Victorian Art

Early 20th-century English oil painting with the subject taken from one of Robert Bloomfield's poems, The Farmers Boy. "E'en Sober Dobbin lifts his clumsy heel, and kicks, disdainful of the dirty wheel Edward Algernon Stuart Douglas...

Loch Maree, Scotland By Alex Fraser, Scottish School, late 19th century inscribed verso Oil on board, framed Framed: 10 x 19 inches Board: 8.5 x 17 inches Provenance: Private collect...

'Vue perspective du temple au nord d' Esnee' Engraving by Rousseau and Lorieux after Devilliers and Jollois, 1820. View of the temple to the north of Esne. From Napoleon's Descript...

Bearded Fisherman English artist, second half 19th century inscribed 'W.M.Wyllie' to the frame Oil painting on board, framed Framed: 12 x 12 inches Board: 10 x 10 inches Condition: ...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

Lake Constance c 1850. Watercolor on cream wove paper mounted on thin card stock, 10 x 12 1/2 inches (255 x 320 mm), wide margins. Adhesive residue aro...

Artist/ School: F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950), signed Title: Mountainous river landscape with a watermill Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed painting: 18 x 22.25 ...

Owning a 19th century English Victorian landscape by John Duvall, particularly one featuring sheep resting circa 1880, offers a unique opportunity to own...

'Entrance to the Tomb of the Kings', tinted lithograph after David Roberts RA. Signed in stone lower right. Printed title below the image. Roberts tr...

A landscape scene with three mountains A. Buker (German, 19th Century) oil on canvas, unframed 14 x 19 inches the painting is in overall good and sound condition with a few surface s...

"The River Cottage" British School, 19th century follower of John Constable oil painting on board, framed painting: 12.5 x 12.5 inches fram...

Artist/ School: English/ French School, 19th century, dated 1867. The location given is on the Cote d'Azur, though the style and writing possibly more likely English. Title: Indisti...

Artist / School: English School, 19th century, dated 1863 Title: botannical study 'Ne Plus Meuris' Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, with ink inscription below Size: image: 9....

Sunrise in the Catskills unsigned, second half 20th century after the earlier painting by Thomas Cole (American 1801-1848) Oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 34 x 46 inche...

Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper condition: very good Provenance: from...

The Sporting Party by William Albert Clark (1880-1963) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 17 x 21 inches Provenance: private collection, Suffolk, England C...

Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper condition: very good provenance: from...

Edward William Cooke RA (1811–1880) Dutch Beach at Scheveningen, oil on canvas, circa 1850 This sweeping coastal scene by Edward William Cooke, painted circa 1850, captures the bust...

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Long-billed Curlew (City of Charleston)" (Plate 355, No. 71) Portfolio: The Birds of Americ...

Artist/ School: English/ American School, 19th century, circa 1860's. Title: Isabella Grapes on the vine. Interesting inscription telling the history of the drawing and how the orig...

Rural Landscape Les Parson (b.1945) signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 22 inches canvas: 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection cond...

A Vanity Fair chromolithograph caricature of Sir Henry James, M.P., ("Nervous"), Statesman by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) March 7, 1874, No. 164 from the ...

A stunning, showpiece example of William Henry Mander's painted in Rhys, North Wales. The size is unusual and perfect for a mantlepiece as a statement piece. Picture Size: 22 x 36" ...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

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...

'The Century Atlas. Mexico.' Original antique map, 1903. Central fold as issued. Map name and number printed on the reverse corners. Sheet 29.5cm by 40cm.

Benjamin Williams Leader RA British, (1831-1923) The Thames at Goring Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1875, further inscribed on stretcher in pencil to reverse Image size: 23.25 inches...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

Artist/ School: F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950), signed to the lower right. Title: Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe. A beautiful Scottish Highlands sunset warmi...

