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Style: Victorian
Cute Children's Book Illustration British Female Illustrator - Teddy Bears
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1920s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

A Seraph (no. 1)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Framed dimensions 18.5 x 17.5 inches One of two original drawings of seraphim created for the British firm of stained-glass designers Shrigley and Hunt. The drawings are by the cele...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Chalk

A Seraph (no. 2)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Framed dimensions 18.5 x 17.5 inches One of two original drawings of seraphim created for the British firm of stained-glass designers Shrigley and Hunt. The drawings are by the cele...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Watercolor

19th-Century Austrian School, Lady Riding A Grey Mare
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century European watercolour depicts a young lady riding a grey mare before a view of Berg Perchtoldsdorf, Austria. During the 19th century, aristocratic wome...
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1860s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Watercolor, Paper

Young Child Picking Spring Blossom. Victorian West Country Original Watercolor.
By Edwin Harris
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Edwin Harris. English ( b.1855 - d.1906 ). Young Girl Picking Spring Blossom Watercolor. Signed. Image size 9.8 inches x 4.9 inches ( 25cm x 12.5cm ). Frame size 14.8 inches x 10 in...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Victorian 19th Century watercolour, Lake Como, Italy
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming view of figures on a street by an Lake Como James T Herve D'Egville (1806-1880) Figures on hilly street with lake Como beyond Signed Watercolour 8 x 5¼ inches with...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Long Life & Happiness.Queen Victoria's Daughter, Princess Alice. Royal Family
By HRH Princess Alice Maud Mary Hanover
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Queen Victoria’s Daughter, Princess Alice Maud Mary, of the House of Hanover. English ( b.1843 - d.1878 ). Long Life and Happiness – June 11th 1860 Watercolor. Signed and Dated. Image size 12.4 inches x 7.7 inches ( 31.5cm x 24cm ). Frame size 18.5 inches x 15.2 inches ( 47cm x 38.5cm ). Available for sale; this charming and delicate watercolor is by one of Queen Victoria’s daughters, Princess Alice Maud Mary of the House of Hanover, and is dated 1860. This original watercolor is presented and supplied in a sympathetic contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs), mounted using conservation materials and non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. This intriguing and gentle piece will be of specific interest to those who have an interest in the Of the British royal family and its history. This antique piece is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. This intriguing and gentle piece will be of specific interest to those who have an interest in the British royal family and its history. A unique and very special painting, this charming delicate watercolour was painted by Princess Alice Mary Maud, of the House of Hanover, the second daughter of Queen Victoria. This is very significant because the artist is now the great- great grandmother of the current monarch, HM King Charles III. The artist herself was an extraordinary woman, the painting was created at a special time and place, and the subject of the painting is a mystery. The painting depicts a winged angel looking down at a small baby lying in a cradle. The angel holds a scroll, emblazoned with “Long life and happiness” A date, “June 8th, 1860”, is written clearly and prominently above the child, signifying a date of birth. The painting is signed simply “Alice” and the date of its completion is recorded as “June 11th, 1860.” The painting demonstrates that the young Princess, just 17 at the time, was an accomplished and sensitive artist. The work commemorates the birth 3 days earlier of a baby whose arrival must have been personally celebrated by the Princess. The identity of this child is a mystery. The fact that the cradle is decorated with blue ribbons and trimmings does not necessarily suggest that this is a male child as the custom of blue for a boy had not yet been adopted at this time. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom became Princess Louis and Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine by marriage. She was born on 25th April 1843 and was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Like her siblings she spent her early childhood in the company of her parents and siblings, travelling between the British royal residences. Her birth prompted her parents to purchase Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight, and for Alice this was very much her family home. Here, at her father’s insistence, she and her siblings learnt family values and practical skills such as housekeeping, cooking, gardening and carpentry. During the Crimean War Alice, aged just eleven, toured London hospitals with her mother and elder sister. This triggered her interest in health and public welfare which continued all her life. Alice was considered the most emotionally sensitive of her siblings and was genuinely sympathetic to the burdens of others. Her compassion meant that she took on the role of the family caregiver. She nursed her grandmother, Victoria, Duchess of Kent, mother to Queen Victoria, throughout her final illness, and provided emotional support for all the family after her death. As Alice reached adulthood Queen Victoria made plans for her to be married. Queen Victoria wanted her children to marry for love, but the choice of suitors was nevertheless severely restricted by protocol. After Alice rejected the first two potential suitors her mother and elder sister suggested Prince Louis of Hesse, a minor German royal who was heir to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. He and his brother were invited to Windsor Castle in 1860, ostensibly so that they could watch the Ascot Races in the company of the royal family. In reality, the visit was an opportunity for the Queen to inspect her potential son-in-law. Louis and Alice got on together well, and Alice made it clear that she was attracted to him. They became engaged the following year. The visit to Windsor Castle by the German Princes...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil, Watercolor

