19th Century Art

George Henry Smillie (1840 - 1921) Stone Wall, Autumn, 1879 Oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 15 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Skinner, Boston, September 19, 2014, Lot 389 The career of George Smillie (1840-1921) followed the arc of nineteenth-century U.S. landscape painting. Trained in the Hudson River School tradition, Smillie successfully adapted to changing U.S. tastes and growing interest in European trends. In the late 1800s, he moved to tonalist paintings full of brushwork and influenced by French Barbizon painting. By the end of his career, he had lightened his palette to produce works similar to those of the U.S. impressionists. Yet in all styles, he was never less than competent, and his tonalist work is among the best produced in the United States. Like many nineteenth-century painters, George Smillie’s artistic training began with the study of printing. His father, James Smillie...

Artist/ School: Englsh School, early 19th century, circle of George Morland Title: The Country Stable Medium: oil on canvas, framed actual canvas size: 25. x 30 inches framed: 34....

The Castle on the Hill Scottish artist, early 19th century oil on canvas, framed unsigned framed: 21 x 27 inches canvas: 18 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: ...

Italian School, late 19th century Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane miniature painting, framed framed: 3.5 x 3 inches image: 2.5 x 2 inches provenance: private collection, Italy con...

Busto neoclassico in marmo raffigurante un dignitario romano in  erma. Epoca Impero, primo quarto del XIX secolo. Si tratta di un piccolo busto da scrivania raffigurante un giovan...

This charming 19th-century English School painting captures a lively woodland scene with the dramatic intensity typical of Victorian animal studies. At the centre, a fox bursts forwa...

Flowers in a White Bowl by Alfred Rouby (French 1849-1909) Rouby lived in Paris and trained under Pierre-Marie Beyle (1837-1902). signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 25.5 x 32 in...

Émile-Louis Picault (1833–1915) Egyptian Scribe 'Hierogrammate'   Date: circa 1880 French Signature: signed Picault on base Size: height 33 in. x 10.25 in

Victorian Maritime Oil Painting of HMS Ganges anchored off Falmouth with Sailors alighting and on deck with Sailing Boats. Oil on artists card, laid on board and framed in its orig...

Lauritz Holst Exhibited 1878 - 1926 Picture Size: 16.5 x 29" (41.25 x 72.5cm) Outside Frame Size: 22.5 x 35" (56.25 x 87.5cm) He was born in Bogense, Denmark in 1848 Holst was a m...

Medium: original etching. A nice impression on cream laid paper, published for the American Art Review in 1880; the American Art Review was a lavishly produced revue featuring origin...

This atmospheric landscape painting showcases a medieval fortress or castle complex, featuring a prominent stone tower as its focal point. Set against rolling hills and an expansive ...

EUGENIO ZAMPIGHI Italian, (1859-1944) Happy Family Signed ‘E Zamphigi’ 29 in. x 41 3/8 in. Born in Modena, Italy, Eugenio Zampighi entered the local A...

Artist/ School: French Romantic School, 19th century. There is an artists label verso, "P. Grimaud, Toulon". Title: Ladies in Southern French landscape praying to a statue of the M...

Pug, Greyhound, Terrier 1883-84 Chromolithograph 8.5 x 11 inches

This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Minarets and Grand Entrance of the Metwaleys, at Cairo" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large ...

Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink on the recto, as well as the Jaipur City Council blindstamp, 13 5/8...

English Graphite Sketch of a Male Nude, Back View by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on pale blue/grey artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 12 inches provenance...

Luc Olivier MERSON (1846-1920) Biblical Mythology: Judith and Holofernes, 1899 Original lithograph (Champenois workshop) Printed signature in the plate On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 ...

Margaret Mary Virdet (American) Signed: Virdet, Paris (Lower, Right) " Return From The Masked Ball at The Opera ", circa 1880s Watercolor with Gouache on Board 21" x 14" Housed ...

Marcantonio Raimondi, After by Amand Durand, Italian (1480 - 1534) - Venus apparaissant a Enee, Year: 1875, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 8 x 5 in. (20.32 x 12.7 cm), Printer: Amand...

A fine pair of antique Italian oil on panel paintings Nature Morte of two pairs of gamebirds, in the Trompe-l'oeil style, by Michelangelo Meucci (1840-1909), signed & dated Firenze 1...

This rare original 1894 poster by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created for the Théâtre de l’Œuvre, serves as both program and artwork for Le Chariot de Terre Cuite (The Little Clay Car...

Albrecht Durer, After by Amand Durand, German (1471 - 1528) - Les Offres d'Amour, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Image Size: 6 x 5.25 inches, Size: 6.5 x 5.75 in. (16.51 x 14....

Nineteenth Century Barbizon School Oil Painting of Cattle being herded through woods and drinking from a Stream. Oil on Panel, this piece is unsigned but there is no doubt it is of...

