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Attr. Johann Heinrich Ramberg 1763-1840. Charming double portrait watercolour drawing. A fashionable couple in a garden....
11/06/2026

Attr. Johann Heinrich Ramberg 1763-1840. Charming double portrait watercolour drawing. A fashionable couple in a garden. Circa.1785. 19.7 by 14.7cms.

Ramberg was born at Hannover. His work came to the attention of King George 3rd of Great Britain (also Elector of Hannover) who encouraged Ramberg to come to London, where he provided support. Ramberg may have been a student of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Francesco Bartolozzi, he studied under Sir Benjamin West at the Royal Academy Schools and in 1782 he began exhibiting at the Royal Academy. In 1784 Ramberg drew the exhibition itself, showing Reynolds, The Prince of Wales and other notables the engraving of which serves as a valuable record of London artistic scene of the late 18th.Century

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Follower of Barbara Regina Dietzsch 1706-1783. A glorious 19th.Century Botanical Still life painting depicting a dandeli...
10/06/2026

Follower of Barbara Regina Dietzsch 1706-1783. A glorious 19th.Century Botanical Still life painting depicting a dandelion with Butterfly, Moth, Caterpillar and Dragonfly. Gouache & watercolour on wove paper adhered to backing and mount. 21.5 by 30 cms to mounted image. Presented in an 18th.Century ebonised fruitwood frame 32.3 by 42 cms overall.

Barbara Regina Dietzsch was born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg in 1706 into an artistic family. Alongside her sister Margaretha she specialized in watercolour and gouache paintings of animals and plants, primarily flowers. Her works are typically identifiable by their brown, black or otherwise monochromatic backgrounds. Many of these works were made into engravings, the majority of which Dietzsch created herself. 

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Oliver Messel 1904-1978. British School 20th.Century. Stage set design titled 'Colonnade' for 'Tough at The Top.' 1949. ...
10/06/2026

Oliver Messel 1904-1978. British School 20th.Century. Stage set design titled 'Colonnade' for 'Tough at The Top.' 1949. Provenance: Redfern Gallery 20 Cork St, London’, Purchased by Sydney Bernstein 1951. Exhibited at The Oliver Messel Exhibition, V&A Museum, 1983. 36.5 by 23 cms image. 50 by 36 cms overall framed.

Oliver Messel was the foremost British stage and costume designer of the 1930s, 40's and 50's. His often unconventional and opulent designs for the, ballet, theatre and opera, made him the most sought after and highly paid theatrical designer of his generation. Tough at the Top. Was a 1949 musical production, staged at the Adelphi Theatre in London, the play was written by A.P. Herbert with music by Vivian Ellis and directed by Wendy Toye.

Sir Cecil Beaton 1904-1980. 20th.Century British School. Pen and ink drawing, Stage set design for the Ballet Les Sirène...
09/06/2026

Sir Cecil Beaton 1904-1980. 20th.Century British School. Pen and ink drawing, Stage set design for the Ballet Les Sirènes.1946. 34 by 24cms to mounted image. 50.5 by 42 cms framed overall. Provenance: Bonhams 23 November 2021 lot 95.

Les Sirènes (The Sirens), was choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music by Lord Berners, the set and costume design being by Cecil Beaton. Despite the mythical name, the ballet was actually a satirical comedy set at the opulent Edwardian seaside resort of Trouville, France, Ca.1904. First performed by the Sadler’s Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 12 November 1946

Oliver Messel 1904-1978. British School 20th.Century Pencil, watercolour and gouache costume design for Sabrina The Wate...
09/06/2026

Oliver Messel 1904-1978. British School 20th.Century Pencil, watercolour and gouache costume design for Sabrina The Water nymph In Comus 1942. Provenance: Roy Astley Collection of Theatrical Designs Bonhams June 2025. Some slight soft creasing and bruising to sheet, a small taped puncture upper left, all to no real detriment. 29.5 by 43.6 cms to mounted image. 

Design for the 1942 Sadler's Wells Ballet production of Comus at the New Theatre, the role of the water nymph Sabrina was danced by Margaret Dale.1922-2010. The sets and costumes designed by Messel, the ballet was choreographed by Robert Helpmann (who also starred as Comus) and featured Margot Fonteyn as The Lady.

Oliver Messel was the foremost British stage and costume designer of the 1930s, 40's and 50's. His often unconventional and opulent designs for the, ballet, theatre and opera, made him the most sought after and highly paid theatrical designer of his generation.

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Oliver Messel 1904-1978 British School 20th.Century. Watercolour heightened with white gouache over charcoal, an origina...
09/06/2026

Oliver Messel 1904-1978 British School 20th.Century. Watercolour heightened with white gouache over charcoal, an original Stage design for Sleeping Beauty Act II, The Panorama Scene with the Lilac Fairy and Prince Florimund in a magical boat drawn by Seahorses. Sadler's Wells Ballet at Covent Garden February 1946. 43 by 29.2 cms. To mounted image. 59.3 by 46.5 cms framed overall. Provenance: Sothebys 22 October 1987 Ballet Sale Lot 882.

Oliver Messel was the foremost British stage and costume designer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s. "By far the most talented designer of his generation" and "one of the greatest set and costume designers England has ever produced." The 'Messel Production' of  Sleeping Beauty (1946) for which this is an original design, was arguably his defining masterpiece. Often revived (notably in New York, 1949 &  in Russia 1961), it was originally produced for the Sadler's Wells Ballet at The Royal Opera House in February 1946. His vibrant unconventional and opulent designs for the production caused a sensation that defied the drab post war austerity of the time. 

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Isaac Spackman 1700-1771. British School 18th.Century Embossed (Basso Relievo) Watercolour study of an 'American Blue an...
08/06/2026

Isaac Spackman 1700-1771. British School 18th.Century Embossed (Basso Relievo) Watercolour study of an 'American Blue and Yellow Maccau' Partial label to reverse, presented in original sanded slip ebonised fruitwood frame. 29 by 36 cms. Overall.

Spackman was perhaps the most accomplished imitator of the Irishman Samuel Dixon's embossed bird paintings. A sculptural technique designed to create an image that appears to raise the subject away from the background, leading to a three dimensonal effect. Both Spackman and Dixon used the engravings of George Edwards' Natural History Of Uncommon Birds' of 1743 as their source material. His output was not large and his works are exceptionally rare.

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Cornelis "Italian" Kruseman 1797-1857 Dutch School 19th.Century Pencil portrait of a young woman, signed, inscribed and ...
05/06/2026

Cornelis "Italian" Kruseman 1797-1857 Dutch School 19th.Century Pencil portrait of a young woman, signed, inscribed and dated lower left, Ischia 1841. 14.5 by 18.5 cms image. 22.1 by 26 cms overall in contemporary rosewood frame. Some slight age discolouration and light foxing to no detriment. 

Cornelis Kruseman was a prominent 19th Century Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker, widely known as "Italian Kruseman" (for his use of Italian Neo Classical themes). He gained critical acclaim for his intensely observed portraits.

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John Jones after John Downman R.A. Stipple engraving with hand tinting, published by J Jones May 1st 1787. Elizabeth (né...
04/06/2026

John Jones after John Downman R.A. Stipple engraving with hand tinting, published by J Jones May 1st 1787. Elizabeth (née Farren), Countess of Derby and Thomas King as Lady Emily and Sir Clement in Burgoyne's 'The Heiress' "Alas! Poor Yorick-quite chop-fallen" Some slight timestaining to right side, lower title partially trimmed. Rare. 38 by 54 cms image. 45 by 60.5 cms framed
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