19th Century British Art

String of portraits offered by south London auction house included sketch of the 12-year-old musical prodigy

Two very different works offered in Oxford now have new owners from Australia and continental Europe

As readers may recall from previous articles on these pages, when it comes to the works of the great ornithological artist Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) depictions of game birds tend to be the most commercial subjects.

Established in 1936, London gallery Abbott and Holder first published one of its now established ‘Lists’ in 1942. The firm now publishes these monthly, online, providing a way to introduce 100 new works of art to its existing stock.

Works painted by the man behind famous comic characters are sold at auction alongside those he acquired

As well as eight books and manuscripts by Aubrey Beardsley (1872-98) at Christie’s sale of the Barry Humphries collection – plus one photo of the illustrator and author too – the auction included a rare self-portrait.

Regarding the painting that shows Louis XVI at his favourite occupation of lock-making by Joseph Caraud (Auction Reports, ATG No 2681), this was exhibited at The French Gallery, 120 Pall Mall, London in April, 1867, number 34.

Paintings depicting humble carpenter and not-so-humble locksmith benefit from market freshness

Art dealer Dominic Sanchez-Cabello has sold a rare portrait by Emma Soyer (c.1810-42) to the Yale Center for British Art.

An intriguing portrait of a black man in the uniform of a military bandsman and wearing a Waterloo medal drew strong competition after emerging at an auction in East Sussex.

Son of the famous John Atkinson Grimshaw under focus with two of his own works in the same style

More pieces appear from a collection that survived a couple of devastating blazes at the family home