Eleanor Vere Boyle Sold at Auction Prices

Illustrator, Etcher, Painter, Sculptor, b. 1825 - d. 1916

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  • ELEANOR VERE BOYLE (1825-1916) Gift book of illustrations.
    Dec. 12, 2024

    ELEANOR VERE BOYLE (1825-1916) Gift book of illustrations.

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    ELEANOR VERE BOYLE (1825-1916) Gift book of illustrations. Twelve original illustrations tipped in pages, and twelve pages of hand-lettered text in English, 1885. Mixed media including pen and ink and wash on paper. Various sizes; 13⅜x10½x⅞ inches (book). Inscription in German that indicates the book was given to Freifrau Elisabeth von König-Warthausen, by her husband, Freiherr Karl Wilhelm Richard von König-Warthausen.

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • Eleanore Vere Boyle (British, 1825–1916) But he was only sunk in a dream of delight, 1868
    Dec. 05, 2024

    Eleanore Vere Boyle (British, 1825–1916) But he was only sunk in a dream of delight, 1868

    Est: $6,000 - $9,000

    Eleanore Vere Boyle (British, 1825–1916) But he was only sunk in a dream of delight, 1868 watercolor 7 x 5 7/8 in. (17.8 x 14.9 cm) This lot is located in Philadelphia.

    Freeman’s | Hindman
  • Boyle (Eleanore Vere, 1825-1916). Picking up gold and silver!, circa 1852
    Jun. 20, 2024

    Boyle (Eleanore Vere, 1825-1916). Picking up gold and silver!, circa 1852

    Est: £200 - £300

    Boyle (Eleanore Vere, 1825-1916). Picking up gold and silver!, circa 1852 * Boyle (Eleanore Vere, 1825-1916). Here we are on Tom Tickler's ground/Picking up gold and silver!, circa 1852, pen & grey ink on paper, mounted on card, depicting a number of small girls in the countryside picking flowers, with goats and trees in the background, pencilled caption lower right, sheet size 17 x 13cm, together with two other small sketches by the same artist, one of a small girl cradling a dove, pencil and red ink on card, edges irregularly cut, sheet size 10.5 x 9.5cm, and the other of the Madonna and Child within an architectural setting, red ink and watercolour wash on card, with coloured paint blotches beneath, trimmed to top and left-hand edge (latter with 1" closed tear), sheet size 20 x 7cm, plus a folder of approximately 45 prints and engravings of illustrations by Boyle, many relating to Child's Play, some spotted, some mounted, contained together in a green half morocco folder, lettered in gilt on upper cover 'Child's Play EVB', rubbed, lacking ties, inscribed by the artist on front pastedown 'William Bloxall Esqre. from EVB his grateful pupil Feby 1st 1852' QTY: (1) NOTE: One of seventeen drawings Eleanore Vere Boyle executed for her first book 'Child's Play', a compilation of nursery rhymes published in 1852. Considered one of the most important female illustrators of the mid 19th century, Boyle moved in artistic circles which included Charles Eastlake, Thomas Landseer, the Pre-Raphaelites and Sir William Boxall (1800-1879) who was an English painter and director of the National Gallery from 1866 to 1874.

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • ELEANOR VERE BOYLE [E.V.B.] (1825-1916) "But he was only sunk in a dream of delight."
    Jun. 09, 2022

    ELEANOR VERE BOYLE [E.V.B.] (1825-1916) "But he was only sunk in a dream of delight."

    Est: $15,000 - $25,000

    ELEANOR VERE BOYLE [E.V.B.] (1825-1916) "But he was only sunk in a dream of delight." Original illustration for The Story without an End, from the German of Carobe by Sarah Austin. (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1868). Watercolor on paper. 145x116 mm; 5 3/4x4 1/2 inches, mounted to 7x6-inch stiff card. Tipped to window matte; framed. Provenance: The artist's family; Maas Gallery, 1980s; present owner. This is the beautiful original watercolor illustration given to Leighton Brothers engravers to translate into the color lithographs used in the first edition of the book. As a descendant of the Duke of Ancaster, Eleanor Vere Boyle was a member of the British peerage and an amateur painter and children's book illustrator. As her family looked askance at any one of her class or sex participating in the arts, she signed her work "EVB" and so worked within relative obscurity. Her husband was the son of the Earl of Cork. She specialized in elaborate Pre-Raphaelitesque watercolors for fairy tales. One of her most accomplished works was Friedrich Wilhelm Carové's The Story Without an End (1868), translated from the German by Sarah Austin.

