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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
Framed 18th Century Watercolour - The Blind Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 18th century portrait in watercolours, depicting a blind man seated in an expansive country landscape. The artist delicate brushwork and monochrome pa...
Category
Early 18th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
English School 19th Century Watercolour - Girl in the Doorway
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine watercolour study of a pretty young girl in a cottage doorway. She holds her needlework and gazes at the viewer. Well presented in a gilt effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Herbert Blande Sparks (1870-1916)- Watercolour, Portrait of Lady with Pink Roses
Located in Corsham, GB
An exceptional Edwardian watercolour by Herbert Blande Sparks (1870-1916), depicting a young lady seated in the garden with a wicker basket and pink roses. Well-presented in a gilt-e...
Category
Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady - British art Post Impressionist 40s drawing female portrait
By Edward Bainbridge Copnall
Located in London, GB
A dramatic head and shoulders portrait of a lady in coloured chalks attributed to noted British artist Edward Bainbridge Copnall. This is just a stunning artwork which dates to circa 1940.
Signed Bainbridge Copnall.
Provenance. Midlands collection.
Condition. Coloured chalks on paper, 16 inches by 13 inches and in good colour and condition. Some staining to edges.
Housed in its original gallery frame 21 by 18 inches. In excellent condition.
Edward Bainbridge Copnall MBE ( 1903-1973) was a British sculptor and painter. He was best known for his architectural and decorative sculptures featuring allegorical and religious subjects. He was the President of the Royal Society of Sculptors from 1961 - 1966. Edward Bainbridge Copnall was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1903 and moved to Horsham, West Sussex in England as a young child after the death of his mother. His father, photographer Edward White Copnall (born 1878, Isle of Wight), lived and worked in Horsham from 1915-1962. His uncle was Liverpool-based portrait painter Frank Thomas Copnall...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Early 20th Century Gouache - A Woman and Her Lurcher
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful gouache study depicting a stylish woman in 1920's attire walking her lurcher. The woman holds a small posy of flowers, seemingly picked from the wild meadows that surrou...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Harry B. Marland - Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour, Peeling Carrots
Located in Corsham, GB
Harry B. Marland. Fine early 20th century watercolour. A portrait of a lady peeling carrots in an interior. The women can be seen seated on a wooden chair, peeling away with a sharp ...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
John da Costa - Lillie - A Portrait of the artist's wife
By John da Costa
Located in London, GB
JOHN DA COSTA
(1867-1931)
Lillie, the Artist’s Wife
Signed l.l.
Coloured chalks on tinted paper
Framed
61 by 48.5 cm., 24 by 19 in.
(frame size 80 by 69 cm., 31 ½ by 27 ¼ in.)
Jo...
Category
Early 1900s Realist United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
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 United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
M. K. Walton - 1854 Watercolour, The Debutante
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour full body portrait of a beautiful, young debutante in a ball gown and pearl jewelry. The young lady is descending a curved stone staircase...
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Circle of George Chinnery - Early 19th Century Watercolour, Mother and Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour portrait depicting a mother and her infant child seated in armchair. The composition takes inspiration from the delicate portraiture work of early 19th century art...
Category
Early 19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Village Maids - British Victorian art exhibited RA 1880 watercolour painting
By Marcella M Walker
Located in London, GB
This stunning exhibited Pre-Raphaelite 19th century watercolour painting is by British Victorian female artist Marcella M Walker. The painting was painted in 1880 and exhibited at th...
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
After Allen Ramsay - Watercolour, Portrait of Margaret Lindsay Ramsay
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study after Allan Ramsey. The portrait depicts Ramsay's first wife Margaret Lindsay Ramsay. She was a member of the Scottish Clan Murray and the eldest daughte...
Category
Mid-20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Seated Lady - French 1880 Victorian art female portrait drawing
Located in London, GB
This lovely pencil and charcoal drawing is attributed to circle of French noted artist Jacques Joseph Tissot. Created around 1880 the drawing is of a woman relaxing on a reclining chair...
