Erskine Nicol Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Erskine Nicol Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 26, 2025
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Going to Market: River Landscape with Figures in a boat, near Derryavaragh, County Westmeath Oil on canvas 32 x 53cm (12½ x 20¾“) Signed ‘ E.Nicol ARSA and dated (18) '57 As dawn breaks, a group of travellers
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Going to Market: River Landscape with Figures in a boat, near Derryavaragh, County Westmeath Oil on canvas 32 x 53cm (12½ x 20¾“) Signed ‘ E.Nicol ARSA and dated (18) '57 As dawn breaks, a group of travellers moves slowly in a rather overladen boat, propelled by a single oarsman, along one of the waterways of the extended Shannon basin between Castlepollard and Mullingar, perhaps the River Inny. This was a part of Ireland that Nicol knew intimately. Having established a studio in the vicinity of Lough Derravaragh, he made the landscape and people of the Bog of Allen his own. Indeed, he even named his London home Clonave Villa in honour of the location of his base on the north of Lough Derravaragh. As Dr. Brendan Rooney writes ‘The local community and surrounding Westmeath countryside inspired many of Nicol’s best and most sensitive, pictures (Art and Architecture of Ireland, vol. 2, 389). This judgment certainly applies to the carefully observed, yet quietly lyrical, scene depicted here. In this work dated 1857, when the artist was thirty-two, he imbues his figures with a quiet solemnity quite at odds with the occasional stage Irish tendency to which later in his career Nicol occasionally succumbed. The generally ochre palette is enlivened with a few chromatic highlights, notably the flecks of red strategically positioned though the composition. For a quite different, though clearly related, composition of the same year, titled by the artist, Market Day, Derryavaragh, Co. Westmeath, see Adam’s, Important Irish Art 6 Dec, 2023, lot 71 and for the Bog at Derryavaragh see Adam’s, Important Irish Art, April 2014 lot 101.
Adam's
Mar. 06, 2025
ERSKINE NICOL (1825 - 1904) A Hot Potato.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
ERSKINE NICOL (1825 - 1904) A Hot Potato. Oil on panel, 1855. 300x218 mm; 11¾x8½ inches. Signed and dated lower right. Titled and inscribed in ink, verso. Provenance Private collection, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 06, 2025
ERSKINE NICOL (1825 - 1904) A hair of the dog that bit him.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
ERSKINE NICOL (1825 - 1904) A hair of the dog that bit him. Oil on canvas, 1862. 310x235 mm; 12¼x9¼ inches. Signed and dated lower right. Titled and inscribed verso. Provenance Private collection, New York.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 11, 2025
ERSKINE NICOL (SCOTTISH 1825-1904), A BOY EATING AN APPLE
Est: £300 - £500
ERSKINE NICOL (SCOTTISH 1825-1904)A BOY EATING AN APPLEPencil and watercolour with white heighteningSigned, inscribed and dated 'Claddagh '54' (lower right)23 x 18cm (9 x 7 in.)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Dec. 18, 2024
ERSKINE NICOL RSA (1825 - 1904) Jack in Full Dress Signed and dated 1849 Watercolour, 33 x 20cm Inscribed verso
Est: €800 - €1,200
ERSKINE NICOL RSA (1825 - 1904) Jack in Full Dress Signed and dated 1849 Watercolour, 33 x 20cm Inscribed verso
Adam's
Dec. 02, 2024
Erskine Nicol ARA RSA (1825-1904) THREE CHILDREN PLAYING AT MARCHING SOLDIERS, 1861
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Erskine Nicol ARA RSA (1825-1904) THREE CHILDREN PLAYING AT MARCHING SOLDIERS, 1861 oil on canvas signed and dated lower left h:21.50 w:17 in. Provenance: Whyte's, 16 September 2003, lot 100; Private collection; Whyte's, 28 September 2009, lot 82; Private collection
Whyte's
Nov. 05, 2024
ERSKINE NICOL RSA (1825 - 1904) A Shillelagh Match at Donnybrook Pastel, …
Est: €800 - €1,200
ERSKINE NICOL RSA (1825 - 1904) A Shillelagh Match at Donnybrook Pastel, 19.05 x 27.9cm With a 'Doig and McKechnie' (Edinburgh) label verso
Adam's
Oct. 12, 2024
ERSKINE NICOL (SCOTTISH, 1825-1904)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Erskine Nicol Scottish, 1825-1904 The Lost Hat Oil on canvas Signed lower left. Depicting a boy and girl in the countryside on a stormy day, the girl on the back of a donkey while the boy looks for his hat that blew off in the wind, framed. Artist also identified in paper inscription on back of stretcher.
Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 19, 2024
Erskine Nicol (Scottish, 1825 - 1904), A sketch of two children
Est: £800 - £1,200
Erskine Nicol (Scottish, 1825 - 1904) A sketch of two children Oil on board Dimensions: (Frame) 13 in. (H) x 11 in. (W) (Board) 9 in. (H) x 7.5 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
Jul. 17, 2024
ERSKINE NICOL (1825-1904) Three studies of rural scenes Monochrome and watercolour heightened with white, 13.5 x 51 cm Two signed and dated 'Nicol/59' (lower right)
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
ERSKINE NICOL (1825-1904) Three studies of rural scenes Monochrome and watercolour heightened with white, 13.5 x 51 cm Two signed and dated 'Nicol/59' (lower right)
Adam's
Jul. 16, 2024
Erskine Nicol (British, 1825-1904)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Erskine Nicol (British, 1825-1904) The Inconvenience of Single Life, 1856 oil on panel signed and dated (lower right) 12 1/2 x 9 inches (sight). This lot is located in Chicago.
Hindman
May. 01, 2024
ERSKINE NICOL (1825-1904) Three studies of rural scenes Monochrome and watercolour heightened with white, 13.5 x 51 cm Two signed and dated 'Nicol/59' (lower right)
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
ERSKINE NICOL (1825-1904) Three studies of rural scenes Monochrome and watercolour heightened with white, 13.5 x 51 cm Two signed and dated 'Nicol/59' (lower right)
Adam's
Mar. 27, 2024
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Glendalough, Co. Wicklow Oil on canvas, 40 x 60.5cm (15¾ x 23¾) Signed and dated 1857
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Glendalough, Co. Wicklow Oil on canvas, 40 x 60.5cm (15¾ x 23¾) Signed and dated 1857
Adam's
Mar. 21, 2024
Erskine Nicol (1825-1904), A gentleman holding a f
Est: £100 - £150
Erskine Nicol (1825-1904), A gentleman holding a fishing rod, watercolour, signed and dated 1863 lower right, 47 x 33cm. Framed and glazed.. Under glass, paper very faded and discoloured, needs a good clean.
Ewbank's
Mar. 06, 2024
ATTRIBUTED TO ERSKINE NICOL (1825 - 1904)
Est: €80 - €120
Man seated in an interior. Watercolour. Unframed. Image size: 32 x 33 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Approximate Time 15:21:24
Sheppards
Jan. 31, 2024
Erskine Nicol, after, T Maguire, Lithograph, An Irish Bachelor Sits Threadi
Est: -
Erskine Nicol, after, T Maguire, Lithograph, An Irish Bachelor Sits Threading a Needle to Mend His Ragged Clothes, another Blessing of a Wife, c.1850, both in Rosewood frames; 56cm x 47cm overall; English School, 19th century, Strolling Through the Arched Gatehouse, oil on panel, unsigned, 22cm x 31cm etc (4)
Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
Dec. 06, 2023
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Market Day, Derravaragh, Co. Westmeath Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 61cm (13 x 24) Signed and dated 1857; Also signed and inscribed with title on artist's label verso Provenance: Sale, Bonhams, New York, 19th Centu
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Market Day, Derravaragh, Co. Westmeath Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 61cm (13 x 24) Signed and dated 1857; Also signed and inscribed with title on artist's label verso Provenance: Sale, Bonhams, New York, 19th Century European Paintings, 6 May 2015, lot no. 82
Adam's
Sep. 27, 2023
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) 'Paddy Ashore' Oil on panel, 30.5 x 22.8cm (12 x 9) Signed and dated 1855
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) 'Paddy Ashore' Oil on panel, 30.5 x 22.8cm (12 x 9) Signed and dated 1855
Adam's
Apr. 18, 2023
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Waiting For A Bite (1866)
