Early 19th Century Drawings

A set of six Neoclassical style framed prints by English artist Henry Moses, each featuring a finely detailed monochrome engraving an ancient Greek ceramic vase, inspired by famous 1...

This very fine drawing in Sanguine is from the early 19th century. Made as a preparatory sketch concerning composition, musculature and shadow this work is unsigned but we have four ...

A charming collection of eleven framed ink and watercolours of Indian birds on pink paper. Before framing, these were pencil signed c.1815 by a British army soldier. Measure: 29cm w...

Two engravings from the book "The Description of Egypt", a major publication by the scholars who accompanied Napoleon, which included descriptions and engravings made by these schola...

This large and very nice Venice view is a charcoal. This is the amazing the way Venezia is reflected into the water. This is a work signed by François Stro...

Watercolor Landscape Study of the Palazzo Andrea Doria, Genoa. Antique French architectural study of the plan and gardens of the Doria Palace in Genoa, en...

A set of eight English engravings of classical subjects titled: Bacchus Reeling; Apollo & Marsyas; Egyptian Symbols; Cupid Embracing Psyche; Mercury; D...

Male Portrait, Pastel In Its Frame, Around 1800

Drawing of a column base from the Constantine Baptistry in Rome, with description 'base qui esa au Baptistaire Constantin'. Framed H. 27.5" W. 31.5" Sheet Size: H. 17" W. 20".

A very fine and charming red chalk drawing of studies of sheep by Jan van Ravenswaay (1789-1869). Signed and date 1823 lower right. Red chalk. Mounted and framed. Jan van R...

Empire-period watercolor

19th-century watercolor depicting Geneva and the Alps, including Mont Blanc

Watercolor of a traveling butcher with his horse and dog.

19 century Drawing

Belgium / 1804 / Engraving / Hendrik Schaefels / paper, wood and glass / Napoleon I / Antique This rare and historically evocative engraving, titled Les Chantiers d’Anvers sous Napo...

American Penmanship Sheet, Italian Capitals, Dated 1814 This framed penmanship specimen presents an elegant early 19th century exercise in “Italian Capitals,” the formal, engraved-s...

Late Georgian period Mezzotint Etching print By English Artist Henry Pidding titled Massa Out “Sambo Werry Dry”. The print features a young man seated by a table on which are keys ma...

Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington. Etching engraved by H.T Ryall, from the original by Sir Thomas Lawrence, president of the royal academy. In it’s original frame by Paul & Domini...

This intimate profile portrait drawn in graphite depicts a distinguished gentleman facing left, his features modeled with remarkable economy in graphite and black chalk on paper. The...

A large hand written land indenture document England, 1810, framed. The beautifully hand written document mounted on board with a red velvet border and ...

Original antique pencil drawing of a foot from the 19th century. Ask an artist, and he will tell you that the art of drawing hands and feet is ...

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Dutch Drawing of Children Around a Cradle – Signed G. Verburgh, c.1800 Description: Charming early 19th-century drawing depicting a tender domestic scene with two children and a wom...

Early 19th-Century Dutch Drawing – Woman with Children and Baskets, c.1805 Description: A sensitive and well-observed early 19th-century drawing depicting three figures in a rustic ...

Very nice sketches of characters. Representing different emotions, clothes and personalities. We have a portrait of a strong woman with arrows. Below this woman, there is a representation of oriental characters, also called barbarians during Antiquity. Finally, on the left, another woman is represented with her head in her hands and sitting on a Klismos chair. This chair is typical of the ancient period. It is written at the bottom right "March 15", surely the date of creation of this sketch. The Empire style and period are inspired by Greco-Roman art, it is called the neoclassical. The woman on this drawing wears an empire style dress...

Map of Moscow Engraved map of Moscow from 1805, published by the Frères Courtener bookstore. The Frenchman François Courtener arrived in Moscow in the 1770s and ran a bookstore and ...

Pair of antique classical French salon drawings. Charcoal on paper. Illegibly signed. In giltwood frames, early 19th century.  

Watercolor Portrait of a Fashionable Woman Wearing a Turban by Henry Edridge, A.R.A. (London 1769–1821) signed and dated 'H. Edridge / 1818' (lower left) pencil and watercolor heightened with white, on paper Executed in 1818, this highly finished drawing stands as a prime example of Henry Edridge's late, celebrated portrait style. It perfectly captures the sartorial elegance of the late British Regency period. By the turn of the nineteenth century, Edridge had established a highly lucrative London practice. He was patronized heavily by the royal family and prominent members of high society. His distinctive technique combined meticulously detailed graphite work in the face with broad, fluid watercolor washes to delineate drapery and background textures. A wealthy, unidentified gentlewoman is seated upon a classical, heavily carved Regency chaise...

A delightful pair of Swedish flower sketches in pencil by fifteen year old Margaret Throne dated 1819. In classic gilt wood frames they are beautifully drawn and observed for someone...

Charming red chalk study of a woman from the First Empire period, 19th century. Study of a woman in elegant costume typical of the Napoleon I period, sitting on a chair and turned 3/...

This charming portrait of a boy is the work of French artist Eugène Louis Lami (1800-1890). This work of art is a masterly executed pencil drawing from the late 1820s. The drawing co...

Charming 19th-century hand-colored lithograph depicting two joyful figures celebrating with bottles and glasses of wine. Signed L. Boilly and titled “La Félicité Parfaite” (French fo...

