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Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
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18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
Wildlife drawing of bird in black and white by enlightened british painter
By Peter Paillou
Located in Milan, IT
which were used as book illustrations.
He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter
Category
18th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Manner of Francois Boucher (1703-1770) - Pastel, A Moment of Romance
Located in Corsham, GB
A romantic late 18th century pastel rendered in the manner of Francois Boucher (1703-1770
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Landscape with Cattle
By Hendrick V. Tavernier
Located in Chicago, IL
verso: signed and dated "H. Tavernier, 1779"
Category
18th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames, Set of 6
Located in Richmond, GB
botanical works of the eighteenth century. Released in eight tranches between 1737 and 1745, it contains
Category
18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Mezzotint
Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
important botanical works of the eighteenth century. Released in eight tranches between 1737 and 1745, it
Category
18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Mezzotint
Early Naturalistic Wildlife Animal Rendering of a Possible Capuchin Monkey
By Peter Paillou
Located in Houston, TX
delicately rendered depiction of a possible capuchin monkey from an 18th century specimen. Currently hung in
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
George Edwards, Engravings of Birds, published by Seligmann, 1770.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
Price is per each framed print.
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origin...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Mughal School, 17th century – Emperor Jahangir reclining in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
Circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light...
Category
18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
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
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards: Set of Twelve Parrots, Published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR THE SET OF TWELVE
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards: c18th Engravings of Birds in Decalcomania Frames
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: "A History of Uncommon Birds", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Histo...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
George Edwards: c18th Engravings of Birds in Decalcomania Frames
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: "A History of Uncommon Birds", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Histo...
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
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....
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Wildlife animal drawing of grey and white bird by enlightened painter
By Peter Paillou
Located in Milan, IT
which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter
Category
18th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Wildlife drawing of jay bird of light blue by enlightened british painter
By Peter Paillou
Located in Milan, IT
which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter
Category
18th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Wildlife painting of black and white tufted duck by enlightened british painter
By Peter Paillou
Located in Milan, IT
which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter
Category
18th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Animal drawing of magpie bird of blue and white by enlighted british painter
By Peter Paillou
Located in Milan, IT
which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter
Category
18th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Wildlife painting of black bird sitting by enlightened british painter
By Peter Paillou
Located in Milan, IT
which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter
Category
18th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Bird painting of woodpecker of black and red by enlightened painter
By Peter Paillou
Located in Milan, IT
which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter
Category
18th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Animal drawing of sitting crow in black by enlightened british painter
By Peter Paillou
Located in Milan, IT
which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter
Category
18th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
The Death of Coresus
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
an inscription in brown ink "Fragonard Père"
Provenance
Possibly Fragonard’s father collection, 18th
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Italian Old Master Ink
Wash Drawing St. Anne
The Virgin Mary with Cherubs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
with watercolor wash on paper, framed
framed: 22 x 16 inches
image: 11 x 6.5 inches
provenance: private
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Allegorical Scene - Sepia Drawing Attribute to L.F. Dubourg -Early 1700
Located in Roma, IT
first half of the XVIII Century.
Original sepia drawing on paper.
Durmast wood Frame included.
Fair
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Attrib. Prospero Fontana (1512-1597) - Bolognese School Ink Drawing, Two Cherubs
By Prospero Fontana
Located in Corsham, GB
washes of watercolour and 'lumi di biacca'. The artwork has been float mounted in a gilt-effect frame
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Oil Landscape titled "A View of Irvington on Hudson"
By John Henry Hill
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"A View of Irvington on Hudson," a watercolor by John Henry Hill, captures the picturesque beauty
Category
Late 18th Century Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Boxing Match
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in London, GB
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper
Image size: 12 ¾ x 16 inches (33 x 40.5 cm)
Wash
Category
Late 18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pencil
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
Drawing front back watercolor figurative landscape 18th century
Located in Florence, IT
The sheet is (27.8 x 39.2 cm) double-sided.
The front (watercolor ink, white lead) depicts a rural hamlet, in which a church is also glimpsed, characterized by various buildings of ...
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Late 18th Century Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Still life with a Herald
s trumpet, a Neoclassical urn, a Mason
s square, .....
Located in Middletown, NY
A classic Grand Tour composition. English School, 18th Century
Still life with a Herald's trumpet
Category
Late 18th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
Ink and wash cartouche with a mirror, doves, and a drum
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely and curious composition, circa 1780.
Ink and wash on tissue thin Japon paper, adhered to period cream laid paper, 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches (132 x 84 mm), the full sheet. With ...
Category
Late 18th Century French School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Watercolor
MALLARD DUCKS
Located in Portland, ME
colored inks on silk. Signed in Japanese, lower right. Not dated but likely late 18th to early 19th
Category
Late 18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Le Menuet
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
, a quintessential courtly dance of the 18th century, is rendered with remarkable economy of means and
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
$17,815
Stately Pleasure Dome
, South-East Asian, Mughal, Concubines, Fine Gilding
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An 18th century, Mughal painting of a tribal chief, shown richly dressed and reclining in a
Category
Mid-18th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
$4,125 Sale Price
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Cecilia Vicuña Merges Politics, Science and Spirituality in Her Poetic Art
The Chilean creator, who has been living in exile in New York for decades, is having a major moment, receiving the biggest exhibitions, commissions and awards an artist could dream of.
Who Are the Most Popular Artists on 1stDibs?
Learn the stories of some of the world's most recognizable artworks and their makers.
Shantell Martin Finds Wonder in Sharing the Creative Process
The visual artist completed a new work in front of a crowd at the 1stdibs Gallery.