19th Century Paintings

Circa mid 19th Century watercolor on paper. Clatworthy Church of St Mary Magdalene, Somerset England. Shows graveyard with iron mortsafe cages over g...

Stunning continental view possibly venice, Italy. Watercolour on Artists board, last quarter of the 19th century. Depicting Mountainous and Landscape views with three ladies...

Antique Victorian watercolor portrait painting of a young boy in a blue outfit, seated on a pink cloth covered chair. Measures: 11.75” x 0.5” x 16” / Sa...

Oil on panel, signed and dated 1894 in the lower left and inscribed on the reverse. The frame measures 15.25" x 19.25". Leader was born in Worcester as Benjamin Leader Williams, the son, and first child of eleven children, of notable civil engineer Edward Leader Williams (1802–79) and Sarah Whiting (1801–88). His father was described as a "non conformist dissenter" and his mother was a Quaker – their marriage in an Anglican church resulted in them being disowned by the Society of friends. Leader's father was a keen amateur artist – a friend of John Constable – and Benjamin would often accompany him on sketching trips along the banks of the River Severn. His brother, also Edward Leader Williams, later became a notable civil engineer who was knighted for his work, and is now mainly remembered for designing Manchester ship canal...

An imposing French sevres porcelain ormolu mounted hand painted framed plaque, depicting a romantic scene with a standing lady and a seated couple fishing, dressed in Eighteenth Century costumes beside a lake with a landscape background. late Nineteenth Century. Mounted within its original ormolu frame. This piece has been later professionally re-framed on an elegant gilt wood frame, the original woven fabric has also been replaced. This piece is not glazed. Condition: Good condition with no restoration to porcelain, no signature visible. Measures: height: (entire as shown on main image, an impressive) 17" (43.25cm). width: (entire as shown on main image) 13.75” (35cm). depth: (of frame) 1.25” (3cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered...

Unknown - Painting Fallow Deer with Doe in the Alps, Oil on Canvas 19th century A lovely Biedermeier style oil painting depicting a fallow deer family in the alpine landscape. Oil on canvas 1st halve of the 19th century. Framed with antique gilded frame, stretcher frame replaced. A marvelous wall decoration for each rustig log cabin. The Biedermeier period runs parallel to the Romantic period and both are characterized by similar features. Domesticity, closeness to nature, folksiness and need for harmony are buzzwords of this time. The focus is on the simple, the conservative and the tried and tested. There is little experimentation and more observation and enjoyment. The art style is kept very realistic and shows great similarity to photography. Domestic idyllic representations, beautiful landscape and impressive portraits are the most popular topics for oil paintings...

Carl Euler - Bear Hunt in the Zillerthaler Alps, Oil Painting on Wooden Board 1889 An impressive oil painting depicting a high mountain landscape with mount...

American Victorian oval oil painting portrait of lady in black with cameo in gilt filigree carved frame.  

Attributed to William Shayer Snr. (1787 – 1879) A Stable interior with a horse and donkey by a briar, baskets and panniers on the floor beside them. Oil on Canvas. This painting was part of Dauntsey Estate, Wiltshire has never been at auction. 51 x 61 cms image only. William Shayer was an English landscape painter and figure painter who became prominent during the Victorian era. William Shayer was a self-taught artist, who began by painting decorations on rush-bottom chairs. He moved on to painting carriages in the town of Guildford, after which he started doing heraldic painting...

Here we have a Robert Mcgregor (1848-1922) painting illustrating peasant life. This is a well-balanced oil on canvas revealing a french country village...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original late 19th century Flemish oil painting, signed Van Overbroek depicting a ni...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very large stunning original late 19th century Flemish oil painting, stamped to the rear Jean...

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. ...

Antique victorian framed needlepoint, tapestry courting couple, Scotland 1850, H514 Scotland 1850 Birdseye maple Original finish Large birdse...

A very nice quality pair of marine paintings by Thomas Rose Miles (English 1869-1910). He is best known for producing dramatic marine scenes...

