Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings

Attributed to William McGregor Paxton Hay (William M. Hay) Portrait of Two Young Girls English, circa 1860 Oil on canvas Unsigned ⸻ A sensitive and quietly compelling Victorian ge...

Pausing for Lunch English School (mid 19th century) oil on panel, framed in antique maple wood frame. framed: 12 x 10.5 inches painting : 9 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection...

Jean Philippe George-Julliard (1818 – 1888) A landscape with a traveler Oil on paper Signed HG lower right 19.5 x 29 cm The four corners are cut Framed under glass 27 x 47 cm Jean Philippe George-Julliard (1818–1888) or Henri Philippe Julliard was born on 1 january 1818 in Geneva (Switzerland) from french parents. He first studied art in Nantes in France, but later he came back to Geneva where he became pupil of Alexandre Calame...

Edward Charles Barnes, a distinguished London painter active during the Victorian era, is celebrated for his evocative domestic scenes and interiors, particularly those featuring wom...

ARTHUR BOYD HOUGHTON (1836-1875) Sunday Afternoon Signed l.l.: Houghton Oil on canvas Framed 20.5 by 25.5 cm., 8 by 10 in. (frame size 30.5 by 34.5 cm., 12 by 13 ½ in.) Provenance: William Drummond; Private collection. Probably painted in 1864, the present work evokes the peaceful contentment of everyday family life, with its small scale further reinforcing the intimacy of the scene. It is one of a series of small intimate family scenes produced during this happy period of his life. A male figure, possibly the artist’s himself, slumbers in a chair, a handkerchief draped over his face whilst Susan, the artist’s young wife reads by the window. Their child, either Arthur or Georgina, plays on the floor with a discarded newspaper. The room is at 4 Adelaide Villas, St Mary’s Grove, Richmond, the house Arthur and Susan moved to shortly after their marriage in 1861. The chaise and window, with its pots of geraniums, also feature in the 1864 painting Coach and Horses (private collection) which depicts Susan, with her hair down, playing with Arthur and Georgina. A pot of daffodils placed beside the same geraniums in the present work suggest it may have been painted in the spring of that year. Such domestic bliss would shortly come to a tragic end when Susan died of pyaemia following the birth of their third child in June 1864. Houghton was born in India, the son of a captain in the East India Company’s marine service. Both is father and older brother were accomplished military draughtsmen and he probably received early training from them. His family returned to England in the early 1850s and he began studies at Leigh’s and the Langham...

A nicely detailed American School oil on canvas portrait of a New England manufacturer banker sitting at a desk signing bank notes with a mill in the background, unsigned, and housed...

A classic and elegant Venetian view with a period Barbizon, gold leaf frame! Sheppard did a series of these and two other American painter is more noted for their Venetian views than...

Our 19th Century painting of a mountain dwelling, bathed in soft light light is a fresh and relevant as if it had been created yesterday. Painted certainly in plein air on the motif,...

US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item. This charming mid-19th-century oil painting by Dutch artist Johannes Philippus Galjaard (1812-1867) depicts several figures on a rural ...

Camille Joseph Etienne ROQUEPLAN 1803 - 1855 A fantastic oppotunity to buy a piece by Camill Roqueplan.His works do not come up often in auction but in 1989 one reached FF 200 000. ...

French Romantic School, 19th Century Portrait of a man, a selfportrait ? oil on paper 17.5 x 12 cm oval Framed under glass : 43 x 34.5 cm This rather mysterious portrait is perhaps a self-portrait of the artist who painted it. This is suggested by the three-quarter pose and the gaze fixed on the viewer. What this man seems to be staring at is himself. Similarly, the model's appearance is reminiscent of the image of the romantic, bohemian, tortured artist. It's also very interesting that he used a range of dark colours to reinforce this idea of melancholy. It has been suggested that this small oil on paper is close to the art of François Bonvin (1817-1887) and Théodule Ribot...

Egron Sellif Lundgren (Stockholm 1815–1875 Stockholm) The assassination of George, Duke of Clarence in the Tower of London; A Scene from Shakespeare’s Richard III (Act I, scene 4) ...

OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century British old master in a Gold Gilt Frame Description Good condition Canvas , Professional Cleaned & relined , Frame Is original and in very good ...

Émile-Pierre Metzmacher (French, 1815 - 1890) A Young Beauty Crossing a Brook, A Hunter Beyond Oil on panel 24 x 19 1/2 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Christie's New York, Oct...

Antique French painting from the first half of the 19th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting an interior scene with characters, The Marriage Contract, of good pictorial quality. ...

Alfred Vickers Senior (1786–1868) Shipping off the Coast, oil on canvas, circa 1860, signed lower left This lively coastal scene by Alfred Vickers Senior, painted circa 1860, reveal...

Venetian painter (early 19th century) - Venice, view of St. Mark's Basin towards the Riva degli Schiavoni. 18 x 24 cm unframed, 29 x 35 cm with frame. Oil on paper, in original gil...

This beautiful Victorian oil painting titled "Roadside Inn in Hampshire" is attributed to the renowned British artist Henry Charles Woollett (c.1826-1893), and depicts a picturesque ...

Amanti alla Fontana - Lovers by a fountain, painting oil on canvas, Signed left sight. Measures: cm 70 x 100 frame 118 x 145 Faustini Modesto. Brescia, 27 maggio 1839 - Roma, 23 m...

Auguste Adolphe CHAUVIN (Liege, 1810 – Liege 1884) Portrait of Coraline Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 91 x 68cm 1868 Auguste Adolphe Chauvin, born in Liège on October 2...

Alphonse ROBERT (Sèvres, 1807 – Sèvres, 1885) River of Italy Oil on canvas Signed lower left 60 x 88cm Painter on porcelain and painter on canvas, Alphonse Robert was born in Sèvr...

Suite of four large family portraits, kept together to this day. Created around 1840 by the painter Théophile Morel, who presented portraits at the Salon des Artistes Français from t...

Date: 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 36.00" x 28.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post...

This beautiful oil-on-panel painting of a tranquil waterfront farm that is over 120 years old is by the Belgian painter Louis Dubois (1830–1880). Dubois...

Oil on canvas attributed Rousseau-Decelle, French painter of the XIXth century. Student of Bouguereau and Ferrier In 1903, the artist whose studio is located at 235 rue du Faubourg ...

Jean Louis Hamon artfully presents the mythological subject: Aurora the Goddess of Dawn. She is dressed in a flowing toga, standing on a large leaf and smelling the sweetness of a flower in bloom. Surrounded by lush plants in an idyllic setting of pinks and blues, one would not think that this peaceful and beautiful work was painted in 1864 at the time of the American Civil War. Hamon meticulously renders the scene with the academic precision of Bouguereau. The closer you get, the more detail you discover. Two butterflies sit atop Aurora's head. Droplets of water gracefully roll down her hair. There was a hand colored steel plate...

This finely rendered American School portrait of a young girl reflects the careful attention to detail and craftsmanship of late 19th to early 20th-century portraiture. The sitter, d...

Louis-Camille d'Olivier, A painter of history and portraits, he returned to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1850 and appeared at the Salon de Paris between ...

Thangkas are devotional paintings displayed by Buddhists in monasteries, temples, and even their homes. This 19th-century Tibetan Thangka is rich with ...

A very fine Caravaggesque-inspired painting, 19th century (circa 1840-1870),“Unsigned” French School, in the style of the 17th-century masters. "Young Page Removing or Adjusting a Kn...

Jean-Pierre Cassigneul is arguably France’s most popular and revered contemporary figurative painter. Since his birth, the artist has been immersed in the world of feminine beauty an...

Charles CHAPLIN (Les Andelys 1825 – Paris, 1891) Portraits of women Pair of oils on rectangular canvases H. 60 cm; L. 50 cm Signed Student of Michel Martin Drolling at the École des...

Landscape Signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Inscribed Verso on back oil/gouache painting on thin artist paper, beautifully painted. very good condition size: 21 x inches x 16 i...

A fantastic example of George Armfield’s renowned portraits of dogs. This work depicts a Manchester Terrier excitedly standing outside a rabbit hole on the edge of a forest. The ter...

