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Framed 18th Century Watercolour - The Blind Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 18th century portrait in watercolours, depicting a blind man seated in an expansive country
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$307 Sale Price
20% Off
Grimace - China Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
an anonymous artist of the late 18th century.
A precious old master's original drawing, representing
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
18th Century Pastel Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century pastel portrait on paper of a bearded gentleman. Presented under glass in a fine
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$842 Sale Price
20% Off
French 18th Century Pastel Portrait of a Young Lady in Period Costume.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century French pastel portrait on paper of a young lady in period dress in a 'feigned
Category
Late 18th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
$1,339 Sale Price
37% Off
Portrait of a Lady - Late 18th Century European Pastel
Located in London, GB
European School
Late 18th Century
Portrait of a Lady
Pastel on paper, mounted on canvas
Image
Category
Late 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
Portrait of Lady, 18th Century English Pen and Ink
By Ozias Humphry
Located in London, GB
Ozias Humphry
1742-1810
Portrait of Frances Abington
Pen and brown ink on paper
Image size: 7 1/2 x
Category
18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
18th century portrait drawing of the Rev. William Atkinson
By George Romney
Located in London, GB
dimensions: 14.50 x 15.38 inches
This drawing is one of only two known portrait drawings by Romney (as
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Young Man Original Charcoal and Pastel French 18th Century
Located in London, GB
French School
18th Century
Portrait of a Young Man
Charcoal and pastel on paper
Image size: 11 x
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
18th century pastel portrait of Lady Augusta Corbett and her son, Stuart
By Daniel Gardner
Located in London, GB
working for one of the most ambitious and most impressively connected families of eighteenth-century
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
A pair of portraits in profile (2 works) – English School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red crayon on cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 4 inches (95 x 102 mm) ; 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches (95 x 80 mm). Each with scattered early repairs done with non-archival tape on the verso; the sm...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, 18th Century Pastel Drawing
By Thomas Frye
Located in London, GB
pastel drawing by Thomas Frye is a half-length portrait of a man dressed in a turban. This drawing is the
Category
1750s English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Portrait - Original Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original Modern artwork realized in the half of the 18th Century in France
Category
18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Attrib. Lady Diana Beauclerk (1734-1808) - Watercolour, Shepherdess with Baby
Located in Corsham, GB
A heartwarming sepia study of a shepherdess comforting her young baby. Well-presented in a contemporary gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Attrib. William Hamilton RA (1751-1801) Watercolour, The Little Fortune Teller
By William Hamilton
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study depicting a young woman wearing a dress and smock. She points to her
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
18th Century, Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo, red chalk drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French (?) school circa 1770
Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo,
red chalk on paper
20 x 29 cm
Numbered
Category
1770s Baroque Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Attrib. Johann Tischbein (1751-1829)- 18th Century Pastel, Maria Luisa of Parma
Located in Corsham, GB
A romantic late 18th-century pastel portrait, attributed to the German portraitist Johann Heinrich
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18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
After John Downman - 1794 Watercolour, Sarah Siddons (née. Kemble)
By John Downman
Located in Corsham, GB
This accomplished watercolours is a fine copy of John Downman's portrait of Sarah Siddons. Painted
Category
18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$315 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Tiziano Vecellio
Titian
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
being well known of among scholars in the 18th Century, another of these drawings is sitting in a
Category
Late 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Eighteenth-century Irish portrait of the Rev. Henry Dabzac
By Hugh Douglas Hamilton
Located in London, GB
This characteristic pastel portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton was made early in his career; it depicts
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
18th century ink study for the Leveson-Gower Children
By George Romney
Located in London, GB
portrait of the Gower Children now in Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal. Romney was a bold and incisive
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Antique French Miniature Portrait of Lady Biographical details with painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Miniature Portrait
French School, late 18th/ early 19th century
framed: 5.5 x 5.5 inches
board: 2
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Raffaello / Italian School
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and ink on handmade, watermarked C & I Honig laid paper, 8 15/16 x 6 3/4 inches (226 x 170 mm). Signed illegibly in ink, lower margin. Scattered light creasing and surface...
