GEORGE MORLAND BRITISH, 1763-1804 SHEPHERD SEATED WITH HIS HERD AGAINST A STORMY SKY Oil on canvas Lower center signed and dated: Geo. Morland 1797, verso label with artist information Dimensions: 26 x 33 1/2 in. (66.04 x 85.09 cm.), Frame: 38 x 47 1/2 in. (96.52 x 120.65 cm.) George Morland George Morland by Henry Robert Morland.jpg George Morland (Henry Robert Morland, c...

A beautiful Eighteenth Century Samson Et Cie. “Fish Seller” Figurine 9 inch tall. The figurine holding a fish pastry pie delicately painted and sculptured

Christ Carrying His Cross from a Private Family Chapel in Mexico City, 18th century, oil on panel 21 x 15“

A Beautiful oil on tin, measuring 14 x 10“ of the Madonna and Child,Mexico. Eighteenth Century.

A superb 19th Century Terracotta HEAD OF FAUN signed by famed artist CLAUDE MICHEL CLODION, (1793-1814), France. Size: 14.5 x 10.5 x 7 cm.

A PAIR of Dutch drawings on toned paper, laid on a board, each 13" by 19" plus old French matting a few inches wide, unframed, each signed at lower right "L. Verschuier 1653" in an old hand. Puzzled by the pair, I sent images to the Sotheby's New York auction house Old Master specialists. They said that the drawings were likely 18th century works for some reason bearing the signature of Lieve Pietersz Verschuier (c. 1630-1656), a 17th century important Dutch artist...

18th century PONTE SALARO etching 12 x 9“ Italian Beautiful piece that is well framed

A beautiful antique Old Master drawing with great patina, the subject a bridge over a Venice canal, with figures and fascinating detail, unsigned, in the style of Guardi. Francesco Guardi (1712-1793) is the most famous practitioner in the style, but Giacomo (1764-1835) accounts for his share of the production of such works, the so-called "Vedute" popular with tourists of the time...

Capt Cook "Landing Of Capt Cook at Tanna New Hebrides" 1790, the Third Voyage of Captain Cook. Medium: Engraving Year: published in 1790 Size: Plate mark: 8.5 x 14.25 inches. Sheet: 9.5 x 15.25 inches Description: Landscape engraved by S. Middiman, figures engraved by J. Hall. Drawing by John Webber

A typical example of the work of Dutch 18th century printmaker JACOBUS HOUBRAKEN (1698-1780), titled "Abraham van der Hulst/Vice-Admiraal van Holland en West-Vriesland". The small engraving measures 6 1/2" by 4 3/8" inside the mat opening and 9 1/2" by 7 1/2" framed. Houbraken was born in Dordrecht. He learned the art of engraving from his artist father Arnold Houbraken...

Ecclesiastical eighteenth Century Mexican holy trinity oil on canvas 20 x 16“, frame size 27 x 22“

Three 18th-century English Landscapes

Oils on paper, unsigned.

Painting size: 3” x 4.5” (Approximately)
Frame size: 7” x 8.5” (Approximately)

Female portrait from the Court of Louis XV, by Antoine Coypel circa. 1715, oil on canvas, framed, 29” x 34” Comment: One of the ‘great beauties’ from the Court of Louis XV. Louis XV was the grandson of Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King who reigned of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. This painting is an example of the glorification of powerful and importance of women during the mid 18th Century in France...

Jacob Gole 1660-1737 Dutch This is an original mezzotint engraving by Dutch artist Jacob Gole (1660-1737) This image, The Drawing Lesson was created after the painting by Godfrey Schalcken. This image identified in the lower border has an image size of 9 3/4X7 7/8 inches. Printed on an early laid type paper, some foxing but overall very fine condition. It has a collectors seal in the lower border, "H de t stat".