'Loggia di Raffaello, in Vaticano' Tinted lithograph by Philippe Benoist (1813-1881). From a French series titled 'Rome dans Sa Grandeur', circa 1870. Benoist was one of France's...

'Medinet Abou, Thebes', tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) after David Roberts RA. David Roberts (1796-1864) traveled throughout Egypt and the Holy Land in the late 1830s ...

Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper condition: very good provenance: from...

A British Female Illustrator paints a warm and fuzzy scene from a child's imagination, with ducks and teddy bears gazing at a "Mr Willoughby's eyeglass" standing on it's edge as it l...

Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper condition: very good provenance: from...

Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper condition: very good provenance: from...

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1992, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Country Village and Pack Horse Bridge, and Ford by t...

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...

Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper Condition: very good Provenance: from...

Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper condition: very good provenance: from...

Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper condition: very good provenance: from...

Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper Condition: very good Provenance: from...

The Harvest Workers English School, 19th century, unsigned oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 16.5 inches provenance: from a collection in England condition: very good and sound co...

Artist/ School: British School, late 19th/ early 20th century Title: Mother & Daughter walking along the coastal path, with the sea beside them. Medium: oil painting on canvas, f...

The Highland Loch by John Hamilton Glass (British, fl.1890-1925) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 24 inches inscribed verso indistinctly provenance: private collection, En...

Wright BARKER 1864 - 1941 Canvas Size: 24 x 30" (61 x 76cm) Outside Frame Size: 31 x 37" (79 x 94cm) Oil on Canvas Free Shipping Exhibited : 1885 - 1935 He was a figure and animal painter who was based originally in Bradford, where he lived until 1885, when he moved to Edwinstowe, near Mansfield, Nottingham. In 1901 he moved to Hampstead and then back north to Harrogate where he stayed until his death. In his later years he became a picture dealer, but in his will he referred to himself as ‘animal painter’. Barker became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1896. Although he called himself an animal painter he is also known to have painted ‘Roman Maidens...

