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Period: Mid-19th Century
Rabbit with ears down
Located in PARIS, FR
"Rabbit with ears down" with molded oval base by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875) Bronze with nuanced dark brown patina Stamped "Barye" Numbered "89" old edition cast – from the Bary...
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French School Mid-19th Century Art

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Bronze

The Lazy Frog - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
The Lazy Frog is an original lithograph by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris. Good Conditions but ag...
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Modern Mid-19th Century Art

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Paper, Engraving

In the Kitchen , 19th Century Flemish, Figural Interior Painting, Flanders
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Style of Richard Brakenburgh (Dutch 1650-1702) and painted circa 1820. Unsigned. An interior scene showing a family with numerous children gathered round a woman making food while m...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Paper, Oil

Mid Century French Post-Impressionist Painting, The Atlantis Monaco Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape Signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Inscribed Verso on back oil/gouache painting on artist paper, beautifully painted. very good condition size: 16 x inches x 20 inches...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Acrylic

Interior of the Temple Abu Simbel, Egypt: A 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Interior of the Temple of Aboo Simbel" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, pu...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Art

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Lithograph

Chittee-Yoholo, Seminole Chief: Original Hand-colored McKenney Hall Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand colored McKenney and Hall engraving of a Native American entitled "Chittee-Yoholo, A Seminole Chief, No. 76", published by Rice, Rutter & Co. in 1865. This original McKenney and Hall engraving is presented in a cream colored mat, suitable for framing, with a protective clear sleeve. The mat measures 13.88" x 11.75" and the sheet measures 10.63" x 7.38. The print is in excellent condition. Col. Thomas J. McKenney was Superintendant of The Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1816 until 1830. He was one of a very few government officials to defend American Indian interests and attempt to preserve their culture. He travelled to Indian lands meeting the Native American leaders. He brought with him an accomplished artist, James Otto Lewis, who sketched those willing to participate. A large number of the most influential Indian chiefs and warriors were later invited to come to Washington in 1821 to meet President Monroe. McKenney commissioned the prominent portrait painter Charles Bird King...
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Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Art

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Engraving

British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Farmer Shovelling In The Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Art

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Chalk, Graphite

Le pastorelle oil on canvas pair by Filippo Palizzi
Located in New York, NY
Pair of oil on canvas paintings by Filippo Palizzi. This beautiful pair was purchased by me to a well known Italian family from Buenos Aires. In very good condition, they were always...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

English 19th century portrait painting of a Pointer dog in a woodland landscape
Located in Bath, Somerset
A black pointer in a woodland landscape by John Frederick Herring Senior, circa 1830. Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame. Provenance: Arthur Ackerman and Son Frost and Reed Blains, Bruton Place, London John Frederick Herring, born in London in 1795, was the son of a London merchant of Dutch parentage, who had been born overseas in America. The first eighteen years of Herring's life were spent in London, where his greatest interests were drawing and horses. In 1814, at the age of 18, he moved to Doncaster in the north of England, and by 1815, had married Ann Harris. His sons John Frederick Herring Jr., Charles Herring, and Benjamin Herring...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Ocelot, or Leopard-Cat /// John James Audubon Quadruped Big Wild Cat Animal Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Ocelot, or Leopard-Cat" (Plate 86, No. 18) Portfolio: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Imperial Bowen Edition Year...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Art

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Watercolor, Lithograph

VENICE GRAN CANAL
Located in Padova, IT
Josef Carl Berthold Püttner (Planá, 26 luglio 1821 – Bad Vöslau, 29 luglio 1881), noto pittore paesaggista e marino austriaco. Biografia Püttner iniziò ufficialmente la sua carrier...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil, Canvas

Polar Sea Landscape
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
George Curtis transcended the typical Hudson River School style with this painting. While in the Hudson River School, painters often created warmer landscapes of the American country...
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Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

The Lover s Duet , Dutch Interior Scene, Bach Trinity, Violin, Romance, Guitar
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'The Lover's Duet' by Adrien Ferdinand de Braekeleer, 1854. Dutch Interior Scene, Bach Trinity, Violin, Romance, Guitar ---- Signed lower right, 'De Braekeleer' for Adrien Ferdinand...
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Other Art Style Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil, Panel

