Attrib. Samuel Gillespie Prout (1822-1911) - Watercolour, The Busy Port

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An accomplished watercolour study after Samuel Prout depicting a busy street in Sion, the capital of the Swiss Canton of Valais. The artist captures the scene in a delicate hand payi...

A delightful watercolour scene depicting a town harbour early in the morning with figures walking out to the boats. In the distance the town's skyline can be see through the morning ...

A charming watercolour by the artist Herbert Menzies Marshall (1841-1913). The artist captures a peaceful moment by the quay, using delicate brushwork and muted tones to capture the ...

Presented in a gilt effect frame. Signed and dated. On paper.

Ludwig Hermann German, (1812-1881) A Bustling Harbour Town Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1863 Image size: 26 inches x 36.5 inches Size including frame: 35.25 inches x 45.75 inches A wonderful continental townscape scene of a bustling harbour by Ludwig Hermann. The Medieval architecture is reminiscent of North Germany and the Baltic sea area with its busy trading ports. Figures can be seen chatting to traders as ships sail around the harbour. Ludwig Hermann or Herman was born Elias Ludwig Julius Herrmann at Greifswald, Germany in 1812 to Wilhelm and Sophie Herrmann. Although little is recorded about his early life and education, he is known to have left his home in 1831 at the age of 19, to pursue an artistic career in Berlin. There he entered the Prussian Academy of Arts where he studied under Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850). Hermann started exhibiting at the Berlin Academy exhibitions in 1836. A year later in 1837, he travelled to Paris to study under Eugène Isabey (1803-1886) and Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-1870). By 1841 he had returned to Berlin where he married Caroline Wilhelmine ‘Auguste’ Dupont on 16 October, 1841. From his base in Berlin he travelled around Europe painting views of France...

Samuel Phillips Jackson R.W.S. (British, 1830-1904) Untitled Landscape, 18th century Watercolor on Paper Sight size: 8 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. Framed: 17 1/2 x 22 in. Signed lower left: S.P. Jackson R.W.S. Samuel Phillips Jackson was born in the city of Bristol in September 1830, the son of the equally eminent watercolourist Samuel Jackson...

Wonderfully detailed early 20th century figurative landscape watercolor of sailboats docked on a bustling shore, surrounded by other boats, birds and men at work with carts, by Hudson Valley New York artist Frederick Leo Hunter (American, 1858-1943). The tall boats tower over two small figures, who wade into the water beside the vessels. In the background, a lighthouse and the hint of a skyline can be seen on the distant shore. Signed "F. Leo Hunter" lower right. Displayed in a gold mat and slender giltwood frame carved with a beautiful floral motif. Image size: 7.5"H x 12"W. Known for street scene paintings and etchings of New York...

A fine 19th century coastal lanscape at Brest in Brittany, France by the imprtant British artist Richard Principal Leitch. The work is signed lower left and further signed, inscribed and dated 1880 on a label verso. Presented in a swept gilt frame and glazed. Artist: Richard Principal Leitch (British, 1827-1888) Title: View at Brest Medium: Watercolour on paper Size: 19 x 22 inches (48 x 56 cm) including the frame Richard Principal Leitch was the son of the royal watercolour tutor William Leighton Leitch, who taught Queen Victoria, her daughters and her daughter-in-law Princess (later Queen) Alexandra for almost twenty years. In September 1857 he was in Normandy painting...