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Period: 19th Century
The Temple of Concordia, Agrigento - English School drawing, 19th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely grand tour image of the Doric architectural masterpiece dedicated to Castor and Pollux.
Dated 1863.
Watercolor and graphite on lightweight card stock, 10 x 13 3/4 inches (2...
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English School 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard, Graphite
Fine Antique French Impressionist Fishing Boats Anchored at Sunset
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: Sunset at Sea
Medium:
signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over card,...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$935 Sale Price
20% Off
1940
s Provence Cottage Summer Garden Painting - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
inscribed verso
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
measureme...
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Post-Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Summer landscape by Whistler
s French artist friend Delâtre, Barbizon connection
Located in Norwich, GB
An atmospheric landscape in the last glow of the evening sun by a rare 19th Century master , Auguste Delâtre.
Delâtre (1822-1902) was a pioneering pri...
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Barbizon School 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Henri Harpignies (1819-1916) A Barrier on the hedge, study, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Henri Harpignies (1819-1916)
A Barrier on the hedge, study
Signed lower left, annotation "branches séchées sur la barrière" (dried branches on the fence) on the upper right
Charcoal...
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Barbizon School 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
View of the Forum Romanum - Watercolor by Giuseppe Costantini - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
View of the Forum Romanum is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian painter Giuseppe Costantini (Nola, 1843 - Naples, 1893) in the seco...
Category
Modern 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Watercolor
Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) A Dune Landscape, pastel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Siebe Johannes ten Cate (1858-1908)
A Dune Landscape
Signed lower right
Pastel on paper
25.5 x 39.5 cm
in good condition, very fresh, traces of pinholes in the upper corners barely...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault (Landscape with Thresher at Montfoucault)" is a pastel by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro. The artwork is signed lower right, "C. Pissarro". The framed piece measures 20 1/2 x 25 x 2 3/4 in.
Camille Pissarro was born on July 10th 1830 on the Caribbean Island of St. Thomas. He live...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Board
Cottages in Devon
By Samuel Prout
Located in Middletown, NY
An early Devonshire landscape, ex-collection West Collection of British Watercolors & the Fine Art Society, London.
Circa 1800
Ink and brown wash on paper, 7 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (...
Category
Realist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Pencil and Gouache Drawing of Fontainebleau Forest, France 19th century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Drawing of Fontainebleau Forest
Barbizon, France
Pierre Auguste Brunet Houard (1829 - 1922)
19th century
Pencil, colored pencil, gouache, paper
8 x 4 1/2 (16 3/8 x 12 1/4 frame) inc...
Category
Barbizon School 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Laid Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
1940
s Post Impressionist artist Still Life Flowers in Vase
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
By Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 9.5 x 13 in...
Category
Post-Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$545 Sale Price
20% Off
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Watercolour, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Located in Corsham, GB
An unfinished watercolour sketch of Whitehaven in Cumbria. Signed with initials to the lower right. On paper.
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Shipping On The River Thames, London by Charles Dixon. Watercolour
By Charles Edward Dixon 1
Located in Brecon, Powys
Charles Dixon was born in England in December 1872 died 1934. Extremely well known for his nautical watercolours. Exhibited several time at the Royal Academy in London as well as the...
Category
English School 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"A Shady Runlet" Stream in Fall New Jersey Watercolor 1878
Located in Soquel, CA
"A Shady Runlet" Stream in Fall New Jersey Watercolor 1878
A rare and exceptional watercolor of two ladies viewing a New Jersey stream in fall by William C. Bauer (American, 1856- 1...
Category
American Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Sunset on the Alps
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 19th century drawing and crayon view of a sunset over the Alps by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon. Initial signed (HBB) by the artist.
Brabazon would have vi...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Crayon
Edward Matthews - 1876 Watercolour, Grazing Near Bignor Hill, Sussex
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming rural landscape by the British artist Edward Matthews, depicting a flock of sheep grazing Bignor Hill. Well presented in a wash-line mount and gilt effect frame. Signed an...
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“Near Mount Shasta, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original pastel on archival paper by the well known Hudson River artist, George Douglas Brewerton. A Northern California scene near Mount Shasta. Signed lower left and dated 1876. Recently professionally matted and framed in new antique silver style gallery frame. Overall framed measurements are 27 by 36 inches. Under glass. Condition is excellent. Provenance: A Pennsylvania collector.
George Douglas Brewerton received lessons in art from Prof. Robert W. Weir at West Point where his father was Superintendent. In 1874, he was detailed to San Francisco as an officer in the Stevenson Regiment. In 1848, he underwent many adventures in Western deserts and mountains with Kit Carson, who crossed the country with news of the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War, Brewerton called himself “Colonel,” although he never received an army commission...