115 years after they were created, one can view these silhouettes differently than the artist’s intent. After all, the genesis of this work was an editorial illustration for Life Magazine to showcase elaborate women’s hats. They were done for a commercial assignment with a deadline, and picky editors were overseeing the final work. Today, they have a dual meaning. These charming silhouettes are abstractions as much as they are representations. Moreover, each one is a compact little gem stuffed with observational detail. Golden Age female illustrator Jesse Gillespie's mastery of technical skill, is apparent in minute details and composition. Young women, old women, pendants, necklaces, feathers, and laced vails all contribute to the works understated complexity. The identity of the subjects are revealed by small areas of exposed neck and chin. As the viewers eyes goes from left to right - all six silhouettes read as fashion hieroglyphs in a sentence with a visual rhythm and cadence. . Initialed JG lower right., Matted but not framed. Published: Life Magazine, March 17th, 1910. Provenance: Honey and Wax Bookstore ________________________________ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Gillespie Willing (March 28, 1888 – August 1, 1972) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of illustration. She was considered the foremost silhouette illustrator of her time, although she did traditional illustration as well. Willing illustrated for books and magazines including Life, The Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, Mother and Child, McClure's Magazine, Childhood Education, the Sunday Magazine, Association Men (the magazine of the YMCA), Farm and Fireside, Every Week, Children: The Magazine for Parents (which became Parents Magazine), and the American Magazine. She is perhaps most well known for her work for the Girl Scouts. Early life Willing was born in Brooklyn on March 28, 1888 to John Thomson Willing (August 4, 1860 – July 8, 1947)[1][2] and Charlotte Elizabeth Van Der Veer Willing (December 1, 1859 – March 4, 1930).[3] Thomson Willing was a noted illustrator and art editor. He was also well known for finding new artistic talent. Jessie Willing was the eldest of three children. Her brother Van Der Veer (November 30, 1889 – January 14, 1919), who died of pneumonia at the age of 29, was an advertising agent.[4] Her sister Elizabeth Hunnewell Willing (July 26, 1908 – August 15, 1991) was one of the first women to graduate from the Philadelphia Divinity School.[5][6] Elizabeth married the Rev. Orrin Judd, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, on September 22, 1931, and was active in church work.[citation needed] The Willing family moved to the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia in 1901 or 1902. Jessie Willing attended the Stevens School, from which she graduated in 1905. She then went on to attend the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1907.[7][8] Career Willing used her middle name Gillespie as her professional surname. She also often signed her illustrations J.G.[9] The story goes that the art editor of Life magazine was in Thomson Willing's office when he was the art editor of the Associated Sunday Magazine syndicate. Thomson Willing had some of Jessie's artwork on his desk, which the Life editor saw and admired. He asked for the artist's information so that he could give her freelance work. Thomson Willing did not want to be accused of nepotism so he persuaded Jessie to use Jessie Gillespie as her professional name, which she did.[10][11] In addition to her extensive illustration work, Willing was also the editor of Heirlooms and Masterpieces from 1922 to 1931 and the art editor of Jewelers' Circular-Keystone from 1933 to 1939.[12] She specialized in jewelry publicity and advertising. In 1966 she won the Gold medal of the Printing Week Graphic Arts Exhibit in Philadelphia for her Christmas catalog for J.E. Caldwell Co., Philadelphia. Willing was a member of the Plastic Club of Philadelphia,[13] the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the National Arts Club of New York.[14] She was an honorary life member of the National Arts Club[15] and served on its Board of Governors from 1941-1970. In 1963, she received the Gold Medal of the National Arts Club in recognition of 32 years of selfless devotion.[15] Additionally, she was the national director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1943 to 1946.[15] Previous to this she served as the Program Chairman of the AIGA and in that position she put together a travelling exhibit on the "history of narrative art from the first recorded picture story to the comic book of the twentieth century."[16][17] Illustrations in books With Tongue and Pen--Frederick Bair, et al. (MacMillan, 1940) Masoud the Bedouin--Alfred Post Carhart (Missionary Education Movement, 1915) The Path of the Gopatis--Zilpha Carruthers (National Dairy Council, 1926) The Schoolmaster and His Son: A Narrative of the Thirty Years War--Karl Heinrich Caspari (Lutheran Publication Society, 1917) On a Rainy Day--Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Sarah Scott Fisher (A.S. Barnes and Co., 1938) Book of Games for Home, School and Playground--William B. Forbush and Harry R Allen...

Transport yourself to the elegance of Victorian French fashion with this vintage lithograph print featuring exquisite ladies' La Mode dresses. The unframed size of the print measures...

English School, late 20th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 23 x 30 inches canvas: 16 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, England the painting is in overall very good and...

Coastal Landscape by Joel B. Owen (British, signed and dated 1927) oil on canvas, framed framed: 18.5 x 26 inches canvas: 16 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition:...

Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) dated 1995 and inscribed verso Title - Mallards Dropping On The Mill Stream Medium: gouache/water...

Wonderful Vintage Archibald Thorburn colored chromolithograph. The colors are amazing, giving the painting a really great appearance . Printed circa 1919, the picture is inscribed ...

