Mid-19th Century Paintings

Opium Smoker, F. Leeman, 1860. Vivid English Orientalist oil of a well attired Turk in richly decorated opulent setting with red and white checkered marble...

A large oil on canvas painting of moses with the 10 commandments signed by Artist Gustav Dittenberger Dittenberger, signed by artist to Gustav (Aust...

Antique seascape with shipwreck on a rocky shore, mid-19th century, a watercolor on paper seascape with a shipwrecked brig on the rocks, with another squall rolling in on horizon, un...

After Claude Lorrain - Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba. The original painting which was painted in 1648 is housed in the National Gallery, Londo...

Manner of William Adolphus Knell (British 1805-1875). Framed maritime oil on canvas. Three-masted square rigger in background, with fishing vess...

After Alexander Cabanel French, 1823-1889 Cleopatra testing poison on prisoners A monumental oil on canvas painting. Signed lower left: Nesilon via Cabanel Size without fra...

Cherry blossoms and maples among ragged pines. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold mist clouds. Completely remounted utilizing an antique silk brocade...

Dramatic and beautifully executed cherry blossoms trickle down the two panels with natural willows calmly coexisting with luminous gold dust fading to the ground. Mineral pigments an...

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...

Each panel measures approximately 18" x 18". Very rare to see a pair of this quality. They have a great folk art appeal with watermelons, peaches, grapes, etc. Dating to the first ha...

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

Pictured is a large framed piece which portrays a collage of nude women at different angles with different expressions blended into one another. Measures: 31x41

Hudson river school, oil on canvas. A Naïve work (19th century), mountain landscape with waterfall, oil on canvas, unsigned. The canvas with typical wear and surface dirt, light str...

This six foot hand painted canvas was crafted in France, circa 1870. The antique tapestry features an outdoor pastoral genre scene in the manner of David Teniers; the artwork, signed...

A pair of French framed watercolors from the mid 19th century by Théodore Henri Mansson depicting Gothic churches in medieval settings. Created in France by talented and tireless tra...

beautifully painted with a young girl standing near a stream and holding a rope attached to a cow, a tree in the background under a partly clouded sky, clearly a case of bovine affec...

Pair of anonymous watercolor landscapes rendered in sepia on paper. England, mid 19th century.

A French Napoléon III period oil on canvas painting from the mid 19th century, with bird and roses in giltwood frame. Created in France at the beginning of emperor Napoléon III's rei...

Decorate an office or a study with this elegant antique painting on canvas. Created in Holland circa 1860 and set in the original carved gil...

a painting is worth a thousand words, but this finely painted work depicts a village with steepled buildings with a fast moving cloudy sky at dusk with a solitary figure at the foreg...

Nicely painted with cows by a stream with building in landscape background. Signed and dated lower left.

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.

An original British School Regency Period watercolor study of a Blackbird’s nest and eggs, mounted in a Georgian Period Maple frame – Dated 1863. These...

