Victorian Friendship Pictures

These delightful and varied pictures, often small in scale, represent the Victorian art of collecting original artworks as mementoes of friendship and exchange. As such, they take on a particularly intimate charm and reflect the relationships and interests of their past owners. The works of art would often meditate on the value of friendship, communicating values of loyalty and steadfastness, and feature a whole range of subjects and media – including botanical and animal studies, nautical scenes, landscapes, military subjects and small portraits – all with some personal connection to the owner. Taken as a whole, these works are a fascinating record of Victorian popular tastes and culture.

Miniature Portrait of a Young Lady in Veil & Gloves–mid-19th-century watercolour

STOCK NUMBER: JS-321

£110.00
Miniature Portrait of a Young Lady Playing a Lute – mid-19th-century watercolour

STOCK NUMBER: JS-319

£98.00
Snowy Cottage at Night – Original mid-19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JS-318

£68.00
Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, Wales – mid-19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JS-324

£48.00
Dunreath Abbey – mid-19th-century graphite drawing with pin-prick technique

STOCK NUMBER: JS-326

£48.00
Dutch Girl – Original early 19th-century watercolour painting

STOCK NUMBER: JR-998

£48.00
St Nicholas Parish Church, Brighton – mid-19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JS-323

£48.00
River Derwent & High Tor, Matlock – Mid-19th-century watercolour painting

STOCK NUMBER: JM-408

£48.00
Saxon Mill at Guy's Cliffe, Warwickshire – mid-19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JS-325

£44.00
Bauer und Bäuerin aus Biestow bei Rostock – 1840 hand-coloured lithograph print

STOCK NUMBER: JM-396

£44.00
Helen Robertson, Peasant Man Carrying Firewood – 19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JM-415

£42.00
Alpine Landscape with Chalet & Figure – mid-19th-century watercolour painting

STOCK NUMBER: JS-316

£38.00
H.E.S. Farm Boy with Hay Fork – Original early 19th-century watercolour painting

STOCK NUMBER: JM-383

£38.00
The Prince's Tower at La Hougue Bie, Jersey –Early 19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JR-995

£38.00
Abbey Ruin – Original mid-19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JS-308

£31.00
Dartmouth Castle & Harbour – Original mid-19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JS-322

£26.00
Jesus Christ in Crown of Thorns – Original mid-19th-century mezzotint print

STOCK NUMBER: JS-307

£24.00
Country House in Miniature – Original 19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JM-145

£21.00
House with Crooked Chimney – Original early 19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JM-387

£16.00
Cobbler after Adriaen van Ostade – Original mid-19th-century mezzotint print

STOCK NUMBER: JM-398

£16.00
M.A.M.F., House by Lake Miniature - Original early 19th-century graphite drawing

STOCK NUMBER: JH-100

£16.00