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Hudson River School 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Collection of Five Antique Maps Depicting Ancient Greek and Anatolian Regions
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Collection of Five Antique Maps
each drawing : 9 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Description: This set of five finely detailed an...
Category
French School 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Attrib. William Bennett (1811-1871) - Watercolour, Red Deer in Richmond Park
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolor landscape depicting red deer in Richmond Park. Presented in a gilt-effect frame with bead course. Inscribed 'Richmond Park in Windsor by Bennett' on the rever...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dutch landscape with grazing cows near the forest, watercolor, impressionist
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Watercolor on paper depicting a Dutch landscape (East of The Netherlands) with grazing cows at the edge of a forest, by A. M. Gorter (1866 - 1933).
Dimensions incl. frame: 60 x 72 cm...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rare 19th Century Watercolor and Platinotype -- Coming Home
By Edward Lamson Henry
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare 19th Century Watercolor and Platinotype -- Coming Home
Wonderful and rare 19th Century watercolor and platinotype (Watercolor over Platinum photograph) attributed to Edward Lamson Henry...
Category
Hudson River School 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Platinum
$1,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Henry Moore - Late 19th Century British Marine Watercolour
By Henry Moore 1831-1895
Located in London, GB
HENRY MOORE, RA, RWS
(1831-1895)
Evening, East Coast
Signed and dated 1892; signed and inscribed with title and the artist’s address on a label attached to the backboard
Watercolou...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Watercolour, Lake Lugano
Located in Corsham, GB
This exquisitely executed watercolour depicts a scenic view over Lake Lugano in Canton Ticino, Switzerland. The work is signed with the artist's initials on the backing paper and ins...
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Watercolour, In the Campagna of Rome
Located in Corsham, GB
This exquisitely executed watercolour depicts a historic temple in Campagna with rolling mountains in the distance. The work is inscribed in pencil on the backing card. Unsigned. On ...
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early 1830
s Scottish Victorian Painting Figures in Highland Loch Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Day out in the Highlands
Scottish School, circa 1830's period
original watercolour painting on paper
unframed
painting: 12.75 x 16.5 inches
A lovely tranquil scene of figures enj...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early 19th Century English watercolour of woodland near Croxdale Hall
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive and meticulously executed view of a rocky landscape within the woods dating to 1823. This would suit a library or study with its muted tones and skifull draughtsmanship.
William Nicholson (1781-1844)
Near Croxdale Hall
Signed with initials and inscribed with title and date 1823
Pen, ink and grey wash
11 x 8 inches, image only
17 x 13 inches without frame
The portrait-painter and etcher William Nicholson was born in Ovingham-on-Tyne, Northumberland, on Christmas Day 1781. His family transferred to Newcastle when his father was appointed Headmaster of the city's Grammar School. At an early age, though, Nicholson appears to have moved to Hull where he made his artistic debut, painting miniatures of officers garrisoned there. He was almost entirely self-taught, learning his craft through the close study of artworks in private and public galleries. He subsequently returned to Newcastle where he received many commissions to paint portraits of the old families of Northumberland. In 1808, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy, continuing to do so until 1822. By 1814, Nicholson, whose mother was a Scot, had moved to Edinburgh where he set up as a miniaturist and painter in oils. Soon, however, he began to specialize in watercolour portraits. Early subjects included the actor Daniel Terry and the poet and novelist James Hogg. In 1818 he began to publish a series of Portraits of Eminent Scotsmen, etched from his own portraits and those of other painters. Besides Scott and Hogg, the subjects included the writers Robert Burns, John Wilson ('Christopher North'), and Lord Jeffrey, the painters Sir Henry Raeburn, the divines Alexander Carlyle and Alexander Cameron, the engineer James Watt, the architect John Playfair, and the song-collector and composer George Thomson...
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Academic 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Pen
Lake landscape - Aquatint 20x28 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Aquatint from the beginning of the 19's century
Illegible signature
gold frame with glass, total size with frame: 38x48x3 cm
Category
Realist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Aquatint
$288 Sale Price
56% Off
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Early 19th Century Watercolour, Plymouth
Located in Corsham, GB
This exquisitely executed watercolour depicts a picturesque view over Plymouth with ships in the bay. The work is signed with the artist's initials on the backing paper and inscribed...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Andrea Biondetti (1851-1946) - Watercolour, Bartolomeo Colleoni Monument
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming depiction of the Bartolomeo Colleoni Monument in Venice, Italy. Signed. Presented in a gilt strip frame. On paper.
