This view of the old medieval bridge at Rochester was likely painted by George Sidney Sheperd, just a few years after it was renovated in 1824. Gas streetlights line the…
Watercolour (and Gouache) on Card This intelligent and closely-painted view of Windsor Castle was painted by the Scottish artist William Macduff in 1863. The castle is seen in the early…
Charcoal on Paper This unusual study of an exploding shell would have been made on the spot, when the artist was with the XV Corps in 1917. A similarly spontaneous…
Artist: Arthur Kampf (1864-1950) Title: “Alfred, 11 Tage Alt” (Alfred, 11 days old) Medium: Oil on Wood Panel Date: 1893 Price: £3000 This poignant study of Alfred, the baby son…
Subject: Tobias led by the Archangel RaphaelArtist: Unknown (Venetian School)Medium: Reed Pen and Bistre, with grey washDate: 16th centuryPrice: £1800 This confident sketch of the archangel Raphael leading Tobias shows…
Subject: Halt of a Hunting Party Artist: Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672) Medium: Pen and Brown Ink, with Grey Wash (Framing line in brown ink) Date: c1660 Price: £2000 This…
Artist: UnknownSubject: William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588-1660)Medium: Watercolour on VellumDate: c1650Inscriptions: (engraved “Duke of Somerfet) William Seymour was one of the more complex characters of the period, and…
Charles II (1630-1685) Attributed to Nicholas Dixon (c1645-1708) Watercolour on CardDate: c1670 Enquire This unusual ring mounted with a portrait of King Charles II was likely given in recognition of past loyalties.After…
Artist: Circle of Francois ClouetTitle: Unknown Gentleman (age 28) Medium: Gouache on Vellum (backed with playing card) Date: 1558 This portrait of a young gentleman was likely painted in France by an…
This portrait miniature of Sir Henry Vane the Younger, takes its composition from a portrait in the Buccleuch Collection. That portrait, catalogued as Samuel Cooper, is related to a larger…
Subject: Charles II (1630-1685)Artist: After Samuel Cooper (1609-1672)Medium: Watercolour on VellumDate: c1670Price: £3000 This portrait miniature of Charles II is based on a painting by Samuel Cooper in the Royal…
Derek Clarke was a British landscape painter, whose vivid and colourful works were supported by his religious faith. Born in Longthorpe, near to Peterborough, in 1912. He would study at…