Michael Davies

Michael Davies (b.1947) - Framed Contemporary Watercolour, Goldfinches

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Watercolour and ink on paper Unique work Hand-signed and entitled lower left by the artist

Charles Frederick de Brocktorff (1775–1850) ‘Camelopard – a present from the Pacha of Egypt to the King – at Malta on its way to England’ Signed and dated C.F. de Brocktorff. / 1827. lower right, inscribed as titled in the painted margins lower centre. Pencil and watercolour heightened with gold paint and gum arabic on paper, 36.8 x 27.9 cm A gift so majestic, it made kings blush, and a gift so grand, it would startle Europe into a craze. Pasha Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1805-1848) did it in 1827: he sent to Europe three magical spotted, horned creatures, each with a neck reaching the skies and legs as long as a house is high. One giraffe to King Charles X of France, one to Francis I of Austria and the most fabled one to King George IV of England. A curious sight for Europeans, who had not seen such a beast since the Medici giraffe in 1487. Few animals created more of a stir in Europe than these royal...

Follower of Zacharias Wagener (1614-1688) Tamanuâguasû (Giant Anteater) On Italian 17th or 18th-century paper, H. 28 x W. 43.5 cm ​The present painting is a copy after Wagener’s painting of the anteater, Tamanduá-bandeira, which is illustrated in his “Thier Buch”, with 109 drawings of Brazilian fish, birds and mammals, published in Amsterdam c. 1641, in German. ​ Zacharias Wagener, or Wagenaer in Dutch, (Dresden 1614 – Amsterdam 1668) was a real adventurer who became Opperhoofd on Deshima and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope in the service of the VOC. During the Thirty-Year War in Germany Wagener tried his luck in Amsterdam where he worked for the map-maker Willem Blaeu. In 1634 he joined the WIC and left for Dutch Brazil where he worked as writer and painter, together with Frans Post...

John Aldrich Ruthven American Painter Bison in a Snow Blizzard Watercolor and Gouache on Paper signed lower left

Walter Spies was one of the first Europeans to settle in Bali after a stay in Java. He greatly contributed to the discovery and popularization of Balinese...

Birds design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number 98 We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this design studio based in Alcoy (Spain)...

Attributed to Xavier de Poret (1923-2016) Study of Greyhounds, 1963 Pencil, stump, and watercolor highlights. Signed in the lower right and dated "Oct. 63". 49 x 64 cm Provenance:...

Georg Philipp I RUGENDAS (1666-1742) Frederick I of Prussia Red chalk, ink and brown wash on paper 45x42 cm This drawing has been long considered representative of Charles VI. In r...

QUIRIJN VAN TIEL Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon ​​​​ HORSES 1947 Gouache on paper 31 X 40 cm. Signed and dated: lower left ‘Quirijn van Tiel 47’. Provena...

QUIRIJN VAN TIEL Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon ROOSTERS 1953 Gouache on paper 40 x 55 cm. signed: lower right