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Gouache Of A Shipwreck In A Storm With Gothic Ruins. Early 19th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
Gouache of a Shipwreck in a Storm with Gothic Ruins, Early 19th Century
Technique: Gouache on paper
Period: Early 19th century
Description: This romantic painting depicts a dramatic ...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Gouache
$1,439 Sale Price
20% Off
Impressionist View of Villefranche, South of France, in the style of Turner.
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th century Impressionist view, in pastel, chalk and crayon, in the style of Turner, of Villefranche, South of France by British artist Hercules Brabazon Brabazon...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Lone Figure Walking by the River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: The River Path
Medium:
gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unframed
card: 9.75 x 12.75 in...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Watercolour, View of Magadion
Located in Corsham, GB
This exquisitely executed watercolour depicts a picturesque view of Magadion, a town in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland, with Lake Maggiore in the background. The work is signed wi...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early-19th-Century British Watercolour, Near Ingleton, Yorkshire
Located in Cheltenham, GB
US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item.
This fine early 19th-century watercolour by British artist Amos Green (1735-1807) depicts an asperous gorge near Ingleton in Yorkshire....
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English School 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
19th century pastel of a river scene, The Chapel Bridge, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th century pastel drawing view of the Chapel Bridge and river Reuss in Lucerne, Switzerland by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon. The work...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
19th Century Maritime Seascape, USS Steam Frigate Niagara
Located in Soquel, CA
19th century maritime seascape of a naval ship similar to those used in the war of 1812, by William B. Hoff (American, 1846-1903). This miniature wat...
Category
American Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Watercolour - The Old City Walls
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a gilt effect frame. Signed illegibly. On paper.
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$251 Sale Price
20% Off
Mill with Masted Ships in a Harbor Original Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Mill with Masted Ships in a Harbor Original Watercolor
Early Watercolor of a coastal Mill with Schooners in a harbor, by an unknown artist. 1890-1915. The image depicts a watercolor...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Pierre Le Boeuff (fl.1899-1920) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Canal Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour by the well listed artist Pierre Le Boeuff (fl.1899-1920) depicting a quaint continental canal scene, featuring a prominent church tower rising above charming ...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
(After) "The Gleaners" Ink Drawing Painting Study
Located in Houston, TX
The original "The Gleaners" is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet completed in 1857. It depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray stalks of wheat after the harvest. ...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Ruins of the Imperial Castle Outside Split in Croatia
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Wilhelm Palm (1810–1890) Sweden
Ruins of the Imperial Castle Outside Split in Croatia
pencil and watercolour
unframed: 23.6 x 29.2 cm (9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in)
framed: 40 x 45 cm...
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Romantic 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Paysage de la Méditerranée - aquarelle, 39x28cm., encadré
By Emmanuel Costa
Located in Nice, FR
Aquarelle par Emmanuel Costa (1833-1921)
Encadré: 41x55 cm
Emmanuel Louis Costa naît à Menton, de Charles et de Hyacinthe Costa le 25 décembre 1833. Il semblerait que son père, scul...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
French Watercolor Seascape - Sunset Harbor
Located in Houston, TX
Spectacular watercolor seascape of boats in a old world harbor under a dusk colored sky, circa 1860.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a whit...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Country Landscape with Figure
Gate
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: The Country Landscape
Medium:
signed gouache on paper, loosely laid ov...
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Impressionist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Working Horses in a Landscape - Dutch Victorian animal art equine W/C painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely Victorian animal landscape watercolour painting is by Dutch artist Johannes Martinus Vrolyk or Vrolijk. Painted in 1875, the painting is of two working horses, one white ...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Watercolor The Garden at Sickelsjö, 1883
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present a stunning watercolor by the Swedish artist Albert Theodor Gellerstedt. This artwork, titled "Sickelsjö Trädgård" was created on June 8, 1883. The paintin...
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Romantic 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Period Landscape Watercolor Credited to John Ruskin
By 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 Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
R. Phene Spiers Tom Tower Christ Church Oxford watercolour
By Richard Phene Spiers
Located in London, GB
Richard. Phene-Spiers (1838 – 1916)
Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford
Signed and inscribed and dated 1880
Watercolour on paper
37x25cm (14.5×9.8 in.)
Spi...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“Warwick Castle”
Located in Southampton, NY
Exquisite original watercolor of Warwick Castle by the famous British artist, Edmund John Niermann. Signed lower right. Circa 1850. Condition is very ...
Category
Academic 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Woodland Path - British 19th Century landscape watercolour by Helen Allingham
Located in London, GB
HELEN ALLINGHAM, RWS
(1848-1926)
The Woodland Path
Signed
Watercolour on paper
27 by 20 cm., 10 ¾ by 8 in.
