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Item Ships From: London
Portrait of Woman in Pearl Necklace
By Charles Camoin
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Woman in Pearl Necklace', pastel on fine art paper (see information below), by Charles Camoin (circa 1920s) dedicated to Marie-Louise Tavernier. Regrettably, research on...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
Past. Present. Future. Imperfect
By Schalk van der Merwe
Located in London, GB
Mixed media on Fabriano
Signed lower right
This work includes a certificate of authenticity.
Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflect...
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2010s Expressionist London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Mixed Media
Portrait de femme
By Charles Camoin
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, undated [1928-30], signed lower left. Dimensions: 44×37.5 cm. Provenance: Collection Georges Couturat, Paris, c.1930; by descent; sale Geneva, Hotel Piguet, 14.03.20...
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Early 20th Century Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait de femme
By Charles Camoin
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, undated. Signed and dedicated with the description 'à M.lle Claudine [Paccela?]' lower right. Dimensions: 15 x 12 cm.
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20th Century Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Jeune femme pensive
By Charles Camoin
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, undated. Signed lower left. Dimensions: 25 x 17 cm. This work has been approved by the Camoin Committee.
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20th Century Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Paysan Centenaire, Soldat de l'Armée du Général Kosenisko by Franciszek Tepa
By Franciszek Tepa
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Paysan Centenaire, Soldat de l'Armée du Général Kosenisko by Franciszek Tepa (1829-1889)
Watercolour
26.3 x 30 cm (10 ⅜ x 11 ¾ inches)
Initialed and dated lower left, ...
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1870s Realist London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jeune Montagnarde des Environs de Truskaniva by Franciszek Tepa - Realist
By Franciszek Tepa
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Jeune Montagnarde des Environs de Truskaniva by Franciszek Tepa (1829-1889)
Watercolour
26 x 20.5 cm (10 ¼ x 8 ⅛ inches)
Signed and dated lower left, Franciszek Tepa ...
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1870s Realist London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Montagnard des Environs de Szczaronica by Franciszek Tepa - Realist portrait
By Franciszek Tepa
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
Montagnard des Environs de Szczaronica by Franciszek Tepa (1829-1889)
Watercolour
26.3 x 20 cm (10 ⅜ x 7 ⅞ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, F. Tepa 1873
Artist ...
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1870s Realist London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled
By Grayson Perry
Located in London, GB
Colour pencil and ink on wove paper. Produced in 2015. Framed in artist's moulding to museum conservation standards. Signed and dated verso by Grayson Perry. Frame size: 30 x 35 cm.
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2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil
D'après Renoir by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Portrait drawing
By Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
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D'après Renoir by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Pencil on paper
19.5 x 25.8 cm (7 ⁵/₈ x 10 ¹/₈ inches)
Tit...
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20th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of a Young Male, Graphite on paper sketch, 20th Century English Artist
By John Sergeant
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 (26 x 22 cm)
Mounted
Drawing was at the heart of all of his artistic practice. A friend once recalled an anecdote that out on a walk he ...
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20th Century English School London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait of a Boy, Pastel Drawing, 20th Century English
By William Dring
Located in London, GB
Pastel and graphite on paper
Image size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches (28 x 21.5 cm)
Mounted
William Dring
Dring was born with the forenames Dennis William, but was known colloquially as Joh...
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Mid-20th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Pastel, Paper
Le Turban by Henri Matisse - Portrait, Ink Drawing
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
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Le Turban by Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Pen and India ink on paper
51.5 x 39 cm (20 ¹/₄ x 15 ³/₈ inches)
Signed and date...
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1940s Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Paper, Pen
Untitled
Located in East Quogue, NY
Ágnes Széphfalvi (b.1965) studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Budapest (1984–1990). In her paintings, she deals with narratives of women's lives. She thematizes painting as a subject...
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1990s London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper
OriginalSet-the Way of Seeing-Meeting Raphael-studies of Masters-British Artist
Located in London, GB
Free shipping worldwide ! This set of drawings included Two Studies of Raphael's paintings in National Gallery, London where Shizico Yi learned her craft in drawings from old masters...