18th c Mrs Ogee Engraving "Pub Aug. 1 1775 by MDarly, Strand"a woman with a bonnet wig and ogee-shaped profile, in an oval. 1 August 1775. Rare print nice condition matted 14" by 18" A copy of this print is in the British Museum

French artist Honoré Daumier “Salees des Elections” lithograph 10x12” Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French: [ɔnɔʁe domje]; February 26, 1808 – February 10, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870...

A very fine early 19th century oil on board by Henry James Richter (1772-1857), entitled "The New Gown," signed and dated "H. Richter 1823" lower right. Ornately detailed, and a very competently executed example of the realism of its era. Original period frame. Image size approximately 32 inches x 26 inches.

According to Sotheby's London old master specialists, this painting is an ANTIQUE copy of the major museum work "Stormy Landscape with Philemon and Baucis" by artist SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640), one of the major figures in European art history. The original is presently in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria...

Saint Receiving the Holy Spirit signed (L.R). Sebastian Ricci. Italian 18th Century painter Sebastiano Ricci. Oil on Canvas. 18 x 13". Frame Size 23 x 18" Sebastiano Ricci (1659 - 1734) was an Italian painter of the Late Baroque school in Venice.

This is an oil on paper, mounted on board that was done for a home frescoe. …..Robert Adam was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him...

Dutch Artist Jan Griffier The Younger “Golden Age Landscape” Oil 42x36, a beautiful painting depicting an English gentleman hunter who comes upon an ancient ruin with the sculpture of The Mythical figure of Cronus oil on canvas measuring 48x36 inches……Jan Griffier II (1688–c.1750]) was an 18th-century painter active in England. Biography Griffier was born in England and died in London...

A circa 18th century engraving of stone arch bridge over a river, more than likely in Italy, 10 3/8" by 15 7/8" inside the ornately drawn mat and 16 1/2" by 22 1/2" in a contemporary distressed style complementary silvery-colored frame. The work is not visibly signed. A google reverse image search did not turn up a matching image...

18th Century Colonial Spanish “ “Cartagena Gold” oil 28x38” Is a work on canvas depicting the gold fields of Columbia and treasures of gold bound for Spain in the late eighteenth century. Measuring 28x38”

"Dutch Interior Scene". Unsigned. 17th Century. 11" x 13"...

"Joyful Wedding", Unsigned, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century, 33 x 48", Frame Size 43 x 58"

George Colman by Joshua Reynolds (1774) Engraving Print. 20 x 17". We have 2 copies of this print, also inventory # 351. George Colman (April 1732 – 14 August 1794) was an English dramatist and essayist, usually called "the Elder", and sometimes "George the First", to distinguish him from his son, George Colman the Younger...

Cassini, Giovanni-Marie, "Graffitto, c. 1780, hand-colored copper plate engraving, Crisp impressions with sharp features, full original color and margins as issued. All in excellent condition, rare. Dimensions are 24" x 19" with the frame.

Eighteenth Century Floral Study Watercolor 12”x7” on fine French paper

French Map of Barcelona 18th Century measuring 10x25”.

A beautiful Seventeenth century oil portrait, more information coming soon…..

"Veduta della Piazza della SS...

This etching with aquatint by the German artist, Johann Gottlieb Theophilus Amadeus Prestel, measures 12 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches, 1784, in two colors on green paper, plate signed and dated, after Parmigianino, artist info on backing, thread margins all around.

Portuguese early eighteenth century Santos of Saint Maria of Lisbon, carved Rosewood sculpture measuring 18.5 inches

John Wilkes, Esq,. by William Hogarth, drawn from life and etched in Aquafortis, 1969 Parliament. William Hogarth, (born November 10, 1697, London, England—died October 26, 1764, London), the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad, best known for his moral and satirical engravings and paintings—e.g., A Rake’s Progress (eight scenes,1733). His attempts to build a reputation as a history painter and portraitist, however, met with financial disappointment, and his ae...