19th Century, English School, Portrait of a traveller on a country road
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very skilfully drawn portrait of a traveller on a country road. The artist has meticulously captured the details of his dishevelled attire and his thoughtful expression. English ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil, Paper

Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1910s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

A Morning Concert - Victorian British art w/c painting black entertainers beach
By Owen Dalziel
Located in London, GB
A superb British Victorian watercolour by Owen Dalziel which is titled A Morning Concert and is dated 1883. A fine large painting, it is a super historical record of a Victorian beach...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

John Cantiloe Joy, 19th Century seascape, maritime interest
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful example of the rare and intricate work of John Cantiloe Joy (1806-1866) Shipping off the Norfolk coast with figures on the shore Watercolour over traces of pencil 6½ x 1...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Gypsies Around a Camp Fire - British art Victorian painting pastoral landscape
Located in London, GB
A vibrant Victorian watercolour which is signed and dated 1869 by Henry George Hine RI. A lovely scene around the camp fire with gypsies such as the man smoking and the laundry hung ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Sisterly Love, Victorian Watercolour, Family Group, Framed
By John Faed
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper Image size: 7 x 5 1/4 inches (17.75 x 13.25 cm) Mounted and framed Mounted with a contemporary gilt frame This joyful painting of an interior features two figures - a young child and an older adolescent, who are likely to be sisters. The scene is captured in delicate watercolour brush strokes showing the elder of the two holding a doll high and out of the young girl's reach. John Faed...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Rudolf Johann Weiss (1846-1933) - Gateway of Ptolemy III Thebes Egypt 19thC W/C
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Rudolf Johann Weiss (Swiss, * 3.9.1846 Basel; † 17.4.1933 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland) Ancient Gateway of Ptolemy III by Thebes in Egypt • 19th century water colour on paper, visible ...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Early English topograpical watercolor of Chinese figures
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautifully drawn pencil study of Chinese figures by one of the great topographical masters of the early 19th Century. George Chinnery (1774-1852) Chinese figures leading livestoc...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Early 20th century Austrian/German kids playing together in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and J...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

German 19th century watercolor of children flying in a plane over a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and Josef Mathias Trenkwald. He wo...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

German late 19th century children flying in a plane in an early plane
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and Josef Mathias Trenkwald. He wo...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Early 20th century German or Austrian children playing a piano and flute
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and Josef Mathias Trenkwald. He wo...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Young boy giving flowers to his girlfriend, German early 20th century
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and J...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Early 20th century German watercolor of children dancing in traditional dress
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and J...
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1910s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Early 20th century Dutch looking children having fun by Austrian painter
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and J...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed by the artist (upper right), and RA visitor L. Alma Tadema, RA., and dated (lower left), 76cm x 57cm, (64cm x 88cm framed). Olivier studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1881, where this extraordinary display of drafting took place. Olivier exhibited extensively, including the Royal Academy starting in 1883, and the Paris Salon. He exhibited at the Fine Art Society in the 1880s and at the Grafton Galleries in 1908. An official war artist in the Great War, his work is included in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. It is also contained in many regional art galleries. Drawings of the nude, called academic studies...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

The Chestnut Seller, Victorian Watercolour Genre Scene
Located in London, GB
Brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white, signed lower right Image size: 18 x 14 1/4 inches (45.75 x 36 cm) Gilt frame Modern moral subjects were a special kind of genre that was invented by William Hogarth which satirised the manners and morals of the period in which the artist lived. They were particular in their frankness and often biting social satire. Genre painting became hugely popular in the Victorian age and towards the end of the nineteenth century a new focus for genre painting emerged. The Artist Joseph H Barnes...
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1860s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Blind Mans Buff, British Couple walking in a landscape in Edwardian dress
Located in Woodbury, CT
John Strickland Goodall John Strickland Goodall was born in Heacham, Norfolk on 7 June 1908. He was the son of a famous heart specialist who boasted seven generations of medics, and...
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1980s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Courtship, British Couple walking in a landscape in Edwardian dress
Located in Woodbury, CT
John Strickland Goodall John Strickland Goodall was born in Heacham, Norfolk on 7 June 1908. He was the son of a famous heart specialist whose boasted seven generations of medics, a...
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1980s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Thomas Leeson Rowbotham, Victorian blacksmith
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming study of a blacksmith puffing on a clay pipe at the forge door. Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham Junr (1823-1875) Village Blacksmith Patterdale, Aug 1848 Signed, in...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

