19th Century Drawings

French hand coloured engraving on paper of generous size, early 19th century, after Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863). “Madame de la Valliere aux genoux de la Reine, lui demandant pardon” “Madame de la Valliere on the knees of the Queen, asking for forgiveness” Engraved by Le Grand (French, active early 19th century). Coloured by Charles Francois Gabriel...

Very nice sketches of characters. Representing different emotions, clothes and personalities. We have a portrait of a strong woman with arrows. Below this woman, there is a representation of oriental characters, also called barbarians during Antiquity. Finally, on the left, another woman is represented with her head in her hands and sitting on a Klismos chair. This chair is typical of the ancient period. It is written at the bottom right "March 15", surely the date of creation of this sketch. The Empire style and period are inspired by Greco-Roman art, it is called the neoclassical. The woman on this drawing wears an empire style dress...

This is a 19th Century drawing b John Brightman-Crockett. Its a drawing in pencil on paper. The frame is 19th Century.

Charming red chalk study of a woman from the First Empire period, 19th century. Study of a woman in elegant costume typical of the Napoleon I period, sitting on a chair and turned 3/...

Decorate an office or a den with this elegant framed dog pastel painting. Created in England circa 1880, and set in the original carved oak frame, the drawi...

An original watercolor and gouache drawing for a porcelain cup and saucer design, attributed to the Alt-Wiener Porzellan Fabrik, Vienna, circa 1840–1850. This elaborate geometric sch...

An original watercolor design for a teacup and saucer, attributed to the Alt-Wiener Porzellan Fabrik, Vienna, circa 1840–1850. This finely executed drawing, used as a working prototy...

An original watercolor and gouache design for a porcelain cup and saucer, attributed to the Alt-Wiener Porzellan Fabrik (Old Vienna Porcelain Factory), Vienna, circa 1840–1850. The c...

A 19th century oil on canvas painting of a young girl with her bird, Napoleon III period, large gilded stucco frame. H: 84cm, W: 73,5cm, D: 10cm Please contact us before ordering t...

Royal Navy Ship Pencil Drawings by George Bryant Campion, Graphite on Cardstock, Circa 1830 Four pencil drawings of Royal Navy Ships on embossed cardstock, three signed by the artist and framed and glazed. The cardstock is impressed with makers name "Dobbs: London". Three of the pictures are signed " to the lower corners G.C." The views are identified as follows: Upper left picture is a starboard view of a Royal Navy frigate or Sixth-rate ship, Upper right picture is a starboard view of a First-Rate ship of the line and inscribed at the top in the artist's hand, " A British Ship on a foreign Station", Lower left picture is a starboard view of a Third or Fourth-Rate Royal Navy Ship under full sail, Lower right picture is a starboard view of a First-Rate Royal Navy Ship at anchor. The cards pressure...

A French School pastel portrait of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour after Jean-Marc Nattier, 19th century. sight: 19 by 26 inches frame: 33 by 39 ¾ inches

Northern Plains hide painting, buffalo society, pre-reservation. Two buffalo heads, two full body buffalos, two thunderbirds and buffalo sun shield in ...

Pair of late 19th century still life Gouaches after Paul LeLong, French, 1799-1846. His specialty was small still-life of table tops with various objects. ...

This large and very nice Venice view is a charcoal. This is the amazing the way Venezia is reflected into the water. This is a work signed by François Stro...

Set of 4 Signed Walter Spies Watercolor Insect Studies – Gold-Gilt Framed & Custom Matted Walter Spies was a German primitivist painter, composer, musico...

Edme Saint-Marcel (1819-1890) pencil, black crayon and watercolor drawing of a lion attributed to Edme Saint-Marcel-Cabin, France, 19th century. Dimensions: 12" W x 8.25" H x 1.75"...

The first engraving depicts a 19th-century hunting scene, with a group of elegantly dressed men, accompanied by dogs and horses, moving through a dense, dramatic forest landscape. A ...

Drawing of a nude woman in 1898. 450 each.

Antique Italian painting from late 19th century. Oil painting on masonite depicting landscape, view of mountain village in impressionist style. Signed painting on the lower left G. M...

