A VERY HANDSOME HAND COLORED COACHING ENGRAVING TITLED '' THE PORTSMOUTH MAIL'' PAINTED BY J. POLLARD AND SIGNED AND DATED 1832 IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE  More »

A VERY HANDSOME HAND COLORED COACHING ENGRAVING TITLED '' THE PORTSMOUTH MAIL'' PAINTED BY J. POLLARD AND SIGNED AND DATED 1832 IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE ENGRAVING. IT WAS ENGRAVED BY F. ROSENBERG AND PUBLISHED IN LONDON BY J. WATSON, VERE ST. THE ENGRAVING IS IN A LATER FRAME. Status: For Sale Reference#: PFA_66d Condition: GOOD Year: CA 1832 Country: ENGLISH Height: 24.5 in. (62.23 cm) Depth: 1 in. (2.54 cm) Width: 32.25 in. (81.92 cm) Title: HANDSOME FRAMED EARLY COACHING ENGRAVING   « Less

VERY LARGE OIL PORTRAIT OF A CLERGYMAN FROM ROUFFACH, FRANCE BY SWISS ARTIST GEORG BALDER (OR BALDERER) 1810 - 1882. IT IS AN OIL ON CANVAS IN VERY ATTRACTIVE GILT FRAME. THE  More »

VERY LARGE OIL PORTRAIT OF A CLERGYMAN FROM ROUFFACH, FRANCE BY SWISS ARTIST GEORG BALDER (OR BALDERER) 1810 - 1882. IT IS AN OIL ON CANVAS IN VERY ATTRACTIVE GILT FRAME. THE PAINTING IS INSCRIBED ''COLLEGE DE ROUFFAC'' ON BOOK. IT IS SIGNED AND DATED ''GEORG BALDER. PT./3 AUGUT/1852'' ON CHAIR ARM AT LEFT RIGHT. BALDER WAS WIDELY KNOWN AS A LITHOGRAPHER AND SEVERAL PORTRAITS BY HIM ARE CONSERVED IN THE GRAPHIC COLLECTION OF THE SWISS FEDERAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY. LATER HE MOVED TO SOUTHERN GERMANY WHERE HE WAS AN ACTIVE PAINTER OF PORTRAITS AND CHURCHES. HE WAS BORN IN ZURICH IN 1810 AND DIED IN FREIBURG, GERMANY IN 1882. HE BEGAN HIS STUDIES IN ZURICH, THEN WENT TO WINTHERTUR WHERE HE ATTENDED PAINTING COURSES HELD IN KASPAR WEIDENMANN''S STUDIO, LITHOGRAPHY COURSES HELD IN STUDER AND IN 1830 THE FINE ART ACADAMY OF MUNICH. HIS WORK IS FOUND IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INCLUDING THE WINTERTHUR MUSEUM, KUNSTMUSEUM, ZURICH KUNSTHAUS. COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ABOUT THIS ARTIST AND COMES TOGETHER WITH THE PAINTING. THIS PAINTING COMES WITH A PICTURE LIGHT ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE FRAME. Status: For Sale Reference#: JC31 Condition: VERY GOOD Year: CA 1852 Country: SWITZERLAND Height: 41 in. (104.14 cm) Width: 33 in. (83.82 cm) Title: LARGE OIL PORTRAIT OF A CLERGYMAN FROM ROUFFACH, FRANCE BY BALDER IN GILT FRAME   « Less

A FRAMED OIL ON CANVAS PROFILE OF A ENGLISH GENTLEMAN WITH DRAMATIC LIGHTING. Status: For Sale  More »

A FRAMED OIL ON CANVAS PROFILE OF A ENGLISH GENTLEMAN WITH DRAMATIC LIGHTING. Status: For Sale Reference#: DF_US_12_09_501 Condition: VERY GOOD CONDITION NO ISSUES Year: 1780''S Country: ENGLAND Height: 30 in. (76.20 cm) Depth: 2 in. (5.08 cm) Width: 25.5 in. (64.77 cm) Materials: OIL ON CANVAS   « Less

CUPID SHARPENING HIS ARROWS, WITH A CHILDS HELP. Status: For Sale Reference#: LD_4_9_503  More »