Swainson s Warbler: A Framed Original Hand-colored Audubon Folio Bird Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Swainson's Warbler, Male, Sylvicola Swainsonia, Tree: Vulgo, White Oak", No. 10, Plate 50, from A...
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Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Art

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Engraving

WAPPERS Painting Belgian 19th romantic Oil on panel wood mandoline woman player
Located in PARIS, FR
Gustave WAPPERS (Attributed to) Anvers, 1803 - Paris, 1874 Oil on panel Trace of monogram lower right 42.5 x 31.5 cm (59.5 x 49.5 cm with the frame) XIXth century frame in carved woo...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret bears signature (lower left) oil on canvas 17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm) Painted between 1862-1863 Footnotes This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc. Provenance Berthe Poret Collection, France (acquired from the artist in 1863). Thence by descent to the previous owner. Private collection (acquired from the above in 1947). O'Hana Gallery, London (acquired circa 1955). Michael Mathias Collection, US (acquired through Emmanuel Javogue Fine Arts, Miami in 1998). Simic Galleries, Carmel, by 2000. Private collection, Texas (acquired circa 2007). Private collection, Atlanta. Acquired from the above by the previous owner in February 2019. Exhibited London, O'Hana Gallery, Cezanne to Picasso "Oeuvres de jeunesse," April 12 - May 16, 1956, no. 13 (titled 'Portrait of Mlle. Berthe Poret'). Paris, Galerie Drouot - Provence, Exposition, June 1 - July 31, 1959. Edmonton, The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), Paris and French Countryside Revealed, June 9 - September 3, 2001. Literature G-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. I, 1858-1881, Paris, 2007, no. 440 (illustrated p. 453; titled 'Portrait de Mademoiselle Berthe Poret' and dated circa 1863). One of the earliest known paintings by Renoir...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

English School Mid 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Lady with an Ermine Stole
Located in Corsham, GB
A superb c.1840 English School half-length portrait of a lady in an ermine stole and lace cap. The lady's face is flushed with colour as she gazes her chestnut eyes to the left. Tigh...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

Great White Heron /// John James Audubon Ornithology Shorebird Key West Florida
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Great White Heron" (Plate 368, No. 74) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Or...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Art

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Watercolor, Lithograph

La Sortie du Bain
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Eugene Leroux (1807-1863) La Sortie Du Bain Lithograph, c. 1840 Signed in the lower left corner of the image (see photo) Inscribed "Imp Bertauts Paris" in bottom margin Inscribed "55...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Art

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Lithograph

The Boating Party - British Victorian figurative landscape art oil painting
By Thomas Musgrave Joy
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite conversation piece figurative oil painting is attributed to Thomas Musgrave Joy, artist to Queen Victoria. Painted circa 1845 the composi...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

Unknown title (castle with wall, stream and footbridge)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
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...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Art

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Watercolor

Three Terrier Dogs in a Stable Interior. Oil on Canvas by George Armfield
Located in St. Albans, GB
GEORGE (SMITH) ARMFIELD This is a classic example of George Armfield's paintings with terriers. Picture Size: 10 x 14" (25 x 35cm) Outside Frame Size: 16 x 20" (40 x 50cm) Exhibitio...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

Henry Wyndham Phillips
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Thomas Phillips R.A. 1770-1845, was an English portrait painter and he painted many of the greatest people of the day including , artists, poets, writers, scientists and many other p...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Reddish Egrets, Adult Young: An Original Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Reddish Egret, 1. Adult, Full Spring Plumage 2. Young in Full Spring Plumage Two Years Old", No. 75, Plate 371 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1870-1871. It depicts an adult reddish egret standing in the water with leg up, looking to the left at a young white egret standing on land looking to the right at the adult bird. A beautiful landscape is depicted. This original hand-colored Audubon egret...
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Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Art

