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Versand am 21 Mai 2023
A gorgeous 19th-century kingfisher study, reminiscent of the bird studies in John Ruskin's teaching collection
Versand am 16 Mai 2023
From our recent early 19th-century natural history collection associated with the Glegg family of Withington Hall, Cheshire
Versand am 14 Mai 2023
A view from our window at Llandudno' by Elizabeth Wedderburn, from our new collection by the Wedderburn sisters, dating from the 1870s
Versand am 09 Mai 2023
This striking collection of hand-drawn early 19th-century topographical observations has had me delving into the history of cartography
Versand am 07 Mai 2023
Two rare works depicting Pembrokeshire landmarks by antiquarian Charles Norris (1779–1858), whose work is of importance in recording buildings that have subsequently been lost
Versand am 02 Mai 2023
A selection from our delightful new collection of Japanese paintings on silk (or kenpon chakushoku), dating from towards the end of the Meiji period
Versand am 30 April 2023
This elegant portrait sketch of a boy in profile by George Dance the Younger RA (1741–1825) is possibly the artist's youngest son, Charles Webb (1785–1844), aged thirteen
Versand am 02 April 2023
Newly listed (and quickly sold), this wonderful Kosa school illustration, featuring the remarkable Japanese pigment 'gofun' or shell white: a form of calcite, calcium carbonate, made of crushed seashells, usually oyster shells
Versand am 29 März 2023
Vibrant yet ethereal pictures that tell of the 'golden' age of British sea trade; a time when Britain was China's leading trading partner and had ambitions to push westwards from Shanghai up the Yangtze River
Versand am 28 März 2023
Researching our John Thomas Serres sketch I got diverted by the story of his wife, Olivia Serres (1772–1834): also an artist but most famous—or infamous—for being 'an imposter'
Versand am 21 März 2023
More miniature work in breathtaking detail, this time Indo-Persian in style
Versand am 19 März 2023
A beautiful—at once austere yet intimate—interior glimpse at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, the main summer residence at the time of Franz Joseph I, head of the Austrian Empire
Versand am 18 März 2023
Pleasing pair by Henry Earp Senior (1831–1914), head of a famous family of Brighton artists
Versand am 17 März 2023
Enjoyed discovering the riotous world of Richard Doyle's horses this week, galloping through his fantastical fantastical visions of fairydom, nostrils flared and hooves aloft
Versand am 15 März 2023
John White Abbott (1763–1851) tirelessly transcribed the landscapes of South Devon local to his home at Fordlands near Exeter—even, in this vital sepia work, at the grand old age of 80
Versand am 14 März 2023
Rare depictions of 19th-century Palestine by Anna Julia Grant-Duff (1839–1915), who in the 1880s spent a winter at Haifa in a house owned by the British author and traveller Laurence Oliphant (1829–1888)
Versand am 13 März 2023
This little piece of postal service history is an original 1930s Greetings Telegram design by graphic artist Warwick William Lendon SGA
Versand am 12 März 2023
This lovely Continental landscape by Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding (1781–1851), which is a small triumph in composition and colouring
Versand am 11 März 2023
We encounter and deal in the materiality of paper every day, so it is envigorating to once in a while handle non-paper
Versand am 10 März 2023
Our new collection of drawings by Exeter artist John White Abbott (1763–1851) is a tour de force from this gentleman amateur, who never sold a painting but whose oils were praised more highly those of his friend and teacher Francis Towne
Versand am 07 März 2023
From our new collection of Victorian capriccio subjects, an exquisitely painted cat with a bubble pipe
Versand am 06 März 2023
This captivating trio of Japanese paintings dates from the early decades of the 20th century
Versand am 04 März 2023
This beautiful impasto oil painting dates from 1930s India and is associated with the Ishwar Dass School of Arts, Lucknow
Versand am 03 März 2023
Claude Hayes RI ROI (1852–1922) captures the expansive horizontal striation of the fen landscape in this quietly expressive, wide-format watercolour
Versand am 25 Februar 2023
We've made new additions this week to our stunning collection of 1930s hand-painted Art Deco pattern designs
Versand am 24 Februar 2023
Newly listed is this small collection of early 20th-century kachō-e watercolours in the manner of Ohara Koson (1877–1945)