American portrait miniature by Thomas Story Officer, Woman in a White Gown, Signed "T.S. Officer, Pinxt", The 1830s The American portrait miniature signed by Thomas Story Officer depicts a beautiful young woman, her red hair “Coeffure a la Chinoise”, sitting in a red chair confidently looking out towards the painter and us, the viewers.  She wears a white dress with a pin in the center of her chest.  Based on her style of dress and her hair, we believe this was painted while Officer was in Philadelphia. It is signed to the lower right "T.S. Officer, Pinxt" along at edge. The reverse has a small oval glass Dimensions: 3 inches high x 2 3/16 inches wide x 1/4 inch deep Reference: Thomas S. Officer: Miniature and Portrait Painter, Gardner Library,  Author: Merri Lou Schaumann. Born in Carlisle in 1810, this gifted artist trained in Philadelphia, traveled extensively and won awards for his paintings. In 1872, James Miller McKim wrote a series of reminiscences for the Carlisle Herald newspaper about the places and people of Carlisle in an earlier day. He wrote that “David Smith, a boot and shoemaker, had two sons… one of whom early developed a taste for art and finally devoted himself to miniature painting as a profession. He was a contemporary, and for a while, a rival of Mr. Thomas Officer, though I believe he never reached the celebrity attained by that gifted young artist. Mr. Officer, by the way, was one of the last miniature painters of any eminence produced by this country, the daguerreotype and photographer having come in to sweep away the entire profession.” Thomas Story Officer was born in Carlisle on August 15, 1810, to cabinetmaker John Officer and his second wife Margaret. He trained in Philadelphia with the well-known portrait painter Thomas Sully and began his career there in the 1830s. Officer left Philadelphia occasionally to paint portraits in Mobile, Alabama in 1837, in Richmond, Virginia in 1845, and in New York City from 1846-1849 where he became a member of the National Academy of Design. In 1842, Officer intended to travel to Mexico and needed a passport. He asked Attorney Charles B. Penrose, formerly of Carlisle, to write a letter of recommendation for him. In his letter to Fletcher Webster, Esq., Penrose wrote, “This will be handed to you by Thomas S. Officer, Esq., a friend of mine, and a native artist of Pennsylvania, who is a gentleman of great talents and respectability. Intending to visit Mexico, he wishes to procure passports at the State Department…”  Officer was issued a passport in July 1842. He was described as 30 years old, 5’ 11” with a “full and round forehead, bluish-gray eyes, an ordinary nose, medium mouth, ordinary chin, sallow complexion with an oval face and brown hair.” Officer went to Mexico and later to Australia. In 1854, he opened a studio in Sandridge, Australia, and while there he “entered several oil portraits in the 1854 Melbourne Exhibition preparatory to sending them to the 1855 Paris Exhibition.” Officer left Australia, and in 1855 he settled in San Francisco where he would spend the last years of his life. He set up a portrait painting department in James Johnson’s photographic gallery in San Francisco. In 1857, Officer received a bronze medal for his oil portraits exhibited at The First Industrial Exhibition of the Mechanics’ Institute of San Francisco, as well as awards at several other exhibits in 1858. A short piece in the San Francisco newspaper, Alta, on October 30, 1859, read, “Mr. Thomas S. Officer, the talented portrait painter, lies near to death’s door and is in pecuniary distress. Out of the many to whose pleasure he has contributed by his gay, social manners, as well as by his pleasing artistic productions, may there not be found someone who will extend a helping hand?”  Officer died on December 8, 1859. Almost an entire column in the January 18, 1860 edition of the Carlisle Herald, was devoted to a very long and informative obituary of Officer taken from the Alta, California newspaper. Officer was buried in the now defunct Lone Mountain Cemetery in San Francisco. In 2014, the Cumberland County Historical Society received a bequest of a portrait painted by Thomas Officer from the estate of historian John J. Snyder, Jr. It joined a miniature portrait already a part of the Society’s museum collection in Carlisle, not far from where Officer was born. Notes: The May 28, 1834 edition of the Carlisle Weekly Herald reported that Thomas S. Officer had "...within the last few weeks, taken the portraits of several gentlemen of this borough...Mr. O. is principally self-taught, and although young, already evinced a degree of taste, judgment, and talent..." A short biography of Officer can also be found in Early American Portrait Painters in Miniature by Theodore Bolton, published by F. F. Sherman (New York, 1921). The entire book is one line  Bio. of Officer on page 117. See Officer’s portrait...

An original British School Regency Period watercolor study of two birds eggs, mounted in a Georgian Period Birdseye Maple frame – Circa 1835. These watercolors were largely painte...

Fall farm scene painting by John Linnell, oil on board signed and dated in the lower right. The painting measures 26.5" x 28.5" including the fram...

Possibly late 18th century but most likely 19th century painted arched painted panel. Either a panel intended for a trumeau or to be inset into wall boiserie as a trumeau. The upper ...

These charming antique paintings were created in France, circa 1870. Set in the original gilt frames, both artworks are painted on board and depicts indoor scenes; a dinner setting w...

An exceptionally fine and quite larege Meissen hand-painted porcelain plaque depicting four royals hunting in the woods with a hunting dog and rifles. This is the finest quality of a...

Decorate a bedroom or study with this charming antique framed watercolors. Crafted in France circa 1860 and set in a pine frame, the artwork ...

Decorate a wall with this cheerful and colorful antique painting. Created in Austria circa 1860 and set in the original carved gilt wood frame, the artwork features an allegory representing baby Jesus, John the Baptist and cherubs after Sir Peter Paul Rubens...

These bucolic scenes of rural living and farm life probably come from German or Austrian painters and are most likely meant to be a pair, circa 1850-1860. The works are very detailed...

An original British School Regency Period watercolor study of a Willow Wren’s nest and egg, mounted in a Georgian Period fruitwood frame – Dated 1863. These watercolors were large...

Oil on canvas, inscribed on the stretcher bar reverse. The painting is presented in a flat black frame that complements it well. Horace Bundy was an it...

Exceptional Size Antique French Belle Époque Oil on Canvas Floral Painting in Gold Frame, Circa 1850's. "Flowers on a Table" This is a beautiful composed floral painting in a handso...

“River View” signed by George Higgins. Exhibited in Boston from 1859-1862

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...