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Lithograph

“Thebes, Great Hall at Karnak”
Located in San Francisco, CA
This lithograph titled "Thebes, Great Hall at Karnak" is a notable work by the Scottish painter David Roberts (1796-1864). This particular scene is part of Roberts' most famous colle...
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English School Mid-19th Century Art

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Paper, Lithograph

19th Century White Chateau Riverside Estate with Boaters Signed French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Riverside Chateau Signed by artist, French circa 1855 Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas: 10.5 x 16 inches Condition: The painting is in very good condition, with well-preserve...
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French School Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

19th Century English Coaching Scene Oil Painting Horse Carriages outside Tavern
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Half Way Hotel English artist, late 19th century (double sided painting with a hunting scene to the reverse). oil painting on board, unframed board: 13 x 10.75 inches provenance...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

830’s French Portrait of a Lady in Brown Jacket White Lace Trim, oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French artist of the first half 19th century oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 12.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: overall very good - aging signs...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil, Canvas

“Continental Landscape”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on wooden oak panel of a traditional figural landscape of an incoming storm with figures fishing in the foreground. No visible signature. Condition is excellent. Wonder...
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Academic Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil, Board

Auguste Mayer (1805-1890) A seascape with a boat, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Mayer (1803-1890 A seascape with a boat signed with the initials on the lower left Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper 17.5 x 26 cm...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Art

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Gouache, Carbon Pencil

Constant Troyon (1810-1865) - Mid 19th Century Oil, Troupeau de Vache
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastoral oil painting depicts cattle grazing in an overgrown landscape beneath a moody, cloud-filled sky that dominates the upper portion of the composition. The artist employs ...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Horie and Nekozane - Meisho Edo Hyakkei
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Hiroshige Ando 1797-1858) Title: No.96 "Meisho Edo Hyakkei" Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景) Size: O-ban 大判 Age: 1856
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Woodcut

Landscape near Bordeaux
By Louis Alexandre Cabié
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Louis-Alexandre CABIÉ (Dol-de-Bretagne 1853 - Bordeaux 1939) Landes at Pessac, near Bordeaux - Gironde Oil on canvas H. 126 cm; W. 201 cm Signed lower left Louis Cabié, a renowned a...
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French School Mid-19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

A Day in the Country - 19th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting Summer Landscape
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865). Academy Fine Paintings is fully conversant with the latest US Government import duties and the legal exemp...
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English School Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

Plethora, Mid-19th Century Austrian Landscape Scene with Woman and Animals
Located in Beachwood, OH
Johann Till II (Austrian, 1827-1894) Plethora, c. 1860 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 47.5 x 35.5 inches 54.5 x 43 inches, framed Johann Till the Younger trained in Vienna under h...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

"Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara" Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese Landscape, Ukiyo-e
Located in New York, NY
Utagawa Hiroshige Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara, circa 1857 Woodblock print 11 x 7 inches Utagawa Hiroshige is recognized as a master of the ukiyo-e woodblock printing tradition, havin...
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Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Art

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Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Mid 19th Century Oil - The Matron
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early Victorian portrait of a dignified matronly woman, finely dress in black with a delicate lace bonnet and collar and an exquisite jet necklace. The artist shows a wonderfu...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

Escuela griega (XIX) - Icono de estilo Bizantino - Firmado
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Esta obra es un icono religioso de estilo bizantino, característico por su fondo dorado y la representación solemne de figuras sagradas. La escena central muestra a la Virgen María, ...
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Old Masters Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

19th century color woodcut Japanese ukiyo-e print female geisha figure signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This print is from a highly regarded series by the Edo woodblock artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi: in the period, there were at times prohibitions in depicting a...
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Edo Mid-19th Century Art

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Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Signed Antique English Oil Painting Busy Coastal Scene Fishing Boats Windmills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, 19th century signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 16 x 26 inches canvas: 12 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound con...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

Salome and the Head of John the Baptist - Etching from Louvre Museum
By Gustave Moreau
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave MOREAU Salome and the Head of John the Baptist Etching Signed in the plate On BFK Rives vellum 64.5 x 50 cm (c. 25.4 x 19.69 inch) INFORMATION : Published by the Chalcograp...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Art