A fine antique Victorian oil painting of a steam engine train which I would date from around the 1880’s period. This is a lovely subjec...

19th century gilt framed oil painting portrait of lady wearing black hat and blue striped dress.  

Pair of ebonized framed oil painting portraits of lady with hair up and man with long beard.  

This is a signed and dated painting of a race horse by the well-listed English artist, Charles E. Gatehouse (1866-1952). Gatehouse was known for his excellent depictions of horses an...

19th Century China Trade Pair of Portraits of Sea Captain and Wife, circa 1850s, matched pair of Chinese Export oil on canvas full length portraits of a Sea Captain and his wife, painted on commission in Hong Kong or a related China Trade port. The captain wears a double breasted wool greatcoat over a high collar white shirt with bow tie, black waistcoat...

The hand-written notes on the back of this miniature watercolor tell what was, at the time, a scandalous story. The portrait is of Hanah Tichbon. The inscription reads in part, "wen...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original 1893 F.Labatino oil painting of the Bar Pantheon This piece is exceptionally well executed, the colours, the strokes, ev...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original late 19th century Flemish oil painting, signed Demoen and with an exhibitio...

A beautiful watercolor of a church interior. Trimmed corners Inscribed Malta on the page of the album it came from Fabulous quality. Lovely bright colours. Not faded at all. By Edwin...

19th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentlewoman A Delightful portrayal of a kindly lady, she is seated wearing a Black Silk Gown and a white pleated lace collar and bonnet, g...

An antique oil on canvas depiction of a Lion in rampant pose. One of four similar panels removed from an English country house.

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original 1882 dated Frederick George Cotman oil painting of a blacksmith A well good looking and well made high Victorian painting, this really offers a window into another time and place Frederick George Cotman (14 August 1850 Ipswich–1920) was an English painter of landscapes, portraits and interiors and a member of the Norwich School of painters Frederick was born into the Cotman family of artists. His parents were Henry Edmund Cotman (1802–1871), formerly a Norwich silk merchant and his wife Maria Taylor (1813–1895). His elder brothers, Henry Edmund Cotman (1844–1914), and Thomas Cotman (1847–1925) were born in London before the family moved to Ipswich. Frederick was born at 186 Wykes Bishop Street, Ipswich in 1850 and was the youngest child of the family. He was the nephew of John Sell Cotman and the cousin of John Joseph Cotman and Miles Edmund Cotman. He was a private pupil of William Thomson...

Copeland porcelain plaque depicting the Casket Scene from The Merchant of Venice English, Late 19th Century Frame: height 47.5cm, width 65.5cm, de...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original late 19th century extra large Flemish oil painting, signed A Apoeie depicting a nice nature scene in front of the sea. A ...

Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left. This painting measures 23" x 19.75" including the frame. It has a beautiful luminous quality and features a hunter and his dog hunting woodco...

CHRISTIAN FREDERIK EMIL ECKARDT (Danish, 1832-1914) - 'Mino' ('Son of the Right Hand' - Ancient Hebrew) - PIRKENHAMMER PORCELAIN FACTORY (Fischer & Meig...

A lovely terrace scene of a stunning young lady draped in classical dress with a rich background of the sea, trees, flowers, fruits and fabrics, painted with oil on canvas by Oliver Rhys...

A Pair Of 19th Century English Victorian watercolors on porcelain of A Lady Cushioned velvet frames. In excellent condition commensurate with age. A Near Matching Pair Dimensio...

19th century silk embroidered and hand painted oil on canvas seascape by Thomas Willis (1850 - 1925), depicting a schooner-rigged racing yacht closely ha...

PRESENTING A GORGEOUS and HIGHLY DESIRABLE 19C Oil on Canvas Highland Rovers at Loch Earn by HR Hall. Circa 1890-1900 and painted by Henry Robinson Hall, ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original pair of John W Morris signed Victorian oil painting of Sheep...