These fine portraits of John and Caroline Bull have been drawn with pastel on vellum. The frames come in their original frames. Both portraits carry inscriptions on the reverse. The ...

Pair of 18th- early 19th century engravings iOS snakes from an Audubon contemporary

A pair of early 19 Century period framed and matted engravings of neoclassical urns from the copper plate catalogue of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) engraved posthumous...

A fine late 18th century, early 19th century watercolour of an Indian shrub with yellow flowers. By Janet Dick. A paper label on the reverse is inscribed ‘Drawn while the artist w...

1815 Spanish passport hand written on paper. Part of a large collection.

George Bryant Campion Four Pencil Drawings of Royal Navy Ships on Dobbs Cards Circa 1830 This framed set of four pencil drawings of Royal Navy ships is by George Bryant Campion (Bri...

Robert Isaac CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856) Drawing, watercolor and charcoal pencil on paper depicting a scene of Anti-Hunting… Signed bottom center, and mark...

Decorate a wall with this elegant antique painting. Hand painted in France circa 1820, and set in a gilt wood frame protected with glass, the artwork features two classical women fi...

'Llanberis Lake at the Foot of Mount Snowdon' in Wales. Watercolor on paper, signed and dated "J. Varley 1812" ll, identifying info on verso. sight size: 8 x 19 3/4 in. John Varley is known as an English landscape painter in watercolor and a close friend of William Blake. Varley represents the transition between tinted topographical drawing and the bolder, more fully developed manner of watercolor painting characteristic of the 19th century. As well as being a leading painter, he was the most popular and enthusiastic teacher of his day: his pupils included Cox, De Wint, Linnell, Mulready (his brother-in-law), and Samuel Palmer, and he published various instructional works, including one with Blake. In his early years Varley was influenced stylistically by the work of Thomas Girtin...

A striking classical drawing of a very handsome lion in the style of/after Thomas Hardwick whose drawing now reside in the Metropolitan art Museum New york. Signed by the artist it i...

Three antique handcolored engravings on a vellin type paper. First one is titled 'Rubbing Down'. It shows: a gentleman holding his horse steady in a field, while his stabile boy rub...

1815 Spanish passport hand written on paper. Part of a large collection.

A very well executed early 19th century pastel portrait of a gentleman sitting at his desk. He is portrayed from the waist up, his left hand holding a book...

An ink drawing after Poussin. Dated 1819 on bottom right. The frame and glass color are original.

A delightful and expressive 19th-century hand-colored lithograph featuring a featuring a humorous scene of children teasing and laughing at a masked character with an exaggerated lon...

This English fabric map of Cornwall, rendered in pen-and-ink, showcases exquisite hand-drawn details and charming faded sepia tones. Encased in a classic frame, this piece elegantly ...

A rather odd pencil sketch on paper, housed in a later glazed and ebonised frame. The sketch shows a medieval scene, with a warrior in the centre with divines either side. Age rela...

This trompe l'oeil drawing depicts the artist's tools -- a black and a red crayon, and a folding steel ruler that was painted with silver pigments, which have blackened with age. They're shown on a sheaf of papers that include a medieval manuscript page, a musical score, and a group of prints. The unifying theme is the artistic patronage of the Medici, the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, who intermarried with the Habsburgs, who were the Holy Roman Emperors. Among the papers are prints by Stefano Della Bella, the Florentine artist who worked for the Medici. They depict a negro page with a horse, and portraits of Lorenzo Lippi...

Drawing of a French woman, signed and dated “1817.” The woman wears a “troubadour” ensemble that could reflect either her *région d'origine* or point to the Romantic, new-medieval vo...

Step into the romantic atmosphere of the early 19th century with this captivating Nocturnal Charcoal Drawing, a timeless masterpiece that transports you to a bygone era. This exquisi...

This signed plate emerged from the graphic compendium entitled Costumes civils, militaires et réligieux du Mexique. In this work, Linati included not only picturesque representations of the common people, but also a few historical figures, meticulously commented on and chosen out of a commitment to the ideals of the independence and reform of Mexico. The frontispiece of the book, this plate is the only one that shows the subject from the torso up; by doing so, the image resembles the classical style in the busts of antiquity. The presence of the Emperor sets...

This beautiful piece emerged from the graphic compendium Costumes civils, militaires et religieux, du Mexique civil, work of the renowned Italian artist Claudio Linati (1 February 1790 – 11 December 1832), written in French and printed in Brussels in 1828. This original and signed watercolor is the outcome of Linati’s artistic values and expert lithographic technique. In words of the author “I have chosen the most elegant gears, as well as the most bizarre, like the one on this plate, which may contrast by its severity with the alluring of the more feathery costume of the palencanas. (…) The basket carried by the woman is carefully made of woven cane. For a better characterization of the country, this young native female carries an anona, known among the Spaniards as pineapple due to its similarities with the pinecone”. This plate is the sole image of the style composition prevailing in Costumes civils, militaires et religieux, du Mexique civil consisting in precise details of costume and material culture, as can be recognized in the representation where even though the female figure is placed in the foreground, the focus of the image falls into gear: a blue checkered shawl and skirt.

Early 19th century View of Tourves (South of France) watercolor drawing on 18th century paper from 18th century.

Designed & engraved for Lamberts History of London by E.Shirt sc. Published by M.Jones No 1 Paternoster Row. Dated April 30th 1805. In a modern frame, probably a book plate. Nice ...