Frederick Henry Henshaw

Frederick Henry Henshaw (1807-1891) - Watercolour, Figure in a Rural Landscape

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This atmospheric watercolour captures a vast, arid landscape with a looming mountain in the distance. A cottage dwelling can be seen to the left of the composition with its occupant ...

An impressive 19th century English School watercolour, attributed to Alfred H. Green (fl. 1844-1878), with a monogram to the lower right which fits other monograms on record for this...

A wonderful 19th century watercolour study depicting a rural landscape with two figures. A small village is visible in the distance and a lake beyond. With delicate graphite detail. ...

A gloomy and deeply atmospheric watercolour scene in sepia tones showing and elderly, ragged man testing the water in front of him with his stick. A brooding sky and stark branches o...

Art Sz: 9 1/2"H x 15 3/8"W Frame Sz: 17 3/4"H x 22 5/8"W English, 19th century watercolor on paper depicting a man sitting on a rock by the water Signed "G. Scobel" Mas. G. Scobe...

A very attractive and meticulously executed view of a rocky landscape within the woods dating to 1823. This would suit a library or study with its muted tones and skifull draughtsmanship. William Nicholson (1781-1844) Near Croxdale Hall Signed with initials and inscribed with title and date 1823 Pen, ink and grey wash 11 x 8 inches, image only 17 x 13 inches without frame The portrait-painter and etcher William Nicholson was born in Ovingham-on-Tyne, Northumberland, on Christmas Day 1781. His family transferred to Newcastle when his father was appointed Headmaster of the city's Grammar School. At an early age, though, Nicholson appears to have moved to Hull where he made his artistic debut, painting miniatures of officers garrisoned there. He was almost entirely self-taught, learning his craft through the close study of artworks in private and public galleries. He subsequently returned to Newcastle where he received many commissions to paint portraits of the old families of Northumberland. In 1808, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy, continuing to do so until 1822. By 1814, Nicholson, whose mother was a Scot, had moved to Edinburgh where he set up as a miniaturist and painter in oils. Soon, however, he began to specialize in watercolour portraits. Early subjects included the actor Daniel Terry and the poet and novelist James Hogg. In 1818 he began to publish a series of Portraits of Eminent Scotsmen, etched from his own portraits and those of other painters. Besides Scott and Hogg, the subjects included the writers Robert Burns, John Wilson ('Christopher North'), and Lord Jeffrey, the painters Sir Henry Raeburn, the divines Alexander Carlyle and Alexander Cameron, the engineer James Watt, the architect John Playfair, and the song-collector and composer George Thomson...

This lively and gently humorous watercolour, typical of the British School of the 19th century, captures a spontaneous rural moment: a woman grasping at a runaway cow that has broken...

A beautifully atmospheric British landscape watercolour, signed indistinctly and dated 1908, depicting a tranquil lakeside scene with distant hills beneath an expansive cloud-filled ...