Antique Painting of a Young Tennis Player, Watercolor

A charming watercolor of golfers on the golf course, possibly at Callander, with Ben Ledi beyond. This view typifies the glorious scenery of "Rob Roy Country"...

Bilston Golf Club Watercolour, H.E. Lewis Driving. A charming golf watercolour of H. Lewis (the club professional at Bilston Golf Club) driving from th...

Oil painting Of Rissersee, Germany. A very scenic oil painting of Rissersee, a lake in Grainau near Garmisch - Partenkirchen, surrounded by the Bavarian Alps. Painted by the German ...

Impressive modern Golf Portrait, William Laidlaw Purves. Large oil on canvas of Dr. William Laidlaw Purves after the original oil painting by the Hon. John Collier (1850 - 1934), a prominent London artist. The painting is un-framed but is stretched and ready to hang, artist of this particular painting is unknown. The original painting now hangs at Royal St. George's, Sandwich. William Laidlaw Purves, oculist and obsessive golfer, was an Edinburgh born surgeon who worked in London, but remembered by most for his contributions to the golfing world. A very influential man, he was one of the key figures behind the spread of the game of golf in England towards the end of the 19th century. He won many important club trophies, the last being in 1914, aged 71 with a handicap of 3. He died at his home Hardwick Cottage, Wimbledon Common on 30th December 1917, and at the time he was a member of no fewer than 32 golf clubs. As a student Purves had played golf at Bruntsfield Links in Edinburgh and by the time of his London appointment he was a member of both the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. Upon his move to London in 1874 he joined the London Scottish and Wimbledon Golf Club. The two clubs shortly separated into two separate clubs, The London Scottish Golf Club and the Wimbledon Golf Club, but both continued to play on Wimbledon Common. In 1882 the Wimbledon became the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club and Purves became an active committee member, later being elected Captain. As the two clubs also shared the Common with the public play was restricted, so together with a fellow Scot and keen amateur golfer (Henry Lamb...

A skilled English painter from the mid-19th century painted this lovely pair of watercolors. They exemplify the traditional style of the era, with light and airy backgrounds that fo...

The caption of this charming pen and ink, watercolor and gouache vignette reads "A troupe of Eastern Entertainers taken from diary of G. Copeland 1830." Perhaps a rememberance from...

Orientalist watercolor of an Arab boy on an oriental rug. Inscribed in the back the former owner of the painting: W. de Keller 1 rue Goethe Par...

19th century fine portrait miniature of a young man with curly red hair Dimensions 3" x 2.5". The velvet lined mat measures 3.75" x 5". The portrait is in very good condition. ...