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Title: "Circassian Deer"
Artist: Ernest Griset (1844-
Size: 21" x15"
Price: £225
Ernest Henry Griset was one of the 19thc best known comic illustrators. This drawing dates from c.1865 is signed bottom left and inscribed bottom right. In good unfaded condition, it has a little foxing but that is always the case with Grisets drawings. A good example of this increasingly sought after artist's work.The paper is watermarked 1865. It was drawn from life at the Regents Park Zoo shortly after Griset had come to London.
Title: "St Pauls Church. Stonehouse Plymouth"
Artist: Unknown
Size: 11" x 8"
Price: £175
A beautiful topographical watercolour of St Pauls Church Plymouth which was built by Fulton 1830 & 1831.
It reminds me of an Architects drawing and could have been drawn to show the church in the context of its surrounds.
Title: "The Lute Player"
Attributed to Sir George Hayter (1792-
Size: 6" x 4"
Price: £75
A beautiful unsigned pen and ink drawing of a Lute Player which I believe to have been drawn by Sir George Hayter c.1840.
In good condition.
Title: "The Inundation of Lulworth Cove"
Artist: Unknown
Size: 10" x 7"
Price: SOLD
An important historical drawing of the inundation of Lulworth cove on the 8th September 1826.
By a skilful artist it is unsigned, as is often the case with drawings of this vintage.
Verso is a drawing of the ruins of the castle on Portland Island. In good condition, but it has yellowed a little with age.
Title: "Pulled Up"
Artist: Ernest Griset (1844-
Size: 11" x 8"
Price: £425
Ernest Henry Griset was one of the 19thc best known comic illustrators. This drawing dates from c.1870 and is signed bottom left. In good unfaded condition, it has some foxing but that is always the case with Grisets drawings. A good example of this increasingly sought after artist's work.
19th Century Drawings
Title: "The Bathing Machine"
Artist: Unknown
Size: 11" x 7"
Price: £145
A beautiful watercolour of figures by a Bathing Machine on the Welsh Coast c.1820.
It is a page from a sketchbook and would presumably have been drawn in situ.
A charming souvenir of a day by the sea that is almost 200 years old.
Verso is a sketch of Lamphey Court and Carew Castle both in Pembrokeshire