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2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
‘Light Bringer 1'
Located in London, GB
‘The Light Bringers’, 2023, is Latex and charcoal work, have the quality of movement, the heads turning and twisting, as if in prayer. These series of 6 works are almost biblical, tr...
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2010s Abstract London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Latex
Portrait of a Young Girl, Mid-20th Century Pastel Drawing, Signed
By Alan Durman
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, signed bottom right
Image size: 12 x 14 1/2 inches (30.5 x 36.75 cm)
Contemporary style hand made frame
This is a touching drawing of a young girl who is seen smili...
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Mid-20th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Male Nude Pencil Drawing by Bernard Sleigh RBSA (circa 1900-1920)
Located in London, GB
Male Nude pencil drawing on wove paper (circa 1900-1920), by Bernard Sleigh, RBSA (Provenance: from the artist's studio). An exquisite drawing which is possibly a study for a larger ...
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Early 20th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Portrait of Rebecca Octavia Dorothy Nash, Victorian Graphite Drawings
By Joseph Nash
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, inscribed on original backing
Image size: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (16.5 x 14 cm)
Mounted
This is a delightful graphite drawing by the artist Joseph Nash that depict...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait of a German Airman, Graphite on paper, 1919, Air Park Document Verso
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed and dated '13 Feb (19)19' bottom left
Image size: 13 x 8 1/4 inches (33 x 21 cm)
This is a portrait of a German airman that was done by the artist at the s...
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Early 20th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Graphite
Self Portrait
By Sándor Bortnyik
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 33cm x 24cm, (66cm x 56cm framed). The work is framed behind UV glass and stepped gilded frame.
Bortnyik was a painter and graphi...
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1910s Bauhaus London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of a German Airman, Graphite on paper, 1919, Air Park Document Verso
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed and dated '13 Feb (19)19' bottom left
Image size: 13 x 8 1/4 inches (33 x 21 cm)
This is a portrait of a German airman that was done by the artist at the s...
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Early 20th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Graphite
OriginalSet-the Way of Seeing-Meeting Cezanne-Studies Masters-British Artist
Located in London, GB
This set of drawings included Two Studies of Cezanne's paintings in National Gallery and The Courtauld Gallery , London where Shizico Yi learned her craft in drawings from old master...
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2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Self Portrait, Charcoal on Paper, 20th Century British Drawing
By William Dring
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper
Image size: 4 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (11.5 x 10.75 cm)
Mounted with a contemporary style frame
This is a somewhat haunting self-portrait by William Dring, crafted in c...
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20th Century Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of a Young Man, 19th Century English, Charcoal, Signed and Dated '1888'
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed and dated '1888' bottom right
Image size: 9 x 7 1/2 inches (22.75 x 19 cm)
Period frame
The half-length portrait depicts the subject sat, wearing a white s...
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1880s Victorian London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Self Portrait, Graphite Sketch 20th Century British Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 12 1/4 x 8 inches (31 x 20.25 cm)
Hand made contemporary style frame
This is a wonderful self portrait that captures the artist as she stares, unafraid...
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Mid-20th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Muscular Man Pencil Drawing by Bernard Sleigh RBSA (circa 1900-1920)
Located in London, GB
Muscular Man pencil drawing on wove paper (circa 1900-1920), by Bernard Sleigh, RBSA (Provenance: from the artist's studio). An exquisite drawing which is possibly a study for a larg...
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Early 20th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Graphite Study of a Head, Monogrammed Victorian Sketch, Gilt Fame
By Henry Perronet Briggs
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, monogrammed lower left
Image size: 6 x 6 1/2 inches (15.25 x 16.5 cm)
Contemporary style handmade gilt frame
Henry Perronet Briggs
Henry Perronet Briggs RA wa...
