Georgian Drawings

Each hand-colored sheet depicts a distinct section of the city, together composing one large, detailed cartographic view. Featuring rivers, streets, fortifications, and surrounding c...

Set of two hand colored engravings by George Edwards (English, 1694-1773). Professionally framed and matted in linen.

This is a wonderful mid-to-late 18th century portrait of a young boy dressed in a blue coat with a tricorn hat under his left arm. The innocence of this beautiful boy draws you into ...

Framed and Matted Britannia Map hand tinted and colored with gilt frame. Signed Matthaus Seutter, 1725 Seutter was one of the most important and prolific German map publishers of t...

Small oval portraits. Oval ebonized wood frames, Paper coved in glass, etching..   

Fine Art, Charles Henry Scwanfelder (1774-1837). Signed C H Schwanfelder Pinx and dated 1825. An exceptional portrait of a horse standing proud in woodland, in front of a tree-lined vista incorporating cows residing by a stream. Charles born in England, the son of a German decorative painter started his career helping his father painting clock faces and snuff boxes and became renowned in his own right for his animal paintings, later being appointed by George III and George IV. Exhibiting at the Royal Academy between 1809 and 1814. His works can be found at - Temple Newsam House, Lotherton Hall, York Museum trust, National Trust, Florence Court, Leeds City Museum and Galleries, The Ferens Art Gallery and Newstead Abbey...

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...

Portrait of an Actress Black pencil with touches of red pencil on paper The attribution of the drawing is based on comparison with a series of similar drawings, some signed, by Har...