Category
19th Century Realist United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
James Arden Grant (1885-1973) - Pastel, Portrait of a Young Girl
By James Arden Grant
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait of a young girl with short cropped hair seated in a red chair. The artist captures her features and ruffled dress in expressive pastel markings, bringing vibrancy...
Category
Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Watercolour artwork by Ludovic Rodo Pissarro titled 'Le Moulin de la Galette'
By Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Le Moulin de la Galette by Ludovic Rodo Pissarro (1878 - 1952)
Watercolour and ink on paper
21 x 15.7 cm (8 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches)
Signed with Estate stamp and inscribed Elisabeth lower ri...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Portrait of Young Girl Victorian British Pre-Raphaelite portrait pencil drawing
Located in London, GB
This beautiful Victorian pencil drawing dates to around 1890 and is by an unknown hand. It is a bust length seated portrait of a young girl gazing to her right. Her long hair is bac...
Category
19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Jean Dulac (1902-1968) - 1942 Watercolour, Portrait of D'Adrienne Dulac-Riche
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait of a woman in profile. The artist captures her in watercolour and pastel. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a slim wooden frame. Titled and dated verso. On ...
Category
Mid-20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Study of Young Girl - 20th Century Portrait Drawing in Ink, Pencil and Crayon
By Jacob Kramer
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Study of Young Girl, Ink and Crayon Painting by Jacob Kramer
Additional information:
Medium: Ink, pencil and crayon
20.3 x 17.8 cm
8 x 7 in
Signed
Provenance
Private Collection, UK.
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Crayon, Pencil
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - French Fishwife
Located in Corsham, GB
A portrait of a French fishwife in a pink dress. Presented glazed in a cream mount and a reeded gilt frame. Unsigned. There is a label on the verso inscribed with the title and furth...
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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...
Category
Mid-17th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Framed 20th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Japanese Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with stylized rails and bead course. The artist's signature and seal can be seen to the lower left. On paper.
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1866 Watercolour - Lady In The Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming late 19th Century watercolour showing a finely dressed young lady in a flowing white gown and elegantly styled hair in the fashion of the 18th Century. The artist has mono...
Category
Mid-19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Kate Porter - Framed 1996 Watercolour, Blyth Tait & Ready Teddy
Located in Corsham, GB
A very finely painted watercolour study of the New Zealand equestrian Blyth Tait. Ready Teddy was an eventing horse competitively ridden by Blyth. Together the pair competed in three...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Frank William Burton (b.1855) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Beside the Sea
Located in Corsham, GB
A pretty portrait of a young woman on a rocky beach. She wears a simple linen dress and pink hat. Presented in a gilt effect frame. Signed with initials. On watercolour paper.
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Franco Matania (1922-2006) - Signed 20th Century Chalk Drawing, Robbie
Located in Corsham, GB
Subtle conte is used in a sculptural manner to render a delicate study of a child. The artwork has been completed on a piece of pale rose wove, which perfectly complements the rich t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Girolamo Tubino After Raffaello, Sanzio Da Urbino La Velata
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine mid-19th-century watercolour by Italian artist Girolamo Tubino (1805-1879) is after ‘La Velata’ (Woman with a Veil) by Raphael (1483-1520),...
Category
1840s Old Masters United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
L. D. Carmichael - Signed Mid 20th Century Oil, The Men at the Harbour
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful oil study of four men loitering by the harbourside. They appear to be engaged in conversation whilst one is off to the side smoking a cigarette. In the background we can...
Category
Mid-20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
William Edward Frank Britten (1848-1916) - 1906 Pastel, Head Of The Family
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine early 20th Century portrait in delicate pastel, showing a refined older woman in elegant black dress with a white lace cap. She holds her knitting in her lap as she gazes...
