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Period: 19th Century
Composition - Pencil Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Composition" is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated squared notebook sheet by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937). In excellent conditions: As good as new. Sheet dimension: ...
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Modern 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Oriental Lamps - Original Watercolor and Ink Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental Lamps is a beautiful original drawing on paper realized by Anonymous French artist of XIX century. Mixed media watercolor and china ink drawing. Good conditions except f...
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Modern 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Notre-Dame de Paris. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x18 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Edward Nevil ( 1813 – 1901 ) Notre-Dame de Paris. Paper, watercolor, 26.5x18 cm
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Design of Furniture - Pen and Pencil on Paper - 1850
Located in Roma, IT
Design of Furniture is a drawing in pen and pencil on paper realized in about 1850 by anonymous artist of the 19th Century. The State of preservation i...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Pen

Chateau Fort - 19th Century - Horace Vernet - Drawing - Old Master
Located in Roma, IT
Chateau fort is an original pencil drawing on paper by Horace Vernet realized in XIX century. Certified by Paul Proutè. Very good conditions, except for a very little rip on the lef...
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Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

A. M. - Late 19th Century Watercolour, The Gentlemen s Meet
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour study depicting a group of gentleman meeting in the park. The well dressed men sport smart top hats and varying colours of chequered slac...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

G A Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for the Exposition Internationale Paris 1900
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) A man sitted, Study for the decoration of the Salle des fêtes (Ballroom) of the Exposition Internationale, Paris 1900 Pencil and charcoal on thin yellow paper 29.5 x 20 cm In acceptable condition : Tears and creases as visible on the photographs. In a modern frame : 46 x 36.5 cm Annotations on the back of the mount (now under the modern frame) that identifiy this drawing as a preparatory study for the decoration of the Salle des fêtes (Ballroom) of the 1900 Paris Exposition Internationale. It's also indicated that Henri Bataille...
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Symbolist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

French Drawing - Figure Study
Located in Houston, TX
Lovely one-of-a-kind pencil and watercolor sketch of various figures and a work horse, circa 1850. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pl...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Paul Falconer Poole RA (1807-1879) - 1839 Watercolour, Holy Sister s Guidance
Located in Corsham, GB
A young woman holding a string of rosary beads kneels at the foot of a nun, who tenderly holds her hand. Signed and dated to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt-effect frame wi...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

John William North - 19th Century British Watercolour - Courtship
Located in London, GB
JOHN WILLIAM NORTH, ARA, RWS (1842-1924) Courtship - Bicknoller, Somerset Signed with initials l.r.: JWN Watercolour Framed 17.5 by 13.5 cm., 7 b...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) Mill and sailboat in the moonlight, pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Siebe Johannes ten Cate (1858-1908) Mill and sailboat in the moonlight, Signed lower rigt Pastel on paper 40 x 31 cm Framed under glass : 52 x 44 cm This landscape shows the out...
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Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Gustave Den Duyts (1850-1897) - Late 19th Century Pastel, Wassail!
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking 19th Century pastel, showing a rustic farm building with a bonfire raging behind it. The sparks can be seen flying up over the top of the thatch against the night sky. A g...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Domenico Morelli 19th Century Orientalist Watercolor
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and interesting watercolor painting on paper attributed to the great Neapolitan artist Domenico Morelli. It depicts one of his favorite subjects, namely an oriental woman c...
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Italian School 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Framed 19th Century Watercolour - A Toast in the Tavern
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely executed genre scene from the 19th century, depicting a small gathering of merry men in a quiet tavern. A single figure has a glass raised in the centre of the scene as the tavern girl...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Andrew Scott Rankin (1868-1942) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Spinning Wheel
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour en grisaille depicting a rustic cottage scene. An elderly woman spins wool on her spinning wheel to the right of the composition while her little cat warms itself ...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Jean-Henri Cless (1774-1812) Portrait of a young woman, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Henri Cless (1774-1812) Portrait of a young woman in a landscape signed "Cless fec" for fecit on the lower left Brown ink and brown ink wash on paper Size of the sheet : 31.5 x 22 cm Size of the motive : 24.5 x 17 cm very simply framed under glass without actual frame 32 x 22.5 cm This pre...
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Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil

Period Landscape Watercolor Credited to John Ruskin
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful watercolor drawing of unmatched quality can be assigned entirely likely to the great artist and thinker John Ruskin. Ruskin's developing interest in architecture, and...
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Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Trompe l oeil [Punch and Judy].
Located in New York, NY
Trompe l'oeil. [Punch and Judy]. Watercolor and drawing, undated, circa 1830. Paper size 10.25 x 14" (26.1 x 35.6 cm). On "J. Whatman" watermarked paper. Unidentified artist. A 19th-century visual montage of Cruikshank's "Punch & Judy." The images are taken from the book "The Tragical Comedy, or Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy." As told to John Payne Collier by Giovanni in 1827, illustrated by George Cruikshank and published by S. Prowlett, London 1828. The central circle illustrates a drawing showing two allegorical female figures with two putti. The text under this image: “E Musao Hugonis Howard Armig, from Guercino.” On top of that illustration is a handsome painting of a flintlock pistol. Trompe l’oeil is an art of illustration – the name translates to ‘Trick of the Eye.” The puppet show of Pulcinella or Punch and Judy has a long and fascinating history. “A puppet play that would have featured a version of Punch was first recorded in England in May 1662 by the diarist Samuel Pepys. He noted seeing it in Covent Garden, London, performed by the Italian puppet showman Pietro Gimonde from Bologna, otherwise known as Signor Bologna. The earliest script of a Punch and Judy show...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Mid 19th Century Watercolour - The Dispute
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine mid 19th Century watercolour scene with wonderful narrative. The scene is set inside a run down barn in which an old man and woman appear to b...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Quiet Afternoon by the Stream, Watercolor on Paper, Signed, 1881
Located in Stockholm, SE
Quiet Afternoon by the Stream from 1881 portrays a tranquil riverside moment in which two men clad in brown monastic robes engage in the simple pastime of fishing. One figure sits at...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

The Market Place Venice - British Victorian art watercolour painting Italy
By Thomas Ellison
Located in Hagley, England
A fine, large watercolour by British listed artist Thomas Ellison who exhibited at The Royal Academy and the British Art institutions. It is a busy scene depicting the market at Veni...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The actor Karl Seydelmann as soldier / - The expressiveness of a simple pose -
Located in Berlin, DE
Theodor Hosemann (1807 Brandenburg - 1875 Berlin), The actor Karl Seydelmann as soldier, around 1840. Watercolor in pencil, 22 cm (height) x 14.7 cm (width), signed “Th.[eodor] Hosem...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Auguste Gardanne (1840-1890) Carriages and horses, War of 1870, double sided
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Gardanne (circa 1840- circa 1890) Carriages and horses during the franco-prussian war of 1870 Pencil and watercolor on paper On the reverse Studies of horses Pencil and water...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Fall Courtship
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Valencia, Spain in 1845, 19th century impressionist Vicente García de Paredes studied at the School of Fine Arts in Valencia, in Madr...
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Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Danseuse By Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pierre Carrier-Belleuse 1851-1932 French Danseuse Signed “Pierre Carrier-Belleuse” (lower right) Pastel on canvas Strikingly elegant, this extraordinary pastel by French impressi...
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Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Pastel

Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) Portrait of Ernest Albert Waterlow, drawing
By Theodore Blake Wirgman
Located in Paris, FR
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) Portrait of Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow RA, (1850-1919) pen and black ink on paper, inscribed with the name of the sitter on the verso of the sheet, now not visible under the framing 15 x 12 cm In a modern frame 34.5 x 30 cm Theodore Blake Wirgman (29 April 1848 – 16 January 1925) was an English painter and etcher who moved to London, studied at the Royal Academy schools, became a painter of history and genre subjects, and worked as a portrait artist for The Graphic. A number of these portraits are held at the National Portrait Gallery. Theodore Blake Wirgman was born in Belgium and died in London. He worked from a studio at 24 Dawson Place, Notting Hill, London, and joined The Arts Club in 1892. Wirgman was part of a group of avant-garde young artists who emulated Edward Burne-Jones and Simeon Solomon...
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Academic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) A garden in Zurich, 1898, pastel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) A Garden in Zurich, 1898 Signed, located and dated "Zurich 98" lower right Pastel on paper 28.5 x 41.5 cm in good condition, trace of a small t...
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Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

French School circa 1880, Portrait of a boy holding a book, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school circa 1880 Portrait of a boy holding a book graphite and white gouache on paper 39.5 x 32 cm oval view in good condition, slightly yellowed with age In its original ova...
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Academic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Pencil

The Chess Game (antique drawing by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance")
Located in New Orleans, LA
Despite the tears and repairs, this remains an absolutely wonderful drawing, by a famous Southern artist. Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

