, signed and dated “1817.” The woman wears a “troubadour” ensemble that could reflect either her *région d'origine* or point to the Romantic, new-medieval vo...

Original drawing on paper. It has been made in England in the 19th century. It is representing the face of a young girl.

Folk art drawing of a young women and a dog

19th century charcoal portrait of a pensive little boy imaginatively matted as an oval surrounded by fancy plaid taffeta and a vintage g...

Swiss alp watercolor " Glarus "

French hand coloured engraving on paper of generous size, early 19th century, after Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863). “Madame de la Valliere aux genoux de la Reine, lui demandant pardon” “Madame de la Valliere on the knees of the Queen, asking for forgiveness” Engraved by Le Grand (French, active early 19th century). Coloured by Charles Francois Gabriel...

Swiss alp watercolor " Soleure "

The category Old Marine Paintings, features a small painting, depicting a stretch of sea with a fisherman and a small boat, a late 19th-century Oil on Canvas Painting. 19th century....

This Italian lithograph depicts the town hall palace in Sienna, Tuscany, the center of Venice, Italy. More formally known as “Palazzo Publico Sienna”,...

« 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...

Important framed 19th Century oriental ink on paper drawing Ideograms were often accompanied by images of animals and objects, but sometimes also articulated compositions. A carp j...

A market scene in Paris by Egron Sillif Lundgren, (Swedish, 1815-1875), Pencil, touches of red and heightened with white on buff paper. Size: 7" inche...

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...

A compelling 19th century graphite sketch depicting a man standing with his hands tucked into his back pockets, facing the viewer. The artist captures a relaxed yet confident stance ...

Antique Italian painting from late 19th century. Oil painting on masonite depicting landscape, view of mountain village in impressionist style. Signed painting on the lower left G. M...

Set of four etchings by American artist William Goodrich Beal, circa 1880s. Scenic Massachusetts coastal towns and beaches. All signed in ...

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

A playful neoclassical drawing of a woman with children framed by the Medici Society in London. Presented in a professional gilt wood frame. Measures:...

The antique Italian drawing in pen-and-ink and wash pictures a landscape of a stone bridge, archway, trees and people in the Renaissance style. The drawing is set within a two-tone d...

1870s Charcoal drawing of an English girl. Signed.

Late Georgian period Mezzotint Etching print By English Artist Henry Pidding titled Massa Out “Sambo Werry Dry”. The print features a young man seated by a table on which are keys ma...

Three highly charismatic and personal portrait drawings if Indian gentlemen. Dating from the late 19th century and in original glass and oak frames they portray a Pathan hillman and ...

Danish 19th Century Watercoloring Painting of a Windmill in a Period Gilt Wood Frame, Copenhagen circa 1850. Signed on the rear, E. L. for EdwardLehman. Also handwritten in Danish o...

Drawing of a nude woman in 1898. 450 each.

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...

Beautiful ink wash drawing of the Flemish school of a tavern scene. It depicts the interior of a tavern, a place where people gathered to eat and drink...

A Henry Pruett share (American, 1853-1905) etching of a wintry pastoral scene of a shepherd and flock; signed 'R. LeGrande Johnston' (1850-1918); th...

This large and very nice Venice view is a charcoal. This is the amazing the way Venezia is reflected into the water. This is a work signed by François Stro...

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...

Male Portrait, Pastel In Its Frame, Around 1800

Drawing, painting representing a child's head, black pencil and red chalk drawing. Painting representing a drawing of a child's head, black and red chalk print, stamped from the Jul...

Here are four rare and historically important watercolor drawings on paper of St. Croix. Painted in a topographical style by L.J.Harboe, effectively transporting us to a time and pla...

A pair of gouaches depicting two scenes of the blue grotto. Late 19th Century

Etching by V Franz Xaver Lorenz Rektorzik-Brunn 1793-1851 Etching 7 x 10.

'T Dorp Oosterhout verwoest door den Watervloed in 1820 (The Village of Oosterhout destroyed by the Flood in 1820) The watercolor drawing provides a vivid portrayal of a disastrous ...

Late 19th century pastel dog portrait of puppy with tablecloth in wooden frame.

This delicate and detailed artwork, dated Paris, July 18, 1896, is a study for a fan portraying scenes from South America. It is rendered primarily in charcoal and blue pencil, which...

Pair of antique classical French salon drawings. Charcoal on paper. Illegibly signed. In giltwood frames, early 19th century.  

Original folding map, mounted on canvas Rare and fascinating map of the city of London published by George Frederick Cruchley, entitled Cruchley's New Plan of London, in this edition...

Two engravings from the book "The Description of Egypt", a major publication by the scholars who accompanied Napoleon, which included descriptions and engravings made by these schola...

Young Woman, Mixed Technique on Paper, Victor Rousseau (1865-1954)

These four drawings, while small in scale but large in style and impact, are of fine quality. Two are of priest and two are of officers. The paper, a fine blue color, makes the drawi...

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...

This charming sketch shows the head and the legs of a child. The drawing is executed in black chalk with white heightening on coloured paper. The paper has been mounted on card. Ther...

Drawing by Charles-Henri Pille known as Henri Pille "L'Atelier d'artiste", pen drawing on paper. In an interior with Renaissance furniture, a painter rummages in a large Renaissance sculpted chest...

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...

Swiss alp watercolor " Grisong "

Swiss alp watercolor " Schaffhausen "

Swiss alp watercolor " Appenzel "

Swiss alp watercolor " Freybourg " from Fribourg region

Swiss alp watercolor " Freybourg " from Fribourg region

Swiss alp watercolor " Argowi " from Argovie region

Swiss alp watercolor " Oberhafsle " from Bern alp region