19th Century British Art

Dealers in St James’s and Mayfair welcome another chance to stage selling exhibitions across one event

Latest auction results suggest the market is showing encouraging signs as new collectors emerge and others expand their horizons

Joseph Sherer entered the Royal Navy in 1811 aboard the Defiance. In 1819 he joined Hecla under Captain George Frederick Lyon taking part in Sir William Parry’s Arctic expeditions.

A “seminal document of Parliamentary history” has been purchased at auction by dealership Philip Mould & Company for a hammer price of £62,000.

This watercolour by Herbert Menzies Marshall (1841-1913) showing Ludgate Hill, London, is among the items on sale at Chris Beetles Gallery’s Summer Exhibition.

Small but intriguing coastal scene estimated at just £50-80 spotted by eager bidders and taken to £3500

Ahead of a new exhibition at a London gallery, Alex Capon takes a closer look at the renowned Romantic artist’s later work and the market that now exists via auction houses and dealerships

Two pictures relating to the family of former US president George HW Bush added to catalogue raisonné

Among the most intriguing naïve pictures sold recently was a simple and ostensibly unassuming painting of a ship offered at a recent Dominic Winter (22% buyer’s premium) auction.

Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti (1843-94) was linked to two of the most famous artistic families of the 19th century.