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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
French Village Archway Stone Passage Terracotta Houses and Sunlit Alley
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Archway Stone Passage Terracotta Houses and Sunlit Alley Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 9.7...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$429 Sale Price
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French Street Café Colourful Facades Sunlit Terrace and Market Awnings
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Street Café Colourful Facades Sunlit Terrace and Market Awnings
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 9.25 x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$421 Sale Price
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Pleasant Thoughts for the Morning - Watercolour and Tusche Drawing Poetry
By Fernand Léger
Located in London, GB
This original watercolour and ink drawing was realised by Léger in 1948.
It is signed and dated by the artist at the lower right part.
This drawing was prepared as a study for a lit...
Category
1940s Modern United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour - Manor House Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
A loosely captured country landscape in watercolour. Well presented in a wash-line mount and gilt frame. Unsigned. Fixed with a noted suggesting the artist verso. On paper.
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$239 Sale Price
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Going to Mass, Spain - 20th Century British drawing by Robert Sargent Austin
By Robert Sargent Austin, R.A., P.R.E., P.R.W.S.
Located in London, GB
ROBERT SARGENT AUSTIN, RA, PRWS, RE
(1895-1973)
Going to Mass, Spain
Black, brown and white chalks on grey paper
Framed
49 by 38 cm., 19 ¼ by 15 in.
(frame size 73 by 60.5 cm., 2...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Henley Village Houses with Tree Watercolour French Post Impressionist
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Henley Village Houses with Tree Watercolour French Post Impressionist
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 5.25 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$403 Sale Price
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Self Portrait
Located in London, GB
Pen and ink, ink wash and pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 38cm x 29cm (65cm x 55cm framed).
This penetrating and wonderfully executed self-portrait, is all the mor...
Category
1910s Old Masters United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil, Ink
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
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 His...
Category
18th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Cavallo e Cavaliere by Marini Marino - Watercolour on paper
By Marino Marini
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE.
Cavallo e Cavaliere by Marini Marino (1901-1980)
Watercolour on paper
41.8 x 29.6 cm (16 ¹...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Floral Gardens - Early 20th Century Watercolor Landscape by Annie L Pressland
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Annie L Pressland (1892 - 1933)
A watercolor painter of flowers, gardens and still lives, she was born on 2 July 1862, the daughter of Caleb Pressla...
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lurs Provence Hilltop Village Terracotta Rooftops French Landscape Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Lurs Provence Hilltop Village Terracotta Rooftops French Landscape Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.25 x 5...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Watercolor of "Château de Saumur: Riverside View"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of "Château de Saumur: Riverside View"
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed
Size: 20 x 1...
Category
Late 20th Century French School United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Sketch for the Cover of Andrei Voznesensky
s Collection of Poems - French Bird
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
This brush, pen and India ink with pencil drawing is stamp signed “Marc Chagall” in the lower left corner.
It was executed in 1973 and bears the estate inventory number D1852f, verso...
Category
1970s Surrealist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen, Pencil
Eighteenth century Old Master drawing - Apollo destroying Niobe
s children
By John Hamilton Mortimer
Located in London, GB
Pen, ink and wash
Framed dimensions: 13 x 11 ¼ inches
Drawn c.1765
Verso: a study of a hanged man
Mortimer has filled this small sheet with action, depicting in the top right, Apollo and Artemis...
Category
18th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
Sailing Ships, Boats, and Figures on the Shore - Sailing Ships Coastline
By Lyonel Feininger
Located in London, GB
This work is hand signed in ink by the artist “Feininger” in the lower left margin.
It is also dated in black ink "ii . ix . 50" [2nd September 1950] at the lower right corner.
Pro...
Category
1950s United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Mid Century French Study of a Seated Nude Woman
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Nude Study
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width)
Stamped: Ver...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
$209 Sale Price
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Explain, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
By James Shipton
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the female huma...
Category
2010s Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
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 His...
Category
18th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Sketch of a Man in Profile
Located in London, GB
Sketch of a Man in Profile
17th Century French School
Ink on paper
Image Size: 10 1/2 x 7 inches (26.5 x 17.5 cm)
Framed
Provenance
The estate of Joseph McCrindle
Christies Old Masters and British Pictures and Old Master Drawings Sale 12th December 2008
This highly worked picture shows us a man depicted in profile is seen interacting with a scene that extends beyond the boundaries of the paper's composition, the pen strokes intricately portraying the man's face, rendering a detailed, textured complexion. He points his left hand out to something in the distance, with a look of almost alarm.
The artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-64) did a series of oriental head studies.
The exotic headgear that he wears and this type of oriental head studies, had its principal source was of course Rembrandt, who etched many similar heads during the 1630s.
In the seventeenth-century Western European imagination, the turbaned figure represented the epitome of alterity: the Ottoman Turk. Ottoman costume...
Category
17th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Marjorie Best (1903-1997) - Watercolour, Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Jug
Located in Corsham, GB
Marjorie Best (1903-1997)- original watercolour. Still life of coneflowers. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a fine gilt-effect frame. On watercolour paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$239 Sale Price
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Menton French Riviera Cityscape with Church Towers and Palm Trees Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Menton French Riviera Cityscape with Church Towers and Palm Trees Watercolour Painting
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Menton Harbour Scene with Blue Fishing Boats under Morning Light Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Menton Harbour Scene with Blue Fishing Boats under Morning Light Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$470 Sale Price
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Contemporary Miniature Natural Pigment Tantric Cosmic Egg Minimalist orange
Located in Norfolk, GB
Rahul Kumar
Untitled
Natural Pigment on Paper
35.5cm x 26.5cm
Rahul Kumar is from a family of traditional miniature painters working in Jaipur. The atelier where his family learnt t...
Category
2010s Abstract United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, 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 United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Young Man Reclining (Boris Snezhkovsky)
Located in London, GB
Konstantin Andreevich Somov (Russian 1869-1939), Young Man Reclining (Boris Snezhkovsky), 1931, Sanguine and pastel on paper, signed and dated (twice) (lower right), 32cm x 48cm, (46...
Category
1930s Art Deco United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pastel
Johann Weinmann: c.18th Engravings of Fruit in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Johann Weinmann (1683-1741), a G...
Category
18th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mezzotint
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 United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
French Market Watercolour Study with Blue Awning by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Market Watercolour Study with Blue Awning by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.25 x 6.75 i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$461 Sale Price
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Cost, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
By James Shipton
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
Category
2010s Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
French Rural Landscape with Farmhouses Mid Century Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Rural Landscape with Farmhouses Mid Century Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W):...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Abstract Mixed Media Drawing by Rem Raymond Coninckx - Belgium
By Rem Raymond Coninckx
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Rem Raymond Coninckx (1904 - 1974)
Rem Raymond Coninckx was born on 28th March in Couvin (Belgium) 1904 and died in Dinan 1974. He was a painter, draftsman, engraver and also creat...
Category
1960s Abstract United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
Antique Victorian Watercolour of Whitby Harbour by 19th Century British Artist
By William Langley
Located in Preston, GB
Antique Victorian Watercolour of Whitby Harbour by 19th Century British Artist William Langley (1852–1922) dating back to Circa 1891
Art measures 19 x 10.5 inches
Frame measures 2...
Category
1890s Victorian United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Paul Marny (1829-1914) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, View of a Cathedral
By Paul Marny
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely detailed watercolour scene by Paul Marny (1829-1914) featuring fortified walls and quaint cottages, with the spires of a cathedral rising beyond. Faintly signed to the lower...
Category
Late 19th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Hornsley Rise, Graphite Sketch, 20th Century English Artist
By Gordon Scott
Located in London, GB
Pencil and wash on paper
Image size: 8 1/2 x 8 inches (22 x 20.25 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Gordon Scott
Gordon Scott was trained at the Royal College of Art (1934-38) under Gil...
Category
20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Harbour Boats Quayside Reflections Dieppe Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Harbour Boats Quayside Reflections Dieppe Watercolour
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.75 x 6 inches
Inscribed lower ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$389 Sale Price
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Gorbio Provence Village Steps Colourful Houses Hilltop Street Scene Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Gorbio Provence Village Steps Colourful Houses Hilltop Street Scene Landscape
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed
Size (H x W): ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pat MacLaurin - 20th Century Pastel, Lady in a Sunhat
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil pastel study of a woman seated on a daybed. She wears light, loose fitting clothing and a large straw hat. The artist captures the women in an a series of expressive m...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$433 Sale Price
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George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
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 His...