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18th Century Italian School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Graphite
French School 18th Century, L
étonnement, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century,
L'étonnement, Astonishment as a form of expression,
Titled on the
Category
1750s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Italian School 18th century, An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Italian School 18th Century
An Ancient soldier in profile,
red chalk on paper
35 x 23.5 cm
in good
Category
1750s Baroque Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century,
Le Mépris et la Haine, Contempt and Hate as a form of expression
Category
1750s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century,
Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression,
Titled on the lower right
Category
1750s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Joseph Dorffmeister (1764-1806) - Pen and Ink Drawing, Putti Head Studies
Located in Corsham, GB
Finely detailed ink and wash putti head studies by Joseph Dorffmeister (1764-1806). Signed to the right-hand side. Well presented in a vintage wooden frame with a gold slip. On laid....
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Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Seaman in petticoat breeches and slops, smoking a pipe, carrying a carpetbag.
Located in Middletown, NY
English School, 18th century
Pen and black ink with gray wash on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 5
Category
18th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pen
Sibyl or bust-length woman, seen in profile to the left, wearing a turban
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
of 17th-century Bologna, particularly the stylistic universe of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Bust Of A Woman In Profile, Sanguine On Paper, Signed And Dated
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas-André COURTOIS
Paris 1734-1806
Bust of a woman in profile
1791
Sanguine
Signed and dated lower left on the original mount
43.5 x 37 cm framed
19 x 25 cm
Category
Late 18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Study of a Sleeping Girl in a Cap
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Middletown, NY
. Condition is consistent with age.
____
This drawing is closely related to two known mid 18th century oils on
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Graphite
Due ritratti figurativi aristocratici pastelli su pergamena primi del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Sul cartoncino applicato nella cornice è riportata l'annotazione, a penna e in grafia Kurrent, "Urgroßvater Ludwig Fr(ei)h(e)r(r) von Keller" "Urgroßmutter Fr(ei)h(e)r(rin) von Kelle...
Category
Late 18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Parchment Paper, Pastel, Cardboard
Studies for Portraits - China Ink - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Anonymous Artist of the late 19th Century.
In very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 8 x 12.5 cm
Category
Late 18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Religious figurative drawing of 18th century male portrait on parchment
Located in Florence, IT
This small portrait, from an important Florentine collection, (unframed 14x10 cm.) is signed and dated on the lower edge "Io(hannes) Baptista Scarlattius Rondinelli Fecit Anno 1754."...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
The Actors Nakajima Wadaemon as Bōdara Chōzaemon and Nakamura Konozō as Gon of t
Located in Middletown, NY
sheet. In excellent condition. Printed 20th century. Impressions of this work may be found in the
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Late 18th Century Edo Portrait Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Plucking a Branch from a Neighbor
s Plum Tree
By Suzuki (Hozumi) Harunobu
Located in Middletown, NY
A mischievous tableau with sexual overtones.
Tokyo: Shuei-Sha, 1768.
Woodblock print in colors printed on laid mulberry paper, 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches (273 x 200 mm), full margins. I...
Category
Mid-18th Century Edo Portrait Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Set of 3 Chinese Watercolor Portraits
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 3 Asian Chinese (18/19th Cent) watercolor portraits each with 2 elaborately costumed figures
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Set of 10 18th Century German Watercolours Depicting Figures In National Costume
Located in York, GB
Set of 10, 18th Century German watercolours depicting 10 figures in national costume.
Each (except
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18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady
Located in Greven, DE
Drawing
on paper, glued to board (see photo)
a little tear on the left
bears a signature ? lower right
measurement of the full sheet: 31 x 25 cm
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Portrait of a gentleman, said to be George Frideric Händel
Located in Greven, DE
Drawing, glued to paper and board
16.2 x 13.1 cm
Category
18th Century Baroque Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Study of a woman
Located in Greven, DE
French School, 18th century.