‘Crepuscular Rays’ by Henry Dawson RBA (1811-1878). The painting – which depicts shipping off the English coast at sunset – is signed by the artist and dated 1863. Academy Fine Pain...

Nicolas Edward GABE (Paris, 1814 - Paris, 1865) The death of General Négrier on Place de la Bastille on June 25, 1848 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 82 x 101 cm 1849 Nicolas Edward Gabé is a 19th century artist who is still little studied to this day and yet seems to have enjoyed, according to the artistic press of the time, a certain notoriety, in particular for his seascapes. The few bibliographical elements that we have come from the Salon booklets and tell us that the artist was born in Paris in 1814, therefore shortly before the end of the Empire. No elements on his artistic training are mentioned in the booklets, we just know that Gabé exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1835 to 1864 where he first practiced miniature then then approached easel painting, risking himself as well in still life that the seascapes, the landscape, the portrait or the hunting. According to press articles, he also took part in various exhibitions in the provinces such as Boulogne-sur-Mer and Marseille. Notably, Gabé did not exhibit at the Salon his large historical canvases on the revolution of 1848, which today are of obvious documentary and iconographic interest; probably for political reasons which are easily understandable to us today in view of the historical events of then. Gabé died in Paris at the age of 51 on January 4, 1865 with a mention in the January 7, 1865 edition of L'Union des Arts: “The death of Mr. Gabé, painter, well known in the export trade in paintings as well as to the auctioneers' hotel, whose sales it supplied through its numerous navies. “ "On June 25, 1848, in front of the barricades erected in the Bastille by the insurgents of the Red Republic, General Négrier fell to death, while he was uttering words of order and conciliation". Here are the opening lines of the tribute paid by Colonel Borgarelli d´Ison, friend of General Négrier. General Négrier belonged to a family from Maine, brought back by Marshal Lannes from emigration. Born in Le Mans on April 27, 1788, François Marie Casimir de Négrier entered, barely 18, as a volunteer in the 2nd Light Infantry Regiment. He began in 1806 with the campaigns of Prussia and Poland, during which he earned, through his bravery, the rank of sergeant and the decoration of the Legion of Honor. He made the following campaigns in Spain and Portugal, and left, with his regiment, only for the campaign of France, in 1814, after having risen successively, by actions of brilliance and by a serious wound, to the ranks of head of battalion and officer of the Legion of Honor, with which he was provided from October 1813. The Restoration retained his rank in his regiment. After having fought and wounded a second time seriously in Waterloo, Négrier was recalled in 1816 under the second Restoration. He was appointed, in 1825, lieutenant-colonel, then colonel in 1830, brigadier general in 1836, and of division in 1841. From March 1837 he participated in the conquest of Algeria. The Revolution of 1848 found Negrier in possession of the important command of the 16th Military Division in Lille. Quaestor of the Assembly in these times which promised to be troubled, Négrier reviewed the Place de la Concorde on June 23 at around noon various mobile guard battalions. He then took the head of 2,000 men provided by the 10th and 11th legions of the national guard and bivouacked on the Place du Palais until the next day 24. On Sunday 25 at nine o'clock, the Négrier division resumed the fight towards the Saint suburb. -Antoine. The troop gains continual advantages. At around two o'clock the column of Négrier had seized the Pont Marie: it had removed the barricades from the Quai Saint-Paul, the rue de l'Etoile, the rue des Barres...

Late 19th century French School, Unsigned and painted circa 1860. Oil on artist prepared panel. Bearing artist supplier label of 'F.W. Devo...

Jean-Georges PASQUET (Périgueux 1851 - 1936) Pointe de Suzac at Saint Georges de Didonne Oil on canvas H. 59 cm; W. 85 cm Signed and dated 1885 lower left Provenance: Private collec...

"Falling Asleep While Spinning Yarn" by Louis Edwarmay is a captivating piece that beautifully captures the quietude and exhaustion of daily labor. The painting portrays a woman in t...

"Young Ladies Sewing" by Francis Blackwell Mayer is a charming portrayal of domestic life in the 19th century. Painted by the American artist known for his genre scenes and historica...

