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British School Rural Landscape

19th Century

Graphite and watercolor on grayish-tan wove paper, 7 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches (194 x 175 mm), the full sheet. An unfinished study in good condition. On the mat-back is a notation that the...

Graphite and watercolor on grayish-tan wove paper, 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches (272 x 212 mm) the full sheet. An unfinished study in good condition. On the mat-back is a notation that the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A lovely watercolor by William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) referred to as "Britain's premier marine artist of the later Victorian & early 20th century." Wyllie traveled to Norway...

William Heath Robinson (British, 1872-1944) East coast sea sketch, circa 1930 Pencil and watercolour 8.1/2 x 12.3/4 in. (21.7 x 32.3 cm.) There is an extensive passage regarding the ...

Sir William Rothenstein (British, 1872-1945) Mountain landscape Signed and dated `W. Rothenstein 22’ (lower right) Gouache 20.3/8 x 15 in. (51.8 x 38 cm.) Provenance: Christie’s London, Modern British Paintings, 31 October 1996, lot 2 The English portrait artist Sir William Rothenstein was born January 29, 1872, near Bradford, Yorkshire. William Rothenstein was the son of Moritz Rothenstein, who came to England from Hanover in 1859, and the brother of Charles Lambert Rutherston, the collector, and Albert Daniel Rutherston, the artist. William Rothenstein studied for one year at the Slade School in London under Alphonse Legros, after which he spent four years in Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian. While in Paris, Rothenstein met many of the important artists of the time; he was particularly influenced by James Whistler, Edgar Degas, and Henri Fantin-Latour. After his return to England in 1893, Rothenstein was commissioned by John Lane...

Peter de Wint (British, 1784 – 1849) Fishing boats at low tide Pencil on watercolour 10.3/4 x 16.3/8 in. (27.3 x 41.7 cm.) Peter de Wint was born in Stone in Staffordshire, the son ...