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Waiting For A Bite (1866) oil on canvas signed and dated 'A. Nicol 1866' lower right h:100 w:76.20 cm. Provenance: Gorry Gallery, Dublin where purchased by the present owner Exhibited: Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 'An Exhibition of 18th-21st Century Irish Paintings' 1st-19th November 2021 No.20 (illustrated on p.18) In this, one of the finest example of Erskine Nicol's genre paintings, a fisherman is about to set out on a lake boat for a day's fishing. The man's expression is bright, and he is evidently looking forward to the adventures that lie ahead. In one hand he holds a fishing rod with a brass reel, while in the other, his food for the day is wrapped in a small woven straw basket, designed to keep its contents-potatoes perhaps-warm for several hours. The painting is characterized by a sense of observed authentic detail, including the design of the boat, which has been repaired several times, and the tattered but respectable garb of the fisherman; white shirt, red neckerchief, blue waistcoat, overcoat, moleskin trousers and gaiters. In his right hand he holds a fishing rod, and in his left hand the small basket. Nicol employed this sitter on several occasions, as a model for his Irish scenes, including paintings such as Midday Meal, Pat Among the Old Masters and Bashful Suitor. Dr. Amélie Dochy-Jacquard, of the University of Toulouse, who has carried out detailed research on Nicol, speculates that the sitter may be Paddy Cox, a neighbour who lived near Clonava in Co. Westmeath. Nicol built a studio at Clonava, beside Derravaragh Lake, where he painted during his visits to Ireland. Whatever the identity of the sitter, Nicol portrays the man almost as lord of his domain, with the fishing rod standing for a sceptre, while the circular basket represents the orb. Although there may be an element of gentle mockery in this, the painting is a sincere homage to the art of fly-fishing. With clouds gathering overhead, blocking out the sun, it is a perfect day for fishing, and the artist has tried to encapsulate the pleasure felt in a time-honoured country pursuit. There are several paintings by Nicol of fisherman, and it is clear his preference was for portraying fly fishing. Another version of Waiting for a Bite exists, and is entitled The Optimistic Angler (sold at Christies, May 2005). Although the main market for these paintings was in Edinburgh and London, where they would have attracted the attention of people who went on fishing trips to Ireland and Scotland, Nicol's work was also popular with collectors in the United States. Born in 1825 in Leith, Scotland, Erskine Nicol was initially apprenticed to a house painter, before studying art at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh, where his teachers included Thomas Duncan and William Allen. For a short time, he was employed as a drawing master at Leith Academy. Moving to Dublin in 1845, he worked for four years as a teacher with the Department of Science and Art, and also painted portraits. He specialized thereafter in Irish subject matter, particularly scenes of everyday life in the country. In paintings such as The Emigrants (1864) he depicted the harsher realities of life. Nicol was a Realist painter; rarely sentimentalising his subjects. In 1850 he returned to Edinburgh, and the following year was elected an associate member of the Royal Scottish Academy. However, following the example of his compatriot David Wilkie, who had travelled in Ireland in the 1830s, Nicol continued to make painting trips to Clonava. The sketches he made in Ireland were then worked up into finished paintings on his return to Scotland. In 1862 Nicol moved to London and six years later was made an Associate of the Royal Academy. He also exhibited at the RHA. Sixteen paintings by him were used as illustration in the 1909 book Tales of Irish Life and Character. Peter Murray, March 2023
Morgan O'Driscoll
Apr. 12, 2023
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Two Figures Outside a Tavern Oil on board, 34.5 x 27cm (13½ x 10¾) Signed and dated 1851
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Two Figures Outside a Tavern Oil on board, 34.5 x 27cm (13½ x 10¾) Signed and dated 1851
Adam's
Apr. 08, 2023
Erskine Nicol Forest Riverbank Oil Painting on Canvas
Est: $30 - $300
Artist signature on bottom left corner, Small indentation on left side between trees, Frame measures 32 1/2 x 57in, Canvas measures 24 x 48in. No Shipping Available.
Matthew Bullock Auctioneers
Mar. 08, 2023
Erskine Nicol, RSA, ARA (British, 1825-1904) The children's fairing
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
Erskine Nicol, RSA, ARA (British, 1825-1904) The children's fairing signed and dated 'ENicol/A.R.A/1870' (lower right) oil on canvas 88 x 72.7cm (34 5/8 x 28 5/8in).
