Ottocento Art

This finely observed drawing by William Roberts offers an intimate insight into the working practice of one of Britain's foremost twentieth-century artists. Executed in pencil with r...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) Judith III Pen on squared paper Not signed 5.1/8 x 3.7/8 in. (13 x 9.8 cm.) A drawing of 'Judith...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) Donkey market Pen on squared paper Not signed 5.7/8 x 4.1/2 in. (15 x 11.5 cm.) A drawing of 'Do...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) Maiden with headdress Pen on squared paper Not signed 5.7/8 x 4in. (15 x 10.3 cm.) A drawing of ...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) A pensive maiden Pen on squared paper Not signed 5.5/8 x 4.1/8 in. (14.3 x 10.4 cm.) A drawing o...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) Abstracted maiden Pen on squared paper Not signed 5.3/8 x 3.1/2 in. (14 x 8.9 cm.) A drawing of ...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) Judith II Pen on squared paper Not signed 4.5/8 x 3in. (11.7 x 7.8 cm.) A drawing of 'Judith II'...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) Ideas from Siena Pen on squared paper Not signed 5.5/8 x 4.1/2 in. (14.3 x 11.5 cm.) A drawing o...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) Feeding the donkey Pen on squared paper Not signed 4.1/2 x 4.1/2 in. (11.6 x 11.6 cm.) A drawing...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) Maiden with arms aloft Pen on squared paper Not signed 5.3/8 x 3.7/8 in. (13.7 x 9.8 cm.) A draw...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) The headdress Pen on squared paper Not signed 5.3/8 x 3.7/8 in. (13.7 x 9.8 cm.) A drawing of 'T...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) Classical figure Pen on squared paper Not signed 5.7/8 x 4.1/8 in. (15 x 10.4 cm.) A drawing of ...

Robert Colquhoun (Scottish, 1914 – 1962) and Robert MacBryde (Scottish, 1913 – 1966) Judith and Holofernes Pen on squared paper Not signed 5.7/8 x 4.1/8 in. (15 x 10.4 cm.) A drawin...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) From Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel (Field 73-7P; M&L 1406e) Lithograph, 1973 signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50 in roman numerals ...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) From Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel (Field 73-7P; M&L 1406e) Lithograph, 1973 signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50 in roman numerals prin...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Le Cheval et Le Loup, from Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine (Field 74-1L; M&L 658) Etching with drypoint and pochoir printed in colours, 1974 signed in pencil, n...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Le Chêne et le Roseau, from Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine (Field 74-1K; M&L 664) Etching with drypoint and pochoir printed in colours, 1974 signed in penc...

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904 - 1989) Le Cerf Se Voyant Dans L'Eau, from Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine (Field 74-1G; M&L 660) Etching with drypoint and pochoir printed in colours, 1974 ...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Le Cheval S'étant voulu Venger du Cerf, from Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine (Field 74-1E; M&L 655) Etching with drypoint and pochoir printed in colours, 1974 s...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Les Animaux Malades de la Peste, from Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine (Field 74-1D; M&L 657) Etching with drypoint and pochoir printed in colours, 1974, signed ...

Jean Dupas (French, 1882 – 1964) The angel of light Pen and ink and charcoal on paper Unsigned 14.3/4 x 12.1/2 in. (37.5 x 31.8 cm.) One of the leading artists of the Art Deco period, Jean Théodore Dupas was the son of a merchant marine captain and began his adult life as a merchant seaman. Poor health meant that he had to abandon this career and he enrolled in art school instead, first in his native Bordeaux and later in Paris. He won the Prix de Rome in the category of painting in 1910 and studied at the Académie de France in Rome, from where he sent several paintings to the Paris Salons, although his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of war. Dupas’s work came to public prominence on the occasion of the seminal Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1925. He was chosen by the furniture designer Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann to provide paintings for the latter’s Maison d’un collectionneur, alongside furniture by Ruhlmann and objects by many of the leading Art Deco craftsmen of the day, while other paintings by Dupas were also displayed to great effect elsewhere in the Exposition. In the late 1920’s and 1930’s Dupas won a number of important and prestigious commissions. In 1926 he worked alongside Ruhlmann and the sculptor Alfred Jeanniot on the decoration of the tearoom of the ocean liner Ile-de-France; the first of the grand transatlantic ships to be built in France after the First World War. By this time Dupas had firmly established his reputation. Writing in 1927, his fellow artist George Barbier could already note that ‘Few artists have at such an early age attained such a degree of success, or gathered around them such swarms of imitators and disciples.’ Dupas reached the height of his fame in the mid 1930’s, and in 1934 he received his most important commission to date; a series of large glass murals...