John Edmund Buckley, Victorian scene of maidens under an oak tree
Located in Harkstead, GB
An enchanting scene of maidens conversing under the shade of an oak tree with lovely detailing and good strong colour. John Edmund Buckley ( 1824-1876) Maidens under an oak tree Sig...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Resting Lady, Roma /// Antique Rome Italian Watercolor Figurative Landscape Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Filippo Bartolini (Italian, 1861-1908) Title: "Resting Lady, Roma" *Signed by Bartolini lower right Circa: 1900 Medium: Original Watercolor on heavy wove paper Framing: Rece...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Silhouette, Portrait of a Lady
Located in Middletown, NY
Collage heightened in gilt ink laid down to card stock. Light band of moisture stain running horizontally along the top margin, above the image area. Light attenuation, otherwise in good condition. Presented beautifully in a period burled walnut frame. _______ William Hubard, sometimes known as "Master Hubard," was a British born American artist who settled in Boston in about 1820, in his late teenage years. He opened a gallery on the corner of Milk and Congress Streets at Julien Hall, in the heart of Boston's Financial District. His gallery became well known for Hubard's silhouette's, which he produced prodigiously for sitters in moments, using nothing but black paper, a pair of scissors, and sometimes a dash of gold ink. Hubard filled his gallery with silhouette likenesses of famous people, beggars, fiddlers, great works of architecture, and all types of animals. Each evening he presented a panharmonicon concert in his gallery, and for 50¢ the public was invited to enjoy the gallery, the concert, and have their likeness created by hand in moments by Hubard. In the early 1830s Hubard married the daughter of a wealthy patron, and moved to Richmond, Virginia, where he won major commissions to paint portraits of notables such as Andrew Jackson, and James Marshall, as well as several commissions from the Virginia General Assembly. Hubard enjoyed a successful career until his death in February 1862, when he was killed in an accidental explosion while making munitions for the Confederate States...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media

Victorian Portrait of little baby Girl or Child playing with her toys
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Early Victorian English watercolor of a little girl. The piece is full of quality and precise brushwork giving the painting a great feeling. I think the frame is later poss...
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1830s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Christmas Winter English watercolor of a Robin on a holly bush
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The whi...
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1970s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Circle of John Varley, 19th century view of a mountain lake
Located in Harkstead, GB
A charming 19th century view of a figure on the shore of a mountain lake, framed by the foliage of a birch tree. Circle of John Varley (1778-1842) Figure on the shore of a mountain ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Christmas Winter English watercolor of a Robin on a holly bush
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and and added level of quality. This and the others from the collection were Im sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
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1970s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Follower of David Cox, 19th Century watercolor, Figures on the waterfront
By (Circle of) David Cox
Located in Harkstead, GB
A dramatic 19th Century watercolor painted by a competent hand in the style of David Cox the Elder. A spirited scene with weather-beaten figures on the waterfront looking out to sail...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Christmas Winter English watercolor of a Caffinch on a snow covered tree
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and an added level of quality. This and the others from the collection were I'm sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
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1970s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Pair of 19th century English Antique watercolor portraits of a man and woman,
Located in Woodbury, CT
A pair pf 19th century English School watercolor portraits of a man and woman, possibly husband and wife. Both are inscribed on the rever...
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1840s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

The Butterfly /// Antique Victorian Watercolor Girl Lady Landscape Romantic Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jan Jacobus Matthijs Damschröder (Dutch, 1825-1905) Title: "The Butterfly" *Signed by Damschröder lower right Circa: 1880 Medium: Original Gouache/Watercolor Painting on paper Framing: Framed in a gold-leafed mat and Victorian gesso frame...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Watercolor, Gesso