Bonhams
Feb. 13, 2023
Erskine NICOL (1825-1904), Óleo sobre tela, Dim.: 60 x 50 cm.
Est: €200 - €400
Erskine NICOL (1825-1904) Retrato de mulher com toca Óleo sobre tela Assinado Dim. aprox. mancha: 60 x 50 cm.; Dim. aprox. total: 69,5 x 60 cm. Faltas, falhas e restauros. Verso com inscrições. Emoldurado (defeitos).
Palácio do Correio Velho
Feb. 12, 2023
Erskine Nicol (UK,Scotland,1825-1904) oil painting antique
Est: $1,700 - $2,100
ARTIST: Erskine Nichol (Scottish, British, 1825 - 1904) NAME: Interior Scene YEAR: 1869 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Restretched. Missing few flakes of paint. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 20 inches / 66 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Alex De Andreis, Tom Carr, Basil Ivan Rakoczi, David Murray, Charles James Lauder, James John Hill, Henry Frederick Lucas Lucas, Francis Cotes, Sir John Everett Millais, William Miller Frazer, Arthur David McCormick, Samuel Fulton, James McIntosh Patrick, Gerald Ackermann, Victor Korecki, Alexander The Younger Fraser Jr CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117459 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Leith, Scotland in 1825, Erskine Nicol was educated at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh. He taught in Dublin, Ireland at the height of the Irish Famine, as a result, much of his work highlights the plight of of the population during this time, which he identified with. In 1851 he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and an Academician in 1859.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Dec. 07, 2022
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Two Figures Outside a Tavern Oil on board, 34.5 x 27cm (13½ x 10¾) Signed and dated 1851
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Two Figures Outside a Tavern Oil on board, 34.5 x 27cm (13½ x 10¾) Signed and dated 1851
Adam's
Dec. 03, 2022
Erskine, Nicol
Est: -
Erskine, Nicol 1825 Edinburgh - 1904 Feltham Eine kurze Rast. Signiert. Datiert 1855. Öl/Holz, 30,5 x 22,5 cm.
Dusseldorfer Auktionshaus
Nov. 28, 2022
Erskine Nicol ARA RSA (1825-1904) EDWARD BURTON, ENGRAVER
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Erskine Nicol ARA RSA (1825-1904) EDWARD BURTON, ENGRAVER watercolour heightened with white signed and dated lower right; titled on reverse h:10.75 w:8.75 in. Provenance: Whyte's, 2 March 2009, lot 150; Private collection
Whyte's
Nov. 16, 2022
Erskine Nicol, RSA, ARA (1825-1904) "Bringing Home the Turf, Co. Westmeath," watercolour,
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Erskine Nicol, RSA, ARA (1825-1904) "Bringing Home the Turf, Co. Westmeath," watercolour, depicting figures in a boat with full load travelling along the Shannon, signed lower left, manuscript label on reverse "To Revd. Arch. A. Henderson, with the kind regards of Erskine Nicol," approx. 16cms x 25cms (6" x 10"), mounted and framed. (1)
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Nov. 16, 2022
Erskine Nicol, RSA, ARA (1825-1904) "Mending the Shirt," O.O.P., depicting a dishevelled peasant
Est: €175 - €325
Erskine Nicol, RSA, ARA (1825-1904) "Mending the Shirt," O.O.P., depicting a dishevelled peasant sewing a button, approx. 14cms x 9cms (5 1/2" x 3 1/2") in contemporary gilt frame. (1)
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Nov. 13, 2022
Erskine Nicol (UK,Scotland,1825-1904) oil painting antique
Est: $1,800 - $2,200
ARTIST: Erskine Nichol (Scottish, British, 1825 - 1904) NAME: Interior Scene YEAR: 1869 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Restretched. Missing few flakes of paint. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 20 inches / 66 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Alex De Andreis, Tom Carr, Basil Ivan Rakoczi, David Murray, Charles James Lauder, James John Hill, Henry Frederick Lucas Lucas, Francis Cotes, Sir John Everett Millais, William Miller Frazer, Arthur David McCormick, Samuel Fulton, James McIntosh Patrick, Gerald Ackermann, Victor Korecki, Alexander The Younger Fraser Jr CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117459 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Leith, Scotland in 1825, Erskine Nicol was educated at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh. He taught in Dublin, Ireland at the height of the Irish Famine, as a result, much of his work highlights the plight of of the population during this time, which he identified with. In 1851 he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and an Academician in 1859.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Aug. 21, 2022
Erskine Nicol (UK,Scotland,1825-1904) oil painting antique
Est: $1,800 - $2,300
ARTIST: Erskine Nichol (Scottish, British, 1825 - 1904) NAME: Interior Scene YEAR: 1869 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Restretched. Missing few flakes of paint. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 20 inches / 66 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Alex De Andreis, Tom Carr, Basil Ivan Rakoczi, David Murray, Charles James Lauder, James John Hill, Henry Frederick Lucas Lucas, Francis Cotes, Sir John Everett Millais, William Miller Frazer, Arthur David McCormick, Samuel Fulton, James McIntosh Patrick, Gerald Ackermann, Victor Korecki, Alexander The Younger Fraser Jr CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117459 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Leith, Scotland in 1825, Erskine Nicol was educated at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh. He taught in Dublin, Ireland at the height of the Irish Famine, as a result, much of his work highlights the plight of of the population during this time, which he identified with. In 1851 he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and an Academician in 1859.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 03, 2022
ATTR TO Erskine Nicol (UK,1825-1904) oil painting antique
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ARTIST: ATTRIBUTED TO Erskine Nichol (Scottish, British, 1825 - 1904) NAME: Nowhere to Go MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. Minor damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 13 x 17 inches / 33 x 43 cm FRAME SIZE: 22 x 26 inches / 55 x 66 cm SIGNATURE: unsigned CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119404 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Leith, Scotland in 1825, Erskine Nicol was educated at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh. He taught in Dublin, Ireland at the height of the Irish Famine, as a result, much of his work highlights the plight of of the population during this time, which he identified with. In 1851 he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and an Academician in 1859. Trained at the Trustees' Academy in Edinbourgh, Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) became well-known as a genre painter. He was active as an artist and teacher in Leith, Dublin, Edinburgh and London. Examples of his artistic output can be found at the Victoria and Albert Museum and at the Tate Gallery in London.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
May. 27, 2022
ERSKINE NICOL, R.S.A., A.R.A. (1825-1904) A Whist Party oil on panel 10 1/4
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
ERSKINE NICOL, R.S.A., A.R.A. (1825-1904) A Whist Party oil on panel 10 1/4 x 14 3/8 in. (26 x 36.5 cm.)
Christie's
May. 21, 2022
Erskine, Nicol
Est: -
Erskine, Nicol 1825 Edinburgh - 1904 Feltham Eine wohlverdiente Pause. Signiert. Datiert 1855. Öl/Holz, 30,5 x 22,5 cm.
Dusseldorfer Auktionshaus
May. 11, 2022
Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) A scene of an elderly gentleman in a tavern, watercolour, indistinctly signed, 13" x
Est: £100 - £150
Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) A scene of an elderly gentleman in a tavern, watercolour, indistinctly signed, 13" x 9.5".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
May. 08, 2022
Erskine Nicol (UK,Scotland,1825-1904) oil painting antique
Est: $1,900 - $2,500
ARTIST: Erskine Nichol (Scottish, British, 1825 - 1904) NAME: Interior Scene YEAR: 1869 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Restretched. Missing few flakes of paint. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 20 inches / 66 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Alex De Andreis, Tom Carr, Basil Ivan Rakoczi, David Murray, Charles James Lauder, James John Hill, Henry Frederick Lucas Lucas, Francis Cotes, Sir John Everett Millais, William Miller Frazer, Arthur David McCormick, Samuel Fulton, James McIntosh Patrick, Gerald Ackermann, Victor Korecki, Alexander The Younger Fraser Jr CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117459 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Leith, Scotland in 1825, Erskine Nicol was educated at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh. He taught in Dublin, Ireland at the height of the Irish Famine, as a result, much of his work highlights the plight of of the population during this time, which he identified with. In 1851 he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and an Academician in 1859.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 26, 2022
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) The Visit of the Mother in Law (1860)
