19th Century British Art

A fleeting moment caught by the artist but not intended for sale encapsulates the appeal of watercolours

The sale of Chinese and other Asian Works of Art at Semley Auctioneers in Shaftesbury, Dorset, included the largest known group of works by the artist Mrs H Clark.

A sale at Leland Little (25% buyer's premium) in Hillsborough, North Carolina, included a once well-known work by the Edwardian artist Charles Sims (1873-1928).

‘Two bidders going hell for leather’ race to £55,000 for scene by artist famed for atmospheric nocturns

Re: the letter from Anthony Lester regarding Thomas Smart (‘Mystery painter T Smart was Thomas’, Letters, ATG No 2715). I think that he died in June 1875.

How better to start a review of sales at the dog-friendly Decorative Fair than a quick canine picture selection?

Original works for under £100? Dickinson offers just that in its latest show 'Sir Francis Grant: A Society Sketchbook'.

Further to Graham Walpole’s letter (ATG no 2714), regarding the painting sold at Reeman Dansie (ATG no 2711), I can add a little about the artist Smart.

Following your reader’s letter regarding the identity of the portrait sold at Reeman Dansie (ATG no 2711), I have nothing to add to the discussion regarding the sitter’s identity.

Among the most eye-catching pictures that emerged at the summer auctions around the country were a couple of early 20th century portraits of young women.

Dominic Sanchez-Cabello initially followed in his father’s footsteps to become an antiques dealer in Plymouth.

In your Auction Reports on April 5 (Art Market, ATG No 2687) you reported on Reeman Dansie’s sale of a portrait of a young British officer under the headline ‘Missing finger could point to sitter’s identity’. That portrait was the property of my late wife.

Art dealer Karen Taylor has sold two oil sketches by Gainsborough Dupont (1754-97) to the British Museum.

An 1858 portrait by Solomon Alexander Hart (1806-81), arguably the most important Jewish painter in England in the 19th century, more than doubled its high estimate in a sale in Clarence, New York.