WILLIAM HOGARTH ENGRAVINGS 1751 4 Stages of Cruelty one of Hogarth's most sought after sets of engravings , this set is a life time printing in good condition for the age there is some light foxing and paper loss please see pictures for condition , please email if you need more images. We do have a Heath set as well in great condition for $950.00 (Largest) H 15.25" x W 20.5"

A set of SIX framed engravings, each 14" by 9" and 16 1/2" by 12 1/2" identically framed, featuring architectural facades and urns, by the very well known eighteenth century Flemish architect and engraver JEAN FRANCOIS DE NEUFFORGE (1714-1791). Neufforge is known for his "Recueil Elementaire d'Architecture", a landmark publication of its time, late editions containing 900 engravings of all aspects of 18th century architecture. The work went through a number of editions beginning in the 1750's,...

Antique Painting Polish Saxon Officer Portrait, 18th century Antique early 18th century portrait of a high rank officer of the Polish – Saxon army from the period of Augustus II, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. In the time of his reign, and also later in the reign of his son Augustus III, also elected King of Poland, there was a personal union between Saxony and Poland 1697-1763.
DETAILS: An Authentic Antique 18th century large oil on Canvas portrait representing a high rank of...

This is an antique 18th-century, circa 1740 AD, oil portrait of King Augustus III (October 17, 1696 – October 5, 1763), hand-painted on heavy, hand-woven canvas with great attention to detail.

From 1733 to 1763, he was the King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and Elector of Saxony.

The king is depicted wearing armor and a blue moiré silk sash of the Polish Order of the White Eagle. He also has a black cravat and an elaborate white lace collar.

An ermine-trimmed red coro...

A beautiful oil on panel 18th century French Rocco in the era of Louis XIV portrait of a noblewoman measuring 12” x 10” with an associated 20th century gold leaf Rocco frame measuring 17” x 15”

A mezzotint printed in colors of a large Holderness cow, a type of Holstein Friesian. Printed on woven paper. The image is 18 by 24 inches, overall it is 24 ¾ by 30 inches and the mat is 26 by 31 ½ inches. The print, with dedication on the lower margin, depicts a large rectangular cow in front of a barnyard with a dog, cowherd and a well dressed man in the foreground. In the lower left below the image is printed, “painted by G. Gerrard.” In the center, “Pub. April 9th 1798 by G. Gerrard...

A beautifu Eighteenth Century, hand colored Etching exotic monkey 10 x 8“ Frame size 16 x 14 framed and mat

Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, William III & II, from 1689 until her death in 1694.

This is an eighteenth century English drawing, 10 1/2" by 15" including the mat details drawn by the artist, plus 1 1/2" wide old gold frame, the subject two men fishing on a pond, a house in the distance and trees framing this idyllic scene of Olde England, signed near the figures "I Burford" (or, Barford possibly) and dated there 1742 or possibly 1792. I do not see an artist listing that would correspond with this. The painting bears the marks of its great age----browning overall, some foxin...

Original English late 18th century oil on paper decorative design panel attributed to Robert Adam or his studio circa 1780 comes from the collection of Maurice Rosenblatt 40x50 inches

(Consignment). An important American oil painting of the Hand Sisters of Virginia by American artist Blanchard. The children dressed in late 18th century clothing measuring 38x48”,oil

Sir Richard Steele (bap. 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator. Steele became a Whig Member of Parliament in 1713, for Stockbridge.[3] He was soon expelled for issuing a pamphlet in favor of the Hanoverian succession. When George I of Great Britain came to the throne in the following year, Steele was knighted and given responsibility for the Theatre Royal, Drury ...

“Gentlemen in a Blue Jacket” is we believe an oil painting in a baroque style that of Peter Paul Rubens. The work measures

A beautifu Eighteenth Century, hand colored Etching exotic monkey 10 x 8“ Frame size 16 x 14 l

Very large 18th century stipple engraving of a fashionable crowd under the trees in the park with Buckingham house (later altered to become Buckingham Palace) in the background. Titled, “The Promenade in St. James Park,” it was engraved by F. D. Soiron, designed by Edward Dayes in 1790 and published by T. Gaugain in London in 1793. This image is the original print with hand coloring. Sight size 18 by 26 inches, frame 27 ¼ by 35 ¼ inches.

Condition: some discoloration and minor foxing. ...

Portret van broeder Michael Ophovius in Dominicaans habijt michael ophovius print maker: Nicolas van den Bergh after: Peter Paul Rubens Antwerp Dating 1735 - 1774 Material and Technique Material paper Technique etching Measurement sh 286 mm × w 217 mm Good condition mounted to larger sheet 13.5" by 19.5"

A Historic Pair of paintings on glass painted from reverse of George Washington and Martha Washington done in Canton China dating from 1797-1805. The story about the paintings is that as a result of an enterprising trade shipper named James Swords, who purchased a replica of the Antheneum bust of Washington by Gilbert Stuart in 1796 and immediately took it to Canton where he commission artist to make it an unauthorized copy on gas. The artist Stewart caught wise, and launched the first copyrigh...

German Carved Sculpture of the Holy Mother 18th Century , with praying hands approximately 18 inches tall

A hand water colored image of a man walking down a hillside in low vegetation with a shotgun in his hands, preparing to shoot, following two dogs walking towards right; another man standing at a wooden fence in middle ground, holding a shotgun; trees, fields and houses in background. 1798 Etching, Dimensions page trimmed Height: Height: 7.75" Width: Width:9.75" water damage on upper edge but far from plate lines.

A beautiful gilt wood sculpture of Saint Peter from Cathedral of San Juan Baista Circa 1750, in Puerto Rico 27” height

An English antique line engraving by Taylor, published by Alexander Hogg in "The Antiquities of England and Wales", 1795, the subject given as "View of Lambeth Palace in Surrey". The print measures 7 1/4" by 9 1/4" (and 13 1/2" by 15 1/2" framed). The print looks decidedly antique, the paper with old crinkles, and it is simply laid against a pinkish board. It appears to have been possibly trimmed at bottom. The decorative print is hand colored. Frame is modern day yet complementary, and in g...

18th century Miniature Portrait Painting by Heinrich Friedrich Fuger (1751- 1818); Lady in Blue Dress with Black Coat & Fichu. Signed by the Listed Artist: Fuger. 3 1/8" x 2.5". Good condition.

A beautifully executed miniature portrait painting by Andrew Plimer, done on natural organic material. The sitter, an attractive woman with strong features, short curly chestnut hair, and gray eyes, is simply dressed in a white gown, and is shown against a beautiful blue sky and white cloud background. As is often the case with Plimer's miniatures at this period, it is somewhat idealized, and the strong nose and elongated neck are typical.

The miniature is in excellent condition, with no pr...

A fine miniature painting done with watercolors on natural material. The sitter is dressed in a diaphanous white gown edged in pale blue at the bodice, with a similar scarf trailing from her towering hair style.

The reverse of the portrait deserves special mention as it depicts a sheaf of wheat done with meticulous hairwork, cinched with a gold band and set against a mother of pearl background. Wheat was often used to symbolize immortality and resurrection.

The condition of the vermeil (gi...

Very Rare German Baroque 16th-17th c Baroque Pearl Diamond Ruby and Enameled Metal Figure. The figure made of what appears to be mixed metal and gilding his belt set with uncut diamonds with heavy inclusions as well as ruby buttons the body mother of pearl and baroque pearl. the figure is gilt and clear colored and opaque enamel with losses. The figure is mounted on a drum base the under side shows a copper screw that seems to be a much later replacement . This figure is similar yet lesser quali...

A miniature of a beautiful young child who unfortunately passed away in 1798. The theme here is blue and white: in the clouds, in Harriet's eyes, and the ribbon in her hair. In contrast to that are the small areas where red makes its appearance: in the necklace, the child's lips and cheeks, and, to a lesser extent, in her hair.

The reverse of the case is engraved "Harriet Franklyn/B. 9 Oct 1795 D. 31 August 1798/Daughter of/Richard Franklyn/One of the Moneyers/of H. Mint, of Oxgate/Will...