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Portrait, General Lafayette, Reverse Painting on Glass
Continental
Early 19th Century

The work mounted in original frame retaining original backboards. Fine original condition. (Frame: 10 x 7.75 inches; view: 8 x 5.75 inches)

$2,825

333-190

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George Washington
Print in Eglomaise Mat
18th Century

Dimensions: 15.5 by 17.5-inches.

$550

232-14

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George Washington
Oil On Canvas
19th century

This handsome example is after the Gilbert Stuart Athenaeum portrait. The canvas was mounted on wood during the nineteen fifties; all else fine. The view area measures 25 by 31.

$2,750

328-4

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American School
Portrait of De Witt Clinton
After John Wesley Jarvis
Circa 1816-1820
Oil on canvas

A Waist-length portrait by anonymous artist of DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) who served as Governor of New York from 1824 to 1828; also United States Senator and Mayor of New York City.
The portrait depicts Clinton standing behind a desk covered with papers and a copy of the Laws of New York. The painting is mounted behind glass and is in a magnificent large, ornate period gilt and gesso frame.
The painting shows typical crackling, but no apparent repairs or restoration, the frame is in very good condition. Not examined out of the frame. (Measures 61-inches by 33-inches framed, view area measures 50-inches by 40-inches.) A plaque attached to the lower part of the frame reads "Portrait of DeWitt Clinton / Governor of New York 1824-1828 / John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840). AAAWT offers the work as anonymous.

$19,500

332-1

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Portrait
General Joshua Chamberlain
Anonymous
Late 19th Century

As depicted...restored.
Frame: 33 x 39 inches;
View: 23.75 x 29.75 inches.

$2,150

110-359

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Pen and Ink Calligraphy
"GUARDIAN SPIRITS OF AMERICA"
Eagle With Breast Marked "Freedom"
Jackson, Crogan, Harrison, Bainbridge
Respectfully inscribed to Columbia's
free-born sons by the writer
August 20th 1822
A, Maclaurin

There are two four-line poems surrounded by names of War Of 1812 heroes including Porter, Ripley, Hull and Jones. Minor soiling and toning, all else fine.
(Dimensions: 21.75 by 32-inches framed; 29.375 by 19.25-inch view area.)

$2,495

232-126

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Portrait of Henry Clay Kentucky's Great Compromiser After John Neagle...oil on canvas

Inspired by Neagle's iconic 1843 portrait of Clay...this 19th century full-length portrait of "The Great Compromiser" from Kentucky". Clay is shown gesturing toward a flag draped globe, to the right is a view of open fields extending to the ocean with various symbols of American success in trade, agrarianism, and industry. The painting is unframed and has been re-lined. The pigment remains strong and bright; scattered re-touch to thinning areas...all minor. (Approximately 46-inches x 30-inches.)

$14,500

232-105

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