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Early 19th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait of a Woman by Orovida Pissarro - Portrait painting
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Portrait of a Woman by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Egg tempera on silk laid down on stretched linen
47.6 x 37 cm (18 ³/₄ x 14 ⁵/₈ inches)
Signed and dated upper right, OROVIDA 1936
Provenance: Christie's London, 1985
Kunstgalerij De Vuyst, Belgium
Private collection, London
Private collection, London, by descent
Artist biography:
Orovida Camille Pissarro...
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1930s London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Linen, Egg Tempera
Figure Studies ink drawing by Peter Collins ARCA
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
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1990s Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Self-Portrait watercolour by Peter Collins ARCA
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
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1990s Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Self-Portrait in Two Mirrors with Nude ink drawing by Peter Collins ARCA
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
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1990s Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Mending, Graphite Portrait, 20th Century Modern British, Signed Artwork
By James Stroudley
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed lower right
Image size: 17 x 21 inches (43.25 x 53.25 cm)
Contemporary frame
James Stroudley
Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of Jam...
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20th Century English School London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Translucent Boy, 20th Century British Artist, Pastel Portrait
By Peter Gardner
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper
Image size: 6 x 7 inches (15.25 x 17.75 cm)
Mounted
Peter Gardner
Peter Gardner was born in London in 1921. He studied at the Hammersmith School of Art between 193...
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Early 20th Century Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Studies of the Head of a Young Girl by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Drawing
By Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Studies of the Head of a Young Girl by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Charcoal and colour crayon on paper
26.3 x 20.3 cm (10 ⅜ x 8 inches)
Signed lower right, manzana. Pissarro...
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1940s London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Color Pencil
Studies of a Woman Sitting, Red Chalk Drawing, Modern British Artist, Framed
By James Stroudley
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 21 x 14 1/2 inches (54 x 37 cm)
Gilt frame
James Stroudley
Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and tic...
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20th Century Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Study of a Woman, Graphite Sketch, 20th Century British Artist, Signed
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed on reverse
Image size: 11 x 9 1/2 inches (28 x 24 cm)
Mounted and framed
Ernest Proctor
Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland, the son of a scientist, Ernest was educated at Bootham Friends' School in York and then came to Newlyn in 1907 to study with Stanhope Forbes. He quickly become recognized as the best student of the School. He acted as Assistant to Stanhope Forbes and Elizabeth Forbes...
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20th Century Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'The Market Seller in Nice' French Vintage Gouache Painting
By Alfred Salvignol
Located in London, GB
'The Market Seller in Nice', gouache on paper, by Alfred Salvignol (circa 1950s). The role of women as support to their families has been both very important and highly undervalued b...
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1950s Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Portrait of a Young Woman, Red Chalk and Graphite Sketch, Pre-Raphaelite
Located in London, GB
Red chalk and graphite over paper
Image size: 19 x 13 1/2 inches (48.25 x 34.25 cm)
Contemporary style frame
The name Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood referred to the groups’ opposition t...
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19th Century Pre-Raphaelite London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Graphite
Portrait of Alfred Hardiman, Graphite Sketch, Signed and Dated 1925
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed and dated
Image size: 18 x 12 1/2 inches (46 x 32 cm)
Mounted and framed
The sitter for this portrait, Alfred Hardiman, was an English sculptor. Hardiman and Lyon were friends and met when they both attended the British School at Rome in the early 1920s.
Hardiman won a London County Council Scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1912, and three years later joined the Royal Academy School. After a period as an engineer's draughtsman in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, Hardiman resumed his studies and in 1920 was awarded the British Prix de Rome scholarship, spending two years at the British School at Rome. There he developed his style, a blend of naturalism and classicism influenced by Roman and Etruscan art and early fifth century Greek sculpture.
Hardiman's best-known (but also most controversial) work is the Earl Haig Memorial on Whitehall in London. More universally admired are the heraldic lions flanking the main entrance to the City Hall, Norwich, a work which fully epitomises his style. He was appointed consultant sculptor to the building, having worked with one of the architects, Stephen Rowland Pierce, on the Haig Memorial. Hardiman also carved three large stone figures for the outside of the council chamber, and worked with other sculptors on the project including James Woodford and Eric Aumonier.
Hardiman was elected Associate of the Royal Academy in 1936 and a full Academician in 1944. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1938 and the following year received their silver medal for his statue of Haig. In 1946 he won a gold medal for his bronze fountain figure for the New Council House, College Green, Bristol, which however was never erected.
In 1918 he married Violet, daughter of Herbert Clifton White, of London, and had two daughters. He died at Stoke Poges on 17th April 1949.
Robert Lyon...
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1920s Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait Study of a Young Girl, Signed 19th Century Victorian Sketch
By Augustus Leopold Egg
Located in London, GB
Pencil and coloured chalk on paper, signed bottom right
Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (3.75 x 3 cm)
Mounted and framed
Provenance
Studio sale, Christies 18th May 1863
The Artis...
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Mid-19th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Chalk
Portrait of Brigette Kelly, Signed Graphite Sketch, Modern British 1942
By Arthur Royce Bradbury
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed bottom right
Entitled and dated 'Nov 1942' verso
Image size: 7 x 10 inches (17.75 x 25.5 cm)
Period gilt frame
This is a delicate portrait of Brigitte Kell...
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1940s London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Graphite
Sketch from Life, 19th Century English Watercolour, Girl in Profile
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed and dated '1870' lower left
Image size: 5 x 6 1/2 inches (13 x 16.5 cm)
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1870s London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Récolte des Pommes by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Mixed media on paper
By Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
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Récolte des Pommes by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Mixed media on paper, laid on board
44.5 x 55 cm (17 ...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Board
A Study of Thomas Cooper Gotch, 19th Century Graphite Sketch
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 5 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (14 x 52 cm)
Framed
This sketch is a portrait of Thomas Gotch is by his lifelong friend and confidante, Jane Ross, whom he met at...
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Mid-19th Century English School London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Imperial Beauty, British School 20th Century Pastel Portrait
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper on canvas, initialled lower left "ND"
Image size: 13 ¾ x 22 ½ inches (35 x 57 cm)
Gilt frame
This fine Art Nouveau picture executed around 1900, depicts an auburn ha...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Young Duke, 19th Century French Chalk Drawing
Located in London, GB
Black chalk, white smudge and highlights, on paper
Image size: 10 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (27.25 x 14.5 cm)
A half-length portrait of a young Duke wearing a long wig with his head turned...
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19th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Portrait Study, 20th Century Graphite Artwork, Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed bottom left
Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (19 x 25cm)
Contemporary frame
A characterful portrait of a woman in profile. The artist has captured much of ...
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Mid-20th Century London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, 18th Century Pastel Drawing
By Thomas Frye
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper
Image size: 13 x 17 1/2 inches (33 x 44.5 cm)
Mounted and framed
This original pastel drawing by Thomas Frye is a half-length portrait of a man dressed in a turban. This drawing is the original sketch for one of the heads depicted in Frye's collection 'Twelve Mezzotint Prints' of 1760 and it can be assumed that this pastel work was created earlier of this same year.
Two versions of the print, created from this original work, are currently held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Frye's evocative figures, although presumably based on living models, exceed the conventions of portraiture, and also function as character studies. The man shown here - dressed in the fashionable 'Turkish' manner - turns with parted lips as if poised to speak, while raising the elegant fingers in one hand in a rhetorical gesture. His long eyelashes and smoothly rendered wrinkles and dimples are hallmarks of Frye's refined style.
The Artist
Thomas Frye (c. 1710 – 3 April 1762) was an Anglo-Irish artist, best known for his portraits in oil and pastel, including some miniatures and his early mezzotint engravings. He was also the patentee of the Bow porcelain factory, London, and claimed in his epitaph to be "the inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England," though his rivals at the Chelsea porcelain factory seem to have preceded him in bringing wares to market. The Bow porcelain works did not long survive Frye's death; their final auctions took place in May 1764.
Frye was born at Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1710; in his youth he went to London to practice as an artist. His earliest works are a pair of pastel portraits of boys...