Very fine original oil painting by the highly regarded Suffolk School artist, Edward Robert Smythe (1810-1899). The painting is signed to the lower left and is a very fine example of this important artists work. Painted in oils on canvas, the artist has captured a traveller resting beside her camp, with a small fire burning to the right and her horse standing to the left. With the frame, the painting measures 16 by 18 inches. The painting comes to us from a private collection of Suffolk School paintings, housed in Suffolk, England, where we understand it has resided for many years. Born at Berners Street, Ipswich in 1810, son of James Smyth (1780-1863) and his wife Sarah Harriet née Skitter; James, who was an accountant with the bank Bacon, Cobbold, Durningham & Cobbold in Tavern Street, Ipswich added a final 'e' to his surname. Edward attended the school of Robert Burcham Clamp and had a liking for a military career but his love of art took his fancy. Elected a member of the Ipswich Society of Professional and Amateur Artists on 1 March 1832 and attended his first meeting on 18 November the same year and was probably working under Henry Davy [q.v.] and where he met many local artist members. In his younger days he had a studio in the Old Shire Hall, Ipswich where he painted with such artists as Samuel Read [q.v.], Walter Hagreen [q.v.], Frederick Russel [q.v.] and Robert Burrows [q.v.]. About 1840 he moved to Norwich to study the Norwich School of painting where he became acquainted with Robert Ladbrooke’s son, Frederick [q.v.] and is said to have worked with John Sell Cotman [1782-1842] but returned to Ipswich some five years later, taking a house in Bramford Road. He married at Ipswich in 1848, Ellen Bowman of Ipswich and where his first child Edward Robert, jun. was born the following year. In 1851, giving his age as 32, is living at Elmswell, Suffolk with his 24 year old wife Ellen and son but later that year moved to 3 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmund’s, where he kept company with his friend Fred Ladbrooke. By 1861, still at Angel Hill, they had further children born at Bury St Edmund’s, Francis (Frank) Rowland 1852, Ellen Kate 1854 and Mary Emily 1856, their daughter Louisa Jane, died at Angel Hill, Bury St Edmund’s on 7 April 1861, aged 3 years and 7 months. He exhibited at the Suffolk Fine Arts Association at the New Lecture Hall of the Mechanics' Institution, Ipswich in August 1850 several oil paintings including 'Chapel Viaduct, Colne Valley', 'A Group of Animals', 'A Sketch Ploughing', 'Ponies and a Dog' and 'A Landscape' and a watercolour 'The Ruling Passion strong in Death' and was also a member and exhibitor at the Ipswich Art Club 1886-1898. He also exhibited five works at the Royal Academey including 'View in the Colne Valley at Chappel, Essex' and exhibited five works at the British Institution including 'Pony and Boy' and 'The Village Blacksmith'. In 1865 Edward was living at 98 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmund’s, and his wife died at 69 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmund’s in 1879, aged 52. By 1891 he had moved in with his married daughter Ellen Kate, who had married at St Matthew’s church Ipswich on 10 May 1886, George Robert Chilvers, a tobacco manufacturer, at Burlington Lodge, 30 Burlington Road, Ipswich where he died on 5 July 1899, aged 88, and buried in Ipswich cemetery three days later. Five of his painting were on show at the Centenary exhibition of the Ipswich Art Club in 1974 a pastel 'Crossing the Stream...

Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley ( British, 20th Century) dated 1992 and inscribed verso Title - Mill beyond the marshes Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on artist paper, unf...

The Beach Cart British artist, late 19th century signed with monogram lower corner oil on canvas, framed framed: 30 x 41 inches canvas: 25 x 36 inches provenance: private collection,...

English School, circa 1800 Napoleonic Wars Period marine scene with soldiers on a French beach. oil on canvas, framed framed: 10.5 x 13 inches canva...

Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right 1882 Image size: 36 x 29 inches (92 x 74 cm) Gilt Watts frame LITERATURE The Life and Work of Frank Holl, Ada ...

Pair of Vases with Parcel Gilt  Insects England, John Mortlock circa 1875 Porcelain with gold leaf 15 inches   The firm of Mortlock began business in 174...

Artist/ School: French School, 20th century Title: Elegant Figures on the Beach Medium: oil painting on board, framed Size: framed: 10.5 x 12.5 inches painting: 7.5 x 9.75 inches...

A beautiful image of fellowship and esprit de corp with bright handcoloring in watercolor. London: Thomas Mclean, August 1st, 1835. Second Edition. Etching with handcoloring in water...

The Highland Loch by Andrew Grant Kurtis, British 20th century signed to the lower front and stamped verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 48 inches provenance: private...