Tag: Animals in art

Plates of Victorian birds, taken from George Robert Gray’s “The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera” which was issued in parts between 1844 and 1849. Illustrated by D. W. Mitchell and published in London.

“Gypaetinae: Gypaetus barbatus (Linn.)” Page 26, plate 1. Hullmandel and Walton, printers. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123658#page/26/mode/1up
“Polyborinae: milvago chimango (Vielle).” Page 46, Plate 5. Hullmandel and Walton, printers. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Institution. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123658#page/46/mode/1up
“Aquilinae: Circaetus holospilus (Vig.).” Page 60, Plate 7. Hullmandel and Walton, printers. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Institutions. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123658#page/60/mode/1up
“Milvinae: Gamsonyx swainsonii (Vig,).” Page 80, Plate 9. Hullmandel and Walton, printers. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Institutions. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123658#page/80/mode/1up

Paintings of horses and hunting dogs. James Seymour, English artist. Living from 1702 to 1752, he is widely recognized for his equestrian art. Son of an amateur artist and art dealer.

“Lord Portmore’s ‘Snap’, a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape.” 1743. English. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated “J. Seymour/1743/Snap” on the lower left. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-james-seymour-1702-1752-lord-portmores-snap-a-6328976/?from=salesummary&intObjectID=6328976&lid=1&ldp_breadcrumb=back
“Huntsmen and their Hounds.” 1750. English. Oil on canvas. Signed with the initials “J.S.” and dated 1750 on the bottom left. Image source: Bonhams. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huntsmen_and_their_hounds_by_James_Seymour_1750.png
“Sir Roger Burgoyne Riding ‘Badger’. 1740. English. Oil on canvas. Inscribed, in the artist’s hand in brown paint on the lower left “Sir Roger Burgoyne.” Dated 1740 in brown paint on the lower left, perhaps in a later hand. Collections of the Yale Institute for British Art, New Haven. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Seymour_-Sir_Roger_Burgoyne_Riding%27Badger%27_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

Animals in art, painted by Nicolas II Huet (Nicolas Huet the Younger). Living from 1770 to 1830, he came from a family of artists. Huet produced a series of 246 animal drawings on vellum for the library of the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle.

A white dwarf Spitz. 1820. French. Watercolor and body color on vellum. Signed and dated “Huet 1820.” Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-nicolas-ii-huet-paris-1770-1830-a-white-6327165/?from=salesummary&intObjectID=6327165&lid=1&ldp_breadcrumb=back
“The Indian Elephant.” 1810. French. Pen and brown ink and watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of an underdrawing in black chalk, on vellum laid down on board. Signed and dated “huet fils 1810” at the lower right. Inscribed “L’Elephant femelle, Elephas indien, / Par huet peintre du Muséum d’histoire naturelle à Paris” on the reverse. Image © Stephen Ongpin Fine Art. Fair use license. via https://www.stephenongpin.com/object/790592/0/an-indian-elephant
“A Striated Monkey on a Branch.” 1813. French. Pen and brown ink and watercolor, over an underdrawing in black chalk, on vellum laid down on board. Signed and dated “Huet 1813″ in gold at the lower left. Inscribed ” Ouistiti, Jacchus vulgaris. G. ST. H.” in gold at the lower right center. Numbered cf. 58 and 81 on the reverse. Image © Stephen Ongpin Fine Art. Fair use license. via https://www.stephenongpin.com/object/806003/0/nicolas-ii-huet-paris-1770-paris-1828
“Study of the Giraffe given to Charlex X by the Viceroy of Egypt.” A watercolor depiction of the first giraffe ever seen in France, alongside the groom who would look after it for the next 18 years. 1827. French. Watercolor. Image source; ebay.com. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicolas_Huet03.jpg

Cattle with a person here and there, painted by French artist Adolphe Charles Marais, who lived from 1856 to 1940.

“Cows and Calf in a Field in Late Afternoon Sun.” Undated. French. Oil on canvas. Signed “Ad. Marais” on the lower right. Image © 1999 – 2021 Skinner, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/3655B/lots/25
“Market Day.” Undated. French. Oil on canvas. Signed “Ad Marais” on the lower left. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5101892
“Weidelandschaft.” undated, before 1940. French. Oil on canvas. Signed “A C Marais on the lower right. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolphe_Charles_Marais_Weidelandschaft.jpg

Victorian paintings of dogs painted by British artist George Armfield (1808-1893). Exhibited nearly one hundred paintings at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists between 1830 and 1875.


“Hunting Dogs.” 19th c. British. Oil on canvas. Signed on the lower left and lower right “G A.” Image © Uno Langmann Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.langmann.com/paintings/hunting-dogs-by-george-armfield?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=606e392f0ecd3c6d386d3c8c&ss_email_id=6084ac857d3f9e48faa5e60b&ss_campaign_name=Equestrian+Newsletter&ss_campaign_sent_date=2021-04-24T23%3A41%3A09Z
“How was your day?” 19th c. British. Oil on panel. Image © 2019 by J.M. Stringer Gallery of Fine Art. Fair use license. via https://www.jmstringergallery.com/george-armfield
“Terrier Chasing a Rat.” 19th c. British. Oil on canvas. Initialed “G. A.” on the bottom right. Image © 2016 – 2021 The Swan Gallery & SWD. Fair use license. via https://www.swangallery.co.uk/view-item.php?sid=68eaefd323ed2373754d22d379ebf058&itemid=1000794
Standing English Setter holding a pheasant standing around ferns and bramble. ca. 1860. British. Image © Hamshere Gallery. Fair use license. via http://www.hamsheregallery.co.uk/directory_individual.php?artist=18&search=1&table=artist

Bird art, painted by American artist Jessie Arms Botke. Living from 1883 to 1971, she worked with Albert Herter.

“Ducks.” 1920. American. Painting. Image source: Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists” Saint Louis: City Art Museum, 1920. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1926. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ducks_by_Jessie_Arms_Bottke.jpg
“Pair of Egrets.” Undated. American. Oil and gold leaf on canvas laid down on Masonite. Signed “JESSIE ARMS BOTKE” on the lower right. Private collection. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/two-centuries-american-art/pair-of-swans
“Cockatoos and Avocado.” Undated. American. Oil on canvas laid down on board. Signed “Jessie Arms Botke.” on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4972017

Portraits of birds from a little while ago. Scottish. Archibald Thorburn, watercolorist. Living from 1860 to 1935, Thorburn specialized in paintings of wildlife, especially Scottish birds. Son of Robert Thorburn who painted miniatures for Queen Victoria.

“Peacock and Peacock Butterfly.” 1917. Scottish. Signed and dated on the bottom right. Image source: Bonham’s. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 80 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archibald_Thorburn,_Peacock_and_Peacock_Butterfly,_At_87.5_x_111.5cm._Bonhams..jpg
 
“Luscinia luscinia.” 1913. Scottish. Oil on canvas. Image source “British birds.” Archibald Thorburn. Volume. I. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luscinia_luscinia._Archibald_Thorburn.png
“Cock and hen pheasant in the undergrowth.” 1927. Scottish. Pencil and watercolor, with gum arabic, heightened with touches of bodycolor. Signed and dated signed and dated “A. Thorburn/1927′: on the lower left. Image source: Christies. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archibald_Thorburn05a.jpg
Pintail Ducks. 1926. British/Scottish. Watercolor heightened with white. Archibald Thorburn, watercolorist (1860-1935). Signed and dated A. Thorburn / 1926 on the lower right. Image © 2024 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/european-british-art-l24101/pintail-ducks
Blackcock on Tree, Sentinel. Undated, by 1935. British/Scottish. Watercolor heightened with white. Archibald Thorburn, watercolorist (1860-1935). Signed A. Thorburn at the lower center and titled on the reverse. Image © 2024 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/european-british-art-l24101/the-evening-roost-black-game
A Pair of Partridge on a Sunny Bank. 1915. British/Scottish. Watercolor heightened with white. Archibald Thorburn, watercolorist (1860-1935). Signed and dated Archibald Thorburn 1915 on the lower left. Image © 2024 Sotheby’s. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/european-british-art-l24101/a-pair-of-partridge-on-a-sandy-bank

Silver by Emanuele Caber of Milan. ca. 1820-1850, all with animals incorporated in the design.

Pair of silver candlesticks decorated with monkeys. Circular base with a border decorated with a frieze of water leaves and laurel leaves. Stem topped by a seated monkey wearing an Egyptian style headdress and holding a pineapple on its head with both hands. Loaded bases. Foot rim engraved “MH”. ca. 1820. Made in Milan, Italy. Silver. Emanuele Caber, silverworker. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/style-orfevrerie-et-objets-de-vertu/an-italian-pair-of-silver-candlesticks-with
Pair of silver salt boxes made as two cups supported by swans with a round base on zoomorphic feet. 1825-1850. Made in Milan, Italy. Emanuele Caber, silverworker. Maker’s marks: Punches: starry world, plow, silversmith’s mark under the sign of the deer. Image © 2000-2018 arsvalue.com. Fair use license. via https://www.arsvalue.com/it/lotti/77985/coppia-di-saliere-in-argento-milano-emanuele-caber-secondo-quarto-del-xix
Silver coffee pot with an ogive body resting on a base with high grooves and the ovoli frame repeated on the neck. Large beak/spout with the final part modeled as a dog’s head. Decorated with a figure of Mercury made in bas relief. Hinged lid with a swan finial. Wooden handle with silver attachments depicting volutes alt. ca. 1840. Made in Milan, Italy. Silver. Emanuel Caber, silverworker. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-interessante-caffettiera-in-argento-milano-1840-ca-1963369/?

More animal art. Chickens. 19th century chickens but looking about the same. Painted in Germany by Julius Scheuerer (1859-1913).

Poultry and peacock. 1899. Signed “Jul Scheuerer – Munich – 1899” on the bottom right. In the public domain due to age. via https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0a/29/2a/0a292a40f6719f59723bcbc3d68fa078.jpg
In front of the stable. 1897. German. Signed “Jul Scheuerer – Munich – 1897” on the bottom left. Image © Hampel Fine Auctions, Munich. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.hampel-auctions.com/a/Julius-Scheuerer-1859-1913.html?a=70&s=24&id=64241&g=Gemaelde-19-20-Jhdt
“Truthahn, Hahn, Hühner, Küken und Taube an der Tränke.” ca. 1880-1890. German. Oil on panel. Signed Jul Scheuerer” on the bottom right. Image © Ketterer Kunst Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.kettererkunst.com/details-e.php?obnr=117000493&anummer=446&detail=1

Animals in art, painted by Roelant (Roelandt) Savery who was Flemish born but is considered part of the Dutch Golden Age of painting. Living from 1576 to 1639, he was court painter to Rudolph II in Prague for a time.

“Landscape with swans near a waterfall.” Undated. Oil on panel. Signed “ROELANDT SAVERY FE” on the rock on the lower left. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/master-paintings-part-ii/landscape-with-swans-near-a-waterfall
Landscape with birds. 1628. Oil on panel. Collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roelant_Savery_-Landscape_with_Birds-_WGA20885.jpg
Landscape with wild animals. 1600-1639. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Rockox House, Antwerp. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roelant_Savery_-Landscape_with_Wild_Animals-_WGA20886.jpg