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Etching

PARMENTIER French Realist Painting Brittony Finistère Sea Dog Salon 1868 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Félix PARMENTIER Paris, 1821 – Paris, 1883 "Yvonne and Her Dog" Oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (58 x 50 cm with frame) Signed lower left "FParmentier" Inscription on the verso "Parmentier ...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

North Dome, Washington Column, Yosemite
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This early albumen silver print from an imperial plate was printed prior to 1876, when it was included in an album compiled at the Centennial Expositio...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Silver

Mid 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian gentleman. Attributed Frederick Frith (1819-1871) The Reverend James Metze, bust length, turned to the left, wearing coat and cravat wate...
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English School Mid-19th Century Art

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Paper, Watercolor

A Racehorse with Owner and Jockey, 19th Century Equine Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (40 x 50 cm) 19th century gilt pierced frame This is a wonderful scene featuring a dark bay racehorses mounted by its jockey. The pa...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-19th-Century English School, Rural Scene With Family, Cattle Cottage
Located in Cheltenham, GB
US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item. This endlessly charming mid-19th-century English oil painting depicts a rural scene with a family, cattle, pond, and cottage. A mother...
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil, Canvas

Okitsu-gawa - Woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige - 1832
Located in Roma, IT
Okitsu-gawa is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1832.  It is part of the suite "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido - Okitsu". Very good condition.
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Modern Mid-19th Century Art

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Woodcut

Boy with a Spaniel , Water Dog, Americana, Folk Art, Tonalist, Victoriana
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A charming and antique oil portrait of a young boy shown seated beside his spaniel and gazing directly towards the viewer. American School, unsigned, and painted circa 1850.
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Mid-19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Birdseye . A Racehorse. Antique oil painting on canvas by William Malbon
Located in St. Albans, GB
William MALBON (1805 - 1877) A classic mid-nineteenth century oil painting of a racehorse. Painted on canvas. This statement piece is wonderfully titled and clearly signed and dated....
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

Yellow-belied Marmot: An Original 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by J. Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Yellow-belied Marmot", No. 27, Plate CXXXIV, from Audubon's "Viviparous Quadrupeds of North Amer...
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Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Art

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Lithograph

Windsor Mail Coach Horses Oil on canvas English 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Charles Cooper Henderson (English, 1803-1877) Windsor Mail Coach Oil on canvas With chalk inscriptions verso Property of a gentleman From the collection of Peter Roe Dimensions: (F...
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English School Mid-19th Century Art

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Oil

Marphise (Tire de l Arioste), Old Masters Lithograph after Eugene Delacroix
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eugene Delacroix, After by Eugene LeRoux, French (1798 - 1863) - Marphise (Tire de l'Arioste), Year: circa 1850, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 10.5 x 13 inches, Size: 19.25 x 2...
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Old Masters Mid-19th Century Art

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Lithograph

"Bantam Rooster w/Hen and Chick" by Matthieu Theeuwes van Ginneken (1811-1888)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Bantam Rooster w/Hen and Chick" Matthieu Theeuwes van Ginneken (1811-1888) Oil on canvas mounted on wood panel 11 x 9 1/2 (18 x 16 1/2 x 3 inches frame) inches Matthieu Theeuwes v...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Jean Adolphe Boucé (French painter) - 19th century landscape painting - Hunt
Located in Varmo, IT
Jean Adolphe Boucé (1818 - 1875) - Deer Hunting. 33.5 x 43 cm without frame, 38.5 x 48 cm with frame. Oil on paper applied on canvas, in a contemporary 19th century frame. - Work ...
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Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Art