Ferdinand Fagerlin (1825-1907) Sweden Kärleksförklaring (“Declaration of Love”) 1866 oil on canvas unframed 80 x 99 cm (31½ x 39 in) framed 96 x 114 cm (37¾ x 44¾ in) signed and da...

Landscape with Mill

Attributed to James Barenger (British, 1780–1831) Huntsman with Hound in a Parkland Landscape Oil on canvas, English, circa 1830 Presented in an antique gilt frame The piece is not ...

A fine nineteenth-century copy of Bartolome Esteban Murillo's Children Eating Grapes and a Melon, kept in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Although Murillo is best known for his religi...

A beautiful oval landscape painting with two young girls reading near Niagara Falls by German American artist Louis Lang (1814-1893). Lang was born in Waldsee, Wurtemberg, Germany, and came from an artistic family, his father being a history painter. Combining this heritage with his own native talents, he was producing successful pastels at age sixteen. Lang studied in Stuttgart, Germany and Paris, France, before coming to the United States in 1838. He first settled in Philadelphia, then lived in Italy from 1841-1845, before returning to America (1847) and living the majority of his life in New York City, with frequent visits to Europe. During the Civil War, Lang was working in the well-known artistic landmark, the Tenth Street Studio Building, in New York City. John F. Kensett and Emanuel Leutze...

Attributed to Pancrace BESSA (1772-1846) Fruits on a marble entablature Watercolor and graphite on paper H. 31 cm; W. 37 cm

Work on wood Plaster molding frame and gilded wood 36.5 x 28.5 x 4.5 cm

Two hunters, one leaning against the cross and dogs on the left "halt in the forest" Oil on canvas, restored and cleaned in good condition. Very nice painting for hunting scene art...

Charles Glize was an artist active in the Provence region of France, specifically the countryside in and around Marseille. He has a diverse oeuvre ranging from the highly formal — pa...

Victorian Hunting Shooting Landscape Scene, Large Oil Painting depicting a Rifleman and his Hunting Dogs, gun cocked to shoot. This is a large Oil Painting on Canvas, it came from ...

In Francis William Edmonds' family portrait, six women and three men are elegantly arranged in a formal yet intimate setting, capturing a moment of togetherness. The composition refl...

Sunrise Landscape with Boats is an original painting probably realized by an artist of the Russian School in 1861. Mixed colored oil painting on can...

John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Dou...

IRVING GEORGE LEHMAN "CUBIST FIURES' OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, C.1960 23.5 X 25.5 INCHES FRAMED 29.5 X 32.5 INCHES Irving George Lehman 1900-1983 Born in Kiev, R...

The Greeting British School, mid 19th century signed with initials oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 30 x 25 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good condition ...

John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...

Oil on panel, realized in 1860s. A luminous and atmospheric Venetian veduta by Alessandro Reati, this elegant composition captures a gondola gliding across a tranquil canal, framed ...

André CHOLET Bassanne (Gironde), 1807 - ? A Little Milkmaid from the Bordeaux Region (circa 1840) Oil on canvas 40 x 32 cm (52 ​​x 45 cm with frame) Signed lower right "André Cholet"...

William Shayer Senior Oil on Canvas. Signed bottom right Canvas Size: 30 x 40" (76 x 102cm) Outside Frame Size: 39 x 49" (99 x 125cm) 1787-1879 William Shayer was born in Southam...

Pio Joris (Rome, 1843-1922). The Via Flaminia, a Sunday morning," 1869, with frame 160 x 83 cm. Signed P. Joris, Pio Joris attended the Istituto di Belle Arti in Rome and in 1861 he enrolled at the Accademia di San Luca, where he remained for just a year. On a visit to the 1st Esposizione Nazionale di Belle Arti of Florence in 1861 he was attracted by the naturalistic works from the Naples school. He came into contact with Domenico Morelli and Filippo Palizzi during a trip to Capri, Sorrento and Naples in 1866. In Rome, he kept company with Mariano Fortuny, whose painting, with its pleasant, captivating luministic effects, made a very strong impression on Joris. That was how he developed his own very personal artistic language, which went on to bring him remarkable commercial success on an international scale, helped by his collaboration with Paris art dealer...