Johan Peter von Wildenradt (1861-1904) Title: Sea View from Menton, Côte d'Azur, France Wildenradt was born 1861 in Helsingør, Denmark. He studies art at the School of Fine Arts in Copenhagen under Laurits Tuxen...

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Samson Olatubos...

Provencal Landscape by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) signed and dated 46' From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947 watercolour painting on paper, unframed meas...

This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored quadruped lithograph entitled "Caribou or American Rein Deer", No. 26, Plate CXXVI, from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of Nor...

A charming depiction of a Regency woman dressed in white. The artist uses a delicate hand to capture the fine details of her features and clothing. Unsigned. Illegibly inscribed vers...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 26.75 x 30.5 inches Framed size: 36 x 39 inches Signed lower left

Pisces From: Les Douze Mois de 1889 As published in Vol. 9, No. 425 of Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui. Published by Sagot, Paris Proof before letters without the calendarium as published ...

Henri GUINIER Art Nouveau : Beauty of the Sea, 1898 Original lithograph (Champenois workshop) Printed signature in the plate On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in) INFORMATION: Lith...

Four hand colored etchings and aquatints depicting interiors within English royal residences, including "The Blue Velvet Room at Carlton House", "The Queen's Library at Frogmore", "T...

Signed lower right, 'Krause' for Franz Emil Krause (German, 1836-1900) and painted circa 1865. Displayed in an exceptionally fine, hand-carved, gilt-wood and gesso frame. Framed Dime...

CAMILLE PISSARRO (French 1830- 1903) MARCHE AUX LEGUMES A PONTOISE, 1891 (D. 97ii/ii) Etching and aquatint, Unsigned as published in Le Peintre-graveur Illlustre: Pissarro, Sisley,...

A shepherd and his loyal dog watch over their flock of sheep as they enter a thatched sheepfold in this late nineteenth, possibly early twentieth-century oil by the Dutch artist Joha...

This classic English school 12 x 16 in. Oil on Canvas framed painting features a pet Spaniel and cat resting on a desk in a home study environment. The dog is seated, its body facing the right side of the painting while its head is facing the viewer at the picture plane. The Spaniel has a long haired black and white patterned coat. Its long ears are black and curly and face is mostly black with an area of white fur on its head and a strip of the white down the nose and into the chin. The stomach and legs/paws are mainly white, while his back and tail are both black, although its full body is not visible. The domestic cat is depicted sleeping to the right of the dog, both positioned on a green desk. The cat is sleeping horizontally with the composition, its head on the left and its curled up body and tail on the right. The cat has mainly grey fur with patches of white on its nose, neck and the one leg and one paw that is visible to the viewer. The edge of the green desk, closest to the picture plane, meets with the bottom edge of the work and the left edge of the green table is only partially visible as the further half is cut off by the left side of the canvas. The desk is an olive green color and takes up the foreground of the piece. On the desk next to the cat is just a small corner of a singular document that reads "Young America" and then below that a couple of flourishes/ ornamental lines and the date, "1872." Behind the document, on the desk, are five standing books and two stacked books. The books appear to be up against the back wall that is depicted in the work, next to a hung landscape painting. The largest standing book's title is "Natural History," a greenish/blue hardback book with a maroon red strip where the title and author's name is on the book's spine. A smaller book standing on the right of "Natural History" is a copy of "Robinson Crusoe," a darker green hardback with a strip of silver for title and author upon the spine. To the left of "Natural History" is an untitled book and to the left is a copy of "Arabian Nights," a tan hardback with red/orange at the title and author's name. To the left of "Arabian Nights" is another untitled book. The two books laid on the desk, on the right side of the standing books, are both tan/light brown books...

'Portrait of a Gentleman Reading' by George Richmond, RA. Regency Dandy, William Blake, Royal Academy, Framed Oil ----- Signed lower right, 'Richmond' for George Richmond, RA (Brit...

Lithograph on Chine appliqué, 9 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (235 x 206 mm), full margins. First state (of 4). Extremely minor uniform age tone, otherwise in good condition. A superb, richly-inked impression. [Delteil 61.1] ______ At an early age Delacroix became a lover of music and literature and had been drawing from the time he entered school.  He expected painting would be a hobby, but on the death of his father he found he had to make his own way in life.  In 1817 he entered the studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guerin; amongst his fellow pupils was Gericault.  His first exhibited work was Dante and Virgil...

Medium: etching. Etched by Jules Jacquemart after Frans Hals. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's very sca...

Artist/ School: French School, 19th century Title: still life of fruit and flowers (and vegetables) within an ornamental, classical setting. Medium: oil painting on canvas, frame...

The Young Shepherdess by Charles Amable Lenoir (1860-1926) Oil on canvas 48 x 32 inches unframed (121.92 x 81.28 cm.) 58 ½ x 42 ¾ inches framed (148.59 x 10...

Bathed in the warm glow of the setting sun, Ships at Sunset by Otis S. Weber captures a tranquil maritime scene where vessels drift across calm waters, their sails catching the fadin...