A French Restauration period oil on canvas still-life floral painting from the 19th century, in giltwood frame. Born in France during the second quarter of the 19th century, this floral painting captures our attention with its lovely colors and romantic depiction of a luscious bouquet of flowers standing out on an outdoors scene. Red, orange, white, brown, green and blue tones among others are playing with one another beautifully. Set inside a new gilded and carved frame, this French floral oil...

An intriguing and well-painted watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper depicting a cavalier with a dagger, lying in wait, signed and dated lower left "F. Smallfield 1862", titled l...

Pair of 19th-century miniature painted portraits of women. Painted on what looks to be celluloid with oval wood frames Measuring 5.3 in x 4.6 in. Signed Illegibly. Beautifully detail...

Mid 19th century American School Portrait of a girl oil on canvas painting. Depicts a young girl in a pink dress with blonde hair in front of lattice covered in a flowering vine. Sig...

Ink on gold leaf with a silk brocade border. Signature reads: Nakajima Raishou (1796-1872). Student of Maruyama Okyo (one of Japan's most famous artists).

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...

View of Capri. Gold-framed French watercolor views of Capri entitled, "Ville de Capri - 13 Juillet 1846." Dimensions: Sight: 12.5" W x 9" H; overall 18.5" W x...

Decorate a whole wall with this important antique oil painting. Created in France circa 1870, the large canvas on stretcher features hand painted motifs including foliate, butterfly ...

An incredible and very rare 19th Century Meissen porcelain plaque depicting Rembrandt and Saskia in the Tavern. Meissen plaques are incredibly rar...

Original hand colored lithograph on paper of the multi colored Japanese Pheasant, with accompanying notes by John Gould. The work was drawn on stone ...

German 19th century original oil on canvas, signed G(ustav) (konrad) SUS. "Dooryard Dispute" shows a scene from daily life, where the lady of the house encourages better behavior from her two dueling roosters. Surrounding the roosters are chickens, chicks and other birds ignoring the dispute and getting on with life. Gustav Konrad Sus...

Handsome 19th C American portrait of a gentleman with a scar, A fine well proportioned portrait of a seated man with white shirt and black jac...

Four individual mounted panels of calligraphy. Each panel contains a poem inspired by one of the four seasons. Each panel signed: To Rei. Ink on mulberry paper with silk brocade border.

A fine 19th century American portrait of a NY Handsome Bachelor, Norman pearl, circa 1855 The handsome Mr. Pearl dressed in a black suit and white shirt, seated in a draped setting ...

19th Century Seascape with a Brig in High Seas, signed illegibly and dated 1857, an oil on canvas painting featuring a Brig laboring in heavy sea...

This beautiful boiserie panel depicting an allegory of Spring and the Arms of France was hand-painted in France, circa 1840. Boiserie is ornate wooden paneling that covered walls and ceilings of luxurious chateaus in France. The use of these panels became more prevalent at the end of the 17th century, before exploding in popularity during the 1700’s, thanks to multiple installations at the Palace of Versailles. Lengthy paintings such as this (ours is over 112 inches long) would often be placed above a doorway, forming a continuous theme with the rest of the room. The arrival of Spring is depicted by four winged cherubs frolicking among pink, white, and yellow flowers. None of the cherubs are clothed, although two of them are draped in colored textiles. The putto on the far left has a billowing peach colored material hanging from the left shoulder as he holds a sheer piece of fabric. The transparent veil stretches across most of the canvas, extending to the right hand of a female cherub wearing a jeweled tiara on the far right. On the same side of the canvas, but more medial, is another putto loosely draped in green fabric. To the left is the fourth cherub, a female with a laurel leaf tiara that is holding onto the edge of the Arms of France. A gold oval medallion, adorned with volute scrolls at the top and bottom, encircles a representation of the coat of arms of France from the Bourbon Restoration (1814/1815-1830). There is a large, curled leaf rising from the top volute with a husked border surrounding the light blue background with three gold fleur de lys. Our magnificent French painting gives off a warm and lively feel. Although it could still be used as part of a boiserie room...

Fine European school oil painting on canvas, 19th century. Nymphs with musical instruments. Period frame. Unsigned.

A very beautiful mid-19th century oil-on-canvas painting of a young Saint Francis praying at an altar, circa 1860. The artist is Juaquin Vayreda (1843-1894). This painting is a copy ...

Oil on panel. With MacConnal-Mason and Son, Ltd label on reverse. Featuring the 'kill' of an English fox hunt scene. Painting measures 7.25" x 15" an...

Convallaria Majalis hand colored engraving signed P. J. Redoute. One signed and numbered of a set of large and impressive well painted set of nine ...

Hasegawa School painting in ink and gold dust accents on mulberry paper.