View of Dunoon on the Clyde, Scottish landscape and Figures, 19th Century
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Scottish artist Robert Carrick (1829-1904) is renowned for his landscape and figurative paintings in oil and watercolor. This painting features detailed drawings of figures in the foreground with wagon, and the town and scenery in the background, painted over in watercolor in rich raw umber and red-brown tones in the foreground and blue green tones in the background. Carrick showed promise at a young age, exhibiting his work at the Royal Academy age 16. He was a member of the Royal Institute. This two-toned watercolor work has detailed figures, wagon with hay in the forefront above a view of Dunoon town near Glasgow as it was long ago. Signed by the artist, lower left with an inscription that reads: 'View of Dunoon, Argyllshire drawn by Robert Carrick, Glasgow, for David Allan'. Verso includes a copy of the same inscription. Saltire Gallerie replaced the cracked and dirty plain glass with art glass and added an acid-free paper behind the work. While doing this work we found an art giclee, included with the painting. Presented in a patterned wooden frame with art glass. Dunoon was a thriving town on the river at the time of this work, and later became part of Glasgow. The view from above the town is a popular one, as Saltire Gallerie has another view of Dunoon from above by Scottish artist Patrick Downie...
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Naturalistic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Board, Pencil

French Romantic school, Portrait of a young man, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, circa 1840 Portrait of a young man, charcoal on paper 22.5 x 17 cm In good condition, however, there is a restoration of the paper in the upper right-hand qu...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Study Of A Woman Holding A Bowl
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Isidore Pils (Paris, 1813 – Douarnenez, 1875) Study of a Woman Holding a Bowl Red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on buff paper 36.3 × 26.5 cm (14 ¼ × 10 ⅜ in.) Unsigned Prove...
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Academic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Sketch of a head - Carved in stone -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Faesch (1865 Basel - 1915 Basel). Sketch of a head. Charcoal on painting cardboard, 60 x 47.5 cm (folio size), signed and dated at lower right "E. Faesch. 1888.". Minor browning. - Carved in stone - About the artwork The life-size head has an immensely present presence. This effect is due to the fact that Faesch took his cue from academic classical...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Young Lady With Coiffure - Ellsworth Woodward Antique Graphite Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this drawing are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Attributed to Eugène Lami (1800-1890) A Maid feeding rabbits, Watercolor
By Eugène Louis Lami
Located in Paris, FR
Attributed to Eugène Lami (1800-1890) A maid feeding rabbits Watercolor on paper Bears a monogramm E L on the lower right 12.5 x 12.5 cm In good condition, some foxings in the uppe...
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Academic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) L Araignée du Prophète, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) L'Araignée du Prophète, the spider of the Prophet bears the monogram "Mb" on the middle left, titled in the middle Ink on paper 31,8 x 21.9 cm in quite ...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) The Musketeers, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) The Musketeers bears the monogram "M" on the lower left Ink and pencil on paper 26,7 x 23,7 cm in good condition, In a mod...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Cloak and Dagger (Ellsworth Woodward Antique Figurative Graphite Drawing)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this drawing are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Disegno figurativo toscano nudo maschile a sanguigna del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, sanguigna su carta, raffigura un uomo nudo con una specie di turbante sulla testa, preso di lato, seduto, in un'espressione di intensa sofferenza, come se stesse chiedend...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Miniatures with Text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unknown Artist, Thailand, 19th century Miniatures with Text from the "Legend of Phra Malai" Double folio; ink, color and gold leaf, c. 1900 Unsigned Script: Khmer (Cambodian) These texts are written in Khom script, a variant of Khmer script often used in Central Thai religious manuscripts. Paired devas (lesser gods) on throne-like plinths addorse Khmer (Cambodian) script containing tales of Phra Malai, a Sri Lankan arhat or Buddhist saint known for his travels to hell. There, the compassionate monk gave teachings and comfort to sufferers. Phra Malai stories taught the karmic effects of human actions to the faithful as well as conveying Maitreya's message of hope for attaining nirvana. Though known in neighboring countries, the stories of Phra Malai achieved their greatest popularity and influence in Siam (present day Thailand) Condition: Very good Sight window) size: 11-1/8 x 27 inches Frame size: 19-5/8 x 34-7/8 x 3/4 inches The legend of Phra Malai, a Buddhist monk of the Theravada tradition said to have attained supernatural powers through his accumulated merit and meditation, is the main text in this 19th-century Thai samut khoi (folding book) held in the Thai, Lao, and Cambodian Collections of the British Library. Phra Malai figures prominently in Thai art...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pigment

