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Period: Mid-19th Century
Siblings hugging
Located in GB
The painting is round in shape, a tondo, which was a style sometimes favoured in the 19th century for its intimacy and decorative appeal. It depicts two siblings: the older sister cr...
Category
Academic Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A pair of Indonesian Landscapes, by Charles Legrain (19th century)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Charles Legrain, (19th century)
Two Javanese landscapes
Both signed Legrain Ch. and one dated 1857
Both oil on canvas, size: 95 x 114 cm
In rich gilt-gesso frame.
(2x).
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rocky Seashore
By Lemuel D. Eldred
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Rocky Seascape" by Lemuel D. Eldred is a captivating painting that masterfully captures the raw beauty and power of the sea. Eldred, an accomplished 19th-century American marine art...
Category
Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
View of Haarlem with the St. Bavo
by Johannes Joseph Destrée ( 1827 – 1888 )
Located in Knokke, BE
Johannes Joseph Destrée
Laeken 1827 – 1888 The Hague
Belgian Painter
'View of Haarlem with the St. Bavo Cathedral'
Signature: signed and dated ‘J.J.Destree ft 1851’
Medium: waterco...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
"Dancers in a Courtyard", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaq. Domínguez Bécquer
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER
Spanish, 1817 - 1879
DANCERS IN A COURTYARD
signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla 1849." (lower right)...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nineteenth century tavern scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unknown Artist
(probably American, nineteenth century)
Tavern Scene
Oil on canvas, 15 x 12 inches
Framed: 21 x 18 inches (approx.)
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flemish Antique Landscape with Pastoral Scene and Animals Tschaggeny 1849
By Charles Philogene Tschaggeny
Located in Milano, IT
Tschaggeny Flemish Pastoral Landscape 1849. The Belgian author in this 19th-century oil on oak panel painting depicts a bucolic scene, a landscape with animals and a shepherdess, of ...
Category
Flemish School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
American School Portrait of a Girl
Located in Astoria, NY
American School, Portrait of a Blonde Haired Girl, Oil on Canvas, circa 1865, label to verso reading "Annie Budelman Leonard, Gene's Grandmother at the age of about 4 or 5", giltwood...
Category
American Realist Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Oil on Panel, Pierre Emmanuel Dielman. "A Farmyard Scene"
Located in Mere, GB
Pierre Emmanuel Dielman 1829 - 1902
A Belgian artist, the son and pupil of Pierre Emmanuel Dielman senior (1800 - 1858). he painted low country rural landscapes with farmyard animals...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Eternal Youth Sign of Honor, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental lacquered elmwood sign of honor was carved in northern China during the mid-19th century. The large central characters read as "Wu Zheng Ever Green", and - loosely tr...
Category
Qing Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
A Pair of Oils on Board, Henry Chaplin. "Fruit" and "Flowers"
Located in Mere, GB
Henry Chaplin who flourished 1855 - 1879.
A Worcestershire fruit and flower painter, exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution, Royal Society of British Artists in London a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Oil on Board, Joshua Hargrave Sams Mann. "Sweet Summertime"
Located in Mere, GB
Joshua Hargrave Sams Mann, R.B.A., 1826 - 1886.
London Painter of literary genre scenes after Byron, Shakespeare etc, who exhibited 128 works at Royal Society...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
1852 oval Portrait of Marie Potonie (Sievers), Oil Painting
Located in Berlin, DE
Ornate, decorative oil painting.
Illustration of Marie Potonie (born Sievers).
Marie was the daughter of the royal Prussian court painter Johannes Sievers.
Extremely fine painting....
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,744 Sale Price
27% Off
Oil Flower Still Life of Morning Glories
By Sarah E. Davis
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
During her lifetime, Davis was best known for her exquisitely-painted floral still lifes, which she exhibited to much acclaim in New York from the mid-1870s to the mid-1880s. As an a...
Category
Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Stream
By Henry Boese
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
In Mountain Stream, Henry Boese presents a majestic and serene vision of the American wilderness. A crisp, rushing stream flows through the heart of the composition, cascading over r...
Category
Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A.
Located in London, GB
Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A.