Miss Ethel Mortlock an oil on canvas called 'Town' of Marie Adelaide Brassey (aged 3) who became Marchioness of Willingdon (see below) and is buried in the Nave at Westminster Abbey, signed and dated 1878. Picture 60 x 45 cm Ethel Mortlock (1865-1928) an extraordinary woman and sought after portrait painter, she painted this aged 16!. Born in Cambridge and lived in London. She exhibited at The Royal Academy between years 1878-1893 no less than 29 paintings also at the Grosvenor Galleries. Many of Paintings in museums (See History below and her sitters). Marie Adelaide Brassey - Marie Adelaide Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, GBE, CI DStJ (née Brassey; 24 March 1875 – 30 January 1960) was a daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey. On 20 July 1892, she married Freeman Thomas , 1st Marquess of Willingdon (12 September 1866 – 12 August 1941), the future Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India. She became : Invested as an Imperial Order of the Crown of India (C.I.) in 1917, Decorated with the Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal , Invested as a Dame of Justice, Venerable Order of St John (D.J.St. J.),Decorated with the Order of Mercy. Invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in December 1917. Invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1924 Birthday Honours. Marie Canyon on the Cowichan River, Vancouver Island is named for her, commemorating a 1930 canoe trip from Cowichan Lake down that river to the city of Duncan, British Columbia. The Lady Willingdon Hospitol in Lahore, Pakistan is named after her .The Lady Willingdon Hospital in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India, is named after her. About Ethel Mortlock : Her clientèle of sitters included members of the aristocracy and European nobility and included, by her account, the Shah of Persia (1900) and the ‘Chinese Ambassador’, Li Hung Chang (who was actually the Chinese Viceroy), à propos which sitting the Sketch published an illustrated interview with Ethel in August 1896. Ethel was thought pretty grand by the American papers who reported that Chang had to go to her studio for sittings in 1896 rather than she wait upon him. He brought her a roll of silk and a white jade palette as presents. Li Hung Chang was a pretty big cheese; his wife had two thousand servants waiting on her. The Chatham, NY, Courier reported that Ethel had painted every Ambassador who had come to London. These last clients, allegedly by failing to pay the £1000 charged for their portraits, landed Ethel in trouble. They were, of course, conveniently unavailable to the bankruptcy commissioners so this sob-story could not be checked. Strapped for cash she was caught out when the executors of a racehorse owner called Edward Overall Bleakley found, in his effects, IOUs for hundreds of pounds (Bleakley had bequeathed his own portrait by Ethel to Manchester Infirmary [Daily News, 1.8.98]). Ethel went to court, claiming that these were offset by painting commissions, but the court found against her and she was told to pay up. Now saddled with legal costs, she was caught again when Captain Noel Hoare, her man of business, died and it was found that he had mortgaged to Hoare’s Bank, without her knowledge (she said), three properties in Sloane Street that she had been building. She tried to buy back one of these but lost a £500 deposit when she could not complete, making a bad situation rather worse. Bleakley’s executors now broke her and her examination in bankruptcy in 1901 can be read in the PRO as above. Her troubles were attributed to extravagance and betting - the Bleakley IOUs were assumed to be in fact gambling debts and the creditors now included all sorts of tradesmen and the Hotel Cecil where Ethel was then living, presumably in some style. She did not help herself by claiming an income of £250 p.a. when individual commissions were on her own account at the £1000 mark as above, meaning that the Chinese and Persian portraits alone would have occupied her last eight years and she would have obtained these prestigious commissions at the age of 18 (she gave her age as 26). Faced by the raised eyebrows of her superiors in mental arithmetic Ethel then upped her declared usual income to a still rather modest £800. She claimed to keep no sort of cash book, accounts, or any memoranda. Proceedings closed with Ethel declared bankrupt and a number of people out of pocket; the settlement was at 7/6 in the pound. Ethel went back to her easel. Some financial aspects seem never to have been sorted out; funds in Chancery relating to her, Hoare and Bleakley were still being recorded in the London Gazette every few years at least up to 1938; maybe the born in Cambridge; she appears never to have married. The 1881 census had not heard of her - she may have been in the United States at that time. However, standard works about Victorian painters, such as the Antique Collectors’ Club Dictionary of British Artists (Johnson %26 Greutzner, 1976) and their Dictionary of Victorian Painters (C Wood, 2nd edition, 1978) tell us that she was a pupil of Sir William Orchardson (who came to London in 1863) and that by 1904 she had exhibited 29 works at the Royal Academy. I have listed these, usually prestigious, sitters, who included Don Carlos...