Category
18th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mediterranean Village Rooftops Church Towers and Pine Trees Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Village Rooftops Church Towers and Pine Trees Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x 9.75 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$353 Sale Price
35% Off
The Grand Entrance of Christchurch, Oxford, by Hanslip Fletcher, 1907, signed
Located in GB
Measurements without frame: 23cm H x 19cm W
The Grand Entrance, Christ Church, Oxford – St Aldate’s Street
Pencil on paper
This finely rendered pencil drawing depicts the grand entr...
Category
Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Nativity, British, 20th Century artist Hans Feibusch, pencil, gouache, paper
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Hans Feibusch (German, 1898 – 1998)
The Nativity
Pencil and gouache on paper
17 x 27.1/8 in. (43.3 x 68.7 cm.)
Provenance: From the estate of the artist
Hans Feibusch, born in Frank...
Category
20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Café Interior with Man and Woman Seated Burgundy Banquette and Parisian Décor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Saint Briac Brittany Harbour Scene with Boats and Trees French Coastal Scene
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed
Size: 10 inches (height) x 13.75...
Category
20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Not At Home, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
By James Shipton
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
Category
2010s Impressionist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
John Howe - Framed 20th Century Watercolour, Stumpy Barges
Located in Corsham, GB
A serene watercolour scene of sailing barges beach to the side of an estuary at sun down. Signed by the artist to the lower right. Well-presented in a double card mount and gilt-effe...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$262 Sale Price
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Beautiful May, Boston, 1936: intimate art deco modernistportrait of young woman
By Mariette Lydis
Located in Norwich, GB
A rare and captivating original portrait drawing by Mariette Lydis, executed during her important 1936 journey to America.
This work showcases Lydis’s mastery of line, colour, and p...
Category
1930s Art Deco United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Watercolor, Graphite
Emily Scott - 19th Century Watercolour, Lady in a Lace Bonnet
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour portrait depicting a Victorian woman seated in an armchair. She wears a lace bonnet that is clasped under the chin and a long black dress with puffed sleeves. ...
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$476 Sale Price
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Walter Stuart Lloyd (1845-1959) - 1879 Watercolour, Moonlight on Hampstead Heath
By Walter Stuart Lloyd
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming pastoral scene by Walter Stuart Lloyd (1845-1959) depicting sheep grazing on Hampstead Heath. The scene is illuminated by gentle moonlight, which breaks through the clouds...
Category
Late 19th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Chez Maxim
s
By André Meurice
Located in London, GB
'Chez Maxim's', pastel and gouache on fine art paper, by André Meurice (circa 1950s - 60s). The artist depicts the glamorous clientele at the entryway to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
$413 Sale Price
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Drawing of a captive woman
By Henry Fuseli
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Sir Thomas Lawrence, who acquired the contents of Fuseli’s studio;
Susan, Countess of Guilford, née Coutts (1771-1837), acquired from the Lawrence estate;
Susan, Baroness North (1797-1884), daughter of the above;
Mrs A. M. Jaffé, acquired in France, c. 1950 to 2016.
Black chalks, on buff-coloured paper
Stamped verso: ‘Baroness Norths Collection / of Drawings by H Fuseli Esq.’
Framed dimensions: 26.38 x 20.63 inches
This boldly drawn sheet depicting a seated figure was made by Fuseli at an important and highly productive moment in his career. The monumental drawing is closely related to another sheet by Fuseli in the British Museum which Schiff published as subject unknown. Both drawings were made when Fuseli was designing his most important sequence of historical works, including scenes from Shakespeare and Milton, The Nightmare and The Death of Dido which was exhibited at the Royal Academy to great critical acclaim in 1781. The present drawing does not relate directly to any of Fuseli’s finished historical paintings of the period, but evidently the image of a slightly menacing, seated and covered old woman was precisely the sort of motif he was playing with. It is notable that the same figure reappears later in Fuseli’s work as the witch from Ben Jonson’s Witch’s Song which Fuseli produced as both a painting and engraving in 1812.
Fuseli returned to London in 1779 from a highly creative and productive period in Rome and established himself as one of the leading history painters of the period. Fuseli re-established contact with his old mentor Sir Joshua Reynolds, becoming a regular guest at his dinner table and visitor to his studio. The earliest and most striking manifestation of this strategy was Fuseli's Death of Dido, exhibited in 1781 at the Royal Academy. Executed on the same scale as Reynolds's version (Royal Collection), Fuseli's vertically oriented picture was hung directly opposite Reynolds's with its horizontal orientation, inevitably inviting comparison between the two works and garnering Fuseli much publicity and favourable reviews in the newspapers.