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) The Visit of the Mother in Law (1860) oil on canvas signed lower left and dated (18)'60 h:33.10 w:46.70 cm. Provenance: Dominion Gallery, Montreal (label verso); Gorry Gallery, Dublin; Private Collection Originally from Leith in Scotland, Nicol is one of the best known, and most prolific genre and figure painters to have worked in rural Ireland, in the mid to late nineteenth century. He exhibited many Irish titles in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Liverpool as well as at the Royal Academy and the Royal Hibernian Academy. He also painted Scottish genre subjects, but his Irish paintings are easy to differentiate, because of his careful attention to authentic detail and his inclusion of objects and costume, typical of Irish farmhouses and cabins. Indeed, his paintings are a colourful reminder of precisely how working peoples' homes were arranged and furnished. This work, like many of his others, presents his three characters as if on a stage, as a conversation piece, inviting his audience to explore, examine and unravel various narratives. Frequently marital bliss, or strife, provided the focus for his scenes, so in common with other titles, such as "Phew ! Caught Again! (1858)". The visit of the mother in law suggests an interruption to young married life . The husband turns his back on the scene and is departing past the ' jamb wall' screening the hearth from draughts, and out into the sunshine. The wattle smoke canopy over the hearth, supported on a strong horizontal ' brace tree' (which sometimes incorporating small lofts) , is deliberately denuded by Nicol here, using artist's license to allow light from the chimney above to illuminate the scene. This hearth type predominated in the east and south of Ireland . An earthen floor is strewn with domestic paraphernalia the tongs by the turf fire, the black-glazed earthenware pitcher, and other glazed jugs for fetching well water, and the ubiquitous round potato basket, used to bring the crop in from the fields. Clothes and baskets, and the scattered peelings on the unswept floor, provide evidence for an altercation. The 'woman of the house' stands in defiant contemplation, her back to the disgruntled subject of the title; the mother-in-law, who sits angrily behind her. The arrangement of objects he retells us so much about the people involved; the older woman is in the traditional place of honour closest to the hearth, beside her a low table has been set with an earthenware crock, teacups and a teapot, and a white cloth in readiness for her arrival. Claudia Kinmonth, March 2022
Morgan O'Driscoll
Apr. 17, 2022
ATTR TO Erskine Nicol (UK,1825-1904) oil painting antique
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ARTIST: ATTRIBUTED TO Erskine Nichol (Scottish, British, 1825 - 1904) NAME: Nowhere to Go MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. Minor damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 13 x 17 inches / 33 x 43 cm FRAME SIZE: 22 x 26 inches / 55 x 66 cm SIGNATURE: unsigned CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119404 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Leith, Scotland in 1825, Erskine Nicol was educated at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh. He taught in Dublin, Ireland at the height of the Irish Famine, as a result, much of his work highlights the plight of of the population during this time, which he identified with. In 1851 he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and an Academician in 1859. Trained at the Trustees' Academy in Edinbourgh, Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) became well-known as a genre painter. He was active as an artist and teacher in Leith, Dublin, Edinburgh and London. Examples of his artistic output can be found at the Victoria and Albert Museum and at the Tate Gallery in London.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 30, 2022
Erskine Nicol, RSA, ARA (British, 1825-1904) The Children's Fairing
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
Erskine Nicol, RSA, ARA (British, 1825-1904) The Children's Fairing signed and dated 'ENicol/A.R.A/1870' (lower right) oil on canvas 88 x 72.7cm (34 5/8 x 28 5/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Feb. 06, 2022
Erskine Nicol (UK,Scotland,1825-1904) oil painting antique
Est: $2,000 - $2,600
ARTIST: Erskine Nichol (Scottish, British, 1825 - 1904) NAME: Interior Scene YEAR: 1869 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Restretched. Missing few flakes of paint. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 20 inches / 66 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Alex De Andreis, Tom Carr, Basil Ivan Rakoczi, David Murray, Charles James Lauder, James John Hill, Henry Frederick Lucas Lucas, Francis Cotes, Sir John Everett Millais, William Miller Frazer, Arthur David McCormick, Samuel Fulton, James McIntosh Patrick, Gerald Ackermann, Victor Korecki, Alexander The Younger Fraser Jr CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117459 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Leith, Scotland in 1825, Erskine Nicol was educated at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh. He taught in Dublin, Ireland at the height of the Irish Famine, as a result, much of his work highlights the plight of of the population during this time, which he identified with. In 1851 he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and an Academician in 1859.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 27, 2022
Erskine Nicol (1825-1904): A Deposition
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Oil on canvas, unsigned, lined. 41 x 56 1/2 in., 48 1/2 x 64 in. (frame).
