All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1837 VR item #1386743
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$395.00
Locum Tenens: The Celebrated Hunter to be rode by Sir CLOD A.S.S. The Property of Gill Hall Publication Date: 1830 good condition matted sheet 15 by 11"
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1473437 (stock #na179)
A charming c1820 Austro-Hungarian portrait miniature of Crescence Gräfin von Seilern und Aspangan, an attractive young woman with blue eyes and a high style mass of dark brown curls. Wearing a white gown and fichu, pearl earrings and a thin gold chain necklace, she is posed against a multi-colored sky above green foliage and rolling gray hills in the background. Presented in a period ebonized frame.

The painting, on natural wafer, is in excellent condition, with no issues...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1837 VR item #1420126 (stock #JB02983)
This is a small watercolor on thin card of a young woman with peaches and cream complexion and ringlets in her hair in the style of the 1820's through about 1860, unsigned, 5 3/4" by 3 3/4" plus narrow late 20th century frame, At first glance I thought this English or American, or Canadian, considering the Toronto gallery stamp on the framing paper, but upon opening it I discovered a stamp in old German script on the reverse, as shown...
All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1837 VR item #1320926 (stock #TBD00198)
A pencil sketch of Glendalough county Wicklow Ireland with a strong attribution to the British artist Edward Lear (1812-1888). Drawn with pencil on bluish heavy laid paper with ink, ink washes, touches of white gouche and faded washes of green. In 1835 Lear visited Ireland, one of his early trips as he turned from bird illustration to landscape. The party he traveled with visited Glendalough. During his life Lear saved his sketches and it was not until the 1920’s that they were available...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1837 VR item #1371350 (stock #a1639)
A fine pair of strongly painted miniature portraits done on natural wafer. Based on the technique and the area in which the sitters lived (Cincinnati), a strong attribution to Richard Verbrick can be made.

The woman is finely attired in a black puffy sleeved dress with lace at the collar and a wide black belt. Her jewelry includes a brooch at her neckline and earrings, with a tortoiseshell comb in her hair...

All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pencil : Pre 1837 VR item #1420078 (stock #JB02989)
Early 19th century Swiss drawing titled on reverse "paysanne", 7" by 5 1/2" (12 1/4" by 10 1/2" as framed), unsigned. This is a fine drawing by a talented hand. I imagine that the artist would be listed were it signed. Condition is excellent. It is taped at top only to the underlying matting materials.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1441985 (stock #350)
A beautifu Eighteenth Century, hand colored Etching exotic monkey 10 x 8“ Frame size 16 x 14 l
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Metal : Pre 1800 item #1448594
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$3,200.00
Very Rare German Baroque 16th-17th c Baroque Pearl Diamond Ruby and Enameled Metal Figure. The figure made of what appears to be mixed metal and gilding his belt set with uncut diamonds with heavy inclusions as well as ruby buttons the body mother of pearl and baroque pearl. the figure is gilt and clear colored and opaque enamel with losses. The figure is mounted on a drum base the under side shows a copper screw that seems to be a much later replacement ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1450086 (stock #na167)
An exceedingly rare portrait miniature, done in watercolor on organic wafer, by John Miers (1756–1821) who was the most famous profilist or painter of silhouettes in Britain. (Actually, the term “silhouette” was not used until the 1830’s...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1362794 (stock #a1616)
A nicely done portrait miniature of a gentleman, executed in watercolor on natural organic material. Housed in its original ebonized wood frame which has an interesting musical motif as the hanger base.

No condition issues for either the painting or the frame. Sight size is 2 7/8" by 2 1/4", and the framed size is 4 3/4" by 4 1/4".

All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1800 item #1462332 (stock #1016)
A beautiful rare antique French Gilt Bronze Dore bust of a young woman by Jean-Baptiste Greuze Paris circa 1799. Dor'e or bronze finish signed on reverse on a marble base. Dimensions 4ʺW × 2.5ʺD × 6.5ʺH in good antique condition minor imperfections commensurate of age. Biography; An 18th-century artist of melodramatic genre, morality lessons, female figures and portraits whose subjects included Mozart and Benjamin Franklin, Jean-Baptiste Greuze was born in the Burgundy region of France...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1423320 (stock #JB05041)
An English antique line engraving by Taylor, published by Alexander Hogg in "The Antiquities of England and Wales", 1795, the subject given as "View of Lambeth Palace in Surrey". The print measures 7 1/4" by 9 1/4" (and 13 1/2" by 15 1/2" framed). The print looks decidedly antique, the paper with old crinkles, and it is simply laid against a pinkish board. It appears to have been possibly trimmed at bottom. The decorative print is hand colored...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1800 item #1465470 (stock #2823)
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$18,000.00
GEORGE MORLAND BRITISH, 1763-1804 SHEPHERD SEATED WITH HIS HERD AGAINST A STORMY SKY Oil on canvas Lower center signed and dated: Geo. Morland 1797, verso label with artist information Dimensions: 26 x 33 1/2 in. (66.04 x 85.09 cm.), Frame: 38 x 47 1/2 in. (96.52 x 120.65 cm.) George Morland George Morland by Henry Robert Morland.jpg George Morland (Henry Robert Morland, c...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Engravings : Pre 1800 item #1451669
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$395.00
A hand water colored image of a man walking down a hillside in low vegetation with a shotgun in his hands, preparing to shoot, following two dogs walking towards right; another man standing at a wooden fence in middle ground, holding a shotgun; trees, fields and houses in background. 1798 Etching, Dimensions page trimmed Height: Height: 7.75" Width: Width:9.75" water damage on upper edge but far from plate lines.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1800 item #1438212 (stock #416)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,500.00
Saint Receiving the Holy Spirit signed (L.R). Sebastian Ricci. Italian 18th Century painter Sebastiano Ricci. Oil on Canvas. 18 x 13". Frame Size 23 x 18" Sebastiano Ricci (1659 - 1734) was an Italian painter of the Late Baroque school in Venice.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1382152 (stock #a1661)
Signed J.J. and dated 1772 on the lower right, this watercolor on wafer shows an obviously well-off woman attired in the latest finery, and with an elaborate hairdo with a lace cap.

Excellent condition, with no flaws to speak of, and measuring 1 1/2" by 1 1/4"...

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1800 item #1340169
This etching with aquatint by the German artist, Johann Gottlieb Theophilus Amadeus Prestel, measures 12 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches, 1784, in two colors on green paper, plate signed and dated, after Parmigianino, artist info on backing, thread margins all around.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1387112 (stock #a1673)
A finely painted miniature portrait of a handsome dark-haired young gentleman in a blue jacket, and a white waistcoat and stock. Presented in a rolled gold case with a glazed reverse. Though unsigned, there is a taped pencil inscription with artist's name en verso.

The condition is excellent with no issues to speak of. The overall size is 2 3/8" by 2 1/8".

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Louis-Marie Autissier (1772–1830), was born in Brittany, France...