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Canvas, Paper, Oil

Bolivian Rainbow Hummingbirds: A Framed 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original framed 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Diphogena Aurora" (Bolivian Rainbow Hummingbirds) by John Gould, from his "Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds", published in London in 1853. The print depicts two Bolivian Rainbow hummingbirds feeding on the nectar of small flowers on a branch. This striking framed Gould hand-colored lithograph is presented in a antiqued gold frame, a gold-colored fillet, and a light tan French mat, embellished with a mint-colored broad band. The frame measures 32" high, 25.5" wide and 1.25" thick. The hand-coloring is enhanced by the use of gum-arabic paint on the hummingbirds heads and necks, giving them an iridescent appearance. The descriptive text page from Gould's original publication is included. It is affixed to the back of the frame in a clear sleeve. The piece is in excellent condition. There are several other unframed Gould bird lithographs available on our 1stdibs and InCollect storefronts. Two or more of these striking lithographs would make an attractive display grouping. A discount is available for purchase of a set depending on the number. These additional Gould hummingbirds may be viewed by typing Timeless Intaglio in the 1stdibs or InCollect search field to be taken to our storefront. John Gould (1804-1881]) was an English ornithologist and artist. He, like his American contemporary John James Audubon, published a number of books on birds in the mid 19th century, illustrated by hand-colored lithographs. His wife and fellow artist, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear and Henry Constantine Richter produced lithographs for his various publications. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. Charles Darwin referenced Gould’s work in his book, "On the Origin of Species" and Gould named a bird after Darwin; "Darwin's finches". Gould began his career in London as a taxidermist, but in 1827 became the first curator and conservator at the museum of the Zoological Society of London. In this position naturalists brought him collections of birds from all over the world. He began creating drawings and eventually hand-colored lithographs with his wife and Edward Lear, which were the basis for his first publications. Darwin brought him specimens from the Galapagos Islands, including 12 species of finches which had never been described. In 1838, Gould and his wife travelled to Australia and their work led to the seven volume publication of “The Birds of Australia”. Gould had a fascination for hummingbirds and collected specimens of 320 varieties before ever seeing a live hummingbird on a trip to the United States in 1857. He eventually published “A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-birds". Other large publications include: "The Birds of Europe"," A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans”, “A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands”, “A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America”, “The Birds of Asia”, “The Birds of Great Britain” and "The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia". John Gould (1804-1881) was a British ornithologist and illustrator who is best known for his monumental work, "The Birds of Europe," published between 1832 and 1837. Gould was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, and began working as a taxidermist and natural history dealer in London in the 1820s. In 1827, Gould was appointed the first curator and preserver of birds at the Zoological Society of London, where he began to build his collection of specimens and began to study the birds of the world. He published his first monograph, "A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains," in 1831, which included 80 plates of Himalayan birds. Gould continued to publish numerous volumes on the birds of the world throughout his life, including "The Birds of Australia" (1840-1848) and "The Birds of Great Britain" (1862-1873). His works were highly regarded for their accuracy and detail, and he was one of the most prominent ornithologists of his time. In addition to his work as an ornithologist, Gould was also a successful businessman, and he used his profits to fund expeditions and to support the scientific community. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1843, and he was awarded the Royal Medal...
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Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Art

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Lithograph

Mother and Child
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful original painting by French artist, Alexandre de Valentini (1787-1887). Pencil and gouache on paper, 14 x 18.5 inches; 19 x 23.5 inches matted. Signed and dated with Paris...
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Academic Mid-19th Century Art

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Gouache, Pencil

Jurassic Coast, Dorset
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and graphite on watercolor paper, 5 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches (147 x 290 mm), the full sheet. On the verso is an unfinished sketch in graphite which is titled "Gardens, 3 Kent T...
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English School Mid-19th Century Art

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Watercolor

Quadra, Vancouver Island, Canada, North America, mid 19th century lithograph.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Villagio indiano nell' Isola Quadra-Voncuver / Interno di Una capanna di Vakosei' (Indian Village on Quadra Island, Vancouver / Interior of a Vakosei hut) Italian lithograph, c184...
Category

Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Study of Soldiers - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1857
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on cream wove paper, signed and dated in the stone by August Raffet (“Raffet / Paris, 12 Oct. 1857”). This work is a preparatory study showing French soldiers in detailed...
Category

Modern Mid-19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Lion and snake
Located in PARIS, FR
Lion and snake n°3 by Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark greenish brown patina signed "Barye" on the base old edition cast – probably from the Bary...
Category

French School Mid-19th Century Art

Materials

Bronze