Category
Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
George Charles Francis (1860-1940) -Late 19th Century Watercolour, Mantes Market
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderfully impressionist view of French market in Mantes-la-Jolie, France. Women gather at stalls under canopies, one woman walks towards the viewer in the foreground, a basket ov...
Category
Late 19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Signed Contemporary Gouache - The Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming gouache and watercolours study of a man. Illegibly signed to the lower left and well presented in a white mount and hardwood frame. On wove.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Isabelle Mulvany - 2020 Gouache, Corona Girls
By Isabelle Mulvany
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking contemporary illustration, showing a group of glamorous girls out for drinks. The painting is full of interesting commentary on Covid, from the year 2020, at the start of the outbreak. One woman, shows off her hand, dripping with hand sanitiser, to her friends, with her stash of flu pills and hand sanitiser bottles at her side. Another holds a bottle of Corona beer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Early 20th Century Pastel - Edwardian Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
This compelling portrait depicts an Edwardian girl against a blue background. The artist captures her soft facial features and long brown hair in fine detail. Her white ruffle dress...
Category
Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Brian Midlane - 20th Century India Ink, Seated Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
With watercolour wash. Well presented in a contemporary black frame and white card mount. Unsigned. On tissue paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Joshua Fisher (1859-1930) - 19th Century Watercolour, A Young Girl by a Fence
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene depicting a woman seated on a wooden fence in the summer garden. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with acanthus detai...
Category
Late 19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Framed Mid 20th Century Pastel - Portrait of a Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastel portrait of a woman in thought.
Indistinctly signed.
Well presented in a gilded and molded frame with glazing and a white mount-board
On wove.
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Study of a Dancer and a Lady by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Watercolour
By Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Study of a Dancer and a Lady by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Watercolour and pencil on paper
21 x 15.7 cm (8 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches)
Signed with Estate stamp lower right
Executed circa ...
Category
Early 1900s Fauvist United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Minnie Asprey - Framed 1913 Watercolour, Portrait of a House Maid
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour from listed artist Minnie Asprey depicting a house maid dressed in 17th/18th century attire. Well presented in an ornate gilt frame with ...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sophie Hobson (fl.1880-1887) - 1882 Watercolour, Daisy Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
This accomplished watercolours portrait depicts a girl with a chain of daisies in her blonde hair. The daisy motif is repeated in the collar of her blue dress. The artist captures th...
Category
1980s United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Peter Collins ARCA - 20th Century India Ink, The Artist's Self Portrait
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming self portrait in bold ink line work. The simplicity of form resembles the sketches of Matisse. The artist has inscribed with a dedication to his wife at the lower edge, re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Margaret McClean - 1881 Sanguine, Study of a Head
Located in Corsham, GB
A sanguine conte study of a head. Presented in a wash line mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame. Signed and dated to the lower-left edge. Pastel Society exhibition label o...
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
20th Century Charcoal Drawing - Pensive Female Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
An intense charcoal portrait of a striking young woman in a headscarf.
The drawing is unsigned and presented in a glazed, black frame with a white mount.
On wove.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
C. R. Shand - Signed & Framed 1891 Pastel, The Twins
Located in Corsham, GB
Pastels are used to render a fine portrait of two twin girls in matching blue frocks.
A remarkable portrait of two twin girls.
Signed and dated.
On wove.
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
One of the Howling Dawashes in Cairo Orientalist Watercolour Portrait
By Carl Haag
Located in London, GB
Carl Haag
1820 - 1915
One of the Howling Dawashes in Cairo
Watercolour on paper, signed lower right & dated 1880
Image Size: 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (27 x 19.5 cm)
Original Frame
'One...
Category
1880s United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Spring - Chalk design drawing for a Minton plaque by Herbert Wilson Foster
By Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in London, GB
HERBERT WILSON FOSTER
(1846-1929)
Spring
Inscribed with title beneath the mount
Chalk, circular
Framed
Diameter 42 cm., 16 ½ in.