English, 1842
Frame: height 92cm, width 128cm, depth 6.5cm
Canvas: height 77cm, width 122cm
This superb marine ...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Oil on Board, Thomas Creswick, R.A. "Haddon Hall"
Located in Mere, GB
Thomas Creswick, R.A 1811 - 1869
Sheffield born painter of atmospheric landscapes. A true studier of nature out of doors. Elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1850, found in many...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Royal Mail Coach
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed with initials in carriage: CHC
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Gathering Hops, British Realist, William A. Witherington, Genre, Figural
Located in Wiscasset, ME
William Frederick Witherington was born in London in 1785. In 1805, he began his studies at the Royal Academy Schools. He first exhibited at the British Institution in 1808, and at the Royal Academy in 1811, where he continued to exhibit almost every year. He also exhibited for several years at the Birmingham Society of Arts. He travelled around England painting views of rural life in Devon, Kent, Wales and the Lake District. During the 18th and 19th centuries the hop gardens of Kent, Sussex and Surrey provided artists with a rich source of subject matter. The picking season was the English equivalent of the French and Italian grape...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
LePoittevin Eugene - Italianate Landscape with a woman - oil on canvas - signed
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Very good overall conditions, original canvas with no minor retouching, except on the dress 12mm ( as seen on picture under UV light). The signature is dated 1852 or 53....
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Women in courtyard with cloudy landscape"
Located in Hinsdale, IL
This is beautiful little 19th century oil painting on panel. Painted in the barbizon school style. It is a lovely example of pastoral artwork, depicting a sweet little country scen...
Category
Barbizon School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Period, Signed, Barbizon Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully rendered, 19th century, oil-on-board, French, Barbizon-school painting of figures in a landscape - signed, “M. Donat”, lower left, and inscribed by the artist on the reve...
Category
Barbizon School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Neapolitan Children
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas attributed to Ernest Hébert, painter born in Grenoble painter of scenes of the genre in 1840.
He arrives in Italy which will become his ado...
Category
Barbizon School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
The Valley of the Temples - Mixed Colored Tempera on Paper - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Valley of the Temples is an original modern artwork realized in 19th century.
Mixed colored tempera on paper.
Includes frame.
Titled on the lower margin: Veduta del tempio esa...
Category
Modern Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Paper
Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de dama con tocado floral
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
El estado de la pintura se puede ver, está bastante craquelada y está reentelada
Medidas de la obra: 59 x 45 cm.
Category
Academic Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shepherdess and Sheep in the Stable
Located in Sheffield, MA
Charles-Émile Jacque
French, 1813-1894
Shepherdess and Sheep in the Stable
Oil on canvas
21 ¼ by 25 ¾ in, w/ frame 26 by 30 ¾ in
Signed lower left
Charles Jacque was among the firs...
Category
Barbizon School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Livestock Landscape
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, a luminary of 19th-century Belgian art, wielded his brush with unparalleled mastery, capturing the timeless allure of pastoral landscapes and noble anim...
Category
Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Pigment
View taken near Ajaccio, Corsica - France
Located in Paris, IDF
Charles Louis Émilien DESPREZ
(Maisons-Alfort, 1818 – Paris, 1898)
View taken near Ajaccio
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Signed below, located and dated lower right
34 x 53 cm wit...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eugène Lepoittevin. A drawing lesson by the Sea - oil on canvas - signed 1853
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Good overall Conditions with minor retouching under UV light (as seen on pictures). Slight invisible crack in the canvas. Original Victorian frame in excellent conditio...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Brigantine E. MILLER
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
This luminous work depicts the American merchant brigantine E. MILLER. The sun sits low behind the ship, illuminating the sky with colors of yellow and deep rose tones. The sun has just touched the sea at the ship's bow and around her stern, creating a halo of light in the small waves. The E. Miller is in full sail with sailors active on her deck, with her brightly colored name pennant snapping in the wind alongside the American flag and company flag. Though unsigned, this is clearly the work of artist Elisha Tyler Baker. Baker only signed about a third of his paintings, so this is not unusual for the artist. The rendering of the vessel to his touch in the sea and sky all give very clear clues that the work is his.
Though little information remains about her voyages we know the ship E. MILLER was built in Virginia by the Surry Company in 1856 and had a weight of 132 tons. Sailing out of Richmond she was also known to frequent the port of Baltimore. From Richmond she would have carried out agricultural goods, lumber, and iron, while importing manufactured goods and guano to fertilize Virginia's tobacco fields.