Lady Wearing a Turban Smoking, 19th Century by PHILIP VILLAMIL OF JAMAICA (1814-1878) Large 19th Century portrait of a lady wearing a turban, possibly a concubine or odalisque, smo...

Work on cardboard

Icilio Federico Joni. Italian ( b.1866 - d.1946 ). Painted Gesso, Gilt & Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding In The Sienese Biccherna Aesthetic. Book Cover size 11 inches x 8.1 inches ( 28cm x 20.5cm ). Frame size 16 inches x 13 inches ( 40.5cm x 33cm ). Available for sale; this painted gesso and gilt “tavolette” wooden book cover in the Biccherna aesthetic is by Icilio Federico Joni. The book cover is mounted and supplied in a contemporary black Tulip Wood frame (which is shown in these photographs) which is glazed with non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. The wooden book cover is curved and float mounted giving a wonderful 3D depth to its presentation. The gesso and painted surfaces have benefitted from professional restoration which was performed on our instruction, supervision and approval. This antique book cover is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. The frame presentation is new and in excellent condition. Combined, it wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The story of these panels and of their artist is fascinating, and begins in 13th century Siena: The Biccherna was the person who held the position of Magistrate of Chancellery of Finance from the 13th to the 14th century for the republic and the city of Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. The records of that office were very important because Siena was one of the earliest and most significant banking centres in Italy, and indeed in Europe. It became the fashion to keep banking and taxation records of the region in large books with painted leather covers. These were originally made from wood and leather. In the competition to make these ever more prestigious the bindings and panels on the front and rear of the books were painted by the major artists of the day, such as Giovanni di Paolo. Many of these mainly secular covers are displayed in the Archives of the State of Siena located in the Palazzo Piccolmini. The Gothic Revival of the 19th century occurred partly as a reaction against the progress of industrialisation in Europe generally. It was however greatly affected by the unification of Italy in the second half of the 19th century. This led to the closure and downsizing of many religious institutions, which resulted in the dispersal of thousands of works of art dating from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Many aristocratic and bourgeois families struggled to pay debts or simply to make ends meet and so they sold off their private collections and family heirlooms. There was then an influx of goods into the antiques market which provided a great deal of work for Italy’s restorers and craftsmen, since many of these pieces were in need of cleaning, repair and, in keeping with the interventionist tastes of the times, radical restoration, before they could be sold on, often to foreign buyers. These early Italian works became so fashionable that demand soon outstripped supply. This in turn gave rise to a new type of artist-craftsman capable of turning out from scratch increasingly convincing reproductions, imitations and out-and-out fakes. Siena naturally became the epicentre of this thriving cottage industry because of the extraordinary continuity there in traditional craft skills. This technical expertise had been handed down from generation to generation, and it was perhaps inevitable that a number of artists with real talent, the flair of commerce and a genuine love and understanding of antique Sienese art should adapt their skills to these new market conditions. Among these artists were Igino Gottardi, Alceo Dossena, Fulvio Corsini, Umberto Giunti...

Circle of Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1787-1855) VIew In Kerry Highlands, Ireland watercolor/gouache on board, framed glass over picture framed: 10 x 14 inches board: 18 x 21 in...

Victor KUHNEN Aachen, 1836 – Assenois, 1892 The Old Man and his dog on His Balcony in Bruges Oil on canvas Signed lower left "Victor Kuhnen" 32 x 22 cm (47 x 36 cm with frame) Beauti...

Antique bird egg colour woodblock , 1880, from Francis Orpen Morris’, 'A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds', 1875. The woodblocks ...

The bronze proposed here was initially presented in November 1878 at the Competition for the Encouragement of Brera. It is therefore one of the first celebratory works of the sculptor Ambrogio Borghi...

'Cirque de l'Imperatrice aux Champs-Elysses', tinted lithograph by Felix Benoist (1818-1896). From a series of lithographs depicting the famous buildings of Paris - 'Paris dans sa S...

Game Birds Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879. 160mm by 245mm (sheet). Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.

The Dictionary of National Biography states that Daniel Lambert was "the most corpulent man of whom authentic record exists". He was born in the parish of St. Margaret in Leicester o...

The painting depicts "Ossian tells Malvina about the exploits of his son Oscar" and is dated at lower right "Filippo Bellati did the year 1811" and the unframed measurements are 233 ...

Antique landscape watercolor painting of a country road in San Rafael, California, circa 1880. Unsigned and unframed. Presented in mat. Im...

Portrait Of A Country Gentleman, early 20th Century by Charles Edwin Andrew (1911-1996) Large early 20th century portrait of an English country ...

Figures in Pastoral Landscape oil on canvas, framed in period French Empire gilt frame Framed: 13.5 x 12.5 inches Canvas : 9 x 6.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Cond...

This charming British Victorian genre oil painting is by noted exhibited artist Henry Tuner Munns. It was painted in 1865 in realist palette with superb detail in the young boy's fac...

'Bird Catching from Below' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) after John Heavenside Clark (c1770-1863). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports...