George Loring Brown, Malden, Massachusetts, 1814-1889. This expensive landscape is a view of Sorrento including Mount Vesuvius in the background. This oil on canvas is 12" x 20" in a 3" 19th century frame. It is signed and titled verso very clearly and it is in very good condition with appropriate craqueleur. The edges have been reinforced but are still original. He lived in the U.S. and Europe and his more sought after paintings are those of southern Italy...

An extremely fine miniature portrait by John Henry Brown, done in watercolors on natural material. One of the best examples of his skill, showing an attractive woman, beautifully painted. Adding to the importance of this piece is that Brown used a trompe l'oeil technique in painting what appears to be matting around the portrait. Signed "J Brown Pinxt" lower left along the curved line of the matte. Inside the case was a piece of paper with information about the sitter: "Mary E...

This 1856 self-portrait by Seymour Guy (1824-1910) is mounted in its original frame. The signature is on the left side if the chair. Several of this American Artist can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There is some in-painting on the face and coat.

A hand colored lithograph showing in the distance the fortress of Kalat-i-Ghilzaiin Afghanistan. In the foreground to the left are a group of women seated on the ground and to the right a group with two camels, one with a rider, a goat and a man with a rifle. The lithograph is after a drawing by Lt. James Rattray who helped relieve the besieged garrison of Kalat-i-Ghilzaiin in 1842...

A fantastic Clarissa Peters (Mrs. Mose B. Russell) mourning painting of a baby and toddler. Peters chose a simple palette of white and bluish-gray to emphasize the ethereal and ephemeral nature of the painting, reserving the use of colors to the hair, lips, and eyes of the subjects. Known for painting children, Peters' mourning paintings are scarce, and double mourning portraits are exponentially rarer yet...

An American miniature portrait painting, on natural organic material, of a very attractive boy with gray-blue eyes, wearing a red velvet jacket. The painting is 2 3/4" by 2 1/4" and is in excellent condition.

A fine antique American landscape painting of a Indian Camp in the Rockies school of Albert Bierstadt oil on canvas measuring 38 x 50.

Henry Perlee Parker (1795-1873)

“On the qui vive” (The Smuggler)

Oil on canvas , titled, signed and dated on the reverse

"QUI VIVE" (A French phrase meaning long live who? (a sentry’s challenge), used to mean a state of alertness or watchfulness.)

Painting: 30" x 25"
Frame: 36.5" x 31.5"

One of the best-known painters working in north-east England during the early nineteenth century Henry Perlee Parker specialized in pictures of marine subjects and smu...

George Inness N.A.,attributed, New York, New Jersey, 1825-1894. This golden glowing American Impressionist painting, "Landscape in Monclair, NJ " by Inness is 18" by 24" in a French style frame. It is signed G. Inness lower right. It is in good condition with evidence of small craquelure which has been restored and has been relined. Inness is considered to be one of the important Impressionist Painters in the Hudson River School. His paintings sell for up to $2 million...

A c1840 portrait, attributed to Richard Morrell Staigg, of a handsome older gentleman with a stately presence. Shown in a 2 3/8" by 2" gilt metal case with a glazed aperture in the reverse.

Both the painting and the case are in excellent condition. The lower central section of the painting is not damaged, but was intentionally painted that way, possibly to indicate that the sitter has passed away...

A fine miniature portrait painting done in watercolor on organic material. The young boy, wearing a black hat, white coat, and coral sash, is posed against a background of a blue sky and a tree. The artist has cleverly painted the tree branch to arc over the boy's head, creating a natural framing effect and drawing the eye to the center of the work.

The painting is in excellent condition, with no flaws, and is housed in its original silver case, which measures 1 7/8" by 1 5/8".

"Paris Street Scene” Oil on panel 12 5/8” x 8 ½” w/o frame Goeneutte was born in Paris in 1854. In 1871, after working briefly as a lawyer's clerk, Goeneutte entered the studio of Isidore Pils at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. When Pils died in 1875 Henri Lehmann took over the studio and Goeneutte left, moving to Montmartre. There he met Auguste Renoir, for whom he often modeled, and Marcellin Desboutin, who inspired his interest in engraving, etching and drypoint...

A Frederick J Waugh Oil on Canvas of Cows Grazing. Signed and dated 1891, lower right. Relined and restretched and in excellent condition. Dimensions; 16" x 20" with frame. Frederic J. Waugh was born in Bordentown NJ in 1861 and died in Provincetown MA in 1940. He is known as an illustrator, marine, landscape and genre painter...

This is a beautiful landscape oil painting which measures 14 1/4" x 18 1/4". Unsigned.It is mounted in its original gold leaf frame.This painting has been cleaned and is in very good condition. The canvas is marked very lightly GEO. ROWNEY & Co., LONDON, W. The painting appears to have been influenced by Japanese Art. Notice the footbridge on the left side of the painting. Chemical analysis of the paint shows an average of 4 separate tests were Lead Pb 67.8%, Sulfur S 36%, Arsenic As 5.3%, Chlor...

Anatole Henri de Beaulieu, French, 1819-1884. This stunning and exotic painting is a wonderful example of the barbizon school in France. It is oil on canvas signed lower left in a very wide impressive 19th c original frame. It is 48.5" W by 27.5" H and framed is 65.5" W by 44.5" H. It appears to be a sunset scene in the orientalist manner of the 19th C, probably a scene in northern Africa. His paintings sell for up to $80,000.

A Fine Chinese Chrysanthemum Scroll Painting by Li Shan (?-1762): Date painted 1815, Qianlung 19 year, Hanging scroll with a good scroll made, painted in ink on paper with chrysanthemums in a pot and a long calligraphy, signed artist name and a red seal on the right, other 2 collector’s seals on the bottom. It is in very fine condition but a small spot repaired. Measurements; 77.5 cm x 40 cm

“Paris Street Scene” Oil on panel 12 ½”x 8 3/8” w/o frame Goeneutte was born in Paris in 1854. In 1871, after working briefly as a lawyer's clerk, Goeneutte entered the studio of Isidore Pils at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. When Pils died in 1875 Henri Lehmann took over the studio and Goeneutte left, moving to Montmartre. There he met Auguste Renoir, for whom he often modeled, and Marcellin Desboutin, who inspired his interest in engraving, etching and drypoint. Although Goeneutte was...

Wonderful [Set of 4] 19th century English Fox Hunting oil paintings. A series showing the different phases in a day of hunting. Nice detail. Each is signed by the artist: F. Crooke. Old gilded solid wood frames with gesso detail. Framemakers label on back: William Innes, Very good condition. Each framed piece measures 13.5" x 16.5". For more detailed pics including the backs, please email me at wellingtonandco@bellsouth.net.