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A Pair of Early 19th C Watercolours of a Solider and Sailor with Wooden Legs
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A Pair of Early 19th C Watercolours of a Solider and Sailor with Wooden Legs

19th century
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A delightful pair of early 19th century watercolours depicting a sailor and a solider witch wooden legs. The sailor, complete with eye patch, is soaking his wooden legs in a bowl of hot water and beneath him it says : “A cure for a cold”. The soldier in his red jacket, balances precariously, clutching a clay pipe in his hand, and beneath him it says: “Well I never could keep my legs”.

During the period following the Napoleonic wars it wouldn’t have been unusual to see men returning from the wars with a range of injuries, including wooden legs although it isn’t that often these paintings are ever found in pairs.

In later frames.

Measuring: (frame size - 16.5 cm x 12.5 cm)

English, c. 1830

Physical Dimensions
Height
16.5cm (6.50")
Width
12.5cm (4.92")
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Rob Hall Antiques has dated these Antique Military Watercolour Portraits to the 19th Century.

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A delightful pair of early 19th century watercolours depicting a sailor and a solider witch wooden legs.
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The sailor, complete with eye patch, is soaking his wooden legs in a bowl of hot water and beneath him it says : “A cure for a cold”.
Rob Hall Antiques

The soldier in his red jacket, balances precariously, clutching a clay pipe in his hand, and beneath him it says: “Well I never could keep my legs”.

fig 1. A pair of small framed early nineteenth-century watercolours depicting a soldier and a sailor with wooden legs, set within arched paper mounts and brown wooden frames.
fig 1. A Pair of Early 19th C Watercolours of a Solider and Sailor with Wooden Legs

During the period following the Napoleonic wars it wouldn’t have been unusual to see men returning from the wars with a range of injuries, including wooden legs although it isn’t that often these paintings are ever found in pairs.

In later frames.

Measuring: (frame size - 16.5 cm x 12.5 cm)

English, c. 1830

Height
16.5cm (6.50")
Width
12.5cm (4.92")
Date of Manufacture

Rob Hall Antiques has dated these Antique Military Watercolour Portraits to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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Archive I A pair of small framed early nineteenth-century watercolours depicting a soldier and a sailor with wooden legs, set within arched paper mounts and brown wooden frames.

A PAIR OF EARLY 19TH C WATERCOLOURS OF A SOLIDER AND SAILOR WITH WOODEN LEGS

Archive II A pair of small framed early nineteenth-century watercolours depicting a soldier and a sailor with wooden legs, set within arched paper mounts and brown wooden frames. View II
Archive III A pair of small framed early nineteenth-century watercolours depicting a soldier and a sailor with wooden legs, set within arched paper mounts and brown wooden frames. View III
Archive IV A pair of small framed early nineteenth-century watercolours depicting a soldier and a sailor with wooden legs, set within arched paper mounts and brown wooden frames. View IV
Archive V A pair of small framed early nineteenth-century watercolours depicting a soldier and a sailor with wooden legs, set within arched paper mounts and brown wooden frames. View V
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A pair of small framed early nineteenth-century watercolours depicting a soldier and a sailor with wooden legs, set within arched paper mounts and brown wooden frames.
A PAIR OF EARLY 19TH C WATERCOLOURS OF A SOLIDER AND SAILOR WITH WOODEN LEGS
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A pair of small framed early nineteenth-century watercolours depicting a soldier and a sailor with wooden legs, set within arched paper mounts and brown wooden frames.
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Early 19th-century British watercolour portraiture often focused on intimate, narrative, or satirical character studies, executed with delicate pigment washes on paper and housed in wooden or gilded frames.

Artists utilised watercolour pigments on heavy paper or card, often presented within stepped paper mounts and enclosed in moulded wooden frames featuring gilt or veneered finishes.

Authentic pieces typically exhibit naturally aged rag paper, mild foxing, hand-drawn or wash-lined mounts, and original timber backboarding secured with historic tacks or paper tape.

Pair small framed works on narrow wall spaces, arrange them within a gallery wall display, or position them upright on a mantelpiece alongside period ceramics to introduce historical focal points.

Position watercolours away from direct sunlight and high humidity, utilise UV-filtering glass if re-framing, and avoid removing original backing boards unless necessary for conservation.
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