The Capitol, Timgad, Algeria
Located in Middletown, NY
A luminous landscape of the Roman ruins at Timgad, with the Aurès mountains aglow in the background. Watercolor on artist board, 9 7/8 x 7 inches (252 x 178 mm), the full sheet. Tit...
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English School 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Self-portrait - Homo nudus -
Located in Berlin, DE
Bruno Paul (1874 Seifhennersdorf - 1968 Berlin). Self-portrait, c. 1895. Pencil on paper, mounted on cardboard, 53.5 x 35 cm, signed 'Paul' at upper left. - Homo nudus - About the artwork In a mirrored situation, Bruno Paul looks at himself in the picture. While his body, which is the size of the format, is shown in profile parallel to the picture, he turns his head into the picture in order to become aware of himself there, whereby the lighter use...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

English School early 19th century, Portrait of two children, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
English School early 19th century, Portrait of two children, Pencil and light heightenings of white and red gouache 29.5 x 23 cm In quite good condition : the pape is yellowed by t...
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Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Farm landscape with a man in a bowler hat
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and watercolor on light weight salmon-colored wove paper, 4 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches (109 x 194 mm), the full sheet. An unfinished study in good condition. On the mat-back is a n...
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English School 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Graphite

France circa 1820, Portrait of a gentleman, black chalk and pastel drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1820 Portrait of a gentleman Black chalk and pastel on paper 12 x 10 cm In its original mount, modern oak frame : 25 x 22.5 cm
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Pastel

Louis Tinayre (1861-1942) An encampment of journalists, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Tinayre (1861-1942) An encampment of journalists in Chambéry, signed and titled lower left "Campement de journalistes à Chambéry" Ink on paper In quite good condition, a a visible vertical fold in the centre, some stains and foxings 21 x 29 cm Framed : 33.7 x 45.5 cm Louis Tinayre's background and adventurous life obviously inform this humorous and detailed scene. He demonstrates a remarkable sense of observation, capturing this scene of extraordinary life like a journalistic illustrator. A contributor, to whom I'd like to express my sincere thanks, sheds important light on the nature of this scene. It appears that this drawing is the draft for an illustration published in “Le Monde illustré” of August 4, 1888 (page 77), to accompany the article “Épilogue du voyage présidentiel” (Epilogue to the presidential trip) - president Sadi Carnot- en Savoie et en Dauphiné (p. 74), which ends with: “As a picturesque note, we enclose an improvised journalists' dormitory in Chambéry, where our colleagues deeply regretted the comfort of the special train”. As a quasi-ethnographic observer, Tinayre's interest lies in the journalists' camp, which he turns into a tender, comical scene. We understand him better when we know that he may have been similarly fascinated by the territories of Madagascar, the North Pole or the Far West that he painted and drew. Louis Tinayre was born on 14 March 1861 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. His mother, Victoire Tinayre, was a teacher and a member of the International Workers' Association. Louis was the son of a Communard couple. His father, Jean Joseph, known as Jules Tinayre (Issoire 1821 - Paris 1871) was shot during the Bloody Week. His mother, Victoire Tinayre, fled with her children. Louis was the first to be sent to Hungary, and the rest of the family (including his brother Julien) joined him there later. He studied Fine Arts at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest. Returning to Paris in 1880 (after the amnesty), Louis Tinayre assiduously frequented Le Chat noir, where he met the positivists and Adèle Jacomet (Buenos Aires 1867-1946), whom he married in 1888. He became an animal painter and press illustrator and was sent by Le Monde Illustré to cover the second expedition to Madagascar (then under French protectorate) in 1895. He stayed there, fascinated, for six months and produced numerous drawings and photographs. Back in France, he created eight 5 x 4 meters dioramas presented at the National and Colonial Exhibition in Rouen in 1896. He returned to Madagascar in 1898 to prepare the creation of a giant panorama representing the surrender of Antananarivo in 1895. The Malagasy pavilion at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris allowed him to admire the dioramas (on the ground floor) and the panorama (on the first floor). On his second trip, Tinayre took a Lumière cinematograph with him to document the daily life of the Malagasy people, no doubt to facilitate the design of the vast panorama. These short films were donated to the Cinémathèque française in 2009 by his grandson, Alain Tinayre. One of the admirers of Tinayre's drawings, watercolours, paintings and photographs at the Universal Exhibition was Prince Albert I of Monaco: from 1901 onwards, Tinayre accompanied him on his hunts, painting scenes in North Africa, Russia, the Far West (Wyoming) and the North Pole. Tinayre, the official painter of the Prince's scientific expeditions, left his name to a glacier. Together with the painter Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun, he painted the four murals in the large amphitheatre of the Oceanographic Institute in Paris. Louis Tinayre painted the figures while Alexandre Brun...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Achille Devéria (1800-1857) A galant scene Original Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Achille Devéria (1800-1857) A galant scene pencil on paper Some stains (see photographs please) Bears the stamp of the Achille Deveria Estate Sale o...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