Given that she was built before the Civil War and was ported in Richmond throughout the war, it's likely the E. MILLER was involved in moving goods to supply Confederate forces.
Sight Size: 23 3/4 x 32 Inches
Vallejo Gallery features the finest in marine and maritime antiques...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting 19th Century Cows Landscape Barbizon
By Antonio Cortes
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
CORTES Antonio (1827-1908)
Cows to pasture
Oil on canvas signed lower left
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 54 X 65 cm
Dim frame: 70 x 86 cm...
Category
Barbizon School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Dominican Father Tuscan School Signed Luigi Mussini and Dated 1860
By Luigi Mussini
Located in Milano, IT
Luigi Mussini Portrait Of Dominican Father 1860 taken frontally, half-length, with dark green background. Dressed in a buttoned smock and a white cassock rendered with a masterful b...
Category
Italian School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Pigment
Courtship and The Shepherd
s Family (a pair)
Located in Mc Lean, VA
19th Century Dutch
Category
Academic Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moorish Antique Watercolor on Paper of French Algeria
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Remarkable 19th century watercolor on paper depicting a sunny day in french Algeria with figures, horses and a dog in the distinctive architecture. Presented under glass in a gilt wo...
Category
Other Art Style Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Beach and harbor of Banyuls on French Mediterranean cost
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Antoine-Claude PONTHUS-CINIER
(Lyon, 1812 - Lyon, 1885)
The Port of Banyuls
Oil on paper mounted on cardboard
H. 36 cm; W. 52 cm
Unsigned
Provenance:
- B.R. Collection, Lyon
Ponthu...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Landscape of Summer At Lake George, NY
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
John Henry Hill was a distinguished landscape painter and engraver of the American Pre-Raphaelite tradition. A lifelong resident of West Nyack, New York, John Henry Hill was influenc...
Category
Pre-Raphaelite Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rabelais - How Panurge Speaks To The Sibyl Of Panzoust
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules-Arsène Garnier (1847 - 1889) Scene from Rabelais' Third Book, How Panurge Speaks to the Sibyl of Panzoust
Oil on canvas
38.5 x 46.5 cm (67 x 74.8 cm with frame)
Signed lower r...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cherokee Rose Bouquet Natchez, Mississippi
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Cherokee Rose Bouquet Natchez, Mississippi," a painting by Adna Tenney, encapsulates the delicate beauty and vibrant colors of a freshly picked floral arrangement. Tenney, an artist...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
New York from Hoboken
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower left): W.R. Miller/ 1851
Category
American Realist Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Riders Passing by a Tavern", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaq. D. Bécquer
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER
Spanish, 1817 - 1879
RIDERS PASSING BY A TAVERN
signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla, 1847." (lower l...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Love and Lotus Boys, " Ink on Linen Panels, 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawn with a fine line and fresh, sketched quality, this folk hanging unites two scenes of lucky hoho lotus boys circumscribed in frames punctuated with fruits such as pomegranate, symbolic of prosperity and good fortune. On top, the two explore the natural wonders of the world...
Category
Qing Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Wood, Ink
Vista de Sevilla
Located in Madrid, ES
MANUEL BARRÓN
Spanish, 1814 - 1844
VISTA DE SEVILLA
signed, located and dated "Manuel Barrón / Sevilla. 1854" (lower right)
oil on canvas
30-1/8 x 49 inches (76.5 x 124.5 cm.)
framed...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl with sledge by the bridge
Located in Täby, SE
Niels Frederik Martin Rohde, born 27 May 1816 in Copenhagen, died 14 July 1886 at Frederiksberg Castle, Copenhagen, was a Danish painter. Rodhe studied, among other things, at Det Ko...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Scene de Chasse
Located in Sheffield, MA
Alexandre Marie Guillemin
French, 1817-1880
Scene de Chasse
Oil on Panel
9 by 12in. w/frame 17 ½ by 20 ½in.
Signed lower right
He studied with Baron Gros. He exhibited at the Salo...
Category
Barbizon School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fruit Still Life titled "The Wine Taster
s Table"
By John F. Francis
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"The Wine Taster's Table" by John F. Francis is a quintessential example of his mastery in still life painting, showcasing his meticulous attention to detail and vibrant use of color...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PHEASANT SHOOTING
Located in Marlborough, England
Samuel John Egbert Jones
(1797- 1861)
PHEASANT SHOOTING
Oil on canvas
Frame H. 38cm x W. 47cm Image H. 30cm x W. 40cm
A hunting scene in a beautiful early autumnal wooded landscape, with two hounds and a pheasant in the foreground.