Patrick Hughes (British, b.1939) Assemblage, c. 1970 Oil on floating panel Unsigned 35.7/8 x 47.7/8 in. (90.8 x 121.3 cm.) Patrick Hughes is a British artist known as the creator of...

Attributed to John Frederick Herring Snr. (1795–1865) Tom Thumb, by Whalebone, Winner of the July Stakes, Newmarket, 1826 Oil on canvas Unsigned 23¼ x 30¼ in. (75 x 56 cm.) Titled to...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Le Corbeau et Le Renard, from Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine (Field 74-1C; M&L 656) Etching with drypoint and pochoir printed in colours, 1974 signed in pencil...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) L'Éléphant et Le Singe de Jupiter, from Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine (Field 74-1B; M&L 654) Etching with drypoint and pochoir printed in colours, 1974 signe...

Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989) The Sacred Love Of Gala, from After 50 Years of Surrealism (Field 74-8J, M&L 674) Etching with drypoint and extensive hand-colouring, 1974 signed and insc...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) My belowed is like a roe, or a young hart..., from Songs of Songs of Solomon (Field 71-17G; M&L 474c) Etching with pochoir printed in colours finished with ...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits, from Songs of Songs of Solomon (Field 71-17K; M&L 478c) Etching with extensive hand colouring with g...

Salvador Dalí (Spanish 1904 - 1989) Thou arte all faire, my love: there is no spot in thee, from Song of Songs of Solomon (Field 71-14I; M&L 476) Engraving with pochoir in colours h...

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904 - 1989) Femme au Cochon, from Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis) (Field 69-1B; M&L 299k) Etching with drypoint and roulette printed in colours, 1969 signed in ...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Femmes-Poules, from Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis) (Field 69-1I; M&L 308k) Etching with drypoint and roulette printed in colours, 1969 signed in pencil number...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Paris, from S.N.C.F. (Field 69-2BB; M&L 1228a) Lithograph printed in colours, 1969 signed in pencil numbered from the edition of 300 printed by Ateliers...

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Liberation: the prisoners are free!, from Peace in Vietnam (Field 73-1D; M&L 1387a) Lithograph printed in colours, 1973, signed and titled in pencil, number...

Anne Wright (British, 1935–2025) Cyclists on the Embankment by Albert Bridge Oil on canvas Signed ‘Anne Wright’ (on the reverse) 27⅝ × 35½ in. (70 × 90 cm.) Provenance: Property of t...

Jessica Dismorr (British, 1885–1939) A Box at the Bedford 1924 Watercolour Inscribed, signed and dated ‘A Box at the Bedford J Dismorr 1924’ (lower right) 11½ × 8¾ in. (29 × 22.3 cm....

Vivian Stanshall (British, 1943–1995) Self Portrait Watercolour and charcoal on paper Signed ‘Vivian’ (on the reverse) 8⅜ x 5⅜ in. (21.3 x 13.5 cm.) frame measurements Provenance: Fr...

Vivian Stanshall (British, 1943–1995) Ramblings of War Etching Signed 'Vivian' (on the reverse) 11⅞ x 15¾ in. (30 x 40.2 cm.) frame measurements Provenance: From the artist's estate ...

Vivian Stanshall (British, 1943–1995) A probable portrait of Paul McCartney Pastel on paper Signed 'Vivian' (on the reverse) 13¾ x 11⅞ in. (35 x 30 cm.) frame measurements Provenance...

Vivian Stanshall (British, 1943–1995) Vivian in an Embrace Pastel on card Signed 'Vivian' (on the reverse) 9 x 12½ in. (22.8 x 31.6 cm.) frame measurements Provenance: From the artis...

Charles Cooper Henderson (1803–1877) A Mail Coach Setting Off; On the Road; Arriving at the Inn; and Changing Horses Signed with monogram CHC Oil on canvas Each 16½ x 25 in. (42 x 66...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Abstracted Head Etching Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse Abstracted Head is a striking etching by Vivian Stanshall, depicting a surreal, almost alien-like ...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Study of a Lunatic Wood engraving Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse Study of a Lunatic is a compelling wood engraving by Vivian Stanshall, exemplifying his ...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Grinning Man Wood engraving Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse Grinning Man is a striking wood engraving by Vivian Stanshall, depicting a sharply rendered ma...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Lion Woodcut Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse Lion is a rare woodcut by Vivian Stanshall, demonstrating his bold and expressive approach to printmaking. Th...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) A Seated Couple Etching With studio stamp on the reverse A Seated Couple is a rare etching by Vivian Stanshall, exemplifying the artist’s distinctive abi...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Lorenzo’s Ghost (from Isabella by John Keats) Etching and aquatint with printed text Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse This compelling etching and aquatint...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Señor Scorpion Etching Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse Señor Scorpion is a highly distinctive etching by Vivian Stanshall, presented in a vividly surreal,...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) The Foaming Brine Etching Signed ‘Vivian’ on the reverse The Foaming Brine is a richly composed etching by Vivian Stanshall, exemplifying the artist’s u...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Strange Company Etching Signed 'Vivian' on the reverse Strange Company is a rare and compelling etching by Vivian Stanshall, showcasing the inventive im...

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) Crazed Self Portrait Woodcut Signed 'Vivian' on the reverse A striking and highly personal work, Crazed Self Portrait demonstrates Vivian Stanshall's dis...

Euan Uglow (1932–2000) is regarded as one of the most important British figurative painters of the post-war period. Renowned for his rigorous approach to observation and measurement,...

An interesting and highly personal early work by celebrated modernist sculptor Inge King, Aboriginal Abstract I (1953) reveals the artist’s engagement with abstraction, symbolism, an...

An interesting and highly personal early work by celebrated modernist sculptor Inge King, Aboriginal Abstract I (1953) reveals the artist’s engagement with abstraction, symbolism, an...

A rare and expressive early work by pioneering modernist sculptor Inge King, Toreador (1953) captures the artist’s dynamic approach to form, movement, and abstraction at a formative ...

Terry Frost was one of the leading figures of post-war British abstraction, celebrated for his vibrant colour, dynamic forms, and deeply intuitive approach to composition. Associated...

George Sherwood Hunter was a Scottish painter recognised for his atmospheric coastal scenes and fluid, impressionistic handling of paint. Working during the late nineteenth and early...

George Sherwood Hunter was a Scottish painter best known for his atmospheric rural scenes and sensitive depictions of everyday life. Working during the late nineteenth and early twen...

Jan Pienkowski (Polish / British, 1936 – 2022) ‘Winter Thing and The Mooncusser’s Daughter’ Mixed media Signed and dated ‘Jan Pienkowski 74’ (lower left), further signed with initial...

Doris Zinkeisen was one of the most distinctive artistic personalities of twentieth-century Britain, celebrated for her elegant portraiture, theatrical sensibility, and richly decora...

Ben Nicholson was one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century British abstraction, celebrated for his refined geometric compositions and lyrical approach to form, space,...