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1750s English School London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Portrait of a Young Woman
By Sir Peter Lely
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (19 x 23.5 cm)
Contemporary frame
An enigmatic portrait of a young woman after Sir Peter Lely's drawing, currently shown in the B...
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Mid-17th Century Victorian London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Portrait of a Girl in Profile, Watercolour Painting, 1884
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed and dated 1884 top left
Image size: 11 x 8 3/4 inches (28 x 22.25 cm)
Original gilt frame
This is a late 19th century portrait of a girl in profile, wea...
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1880s London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Woman in Thought, 20th Century English Oil Painting
By Caroline Hutchinson
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 16 x 20 inches (40.5 x 51 cm)
This portrait is painted in an impressionist palette and is likely to have been created by Caroline Hutchinson circa 1955. It...
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20th Century English School London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Gaze, Signed Graphite 20th Century Portrait
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed bottom right
Image size: 13 x 8 3/4 inches (33 x 22.25 cm)
Original frame
Dora Thacher Clarke, later Dora Middleton, (1895–1989) was a British sculptor and wood carver who also wrote about, and promoted African art.
Clarke was born in Harrow in Middlesex. Her father, Joseph Thacher Clarke was an American architect. Clarke won a scholarship that allowed her to attend the Slade School of Fine Art. Aged fifteen, Clarke initially studied at the Slade on a part-time basis for three days each week throughout 1910 and 1911 but during 1915 and 1916 she studied sculpture there as a full-time student. Clarke first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1923 and continued to do so until 1959. In the early 1930s she was a regular exhibitor in group shows at the Goupil Gallery and in March 1937 had her first solo show at the French Gallery. She also exhibited at the Paris Salon and with the Royal Society of British Artists.
Clarke's works included bronze castings, memorials and wood sculptures, often of African heads. For example she was commissioned to sculpt the posthumous portrait bust of Sir Walter Morley Fletcher. The most notable of her memorials is the panel and medallion tribute to Joseph Conrad at Bishopsbourne in Kent, which was unveiled in 1927. Clarke also wrote about, and promoted African art and spent a year, between 1927 and 1928 in Kenya, where she made many drawings which when she returned to London she used as the basis for wood carvings and bronzes of tribal figures. Wood carving became her technique of choice, often working with hardwoods and, on occasion, sperm whale teeth.
Clarke married Admiral Gervase B Middleton in 1938 but rarely exhibited work under her married name. During World War II, Clarke was commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to produce a portrait medallion depicting a serviceman who had been awarded the George Cross. This proved to be the only portrait medallion acquired for the WAAC collection.
Sculptures by Clarke are held in various museums, including the Ashmolean Museum which also holds a 1936 portrait of her by Orovida Camille Pissarro.
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Mid-20th Century English School London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Chelsea, Graphite Portrait, English School 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, initialled and dated 1960
Image size: 8 x 6 inches (20 x 15 cm)
Handmade frame
Category
1960s English School London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
The Art Model, 20th Century Oil Painting, Nude
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 51 cm)
Original silver frame
With her back turned to us, the viewer look across to a female artist facing us, whose gaze is fixed on t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady, Charcoal Drawing, 20th Century Russian
Located in London, GB
Charcoal , signed lower right and dated 'Paris 1935'
Image size: 25 x 19 inches (63.5 x 48 cm)
Original oak frame
An accomplished example of Russian art from the mid 20th century.
...
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1930s Art Deco London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
A Study of Human Head and Tiger by Orovida Pissarro - Sketch
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
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A Study of Human Head and Tiger by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Pencil on paper
25.5 x 20 cm (10 x 7⁷/₈ inches)
E...
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1910s Post-Impressionist London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of a Merchant
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in London, GB
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guercino
Italian 1591-1666
Portrait of a Merchant
Sanguine on laid paper
Image size: 12 ¾ x 16 inches (32 x 40....
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17th Century Old Masters London - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
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The Citadel
Thomas Forest Painting
Used Horse Wagons
Vintage Baptism
Vintage Busses
Vintage Carriage House
Vintage Detective