(frame size 61 by 58 cm., 24 by 22 ¾ in.)
Herbert Wilson Foster was born in Endon, Staffordshire. He attended Hanley School of Art before continuing his studies in London, Belgium and France. His paintings of rural and domestic subjects were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1873 and 1899. In 1893 he accepted a teaching position at the Nottingham School of Art, where his pupils included Laura Knight and Harold Knight. Works by him are in the collections of the Minton archives; the Wisbech & Fenland Museum; Leicester Art Gallery; Rushcliffe Council and Nottingham Castle Museum.
In addition to his work as a painter he worked as a porcelain painter, working at one point on the tile panels in the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is known to have worked at Mintons from 1872 where he specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including members of the Royal Family. This head of a girl was probably intended for a painted ceramic wall charger...
Category
1870s Realist United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pencil
Siegfried
By Maxwell Armfield, RWS
Located in London, GB
MAXWELL ARMFIELD, RWS.
(1882-1972)
Siegfried
Signed, inscribed and dated l.c.: MAXWELL ARMFIELD/MDCCCCIV [1904] PARIS;SIEGFRIED/ACT III
Pencil and watercolour
Framed
24 by 16 cm., 9 ½ by 6 ¼ in.
(frame size 42.5 by 34.5 cm., 16 ¾ by 13 ½ in.)
Provenance:
Fine Art Society, London, 1979.
Born at Ringwood, Hampshire, of Quaker parents, his father being a milling engineer, Armfield studied at the Birmingham School of Art under Arthur Gaskin and Joseph Southall who taught him the tempera technique he was to practice for the rest of his life. In September 1902, after visiting Italy at the suggestion of Gaskin, he went to Paris, enrolling at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere and sharing a studio with three other students – Norman Wilkinson (also from Birmingham), Keith Henderson and the sculptor Gaston Lachaise. Returning to London the following year, he embarked on the series of one-man exhibitions that were henceforth to mark his career, showing first at Robert Ross...
Category
Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th century silhouette of a male field 2 strand
Located in York, GB
19th century silhouette of a male , description to reverse gives name and date, copied from back of silhouette see photo
framed and glazed and in good condition with only minor sig...
Category
19th Century English School United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Reverie - Early 20th Century British chalk drawing of a girl by H J Harvey
By Herbert Johnson Harvey
Located in London, GB
HERBERT JOHNSON HARVEY
(British 1883-1956)
Reverie
Signed with monogram and dated l.l.: HJ 09
Red chalks
Framed
29.5 by 22 cm., 11 ¾ by 8 ¾ in.
(fra...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
The Seated Nude
By Guillaume Dulac
Located in London, GB
'The Seated Nude', pencil on fine art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil painti...
Category
1920s United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Bernard, Self Portrait
Located in London, GB
English School
Bernard, Self Portrait
1950s
Pencil and sepia chalk on paper
Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (24 x 34.3 cm)
Handmade contemporary frame
This imaginative self-portra...
Category
1950s United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
Miniature 19th Century Watercolour - Victorian Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine 19th-century miniature watercolour depicting a rosy-cheeked Victorian lady. Rendered in impressive detail, the artist has given great attention to the facial features. Un...
Category
19th Century Abstract Impressionist United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady in a White Dress - 18th Century Watercolour
By John Downman
Located in London, GB
John Downman
1750-1824
Portrait of a Lady in a White Dress
Pencil, stump and watercolour, heightened with white chalk, signed and dated 1784
Imag...
Category
18th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
18th century portrait of the Royal Academy model George White
By John Russell
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Russell sale, Christie’s, 14 February, 1807: ‘John Russell, Esq., R.A. deceased, crayon painter to His Majesty, the Prince of Wales, and Duke of York; and brought from his late Dwelling in Newman Street’, lot 92, ‘St Peter’, bt. Thompson (£1.13s);
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25th September 1980, lot 113;
Private collection, UK, 2016.
