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Early 19th Century Watercolour - Bridge By The City Walls

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With touches of body colour. Well presented in a fresh white mount and gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.

Paul Marny (1829-1914) - Original late 19th-century watercolour. Mounted in a modern gilt-effect frame. Signed to the lower right. On watercolour paper.

Part of a pair of 19th century landscape scenes depicting castles in vast landscapes. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame and double card mount. On paper.

An atmospheric watercolour painting with gouache details by the artist J.L. Williams. The scene depicts the famous Clapper bridge in Postbridge, a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in ...

Art Sz: 9 1/2"H x 15 3/8"W Frame Sz: 17 3/4"H x 22 5/8"W English, 19th century watercolor on paper depicting a man sitting on a rock by the water Signed "G. Scobel" Mas. G. Scobe...

HENRY BARLOW CARTER (1795-1867) Construction of New London Bridge in June 1827. John Rennie, Esq., Engineer Signed and dated 1827 Sepia watercol...

An enchanting 19th century watercolor with figures before a castle in a river landscape. Circle of Samuel Prout (1783-1852) Figures before a castle in a river landscape Watercolour ...

Unknown title (castle with wall, stream and footbridge) Watercolor on laid paper, mounted to support of old Albumin photograph mount Signed and dated lower left (see photo) The watercolor is mounted on support that is the backing for a vintage albumin photograph of Moulin Huet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, c. 1850's Condition: Mounted to verso of albumin photograph mount (see photo) Glue residue outside of image/sheet on recto Colors fresh No other issues to note David Cox (29 April 1783 – 7 June 1859) was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of Impressionism. He is considered one of the greatest English landscape painters, and a major figure of the Golden age of English watercolour. Although most popularly known for his works in watercolour, he also painted over 300 works in oil towards the end of his career, now considered "one of the greatest, but least recognised, achievements of any British painter. His son, known as David Cox the Younger (1809-1885), was also a successful artist. Early life in Birmingham, 1783–1804 Cox's birthplace in Deritend, Birmingham, illustrated by Samuel Lines Cox was born on 29 April 1783 on Heath Mill Lane in Deritend, then an industrial suburb of Birmingham. His father was a blacksmith and whitesmith about whom little is known, except that he supplied components such as bayonets and barrels to the Birmingham gun trade. Cox's mother was the daughter of a farmer and miller from Small Heath to the east of Birmingham. Early biographers record that "she had had a better education than his father, and was a woman of superior intelligence and force of character." Cox was initially expected to follow his father into the metal trade and take over his forge, but his lack of physical strength led his family to seek opportunities for him to develop his interest in art, which is said to have first become apparent when the young Cox started painting paper kites...