Head of a woman
Black chalk on paper
31,5 x 27,5 cm
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
$1,554
Untitled - Grandmother smiling at a (grand)child.
By Theodorus de Roode
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Very rare drawing in red and black chalk on hand laid paper. Benezit mentions this drawing specifically as sold on november 25, 1946 for 3900 fr.
Made by Theodorus de Roode.
Theodo...
Category
Mid-18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Study of a Child. Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770)
By François Boucher
Located in Sydney, NSW
of the 18th century.
Provenance: Morton Henry Lee former dealer of important French art and a member
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
Portrait of a maid
Located in Greven, DE
French School, c. 1780
Portrait of a maid
Red and blue chalk, wash, heightened in white, on grey
Category
18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Self-portrait of an artist
Located in Greven, DE
German School, 18th century
Self-portrait of an artist
Red chalk on paper
20 x 28 cm
Mould
Category
18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper
18thC Old Master Drawing by Jan Maurits Quinkhard: Portrait of J. Haverkamp
Located in Gouda, NL
Jan Maurits Quinkhard (Rees 1688 – 1772 Amsterdam)
Portrait of the writer, playwright and poet
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
18th Century Watercolour - Portrait Of A Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine example of a late Georgian (1790s judging by the sitter's attire) miniature portrait
Category
18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
18th Century Watercolor Portrait of Sir John Mennes After Anthony van Dyck
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th Century Watercolor Portrait of Sir John Mennes After Anthony van Dyck
This 18th century
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Baroque Paintings
Materials
Paper
Pair of 18th Century Portraits of English Aristocrats in Pearwood Frames
Located in Katonah, NY
A pair of late 18th century watercolor portraits on paper in the original pearwood frames. The
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
Miniature 18th Century Watercolour - Lady with Ribbons
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite 18th century miniature portrait in watercolour, depicting a beautiful young women
Category
18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Framed 18th Century Miniature Watercolour - Lady in White
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite 18th century portrait miniature in watercolour, depicting a beautiful young women in a
Category
18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
18th Century Chalk Pastel - Portrait of Henry Snaith Trower
Located in Corsham, GB
A chalk pastel oval portrait of a man, named as Henry Snaith Trower on labels on the verso
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
English School 18th Century Graphite Drawing - Portrait of Two Children
Located in Corsham, GB
A miniature English School portrait of two children holding a loving embrace. Well presented in a
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
18th century portrait of Lady Margaret Smith- Burges, later Countess Poulett
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in Bath, Somerset
A pastel portrait of Lady Margaret Smith-Burges, later Countess Poulett (1754-1838) by Sir Thomas
Category
Late 18th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Handmade Paper
French School 18th Century, Portrait of a gentleman, pastel
Located in Paris, FR
French School of the 18th Century
Portrait of a gentleman
Pastel on paper
25 x 18 cm
Framed : 49 x
Category
1770s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
French School, 18th Century, Portrait Of A Man Seen From Three Quarters, chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
French School - 18th century
Paris, Louis XV-Transition period
Portrait of a man seen from three
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Mid-18th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
18th Century Pastel - Rebecca
Located in Corsham, GB
middle-class society in the late 18th century. Drawn in excellent detail, with particular attention to
Category
18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
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18th Century Watercolour Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a broad range of 18th century watercolour portraits for sale on 1stDibs. Today, if you’re looking for Modern editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes Modern. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 18th Century. You can search the 18th century watercolour portraits that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, gray, beige and orange. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Daniel Gardner, George Romney, Francis Cotes, John Downman and Hugh Douglas Hamilton produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in crayon, pastel and paint.
How Much are 18th Century Watercolour Portraits?
18th century watercolour portraits can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,485, while the lowest priced sells for $247 and the highest can go for as much as $59,527.
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