Literature:
Martin Postle, 'Patriarchs, prophets and paviours: Reynolds's images of old age', The Burlington Magazine, vol. cxxx, no. 1027, October 1988, pp. 739-40, fig. 9;
Martin Postle, Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Subject Pictures, Cambridge, 1995, p.136, repr.;
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, J.64.2928.
Signed and dated: J Russell/ fecit 1772 (lower right)
Framed dimensions: 25 x 31 inches
John Russell was admitted to the Royal Academy in March 1770, at the same time as Daniel Gardner. The nascent Academy Schools were still establishing their teaching structures, but central to the syllabus were the twin components of drawing after the antique and from life models. By 1772 Russell had already been awarded a silver medal and progressed to the life academy, where he produced this remarkable pastel study of George White. White was the most famous model employed by the Royal Academy and prominent artists in the second half of the eighteenth century. A paviour – or street mender –by profession White had been discovered by Joshua Reynolds, who in turn introduced him to the Academy. Russell’s striking head study demonstrates his abilities as a portraitist and pastellist, at the same time showing his interest in the Academy’s preoccupation with promoting history painting.
George White was one of the most celebrated models in eighteenth-century London. According to the painter Joseph Moser:
'Old George…owed the ease in which he passed his latter days, in a great measure to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who found him exerting himself in the laborious employment of thumping down stones in the street; and observing not only the grand and majestic traits of his countenance, but the dignity of his muscular figure, took him out of a situation to which his strength was by no means equal, clothed, fed, and had him, first as a model in his own painting room, then introduced him as a subject for the students of the Royal Academy.'
As Martin Postle has pointed out, whilst characterful studies of old men posed as biblical figures, prophets or saints by Continental old masters were readily available on the art market – Reynolds himself had copied a head of Joab by Federico Bencovich in the collection of his friend and patron, Lord Palmerston - finding a model in Britain from whom to execute a painting was more difficult.
White therefore offered a rare opportunity for artists to combine portraiture and history painting, by painting a model in the guise of an historical or literary character. In 1771 Reynolds showed at the Royal Academy a picture of White entitled Resignation. It was engraved in 1772 and accompanied by a stanza from Oliver Goldsmith’s Deserted Village, implying a literary context to what is essentially a portrait. In his annotated Royal Academy catalogue, Horace Walpole noted: ‘This was an old beggar, who had so fine a head that Sir Joshua chose him for the father in his picture from Dante, and painted him several times, as did others in imitation of Reynolds. There were even cameos and busts of him.’ White sat to, amongst others Johan Zoffany, John Sanders, Nathaniel Hone and the sculptor John Bacon...
Category
18th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Arthur Miles (fl.1851-1880) - Framed 1855 Pastel, Portrait of Georgy Chatfield
Located in Corsham, GB
Arthur Miles (British, act. 1851-1880). Original portrait of Georgy Chatfield. Signed with monogram to the lower left. Dated 1855. With further inscriptions to the upper right. Well ...
Category
Mid-19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
19th Century Watercolour - Oyster Catcher
Located in Corsham, GB
This painting depicts a man in traditional rural attire carrying a large woven oyster basket back from the sea front. The artist captures the charming details of the man's work gear,...
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
English School 19th Century Watercolour - Girl with Book
Located in Corsham, GB
This delicate 19th-century watercolour with gouache depicts a young girl posing with a book in hand. The artwork is presented in a beautiful wash-line mount with a unique marbled bor...
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
H. Harding - Miniature 1821 Watercolour, The Sly Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful early 19th-century miniature watercolour depicting a cheeky young girl. The artist renders the figure in impressive detail and uses soft tones to evoke warmth. Signed, t...
Category
Early 19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
After Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) - Early 19th Century Watercolour, The Duchess
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour after Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), depicting Lady Caroline Spencer, the Duchess of Marlborough and her King Charles Spaniel. The original painting is held by...
Category
Early 19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