West Indian Sailor's Valentine, Circa 1880 The large single sailor's valentine is composed from a variety of shells in concentric and geometric patterns, centred with a heart motif, surrounded by three flowers; within an octagonal stained wood frame. Dimensions: 13.86 inches wide x 13.82 inches (35.2cm wide, 35.1cm high) THE SAILOR'S VALENTINE A sailor's valentine is made of one, or, more often, a hinged pair of octagonal wooden display cases lined with fabric. Small shells, seeds, or other materials are glued to the fabric, usually forming a colorful design. The name "sailor's valentine" comes from the fact that there is usually a sentimental phrase, such as "Forget Me Not," "With Love," or other sayings that we use on Valentine's Day. The shape is thought to come from old compass...

A charming antique Victorian landscape oil painting. This is English, it dates from around the 1860-1880 period. It is beautifully executed and depicts a countryside scene of shee...

American Victorian gilt framed oval pastel portrait painting of lady with 2 flowers in hair.   

Oil on canvas, signed in the lower left and presented in a magnificent carved and gilt frame. This painting has a wonderful atmosphere to it and measures 40" x 56" including the fram...

A beautiful watercolor of Peacock Island Fabulous quality. Lovely bright colours. Not faded at all. By Edwin Landseer Grundy*. Provenance- From an...

Pair of English Victorian gilt framed oil paintings of white horse with saddle by wall (signed J. PAUL 1873).  

English Victorian miniature oil painting portrait on bone of a seated lady wearing a black dress in leather case (signed: Charles J BASEBE 1841).  

Pair of American Victorian style gilt framed oval oil painting portraits of man with mustache and lady in black lace.  

Oil on canvas, signed lower left. Measures 32.25" x 37.5" including the frame. Know for his paintings of scenes in the highlands of Scotland, John Barker, British 1811 to 1886.

Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right. The painting measures 26" x 34.5" with its frame. Provenance: David David Gallery Philadelphia Johannes Martin GRIMELUND (1842-1917) Norwegian painter...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Dutch oil painting of an elderly man in a winter scene by R Tuiy A very good looking and decorative oil painting, this is ...

English Victorian (Pre-Raphaelite) gilt framed oil portrait painting of young lady in white floral skirt and hood (signed: Raymond Lynd...

Antique primitive watercolor and pencil portrait of a young boy in brown, holding a whip from the early part of the 19th century, circa 1830s; displayed in a birdseye maple wood fram...

Elegant artist signed hand painted portrait of an aristocrat lady. The beautiful woman is wearing 4 strands of pearls and has additional pearls in her hair. She is wearing a floral h...

A Wonderful Thomas Blinks 'Full Cry' - Oil on board - Highly sought after artist from a family originally probably purchased from artist , never been to auction. Measures: In Frame W...

American Victorian oil on canvas painting portrait depicting a seated lady in white dress & hat with umbrella within a gilt frame (sgnd C.D. Wentwo...

English Victorian 19th century oil portrait painting of lady wearing white lace and red gloves in bleached carved frame.  

Oil on artist panel, signed and dated lower left. It measures 19.75" x 22.75" including the frame, which is likely the original. Benjamin Williams Leader RA (12 March 1831 – 22 Ma...

Set of 4 English gilt framed oil paintings of coach scenes (signed ROWLAND)

Very well executed oil on canvas featuring a distinguished gentleman presented in a gilt frame measuring 18" x 15.5". The painting was done by a talented hand and dates to the 19th...

Late 19th Century French Victorian oval miniature watercolor on vellum portrait of a woman with a light blue dress in an ebonized frame.