The present, previously unpublished sheet, relates closely to a drawing now in the British Museum. That sheet shows the same seated old woman, drawn on a smaller scale and more schematic in design, seated next to an anatomical drawing of a man. The pose of this figure is related to the pose of Dido in his Death of Dido; the foreshortened torso, arrangement of head, oblique view of Dido’s features and arms all suggest that the study can be viewed as an initial thought for the composition. Fuseli may have initially thought of including the figure of the hunched and covered old woman. Drawn on identical paper to the British Museum sheet, our study is an enlarged depiction of the same figure, more elaborately delineated and developed. The presence of a chain to the right of the figure, suggests that the iconography was related in some way to a scene of imprisonment.
Fuseli had first explored the motif of the hooded old woman in an early Roman drawing, 'The Venus Seller'. The idea of a grotesque old woman, hooded and with angular nose and projecting chin seen in profile was most spectacularly used by Fuseli in his sequence of paintings depicting The Three Witches from Macbeth. Fuseli seems to have kept the present sheet and may have returned to it when preparing a painting of The Witch and the Mandrake from Ben Jonson’s Witch’s Song from his Masque of Queens in 1812. Here the same seated figure looks out from under her hood and picks a mandrake by moonlight. Jonson’s drama had been performed at the court of James I in 1609, inspired the subject. To throw the nobility of the queens into relief, the poet added a coven of witches, one of whom declares: ‘I last night lay all alone, On the ground, to hear the mandrake groan; And plucked him up, though he grew full low, And, as I had done, the cock did crow.’ The figure was reversed in the associated etching which was published in 1812. It seems likely that the present drawing remained as part of Fuseli’s working archive of figure studies.
The present drawing was presumably purchased with the bulk of Fuseli’s drawings after the artist’s death by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Lawrence’s large group of Fuseli drawings were then acquired by Susan, Countess of Guildford (1771-1837). Lady Guildford was the eldest daughter of the banker Thomas Coutts (1735-1822), who himself had supported Fuseli’s journey to Rome in the 1770s and had remained one of the artist’s key...
Category
18th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
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 His...
Category
18th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Basler Motif Series 1, No.2
By George Dannatt
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Basler Motif Series 1 No.2
1981
Medium: Mixed media on paper
Image: 12.0 x 8.0 cm
Mount: 27.0 x 21.8 cm
Reference no: 0640
George Dannatt’s long career...
Category
1980s Abstract United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The River Wye. Chepstow to Rhayader, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Christopher Hughes
Located in Yardley, PA
The River Wye. Chepstow to Rhayader. Twenty seven different paintings along the 150 mile journey of the Wye including Hereford, Monmouth, Ross on Wye, Tintern Abbey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Simonetti - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Minstrel by a Balcony
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study of a medieval minstrel playing the lute. The artist captures the costume of the musician in fine detail. Presented in a simple gilt frame. On paper.
Category
Late 19th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$437 Sale Price
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Frank Constantine OBE (1919-2014) - Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Playfields
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful watercolour study by the British artist and gallery owner Frank Constantine. Here the artist has captured empty playing fields on a drizzly day in early spring. Signed an...
Category
Mid-20th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Late 19th Century Watercolour - Dr Zakiota
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking Victorian portrait in an unusual mix of watercolour and graphite, finished with delicate scraffito work, giving a hazy, almost ghostly appearance to the sitter. The artist...
Category
Late 19th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$313 Sale Price
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1866 Watercolour - Lady In The Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming late 19th Century watercolour showing a finely dressed young lady in a flowing white gown and elegantly styled hair in the fashion of the 18th Century. The artist has mono...
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Mid-19th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$336 Sale Price
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R. Mot - Double Sided Early 20th Century Watercolour, Vivid Still Life
Located in Corsham, GB
A sheet of woven boasts equally compelling watercolors on both sides. Both paintings' subjects focus on ceramic ware and are executed with beaming and vivid palettes.
Unsigned. On w...
Category
Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$229 Sale Price
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George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
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 His...
Category
18th Century United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Compilation VI - Hope, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Jakub Pasierkiewicz
Located in Yardley, PA
The main focus of my work is placed upon compilations of various pre-existing materials, which were collected from the surrounding environment and then given new significance in an i...
Category
2010s Abstract United Kingdom - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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