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J. Phillips - Framed 1786 Watercolour, Shepherdess Resting by a River

1786

A charming early 19th century watercolour depicting rural dwellings on a quiet lakeside with men in boats and cattle to the foreground. Presented in a modern gilt-effect frame. Unsig...

Travellers journey along a country track, crossing a wooden bridge, in this finely detailed nineteenth-century watercolour. A distant church is perched atop a steep rock face, while ...

A charming mountain landscape with a hermit resting against a wooden post. The artist captures the view in fine detail, from the foreground foliage right through to the distant mount...

Original late 19th century watercolour. Well presented in a gilt effect frame. Signed lower right. On paper.

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...

US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item. This fine early 19th-century watercolour by British artist Amos Green (1735-1807) depicts an asperous gorge near Ingleton in Yorkshire....

This original watercolour by David Cox, signed and dated 1849, depicts a tranquil pastoral landscape with a distant castle and grazing sheep, painted with the expressive freedom and ...

Late 19th century signed A. Vincent watercolor, English. Cows by a river with a stone mill building with gushing water wheel. A charming rural scene. Arthur Vincent, worked 1865-85, ...