Ouless Walter William (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. Paperback of 600 pp. No writing or damage. Cited by more than one author as an improvement over previous biographies. Heavy book will need extra postage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Walter William Ouless Frontispiece (illustrator). Book.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid antique photographic portrait in oval decorated border. Mounted and ready to frame. c. 1880. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase an antique photographic portrait of this eminent personage.

2pp., 12mo. On bifolium with mourning border. In good condition, lightly aged. He writes that he has only just received Allchin's letter on his return from the country. 'Please ask Sir George Burrows to call at any hour in the day most convenient to himself.'.

Sherborne, 9 August 1913. Walter William Ouless (1848-1933), portrait painter.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Formerly folded for mailing. ; Handwritten letter. Approx. 4 1/4" wide by 7", two pages. Signed W. W. Ouless. Handwritten heading 12. Bryanston Square, London, June 16, 80. To Mrs. Johnson [in its entirety] "I went the day before yesterday to see your picture at Reeves' Shop. What he proposes to do to it would Improve it immensely, and would not in any way harm it. He mentioned to me what the cost was to be (3 pound symbol) and I think it very reasonable. In its present state it is unsightly but would be quite another picture when restored.".…

A Mounted Oval Woodbury Type photograph of the British portrait painter from Jersey. With Ruskin's support he quickly became an immensely sucessful society portraitist painting Charles Darwin,Thomas Hardy Edward Vlll Charles VThere is an accompanying page of text and the full DNB entry is available if required.…

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly aged paper. Ouless regrets that he has 'nothing available' for 'the Aberdeen Exhibition this year', 'unless it be Marks' portrait [Henry Stacy Marks, artist] which is my property & now at Manchester, but as it was painted 12 years ago I do not think you will consider it suitable'. He suggest asking the Highland Railway Company whether they might lend the 'half length by me of Sir A. Matheson'. The letter ends: 'I wish I had something more recent which I could propose. I hope another year you will ask me again.'.…

Loose Pages, Articles. Condition: Very Good. A letter written a signed by British portrait painter Walter William Ouless. In this letter, British portrait painter Walter William Ouless informs his friend Aquer of his plans to leave London, and requests to see the addressee if they can. Ouless entered the Royal Academy schools in 1865, becoming a full member in 1881. After establishing a successful career in portrait painting, Ouless later turned to landscapes. A bifolium. Externally, smart, with some light bumping to the extremities. Lightly aged. Very Good. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

Oblong 8vo (postcard). 1 page. Inscribed to the German dermatologist Alwin Scharlau: "I understand it is my autograph you ask for and I have pleasure in adding it [.]". - Starting out as a genre painter, Ouless quickly turned towards portraiture and established for himself a successful career in this field, his works including portraits of Charles Darwin and Thomas Hardy, before shifting his focus towards landscape painting in his later career. - Traces of a postmark; some small ink spots. Self-addressed by the collector on the reverse. The Mecklenburg physician Scharlau (b. 1888) assembled a collection of artists' autographs by personal application.…