(frame size 47 by 42 cm., 18 ½ by 16 ½ in...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
A. Vivian - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Venetian Waterway with Gondola
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming depicting of Venice with ornate iron bridge, arched over a quiet waterway with gondolas. Well-presented in a large oak frame with internal slip and glazing. Signed to the ...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century Watercolour - Boatman Before The Castle
Located in Corsham, GB
Part of a pair of 19th century landscape scenes depicting castle ruins. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame and double card mount. On paper.
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$287 Sale Price
20% Off
"Entrance to Chartres Cathedral" Early 19th Century Architectural Ink Drawing
By Samuel Prout
Located in Houston, TX
Early 19th century ink drawing of Chartres Cathedral by English artist Samuel Prout. The work focuses on the large scale architectural elements of the cathedral with small figures st...
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Naturalistic 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
1883 Watercolour Tom Tower Christ Church Oxford "W H Hill" College University
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge , particularly suitable for wedding and graduation presents, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from...
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Realist 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Gray Morning" James MacMaster, Scottish Seascape, Marine Ship Landscape
By James MacMaster
Located in New York, NY
James MacMaster
Gray Morning
Signed and titled lower left
Watercolor on paper
10 1/4 x 14 inches
Provenance:
Private Collection, New Jersey
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$540 Sale Price
70% Off
Paul Marny (1829-1914) - Framed 19th Century Watercolour, Caudebec, Normandy
By Paul Marny
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 19th century view of Caudebec, Normandy. The artist has wonderfully captured the complex medieval architecture and bustling nature of ...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sydney T. C. Weeks (1878-1945) - Watercolour, Crowds at the Cathedral Market
Located in Corsham, GB
Original watercolour by the listed artist Sydney Thomas Ch. Weeks (1878-1945). A busy market scene before a cathedral. Presented in a gilt-effect frame. Signed and dated. On paper.
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"West Point from the East Bank of the Hudson" Antique Drawing on Paper Watkinson
Located in Soquel, CA
"West Point from the East Bank of the Hudson" Antique Drawing on Paper
Delicate and detailed drawing by Hartford, Connecticut artist Edward Watkins Wells (1819-1898) The viewer looks out past a gate at the Hudson River, with its characteristic mountain banks. A shepherd is driving a flock of sheep towards the gate and viewer. The scene appears to have been copied from a drawing book published in 1827, based on the inscription at the bottom edge.
Presented in white archival mat
Mat size: 12"H x 12"W
Paper size: 7.5"H x 9.25"W
Notes of interest on Edward Watkinson Wells
Our most significant acquisition this year came from a dealer in Philadelphia. It is a 450-page diary written over 10 years (1841-1851) by Hartford artist and dilettante Edward Watkinson Wells (1819-1898), one of the many nephews of our founder, David Watkinson (1778-1857).
Edward was immersed in Hartford’s cultural life in the 1840s, exhibited his works at local fairs and gave lessons to the locals. He portrays an active involvement with with his large extended family, which often crossed and re-crossed the other prominent families of Hartford (i.e., Barnard, Channing, Dexter, Ely, Gallaudet, Gill, Goodrich, Hudson, Rockwell, Silsbee, Tappan, Terry, Tracy, Trumbull, Van Renselaer, and Wadsworth).
Edward describes dancing and costume parties, soirees, teas, dinners, and receptions in private homes and public venues. He meets Charles Dickens and his wife when they come through Hartford in 1842, and describes brushes with other luminaries, such as Col. Thomas L. McKenney (who lectures on American Indians), and the Unitarian clergyman Rev. Henry Giles, who gave a pro-Irish speech.
Other entertainments included a balloon ascension, exhibitions of mesmerism and hypnotism, parades, and performances by well-known groups. He also chronicles the progression of the construction of the Wadsworth Atheneum, and touches on his father’s far-reaching interests in the business world–canals, railroads, factories, and real estate.
The cost of this valuable document of mid-19thC Hartford was generously underwritten entirely by a member of the Watkinson Trustees.
Trinity College and the Watkinson Virtual Library has content on Edward Watkinson Wells.
Yale College also:
Edward Watkinson Wells also kept a diary, of which three volumes are preserved (folder 32). He describes a trip by steamboat to Florida, ca. 1855-1860, and the social life and customs he observed there. The other two volumes detail his daily life in Hartford during 1856-1860, and record the deaths of his father and David Watkinson in 1857.
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Romantic 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper, Pencil
Meadow around Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame
72 x 61 x 7 cm
Category
French School 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
19th Century Grand Tour Impressionist View of Santo Stephano, Liguria, Italy.
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th century Impressionist view, in pastel, chalk and crayon, in the style of Turner, of Santo Stephano, Imperia, Italy by British artist Hercules Brabazon Brabazon...
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19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Crayon, Pastel
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