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  • * Boyle (Eleanore Vere, 1825-1916). Here we are on Tom Tickler's ground/Picking up gold and silver!,
    Dec. 13, 2018

    * Boyle (Eleanore Vere, 1825-1916). Here we are on Tom Tickler's ground/Picking up gold and silver!,

    Est: £200 - £300

    pen & grey ink on paper, mounted on card, depicting a number of small girls in the countryside picking flowers, with goats and trees in the background, pencilled caption lower right, sheet size 17 x 13cm (6.75 x 5ins), together with two other small sketches by the same artist, one of a small girl cradling a dove, pencil and red ink on card, edges irregularly cut, sheet size 10.5 x 9.5cm (4.25 x 3.75ins), and the other of the Madonna and Child within an architectural setting, red ink and watercolour wash on card, with coloured paint blotches beneath, trimmed to top and left-hand edge (latter with 1" closed tear), sheet size 20 x 7cm (8 x 2.75ins), plus an autograph letter signed from Eleanore Vere Boyle to Sir William Boxall, dated Jany 16, saying that the letter would be delivered by her old friend Miss Battire, and asking if he received her Dream Book "it is the only book that I care about having done, because it is all my own - no horrid copyist employed", ending "I am far from well & long to leave this dark world for the perpetual sunshine of Cannes", single bifolium, written on all four sides, with embossed heading 'Hunterscombe, Maidenhead', faintly spotted and creased, plus a folder of approximately 45 prints and engravings of illustrations by Boyle, many relating to Child's Play, some spotted, some mounted, contained together in a green half morocco folder, lettered in gilt on upper cover 'Child's Play EVB', rubbed, lacking ties, inscribed by the artist on front pastedown 'William Bloxall Esqre. from EVB his grateful pupil Feby 1st 1852' - Quantity (a folder)

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • ELEANOR VERE BOYLE (1825-1916): MUSHROOMS
    Oct. 28, 2017

    ELEANOR VERE BOYLE (1825-1916): MUSHROOMS

    Est: $2,000 - $4,000

    ELEANOR VERE BOYLE (1825-1916): MUSHROOMS Gouache and colored pencil on paper, unsigned. 9 1/2 x 8 in. (sheet), unframed. Provenance: Collection of Lucien Goldschmidt; gift of Nicholas Goldsmith (son of Lucien Goldschmidt). Note: Eleanor Vere was born in Scotland and moved to England to marry Richard Cavendish Boyle, the son of the 8th Earl of Cork. Her husband was a rector and later served as chaplain to Queen Victoria. Boyle is known for her Victorian-era illustrations for children's books and her watercolor and gouache drawings, specifically drawings of gardens and garden design. Because of her social standing she rarely exhibited or sold her work during her lifetime.

    STAIR
  • Boyle (Eleanore Vere, 1825-1916, attrib.). Young
    Jul. 21, 2011

    Boyle (Eleanore Vere, 1825-1916, attrib.). Young

    Est: £200 - £300

    Boyle (Eleanore Vere, 1825-1916, attrib.). Young milkmaid with dog, pen and ink on paper, 9.5 x 7cm (3.75 x 2.75ins), framed and glazed (1)

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Boyle, Eleanor Vere
    May. 04, 2011

    Boyle, Eleanor Vere

    Est: £200 - £300

    Boyle, Eleanor Vere Ros rosarum ex horto poetarum. London: Elliot Stock, 1885. 8vo, number 21 of 50 copies [loose limitation slip signed by the publisher], presentation copy from the author [slip bound in], red morocco gilt extra by Suttaby of London, t.e.g., floral silk endpapers, some rubbing to hinges and corners, foxing to endpapers; Austin, Sarah The story without an end. London, 1868. 8vo, illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle, original decorative cloth gilt, worn, rebacked, inner hinge split, foxing, leaves loose, ink inscription to endpaper (2)

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • ELEANOR VERE GORDON BOYLE (BRITISH, 1825-1916)
    Nov. 08, 2009

    ELEANOR VERE GORDON BOYLE (BRITISH, 1825-1916)

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    ELEANOR VERE GORDON BOYLE (BRITISH, 1825-1916) Santa Cecilia a stained glass panel, signed with monogram 29¾ x 12¼ in. (75.5 x 31 cm.)

    Christie's
  • Fairy Tales
    May. 13, 2004

    Fairy Tales

    Est: $200 - $300

    vi, [2], 94 + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with 12 color plates after Eleanor Vere Boyle. 12 1/4 x9 1/2, original green cloth, front cover elaborately gilt, all edges gilt. Bright color plates by Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825-1916).

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