Christmas Winter English watercolor of two turtle doves on a snow covered tree
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and an added level of quality. This and the others from the collection were I'm sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
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1970s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Christmas Winter English watercolor of a Robin standing on a garden fork handle
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and and added level of quality. This and the others from the collection were Im sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
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1970s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Christmas Winter English watercolor of a Robin with holly and berries
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and and added level of quality. This and the others from the collection were Im sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
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1970s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Study for Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 inches (19 x 23 cm) Carved gilt frame Literature Illustrated in Malcolm Bell's 'Sir Edward Burne-Jones, A Record and Review', London, 1899, p...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Lennard Lewis (English, 1826 - 1913) Lago Maggiore Switzerland Water Colour 1898
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Lennard Lewis (British, 1826 - 1913) View of the Lago Maggiore and the Mountains of southern Switzerland • Water colour on paper • Signed and dated low...
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1890s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Alfred W Cooper, Young girl by a bridge, Victorian watercolor
Located in Harkstead, GB
Alfred W Cooper, 19th Century Waiting by the weir Signed with initials Watercolour with touches of gouache 6¾ x 9¾ inches 12 x 16 inches with the frame A delightful Victorian scene...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Christmas Winter English watercolor of two Penguins in the Antarctic
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and and added level of quality. This and the others from the collection were Im sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
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1970s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Circle of Samuel Prout, 19th Century watercolor, Castle in a river landscape
Located in Harkstead, GB
An enchanting 19th century watercolor with figures before a castle in a river landscape. Circle of Samuel Prout (1783-1852) Figures before a castle in a river landscape Watercolour ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

1860s Drawing L'Amazon Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique pencil and faded watercolor wash portrait titled "L'Amazon" (French, translates "horsewoman") by Constantin Guys (French, 1802-1892), circa 1860...
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1860s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Christmas Winter English watercolor of two blue tits on a snow covered tree
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and an added level of quality. This and the others from the collection were I'm sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
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1970s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

English School, 19th Century, Victorian rustic scene, Thatched cottage
Located in Harkstead, GB
A delightful rustic scene from the Victorian period with figures chatting outside a thatched cottage English School, mid 19th Century Figures conversing by a cottage and stream Wat...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Children Playing with the Baby /// Victorian Watercolor British Flowers Cottage
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ada L. Dennis (English, Late 19th Century-Early 20th Century) Title: "Children Playing with the Baby" *Initial signed by Dennis lower right Circa: 1900 Medium: Original Water...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Board, Watercolor, Illustration Board

John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) Anglo Indian Portraits, 1870 Ink Wash Drawing
By John Lockwood Kipling
Located in Meinisberg, CH
John Lockwood Kipling (British, *6th July 1837, † 26th January 1911) Dhobi Wallah & Turbaned Servant • A pair of 19th century pencil, pen and ink wash drawings (water colour) on paper, ca. 35 x 26 cm • Vintage glased...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Paper, Watercolor

“A Page of Love”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here is a wonderful original watercolor and gouache depicting a scene from Emile Zola book “A Page of Love” by the American artist, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris....
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1890s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Early 19th century French watercolor of figures in a wooded landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well-drawn early 19th century French watercolor of a family in a wooded landscape. Framed in an antique water gilded frame, which might be the original to the piece. The quality o...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Set of 6 19th century Chinese school men and women figure portraits
Located in Woodbury, CT
Set of 6 19th century Chinese gouache or watercolors of colorful figures. An interesting set of 3, 7 x 5 inch, and 3, 5 x 3-inch 19th-century fi...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Max Beerbohm, 19th Century British caricature of Mr Harry Nichols
By Max Beerbohm
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Max Beerbohm (British, 1872 – 1956) Mr Harry Nicholls (In a life of pleasure), 1893 Signed ‘MAX’ (lower right), inscribed with title in ink Pencil on paper with evidence of some wate...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

19th Century Portrait of a Lady French Original Pencil Drawing signed 1883
Located in FR
19th Century Portrait of a Lady French Pencil Drawing signed and dedicated 1883 In its original oval ebonised frame Decicated on the ba...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

"Oh if brother would only let me have the key."
Located in Miami, FL
Signed "Violet Moore Higgins" in right-center image. Taped to board and matted. Story illustration for unknown publication. Though unconfirmed, it is possible this illustration was produced for The Little Lame Prince by Miss Mulock (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik) (Chicago: Albert Whitman Co., 1927, chapter VII). Violet Moore Higgins, born Violet Idelle Moore, attended the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1900s, and then settled in New York as an illustrator for children's books and magazines. She has illustrated books like 'Pinocchio', 'Heidi', 'Hans Brinker' and 'The Three Bears'. In the 1910s she made 'Picture Puzzle...
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1920s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Girl In Garden With Flowers Original Watercolor English 19th Century
Located in FR
Girl in Garden 19th Century English Watercolor Unframed on card Charming Overall good condition with some very minor foxing Free shipping to UK and EU H...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Victorian figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Victorian figurative drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 20th Century, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Ella Bruce, John Strickland Goodall, John White Abbott, and Max Beerbohm. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Watercolor and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Victorian figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 2.5 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $222 and tops out at $21,283, while the average work sells for $935.

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