France 19th century, The Bohème artist in his workshop, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1850 The Bohème artist in his workshop Watercolor on paper 15.5 x 21.5 cm In good condition except a small tear (visible on the photographs) on the upper right border. I...
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Romantic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) La Soubrette (The handmaid), watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) La Soubrette (The handmaid), pencil, watercolor and heightenings of gouache on paper Signed lower right (faded) 20 x 15 cm In quite good condition, lightly sunstroke and yellowed Framed 28.5 x 23 cm Paul Gavarni was the nom de plume of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804 – 24 November 1866), a French illustrator, born in Paris. The story is told that he took his name from Gavarnie in Luz-Saint-Sauveur where he had taken a journey into the Pyrenees. He was a very famous illustrator, friend of Felix Nadar...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Isidore Pils (1813-1875) An Orientalist scene, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Isidore Pils (1813-1875) An Orientalist scene Signed lower left Pencil and heightenings of watercolor on paper ​​​​​​​15 x 24 cm In a modern mount 40.5 x 53 cm We know that Isidore Pils spent two years in Algeria starting in 1863, so this depiction of a festive scene could quite likely date from that period. It is very free in its execution, but at the same time very evocative. Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils (1815–1875) was a French academic painter of religious and military subjects. Pils was born in Paris as the son of a soldier François Pils. At the age of twelve, he studied with Guillaume Guillon-Lethière for four years. In 1831 he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under François-Édouard Picot. He competed for the Prix de Rome, which he won in 1838 for a history painting, St. Peter Healing a Lame Man at the Door of the Temple. Although in poor health, Pils then spent the customary three years at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, which then had Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres as its director. While in Italy he visited Naples, Venice, and Florence. Pils's earlier paintings have religious themes. In 1849 he completed his most famous work, Rouget de L'Isle Singing La Marseillaise, which now resides at the Musée historique de Strasbourg. After experiences travelling with French troops through the Crimea, his themes took on military and nationalistic subjects. He later produced many military scenes during the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Pils was appointed professor of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1863 but left the same year for two years in Algeria. In 1868 he was elected to seat #14 of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Among his students were Adrien Moreau...
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Academic 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Child -Drawing by G.C. Vuillier - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Child is an Artwork  realized by  the French Artist  Gaston Charles Vuillier. Gouache on paper. 
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Modern 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Episode of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, a cantonment of soldiers, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century Episode of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, a cantonment of soldiers during the siege of Paris Pen and brown ink on paper 15 x 23 cm Annotated on the lower...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Cottage lane
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and graphite on heavy gauge watercolor paper, 5 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (132 x 221 mm), the full sheet. Extensive, fresh brushwork with nice primo pensiero and the unfinished f...
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English School 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

French School late 19th century, A woman in a deckchair, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School late 19th century, A woman in a deckchair, pencil on paper 21 x 31.5 cm In a modern frame : 36 x 47 cm This is a very sensitive and interesting drawing. Typical of Im...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Decoration - Original Ink on Paper by Gabriele Galantara - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decoration is an original drawing in china ink on paper by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937). the state of preservation is good. Sheet dimension: 15 x 12.3 cm. This is an original dra...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Girl from Zeeland - Original watercolour by Christoffel Bisschop (1828-1904)
By Christoffel Bisschop
Located in Gent, VOV
This delightful watercolour by the famous Dutch painter Christoffel Bisschop transports us to the heart of 19th-century Zeeland. The artist, known for his detailed realism and sensit...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Drawing Of A Man From The Italian Risorgimento, Italian School, Mid-19th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
Drawing of a Man from the Italian Risorgimento, Italian School, mid-19th century Dimensions: 59 × 44 cm Technique: Charcoal on antique handmade grey rag paper Italian school. A re...
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Italian School 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Graphite

L Ambulante
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in 1852 in Reims, Marne, French Impressionist painter, lithographer, watercolorist and etcher Jean-Louis Forain enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts and studied under Jean-Léo...
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Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching

The Sportsmen - Early 20th Century British illustration
Located in London, GB
STEPHEN BAGHOT DE LA BERE (1877-1927) The Sportsmen Signed Watercolour and pencil Framed 36 by 30.5 cm., 14 ¼ by 12 in. (frame size 48.5 by 43 cm., 19 by 17 in.) Baghot de la Ber...
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Realist 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Il va l Apaiser - Original Etching by Philibert-Louis Debucourt - 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Il va l'apaiser is an original watercolored etching realized in the first quarter of the 19th century by the French artist Philibert-Louis Debucourt (1755 – 1832). The artwork is...
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Modern 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Etching