Venetian Capriccio, after Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793) Unsigned, with a label from Wandenberg Freres (Paris) affixed to the back of the mat.

A Henry Pruett share (American, 1853-1905) etching of a wintry pastoral scene of a shepherd and flock; signed 'R. LeGrande Johnston' (1850-1918); th...

Superb, rare and large drawing representing a Portrait of Marie d'Orléans-Longueville, Duchess of Nemours, Princess of France. The drawing is perfectly done. Wonderful work of light on the lace in particular which seems to come out of the painting thanks to its bluish tint. The shadow play is magnificent. On thick marked paper. Drawing Dated 1891 and signed. The Signature is probably “Sieur Duval”. Very good Made from the magnificent painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743), painter of the 18th century model dated 1707. The engraver Pierre Drevet (1663-1738) also engraved this work. The work is “Mary by the grace of God, sovereign of Neufchâtel and Vallangin, duchess of Nemours” / « Marie par la grâce de Dieu, souveraine de Neufchâtel et Vallangin, duchesse de Nemours » Description of the work: Half-legged, seated, turned three-quarters to the left, looking straight on, the princess, whose left arm is folded across her chest, holds her crown placed on the table with her right hand. She is dressed in dark court attire, her head covered with a headdress whose tails are tied on the chest. A curtain and the base of a column constituting the second plan. Marie de Nemours, born in 1625 and died on June 16, 1707, is sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and Valangin. Daughter of Henri II of Orléans-Longueville and Louise de Bourbon-Condé, Mademoiselle de Soissons, she was known until her marriage under the name Marie d'Orléans, Mademoiselle de Longueville. Marie d'Orléans, only daughter of the Duke of Bourbon and Longueville, married Henri II of Savoy, last Duke of Nemours, in 1657. The court was surprised that the richest heiress in France agreed to marry this duke without possessions and without consideration, staid and boring. The Duke of Nemours suddenly fell ill and died on January 2, 1659. The Duchess of Nemours survived him for a long time. In 1694, she was recognized as sovereign of the principality of Neuchâtel and Vallangin (Switzerland), by the states of the country, to the exclusion of the Prince of Conti. She died in Paris on June 16, 1707, at the age of 82. Five months later, despite claims of misconduct by the suitors, the court of these same states awarded this small sovereignty to the King of Prussia. The Duchess of Nemours was said to be miserly and carefully hid her rank under cheap clothes. She was devout but suspicious and often changed her confessor. She left Memoirs, recognized to be remarkable for their accuracy, fidelity and charm of style. Hyacinthe Rigaud, famous painter to King Louis XIV, was born in 1659 and died in 1743. He was the major portraitist of the king and his Court at Versailles. Rigaud fixed for three centuries the image of the official portrait of European courts. On the advice of Le Brun, he devoted himself to portraiture, a genre which he elevated to its highest expression. He attracted the attention of the king and the Court with the portrait of Monsieur...

Jens Adolf Jerichau (1816-1883 in Neder Dråby ved Jægerspris). Antique pencil drawing on paper. Angel. Frieze after Thorvaldsen. Dated 1852. The ...

River Scene, "Les Bords du Cher à Poitiers"
Signed bottom right and situated bottom left.
Edouard Henri Theophile Pingret (Saint Quentin 178...

A fine French 19th century etching and drypoint Titled "Soirée d'été" (Summer Evening) by Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836-1902) depicting Mrs. Kathleen Newton resting on a lounge chair. Signed and dated (l/l): J.J. Tissot, 1881 in the plate. Under the mat, the front of the sheet inscribed in pencil with a '1' in a circle, the verso of the sheet with old price inscription "450-" in pencil. Circa: 1881-1882. Measures: Plate Height: 9 inches (22.9 cm) Plate Width: 15 1/2 inches (39.4 cm) Sheet Height: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm) Sheet Width: 20 5/8 inches (52.4 cm) Frame Height: 19 inches (48.3 cm) Frame Width: 24 1/2 inches (62.2 cm) Frame Depth: 1 1/8 inches (2.9 cm) Literature: Wentworth 56. Note: Tissot's from 1881 is said to depict his lover, the Irish divorcee Mrs. Kathleen Newton, resting on a lounge chair. Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, California Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), Anglicized as James Tissot, was a French painter and illustrator. He was a successful painter of Paris society before moving to London in 1871. He became famous as a genre painter of fashionably dressed women shown in various scenes of everyday life. He also painted scenes and characters from the Bible. Jacques Tissot was born in the city of Nantes in France and spent his early childhood there. His father, Marcel Théodore Tissot, was a successful drapery merchant. His mother, Marie Durand, assisted her husband in the family business and designed hats. A devout Catholic, Tissot's mother instilled pious devotion in the future artist from a very young age. Tissot's youth spent in Nantes likely contributed to his frequent depiction of shipping vessels and boats in his later works. The involvement of his parents in the fashion industry is believed to have been an influence on his painting style, as he depicted women's clothing in fine detail. By the time Tissot was 17, he knew he wanted to pursue painting as a career. His father opposed this, preferring his son to follow a business profession, but the young Tissot gained his mother's support for his chosen vocation. Around this time, he began using the given name of James. By 1854 he was commonly known as James Tissot; he may have adopted it because of his increasing interest in everything English. In 1856 or 1857, Tissot travelled to Paris to pursue an education in art. While staying with a friend of his mother, painter Elie Delaunay, Tissot enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study in the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin and Louis Lamothe. Both were successful Lyonnaise painters who moved to Paris to study under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Lamothe provided the majority of Tissot's studio education, and the young artist studied on his own by copying works at the Louvre, as did most other artists of the time in their early years. Around this time, Tissot also made the acquaintance of the American James McNeill Whistler, and French painters Edgar Degas (who had also been a student of Lamothe and a friend of Delaunay), and Édouard Manet. In 1859, Tissot exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time. He showed five paintings of scenes from the Middle Ages, many depicting scenes from Goethe's Faust. These works show the influence in his work of the Belgian painter Henri Leys (Jan August Hendrik Leys), whom Tissot had met in Antwerp earlier that same year. Other influences include the works of the German painters Peter Von Cornelius and Moritz Retzsch. After Tissot had first exhibited at the Salon and before he had been awarded a medal, the French government paid 5,000 francs for his depiction of The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite in 1860, with the painting being exhibited at the Salon the following year, together with a portrait and other paintings. Émile Péreire supplied Tissot's painting Walk in the Snow for the 1862 international exhibition in London; the next year three paintings by Tissot were displayed at the London gallery of Ernest Gambart. In about 1863, Tissot suddenly shifted his focus from the medieval style to the depiction of modern life through portraits. During this period, Tissot gained high critical acclaim, and quickly became a success as an artist. Like contemporaries such as Alfred Stevens and Claude Monet, Tissot also explored Japonisme, including Japanese objects and costumes in his pictures and expressing style influence. Degas painted a portrait of Tissot from these years (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), in which he is sitting below a Japanese screen hanging on the wall. Still on Top, 1873 Tissot fought in the Franco-Prussian War as part of the improvised defense of Paris, joining two companies of the Garde Nationale and later as part of the Paris Commune. His 1870 painting La Partie Carrée (The Foursome) evoked the period of the French revolution. Either because of the radical political associations related to the Paris Commune (which he was believed to have joined mostly to protect his own belongings rather than for shared ideology), or because of better opportunities, he left Paris for London in 1871. During this period, Seymour Haden helped him to learn etching techniques. Having already worked as a caricaturist for Thomas Gibson Bowles, the owner of the magazine Vanity Fair, as well as exhibited at the Royal Academy, Tissot arrived with established social and artistic connections in London. Tissot used...

Set of four etchings by American artist William Goodrich Beal, circa 1880s. Scenic Massachusetts coastal towns and beaches. All signed in ...

The pair of gouaches with views of a volcanic eruption during the day and the night

« Portrait of the Virgin Mary in finery » , Pastel, 1875, by M.Arnould. This drawing is done in pastels with an extreme finesse. This blessed vierge is richly dressed and covered...

'T Dorp Oosterhout verwoest door den Watervloed in 1820 (The Village of Oosterhout destroyed by the Flood in 1820) The watercolor drawing provides a vivid portrayal of a disastrous ...

Pencil on paper sketch of a grave yard, possibly fictional. Mounted on period hand made marbled paper, framed in a maple veneered frame. “French epitaph on a man whose death was occ...

Charming 19th-century hand-colored lithograph depicting two joyful figures celebrating with bottles and glasses of wine. Signed L. Boilly and titled “La Félicité Parfaite” (French fo...

Drawing by Charles-Henri Pille known as Henri Pille "L'Atelier d'artiste", pen drawing on paper. In an interior with Renaissance furniture, a painter rummages in a large Renaissance sculpted chest...

The antique Italian drawing in pen-and-ink and wash pictures a landscape of a stone bridge, archway, trees and people in the Renaissance style. The drawing is set within a two-tone d...

Late Georgian period Mezzotint Etching print By English Artist Henry Pidding titled Massa Out “Sambo Werry Dry”. The print features a young man seated by a table on which are keys ma...

These two drawings by the same hand are unsigned. Done in Sanguine on paper the nudes appear to both be different aspects of the same individual since both works have the same facial...

Fabulous small Impressionist painting attributed to French painter, Louis George Eleonor Roy (1862-1907) either gouache or water color on ...

A pair of early 19 Century period framed and matted engravings of neoclassical urns from the copper plate catalogue of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) engraved posthumous...

Charles Lamson Swasey (American New Bedford Massachusetts, 1815-1888). This wonderful grand tour graphite on paper drawing was done in December 1839 and depicts the remains of the ...

Three gorgeous early 19th century architectural prints by Louis-Pierre Baltard de la Fresque (1764-1846).

A painting containing an ancient anatomical drawing of an hand, made in pencil and sanguine. The contemporary frame, Empire style, made of wood, ven...

Gouache on paper depicting two still lives, signed Lelong.

American pastel of young lady grasping dove in the original oval floral gilt frame presented under glass, Mid 19th Century. Original paper label on back. Ursuline Convent, Valle Cru...

Etching by V Franz Xaver Lorenz Rektorzik-Brunn 1793-1851 Etching 7 x 10.

Swiss alp watercolor " Grisong "

Swiss alp watercolor " Appenzel "

Swiss alp watercolor " Soleure "

Swiss alp watercolor " Freybourg " from Fribourg region

Swiss alp watercolor " Freybourg " from Fribourg region

Swiss alp watercolor " Argowi " from Argovie region

Swiss alp watercolor " Oberhafsle " from Bern alp region

Swiss alp watercolor " Berne "

Swiss alp watercolor " Schwarzwald " from Basel region

Swiss alp watercolor " Tefsin " from Tessin region

Swiss alp watercolor " Gouggisberg from Bern region

This charming sketch shows the head and the legs of a child. The drawing is executed in black chalk with white heightening on coloured paper. The paper has been mounted on card. Ther...

1880s Paul Albert Besnard pencil drawing of floating face. In a gold gilt frame. From a celebrity’s Southampton, NY oceanfront estate.

Beautiful drawing by Gustave Wertheimer (1847-1904) in pencil, gouache and watercolour. Signed and dated 1881 and dedicated in 1882. Dimensions in cm : 49.4 x 37.6 Very good condition. Passe-partout cardboard frame glued to outer edges. Secure shipping. Gustave Wertheimer was born in 1847 in Vienna and died in Paris in 1904. A respected artist in his own day, he was particularly known as a history painter specialising in genre scenes and portraiture, his pictures often embodied fantasy and dreamlike qualities. He studied under Joseph Führich at the Viennese Academy before continuing his studies in Munich and then Paris, where he arrived in 1882. It was during his time in Paris that Wertheimer obtained widespread recognition and success after exhibiting his painting, Le repas des lions chez Pezon, at the Salon of 1886. He exhibited frequently at the Salon and participated in many of the great exhibitions of the period, receiving medals at Amsterdam, London, New Orleans and Paris. He also received an honourable mention at L’ Exposition Universelle 1889...

A large hand written land indenture document England, 1810, framed. The beautifully hand written document mounted on board with a red velvet border and ...

This charming portrait of a boy is the work of French artist Eugène Louis Lami (1800-1890). This work of art is a masterly executed pencil drawing from the late 1820s. The drawing co...

1870s Charcoal drawing of an English girl. Signed.