For an artist of such ability, popularity and wide output, information about Samuel Jones is comparatively scarce. Samual John Egbert Jones was born in 1797. Living in London, the first recorded mention of him was as an exhibitor at the Royal Academy in 1820 with a picture of an old mare, which he later exhibited at the British Institute in 1824. Jones is best known for the fine quality of his sporting pictures, mainly portraits of hunting and work horses. Additionally, he painted coaching...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Full-length portrait of Jules Michel Simonet (1834-1881) as a child with his dog
Located in Paris, IDF
Benjamin Théophile CHARON-LÉMERILLON
(Paris, 1807 – Bouzareah (Algiers), 1873)
Full-length portrait of Jules Michel Simonet (1834-1881) as a child with his dog
Oil on canvas
Signed...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape of A Schooner Sailing Near Lighthouse
By Clement Drew
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Clement Drew grew up in Kingston, Massachusetts, a coastal New England town. Early on he settled into a career as a marine painter. He augmented his income by working in a number of ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Outside The Tavern", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER
Spanish, 1817 - 1879
OUTSIDE THE TAVERN
signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla 1849." (lower right)
oil...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Johann Anton Castell (1810 Dresden - 1867 ibid.), Mediterranean Landscape
Located in Greding, DE
A Mediterranean landscape with ruins, agaves and a sweeping view of a mountain range. The landscape could be in Sicily, possibly near Taormina, an area that Castell has already depic...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
James Stokeld (1827-1877) "Buttercup" Original Oil Painting C.1869
Located in San Francisco, CA
James Stokeld (1827-1877) "Buttercup" Original Oil Painting C.1869
Original oil on canvas
Canvas dimensions 20" wide x 26" high
The frame measures 23....
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Walking Along a Rocky Shore
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
With masterful precision and a keen eye for atmosphere, Frederic Rondel captures the rugged beauty of the coastline in Walking Along a Rocky Shore. The painting depicts a windswept s...
Category
Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Souvenir from Italy: Pifferaro playing the zampogna with the family
Located in Paris, IDF
Joseph BEAUME
(Marseille, 1796 – Paris, 1885)
Souvenir from Italy: pifferaro playing the zampogna with the family
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
73.5 x 60 cm
Provenance: probably...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Resting Beneath the Trees by the Stream
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
George Owen's "Resting Beneath the Trees by the Stream" is a quintessential Hudson River School painting that encapsulates the majesty and sublime beauty of the American landscape. T...
Category
Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Friend of a Friend (oil painting of young boys in landscape)
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Richard Law Hinsdale (1832–1874) was an American painter known for his contributions to landscape and genre painting during the mid-19th century, mostly in the Hudson River School. He received brief instruction from Alexander Emmons, Philip Hewins and Jared B Flagg as well as being exhibited in American art...
Category
Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century genre landscape oil painting of two Italian women near a vineyard
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Karel Frans Philippeau
Dutch, (1825-1897)
Home from the Vineyard
Oil on panel, signed & dated 1867 with old label verso
Image size: 11.25 inche...
Category
Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Mountain River Scene, original oil on canvas, 19thC German artist
Located in Naples, Florida
Julius Lange (17 August 1817, Darmstadt – 25 June 1878, Munich) was a German landscape painter. In 1834, inspired by his older brother, the architect Ludw...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Touchstone and Corin, British Pre-Raphaelite 19th Century Oil on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Adolphus M. Madot
Circa 1833 - 1861
Oil on canvas
Image size: 36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61 cm)
Arched Pre-Raphaelite style frame
The subject of the present picture is the dialogue between the court jester Touchstone and the shepherd Corin in the Forest of Arden ( As You Like It, Act III, scene 2). The work of William Shakespeare 'As You Like It' was a popular literary source in Pre-Raphaelite circles, inspiring such artists as John Everett Millais, Walter Howell Deverell and Arthur Hughes. The present picture is comparable in style to the work of Edward W. Rainford and Henry Stacy Marks...
Category
Pre-Raphaelite Mid-19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
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