Antique Sketchbooks

Charming sketchbook page of scenes of Venice. Attributed to Albert Sterner (British/American, 1863-1946) per information on reverse.

The most interesting part of the sketchbook consists of portraits of little girls and maids, drawn from nature by the artist, wearing outfits and hairdresses typical of everyday's li...

Presenting a captivating 1910 sketchbook page featuring an academic drawing of a centaur being abducted, now elegantly showcased in a gilded frame.

The double-sided format and hand-painted borders confirm their origin in a portable sketchbook, likely intended for private reflection or presentation.

This little excerpt from one of his sketchbooks offers a personal insight into his creative process.

lower left Inscribed “Anno 1626/ S…/J…y..” (on the artist’s sketchbook) Provenance: Private Collection Heinrich Lempertz, Cologne (Lugt)

is a page taken from his 1875 sketchbook, a charming example of his observational skills.

This graphite drawing is a mounted page taken from his 1875 sketchbook. It is a charming depiction of a late-nineteenth century black man wearing a top hat in Washington D.C., and a ...

I was also able to find two other images of unidentified yachts a little later in the sketchbook and one is definitely in a racing situation.

Leickert painted exquisite Dutch ice scenes, summer landscapes and river views in which he incorporated all kinds of motifs from his sketchbooks. After 1859 he also painted beach sce...

Leickert painted exquisite Dutch ice scenes, summer landscapes and river views in which he incorporated all kinds of motifs from his sketchbooks. After 1859 he also painted beach sce...

Leickert painted exquisite Dutch ice scenes, summer landscapes and river views in which he incorporated all kinds of motifs from his sketchbooks. After 1859 he also painted beach sce...

He painted beautiful Dutch ice scenes, summer landscapes and river views, in which he incorporated all kinds of motifs from his sketchbooks. After 1859, he additionally painted beach...

Marine Paintings and Drawings in the Peabody Essex Museum Page 8 --------------------------------------------------------------- Roux, Ange-Joseph Antoine ( French [176...

Although our drawing was not for this project, it is very similar to the drawings found in the sketchbook for Voyage de Paris, now in the Morgan Library and Museum collection.

This Cabinet is almost identical to sketch 10233, sketched on 21st August 1877 in Gillow Estimate Sketchbook, even to the painted panels costing £1-15-0, total cost was £27-0-6d.

Dixon decided to send his sketchbook to an artist he highly admired, Frederic Remington, who encouraged Dixon to pursue his artistic talent.

During his travels, he would habitually fill up his sketchbooks with nature studies, which he would subsequently use in the composition of his landscapes at his studio.

During his travels, he would habitually fill up his sketchbooks with nature studies, which he would subsequently use in the composition of his landscapes at his studio.

During this period, he produced several sketchbooks filled with drawings, capturing all aspects of life in a distinctly new style.

He traveled to Europe from 1802, typically returning with voluminous sketchbooks. Intensely private, eccentric and reclusive, Turner was a controversial figure throughout his career.

in 1885, he first went to Yellowstone where he camped for several weeks, supplied himself with fish for food, climbed steep cliffs including Electric Peak, and filled his sketchbook ...

Rembrandt is titled on his artist portfolio, sketchbook under his arm, palette and brush on the floor, he is signed in the naturalist base "A.Carrier", the figure of Dürer is titled ...

The style is consistent with the style of a known sketchbook of drawings after Peyre by one of his students.

By an extraordinary survival, a large group of some 320 drawings and designs by the Van Nijmegen studio remained together, comprised of some 250 drawings and one sketchbook, and was ...

They were once part of a dismembered sketchbook and some were sold at Christie’s in two sales in the late 1980s.[4] Our drawing, which can possibly be identified as Tyche (or Fortuna...

Writers and critcs Emile Zola and Charles Baudelaire praised the artist. In this superb sketchbook watercolour Jongkind shows himself to be innovating and fresh even at the age of s...

There are countless anecdotes that clearly convey how in any situation he encountered, Menzel would pull out one of the sketchbooks that he carried with him at all times, stop whatev...

When drawing his ornaments, he related to the Rocaille asymmetry found in the sketchbooks of Nicolas Pineau or J. A. Meissonier, famous ornemanists of the first part of the 18th cent...

She, too, became a professional artist and enjoyed her principal success as a painter of animal genre. [3] According to Xanthus Smith, his path to an artistic career was set when hi...

For Maxfield's third birthday, Stephen gave him a large sketchbook with "Fred Parrish--Christmas--1873" embossed on the cover.

We think that this sketchbook was done by the sister of Catherine Board, whose collection we feature.

A 2-page drawing from an August 2, 1816 sketch book, Continental. Featuring a chateau overlooking a wood, field & rolling hills. Wooden frame. Not acid free mounting. Provenance: Est...

Early Victorian marble paper, hand written and illustrated book “Pedro cottage” likely a fictional publication “illustrated London published by knobs and co No. 16 pledge hole plac...

An interesting 19th century album containing some very fine graphite drawings and watercolours as well as various prints. Please message for further images. With an embossed leather ...

It's tempting to imagine the artist sitting in a small boat, sketchbook in hand, watching these encounters unfold around him - perhaps noting the posture of a fisherman hauling a net...

The Gillows estimate sketchbooks make clear how much of an additional premium was attached to the use of gilt brass features in their workshops, the additional price for such luxurio...

Pencil on paper Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist From a sketchbook

Reminiscent of an Impressionist sketchbook, the piece is charged with a dreamlike, Rorschach-y, pastoral spirit.

England, circa 1834 Two fine nineteenth century watercolour paintings of exotic birds taken from a sketchbook belonging to the Molyneux family of Isfield, executed on Whatman paper ...

(Attributed to the workshops of Gillows based on a design featured in their estimate sketchbooks).

Original pencil sketch study of a nude, circa 1920s, a double sided page from an artist's sketchbook, with a superbly drawn tasteful nude on the front, and a less finished sketch on ...

This to me looks like a page from a sailors sketchbook Age related discolouration and fading, with some small areas of loss around the edges of the paper.

These images have come from a artist sketchbook. The pictures depict local gentry, dancers, musicians, artists and the like.

The seated sister rests her right arm on a side table and holds a sketchbook on her lap. It appears to display a coastal scene in watercolour - perhaps she’s a keen artist.

The majority of the dates penned are from the late 1830's, there are a handful on later landscapes dated 1859 to the back of the sketchbook. Pen, ink wash and watercolours. 37 page...

This chair, with its shallow curved stretcher and distictive turnings, is identical to the one in the Gillows sketchbook as well as an illustration in the recently published "Gillow...

He is known for his paintings, lithographs, and topographical drawings in various sketchbooks, many of Amsterdam subjects. He created genre works, artist portraits, landscapes, and m...

CAFE JOSTY. Pencil on sketchbook paper, 1912. Inscribed and dated, and with the George Grosz Estate stamp, verso.

., weight 31 oz. Silver sketchbook is from the Westminster Library archive.

Weight: 31 oz. Silver sketchbook is from the Westminster Library archive.The design is most likely by Oliver Baker and Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale who did other known Cymric silver a...

The drawing comes from an original sketchbook by the artist. Provenance: Estate of the Artist; by family descent; private collection, Virginia.

The drawing comes from an original sketchbook by the artist. Provenance: Estate of the Artist; by family descent; private collection, Virginia.

The painting comes from an original sketchbook by the artist. Provenance: Estate of the Artist; by family descent; private collection, Virginia.

The painting comes from an original sketchbook by the artist. Provenance: Estate of the Artist; by family descent; private collection, Virginia.

The drawing comes from an original sketchbook by the artist. Provenance: Estate of the Artist; by family descent; private collection, Virginia.

The drawing comes from an original sketchbook by the artist. Provenance: Estate of the Artist; by family descent; private collection, Virginia.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901) two sided sketchbook page. Catalogued in the catalogue Raisonne.

These drawings come from an original sketchbook by the artist. Provenance: Estate of the Artist; by family descent; private collection, Virginia.

This drawing is very likely from a sketchbook; I purchased it as part of a group of Woodward drawings.

A Fine and Rare Assembled Set of Four French Louis XV Style Gilt-Wood Carved and Japanned-Chinoiserie Lacquer Decorated Bergers Armchairs, attributed to Maison Jansen (House of Janse...

The TAWARAYA Ring by Masanori Umeda for MEMPHIS srl is one of that design movements most famous & critically-discussed pieces from the inaugural MEMPHIS exhibition of 1981. The ...

Step into history with this remarkable cast iron spiral staircase, once a part of Boeing Plant 2 a legendary factory built in 1936 in Seattle, Washington, USA. This architectural pie...

Located in the hall of a ballroom, this exceptional fireplace welcomed the 80 guests of Edward Julius Berwind's luxurious New York home in the Louis XV style. It attests to the true ...

Red, Blue, & Green Antique Pile French Aubusson Rug with a Center Medallion Made in France, circa 1746-1762 Provenance: William & Babe Paley 22' 8" x 15' 4" (690.88 x 467.36 cm)

Sensational French antique fireplace surround for the connoisseur. Late 16th - early 17th century period chateau fireplace surround in great authentic condition. This is the kind o...