Continental School, possibly French, early 19th century oil on canvas. The painting, likely satirical, depicts a gentleman in tall black hat and spats, carrying a driving whip and knife, with a gleam in his eye and wilted rose in his mouth, approaching a group of five young peasant women, one of whom appears to swoon […]

Scottish School genre scene oil on canvas painting mounted on board depicting a man, three women, one holding a baby, and two children gazing at a dead rooster laying in a street, foreground, a group of children fleeing from a dog over a fence, middle ground, with houses and trees in the background below a […]

English school oil on canvas equestrian portrait titled "Brown Horse" depicting a dark brown horse standing on a grassy knoll with white picket fence to the left and rolling hills in the background. Unsigned. Includes Old World Galleries, Sanger-Harris typed brown paper label with title, "H. Spencer" artist attribution, medium, country of original, and date […]

Antoine Drury (French, 1819-1896) oil on canvas trompe l'oeil still life titled "Trompe L'Oeil, Liverpool," depicting two dead pheasants hanging against a wood-paneled wall with the stenciled word "Liverpo" (Liverpool, partially visible) upper left, next to a trompe l'oeil image of a tag reading "Mr. C.A. McDowell, Sundridge House, Oxford" (likely the patron for whom […]

Dominique Adolphe Grenet de Joigny (French, 1821-1885) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting figures by the bank of a pond surrounded by trees, with one figure washing something in the water, and a small house in the background below a cloudy grey sky. Signed "Dom. Grenet" lower left. Housed in a carved giltwood Rococo style […]

Dominique Adolphe Grenet de Joigny (French, 1821-1885) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a solitary man fishing on the bank of a small stream surrounded by trees below a cloudy grey sky. Signed "Dom. Grenet" lower left. Housed in a carved giltwood Rococo style frame with pierced corners. Sight – 12 7/8" H x 20 […]

George Cole (United Kingdom, 1808/10-1883) oil on canvas landscape painting titled "The Avon, Clifton" depicting a man and a woman on the shore of a lake with sailboats and bluffs in the background. Signed and dated "G. Cole 1853" lower right. Metal placard with titled and artist's name with date affixed lower center of frame. […]

Benjamin Williams Leader RA (United Kingdom, 1831-1923) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a man, woman and child on the bank of a river, foreground, rolling hills and trees below a cloudy blue sky, middle and background. Signed and dated "B. W. Leader 1899" lower right. Housed in a gilt wood frame with a lamb's […]