CUPID SHARPENING HIS ARROWS, WITH A CHILDS HELP. Status: For Sale Reference#: LD_4_9_503 Condition: VERY GOOD CONDITION NO ISSUES Year: 1880''S Country: ITALY Height: 10.25 in. (26.03 cm) Depth: 0 in. (0.00 cm) Width: 0. in. (0.00 cm) Materials: OIL ON BOARD, FRAMED   « Less

19th-Century, Oil on Canvas, original frame, signed 18 x 21 plus frame

19th-Century, Oil on Canvas, original frame, signed 18 x 21 plus frame   « Less

King Frederick the Great on the Flute Oil on Canvas, 37.5 x 27.75 King Frederick the Great on the Flute performing with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach on the Harpsichord and  More »

King Frederick the Great on the Flute Oil on Canvas, 37.5 x 27.75 King Frederick the Great on the Flute performing with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach on the Harpsichord and Frantisek Benda on the Violin. The original work is in Berlin. Recaptured by an artist after a painting by Adolf von Menzel (1815-1905). Menzel was a German painter and printmaker, best known in his own day as a brilliant historical painter, whose patriotic works satisfied the public’s taste, engendered by Prussia’s continual expansion throughout the 19th century, for propagandistic art. In the 20th century he was chiefly esteemed for his sensitive treatment of light and the original compositions of his small genre pictures. In this painting, Menzel was capturing the illuminating effect of the rock crystals on the candeliers. It is in great condition. The frame is also in good condition with the exception of scratches. The painting appears to be signed R.V.   « Less

Oil on Canvas, signed by Initial (H. B. S.) at lower left. Signed H.B.S., we’ve attributed this work to Herbert Blande Sparks. Sparks was one of the  More »

Oil on Canvas, signed by Initial (H. B. S.) at lower left. Signed H.B.S., we’ve attributed this work to Herbert Blande Sparks. Sparks was one of the U.K.’s Victorian artists. He painted in oils and apparently had the habit of putting his paint brushes in his mouth …. this caused his early death by poisoning in 1916 at the age of 46. The painting is of the “Princes in the Tower,” Edward V of England (November 4, 1470 - 1483?) and his brother, Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (17 August 1473 - 1483?), were the two young sons of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville who were declared illegitimate by Richard III’s Act of Parliament known as Titulus Regius. Their uncle, Richard III of England, placed them both in the Tower of London (then a royal residence as well as a prison) in 1483. There are reports of their early presence in the courtyards etc, but there are no records of them having been seen after the summer of 1483. Their fate remains unknown, and it is presumed that they either died or were killed there. More can be read about the story of Princes in the Tower from the Wikipedia. A similar painting is by Sir John Everett Millais and part of the Royal Holloway picture collection. This painting is testament to Sparks skill as a painter, although somewhat darker than his other works which more typically use Victorian women in light colors as subjects. A label on the back reads J. A. P. Daborn, 9 The Broadway, Mill Hill N. W. 7, etc.   « Less

The hand painted oval porcelain plaque measuring dimensions: 6.5” x 5”, set within a later giltwood frame. Continental, Circa 1900.

The hand painted oval porcelain plaque measuring dimensions: 6.5” x 5”, set within a later giltwood frame. Continental, Circa 1900.   « Less

Both set within silvered fillets mounted within their original carved & standing ebony frame. Dimensions of miniatures: 1.75” high by 1.5” wide, framed 4.5”  More »

Both set within silvered fillets mounted within their original carved & standing ebony frame. Dimensions of miniatures: 1.75” high by 1.5” wide, framed 4.5” x 5.25”. India Company School, Circa 1900. Shah Jahan (1592-1666) was the 5th Emperor of the Mogul Empire and built the Taj Mahal as a memorial to his wife, Mumtaz (1593-1631).   « Less

An 18th Century Portrait. Canvas dimensions: 29.75 x 22.5”, set within a later giltwood frame. English School. Circa 1770

An 18th Century Portrait. Canvas dimensions: 29.75 x 22.5”, set within a later giltwood frame. English School. Circa 1770   « Less