STAIR
Jan. 26, 2022
Attributed to Erskine Nicol, A.R.A. A Sudden Realization
Est: $800 - $1,200
Attributed to Erskine Nicol, A.R.A. A Sudden Realization OIl on canvas 14 x 17 3/4 inches (35.6 x 45.2 cm) Provenance: Purchased from The CornerHouse Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 2003 Private collection C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jan. 02, 2022
ATTR TO Erskine Nicol (UK,1825-1904) oil painting antique
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ARTIST: ATTRIBUTED TO Erskine Nichol (Scottish, British, 1825 - 1904) NAME: Nowhere to Go MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. Minor damages to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 13 x 17 inches / 33 x 43 cm FRAME SIZE: 22 x 26 inches / 55 x 66 cm SIGNATURE: unsigned CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119404 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Leith, Scotland in 1825, Erskine Nicol was educated at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh. He taught in Dublin, Ireland at the height of the Irish Famine, as a result, much of his work highlights the plight of of the population during this time, which he identified with. In 1851 he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and an Academician in 1859. Trained at the Trustees' Academy in Edinbourgh, Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) became well-known as a genre painter. He was active as an artist and teacher in Leith, Dublin, Edinburgh and London. Examples of his artistic output can be found at the Victoria and Albert Museum and at the Tate Gallery in London.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Nov. 24, 2021
Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) A scene of an elderly gentleman in a tavern, watercolour, indistinctly signed, 13" x
Est: £150 - £250
Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) A scene of an elderly gentleman in a tavern, watercolour, indistinctly signed, 13" x 9.5".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Nov. 14, 2021
Erskine Nicol (UK,Scotland,1825-1904) oil painting antique
Est: $2,100 - $2,700
ARTIST: Erskine Nichol (Scottish, British, 1825 - 1904) NAME: Interior Scene YEAR: 1869 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Restretched. Missing few flakes of paint. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 20 inches / 66 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Alex De Andreis, Tom Carr, Basil Ivan Rakoczi, David Murray, Charles James Lauder, James John Hill, Henry Frederick Lucas Lucas, Francis Cotes, Sir John Everett Millais, William Miller Frazer, Arthur David McCormick, Samuel Fulton, James McIntosh Patrick, Gerald Ackermann, Victor Korecki, Alexander The Younger Fraser Jr CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117459 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Leith, Scotland in 1825, Erskine Nicol was educated at the Trustee's Academy in Edinburgh. He taught in Dublin, Ireland at the height of the Irish Famine, as a result, much of his work highlights the plight of of the population during this time, which he identified with. In 1851 he was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and an Academician in 1859.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Sep. 29, 2021
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Study of a Seated Man Watercolour, 23 x 18cm (9 x 7'') Provenance: Collection of the Late Dr E. Thompson, formerly of Bertha House, Belfast
Est: €400 - €600
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Study of a Seated Man Watercolour, 23 x 18cm (9 x 7'') Provenance: Collection of the Late Dr E. Thompson, formerly of Bertha House, Belfast
Adam's
Sep. 29, 2021
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Portraits of a Gentleman and Lady A pair, monochrome watercolour and body colour, 20 x 14.5cm (7¾ x 5¾'') Signed and indistinctly dated 1856 Provenance: Collection of the Late Dr E. Thompson, formerly of Bertha
Est: €600 - €800
Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) Portraits of a Gentleman and Lady A pair, monochrome watercolour and body colour, 20 x 14.5cm (7¾ x 5¾'') Signed and indistinctly dated 1856 Provenance: Collection of the Late Dr E. Thompson, formerly of Bertha House, Belfast
Adam's
Sep. 29, 2021
Attributed to Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) A scene of an elderly gentleman in a tavern, watercolour, indistinctly
Est: £150 - £250
Attributed to Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) A scene of an elderly gentleman in a tavern, watercolour, indistinctly signed, 13" x 9.5".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers