1850s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

One of a kind and incredible six-panel Hasegawa school folding screen, featuring horses, is an exceptional piece. "Scene with Wild Horses" (Kōgen Bashu-zu in Japanese) is in the styl...

French school of the mid-19th century Watercolor 51 x 37 cm (69 x 55 cm with frame) Signed and dated at the bottom “M. C. / 1857” The hollyhock comes from China, passing through Sy...

Edwin Long 1829 - 1891 Portrait Studies Graphite on paper Image size: 4 x 8 inches (10 x 20.5 cm) Framed Edwin Longsden Long RA (1829-1891, British) wa...

Exquisite original watercolor of Warwick Castle by the famous British artist, Edmund John Niermann. Signed lower right. Circa 1850. Condition is very ...

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...

Preparatory drawing/study made in pencil and white chalk on paper by French artist Théodore Chassériau in the early 1850s. The drawing in question, depicting a male nude, is a prepa...

19th Century French School, Studies of horses and small scenes, pencil on paper 14.5 x 21 cm Framed : 25.5 x 32.7 cm This study sheet, which brings together studies of horses and...

Carl Friedrich Deiker (1838 Wetzlar - 1892 Düsseldorf). Vigilant fox. Pencil drawing on brown paper, 18 × 29.5 cm (inside measurement), 31.5 x 43.5 cm (mount), signed and dated "Deiker [18]54" at lower right. - a little bit stained, with a light water stain at lower right About the artwork Carl Friedrich Deiker's consummate ability to depict animals is already evident in this early work. He brought a whole new psychological dimension to animal painting, so that one could literally speak of animal portraits. The naturalistic appearance of the fox alone makes it seem alive. Every strand of muscle, even every hair, is captured, which requires an intensive artistic study of animal anatomy and physiology. But the fox's real liveliness comes not from its natural appearance, but from its internal movement: Stretched out, it has been brought out of rest. It turns around and, with its ears pricked up, looks intently in the direction from which it has seen something. His mouth is slightly open and his pointed teeth are bared, as if he were growling. Tension gradually takes hold of his whole body. While the hind legs were still in a relaxed position, closely observed by Deiker, one front leg was already raised, ready to begin a rising movement. The fox seems so alarmed with all its senses that one gets the impression that, at any moment, its tail will move jerkily and the animal will jump up. While wild animals have traditionally been portrayed as beasts or anthropomorphised, often for caricatural purposes, Deiker explores their inherent nature by attempting to capture their psychic impulses. The wild animal is neither bestial nor human, but a creature in its own right, valued by Deiker for its own sake. In this way, he brought the dignity of the animal into representation and raised animal painting to a whole new artistic level. About the artist Carl Friedrich Deiker was the son of the drawing teacher Christian Friedrich Deiker and the younger brother of the animal painter Johannes Deiker. In addition to the family art lessons, Christian Friedrich shared a studio with his brother Johannes at Braunfels Castle, Deiker attended the drawing academy in Hanau, and from 1858 he was a student at the Karlsruhe Art Academy, where he studied under the landscape painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. Carl Friedrich Deiker was already in demand as an artist during his first year: Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden, Margrave Max of Baden and Grand Duke Michael of Russia bought hunting scenes by him. In 1859 he went on a study trip to the Reinhardswald. Just as the Barbizon School had rediscovered the landscape, Deiker opened up the forest for animal painting. From 1861-64 Deiker had his own studio in Karlsruhe, then moved to Düsseldorf, where his brother Johannes followed four years later. Deiker married a daughter of the landscape painter Karl Hilger and remained in Düsseldorf until his death. In 1868 he finally achieved international fame with his painting 'Pursued Noble Deer' and was regarded as a virtuoso new founder of animal painting. "Deiker brought for the first time a truly great artistic quality to animal painting [...]". - Hans Vollmer From 1870 he participated in the academic art exhibitions in Berlin, Dresden, Munich and Hanover. He was also very busy as an illustrator. He drew for the Gartenlaube, the Salon, the Universum, and produced many of the finely illustrated hunting and animal books of the period. He also worked as a printmaker, while his oil paintings circulated as reprints by Franz Dinger. From 1865 to 1892 Deiker was a member of the artists' association Malkasten. Carl Friedrich Deiker's life's work was honoured with a large posthumous memorial exhibition at the Düsseldorf Kunsthalle in 1892. His son Carl Deiker, born in 1879, also became a painter. Selection of art museums that own works by Carl Friedrich Deiker: Hamburger Kunsthalle / Kunsthalle Karlsruhe / Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf / Wallraff Richartz Cologne. Selected Bibliography H. Schmidt: Johannes and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In 1857 an uprising had broken out in India, known as ”The Mutiny". As far as British relations with India were concerned, the event represented a watershed, as a result of which the...

A very fine signed and dated 1851 English Old Master watercolor depicting a figure fishing on the River Conwy above Llanrwst, by David Cox senior. Excellent quality and good size w...

Laughing Monks and Soldiers - Mid 19th Century Japanese Ink Drawing Lively ink drawing showing monks and soldiers laughing, jumping, and dancing. The monks stand in a group to the l...

Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815–1875) Sweden Procession during Holy Week in Seville, Spain Black ink, pencil, brown and red wash heightened with white on brown paper, 201 x 267 mm. fra...

Lundgren visited Aden as a passenger on board the steam ship ”Bengal” on his way from England to India during the winter 1857. The previous year an uprising had broken out in India, ...

Watercolor and ink on paper, hand signed upper right and dated 29 December 1856. A striking composition depicting an African rider mounted on a white horse, holding a spear and dres...

Ink and wash on paper, realized in 1850s. A striking equestrian composition by Sébastien Prichard, depicting a rider in traditional Oriental attire mounted on a spirited white horse...

Figures is a drawing in china ink realized by Paul Gavarni in the 19th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composition.

Finely executed watercolor and gouache landscape with figures by the Swiss artist, Louise Clauseau (Swiss). Signed under the mat by the artist and dated June, 1852. The watercolor ...

Playful one-of-a-kind pencil sketch of various 18th century figures going about their daily activities, circa 1850. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold bo...

Holy scene is an original modern artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 19th Century. Ink and Watercolor. Includes frame. Good condition.

The Portrait is a drawing artwork realized by Émile Lévy (1826-1890) in 1866. Hand-signed Good condition.

Jules LAURENS Carpentras (Vaucluse), 1825 - Saint-Didier (Vaucluse), 1895 Pencil 29 x 23 cm (36 x 30 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "JL / 52" Modern frame Excellent condi...

Caricatures is an original pencil drawing on paper of XIX century realized by Horace Vernet. Very good conditions, except for a stain on the left margin...

Hand-colored steel engraving of a the Turkish section of the Great Exhibition of 1851 by Lowes Cato Dickinson (British, 1819-1908). On verso i...

Original watercolor of a hunter and his dog taking a late afternoon stroll in the countryside. Signed middle bottom and dated 1852 or 1853 J. Hamilto...

Bay Of Naples is an original artwork realized in 1857 by Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham. Watercolor heightened with white on paper. Signed and dated on lower right. This beautif...

The Portrait is an original artwork, pencil and ink on paper. Is dated 1853 on the lower right. Passpartout cm 25x28,5 The artist represents an interior scene, under an intimate vie...

Nude of Woman is an original pastels drawing on paper realized in the late 19th Century. In very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 25 x 20.5 cm Not signed.

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an original mixed media drawing on ivory-colorated paper by realized in 1850 ca. Anonymous Artist of the 19th Cent...

Soldiers is an Original Drawing in pencil realized by Victor Adam ( 1800-1866) in the 1850s. Included a blue Passepartout: 2431 x 33 cm Good conditions. ...

Fashionable Woman is a beautiful original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, composed by eight preparatory studies realized by the French artist Eugéne Morin (1833-1875). Hand-s...

La Sorrentine is an original artwork realized by the famous artist Horace Vernet. Drawing on paper. Original sheet mounted and glued on cardoboard. Pass...

Portraits is an original pencil drawing on paper by Horace Vernet realized during XIX century. Very good conditions. Image dimensions: 22 x 17.5 cm. Inc...

"Coreano" (Asia) is an original hand-watercolored lithograph on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of XIX Century, in 1854s. In excellent conditions. Not signed. Titled on the lower ...

Emanuele Filiberto Monument is an original modern artwork realized in the 1850s by an Italian artist. Original Black Pen Drawing on ivory paper. Titled on the upper margin "Emanu...

Studies of Figures is an original modern artwork realized in the 19th Century. Original pen drawing on paper. Passepartout is included (total dimen...

The Girl is an interesting preparatory sketch in pencil realized by the French artist Michel Dumas in the mid-19th century. The state of preservation is good, except for some stains and foldings. stamped by the name of Artist...

James Herve d'Egville c1810 - 1880, d'Egville was an British born watercolourist the exact date of his birth is currently under research by our authoritative colleagues and further i...

French Romantic school circa 1850 An antique Roman Atrium signed lower right (illegible) Ink, Ink wash and white gouache heightenings 20 x 13 cm Framed : 35.5 x 27 cm The signatu...

Skillfully rendered pencil drawing of various 19th century era figures at work, circa 1850. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic ...

Louis Gallait (1810-1887) Portrait of a Gentleman, Watercolor and gouache on paper, square white lines, 24 x 16 cm Stamp of the Louis Gallait Estate on the mount on the lower righ...

German School 19th Century, Portrait of a boy, pencil on paper 25.7 x 16 cm (view) Framed : 41.8 x 31.5 cm The style and execution are v...

To see our other works 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 this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. Anonymous, c. 1850 Anglo Catholic...

French Romantic school, 19th century View of a citadel Pen and ink, watercolor and heightenings of white gouache on brown paper 18 x 29.5 cm In good condition, some stains and traces...

Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of characters Black pencil and watercolor on paper 18.5 x 25.5 cm Stamp of the Raffet Estate Sale (1911) on the lower right In good condition, foxings on the original mount Framed 34 x 40 cm Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (2 March 1804 – 16 February 1860) was a French illustrator and lithographer. He was a student of Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, and was a retrospective painter of the Empire. At an early age he was apprenticed to a wood turner, but took up the study of art at evening classes. At the age of 18 he entered the workshop of Cabanel, where he applied his skill to the decoration of china, and where he met Rudor, from whom he received instruction in lithography, in the practice of which he was to rise to fame. He then entered the École des Beaux-Arts, but returned to lithography in 1830 when he produced on stone his famous designs of Lützen, Waterloo, Le bal, La revue, and Les adieux de la garrison, by which his reputation became immediately established.[ Raffet's chief works were his lithographs of the Napoleonic campaigns, from Egypt to Waterloo, vigorous designs inspired by ardent patriotic enthusiasm. In this endeavor he was a contemporary of other French artist-lithographers of Napoleon and the French army including Hippolyte Bellangé, Horace Vernet, and Nicolas Toussaint Charlet. As an illustrator his activity was prodigious, the list of works illustrated by his crayon amounting to about forty-five, among which are Béranger's poems, the History of the Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, the History of Napoleon by de Norvins, the great Walter Scott by Auguste Defauconpret, the French Plutarch and Frédéric Bérat's Songs. He went to Rome in 1849, and was present at the siege of Rome, which he made the subject of some lithographs, and followed the Italian campaign of 1859, of which he left a record in his Episodes de la campagne d'Italie de 1859. His portraits in pencil...

Wolverhampton School of Practical Art Original artwork for engraving published for London Illustrated News (25 June 1853) 17.5x29cm Watercolour

France, 19th century Set of nine humoristic drawings, various subjects in the same mount Black pencil, for some of them with highlights of white gouache various dimensions : 6 x 5.5 ...

Achille Devéria (1800-1857) "Allez au diable, la femme est à moi" (Go to hell, This woman is mine) pencil on paper annotated on the upper border "Alle...

French School circa 1850 Villefranche sur mer, the Harbour Watercolor on paper 16 x 24 cm In good condition Framed 29 x 38 cm This very fine wat...

Monogrammist DC, France circa 1850 Different types of workers, Studies monogrammed DC on the lower right Lead mine on paper 13 x 19.5 On its 19th century original mount (no frame) : 26 x 33 cm Very original and lively depiction of different types of workers. Perfect illustration of the realist french School close to Barbizon painters.

The Gymnaste is an original modern artwork realized in the 19th Century in France. Original pencil on paper. Very good condition. The Gymnaste is an excellent artwork on paper tha...

Characters is an modern artwork realized inmid-20th Century in France. Original china ink on paper. On the back of the work there is a second drawing. Very good conditions. Characters is an excellent modern artwork realized in France in the half of the XIX Century and it shows us several characters in a high room. On the background there is a window with an iron grate. The work depicts also a nude figure on the back of the sheet. The second drawing is realized in pencil and shows us a female reclining nude.

"Woman Figure" 1853's is a drawing on paper, signed and dated by Edmond De Beaumont, on the back of the drawing. In excellent conditions: as good as new...

Portrait 1850's is an original drawing in pen on paper, realized by an unwkown artist named Bruant (XIX-XX). Sheet dimension: 29.4 x 22 cm. The artwork represents beautiful quick ...

Framed in wood with museum glass to 9" x 11" One of the watercolors says Tweksbury, July (?) 1850 Framed by Commonwealth Print Conservation, Boston in 1988 Very nice watercolor. Par...

Edward J. Howman (English, nineteenth century) Castel dell'Ovo, Naples, 1851 Watercolor and gouache on paper, 7 x 10 inches Framed: 12 x 15 inches (approx.) Label on backing verso: ...

just purchased more information to follow Cypher lower right Within a grey mount, 14cm high, 28cm long The gilded cavetto moulded frame 28 cm high, 41 cm long, 3.5cm deep