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PORTRAIT OF SEA CAPTAIN WILLIAM SYMMES
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Oil on poplar panel, in period frame

A beautifully rendered portrait of a Sea Captain that was engaged in the China clipper trade for 30-years. Tradition purports that this portrait depicts Captain Symmes who was born August 19, 1802 in Kingston, Massachusetts; he died November 6, 1884. The painting descended in the Lee Higginson family, Beverly, Massachusetts; to Harry Arons Antiques in 1945. (See, The Jamesons in America, 1647-1900; Captain Symmes is discussed on page 224.) The Symmes Family arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in the 1620's.
The painting is in excellent as found, original condition.
(Overall: 27 5/8 by 33-inches.)

$8,465

274-111

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Painting, Black Americana
Anonymous
Circa 1890
Oil on oak panel

As depicted, typical of the period yet with pleasing and sensitive attitude. Excellent condition. (Frame: 21.75 x 16.75 inches; view: 15.75 x 10.75 inches)

$3,425

913-96

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Pair of Federal Period Portraits
Fashionable New England Couple
Circa 1820

The woman with tortoise shell comb in her curled hair wears an early empire style dress with shirred sleeves and bodice and a beautifully rendered starched snow-white lace collar. The man wears a coat with a large rolled collar, white cravat, starched wing collar, and a cock's comb hairdo. Both paintings have been cleaned and relined and are housed in appropriate early frames. (Approximately 33-inches x 28-inches x 3-inches framed, view area approximately 27.5-inches x 22.5-inches.)

$8,950

977-1

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Gentleman With Book
Attributed to Thomas Ware (1803-c.1826)
Oil on panel...
Vermont
Circa 1820

A classic example of Ware's hand in fine original condition including the frame. The artists body of work is limited to approximately 41 portraits; he died at the age of 23. In only a very few instances are the hands shown; when they are depicted it is usually with a book or eyeglasses. This three-quarter view all but fills the panel and exhibits Ware's formula; wide-eyed, hard edged, large ears and heavy shading along the nose. Also, a deep shaded depression between the upper lip and nose and the subject is positioned against a dark ground; in this case, reddish-brown with black shadow. (21 by 25-inches.)

$13,275

372-2

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Woman In Green
Portrait Of Lady
American School, anonymous
Circa 1830's
Oil on panel

As depicted, lady wearing hair comb; green dress with puffy sleeves and triple necklace of beads. This picture will greatly benefit from cleaning; the work was stored in a damp environment causing the under-varnish white haze. The work is mounted within a frame in mustard yellow paint having an applied black painted molding. (Frame: 34.25 x 38 inches; view: 25 x 29 inches.)

$1,850

231-29

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Boy Holding A Bible
Oil on canvas
Circa 1835
Attributed to Samuel P. Howes (1806 -1881)

In this portrait the boy wears a green skeleton suit and is holding a bible with a red cover. The painting is attributed to Massachusetts artist Samuel P. Howes. There is noticeable craquelure over the surface except along the edges (which were covered by the original frame) and two small patches on the reverse with correspondingly small spots of in-painting on the background. The view area is approximately 21.25-inches by 26.5-inches, overall size framed is 27.25-inches by 32.25-inches.

Literature:
Samuel P. Howes Portrait painter
Whistler House Museum
Lowell, Massachusetts
Exhibit-April 6-May 31, 1986

$6,985

944-11

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Little Girl With Basket Of Flowers
Anonymous
Circa 1830s
Oil on canvas

A delightful portrait...the innocent child wearing off-the-shoulder white dress is depicted with a basket of flowers in three-quarter length. The canvas remains tightly stretched on its original pine stretcher and is mounted within a modern frame. The canvas is stamped GEOe. ROWNEY & Co.; well known manufacturer and exporter of artist supplies in England. (Frame: 21.625 x 25.625 inches; view: 17.25 x 21.25 inches.)

$4,225

CLB

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Portrait from Life attributed to John Johnston
Minister Simeon Howard (1733-1804)
Rev War Activist
Boston
Advocate for Right to Bear Arms (2nd Amendment)
Oil on canvas - SOLD

Simeon Howard was minister of the West Church, Boston, (1767-1775) and defines the importance of West Church in the events leading to the American Revolutionary War. Howard left briefly in 1775 for Nova Scotia, with many of his parishioners, to avoid British retaliation, but returned after a year and a half. Of significant importance is A Sermon Preached to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery-Company, in Boston, New-England, June 7th, 1773. Being the Anniversary of Their Election of Officers, by Simeon Howard, A.M. Pastor of the West Church in Boston. The sermon is regarded as a call to arms justifying the right to take up arms against an oppressor, and Howard is generally touted as one of the big 3 (Adams, Howard, and Paine) when is comes to precursors, proponents, and justifications for our Second Amendment. In modern times, Howard is often cited in NRA literature on the right to bear arms. Howard is a significant figure to Boston, and in the founding of our country.
The portrait remains in generally excellent condition on original stretcher; lightly cleaned and stabilized. (Frame: 28.25 x 33.25 inches; view: 24.25 x 29.25 inches)

413-10 - SOLD

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Portraits Of A Rhode Island Couple
Attributed William W. Kennedy
Oil On Canvas
Circa-1840's - SOLD

These paintings were purportedly found in southern Rhode Island; based on the consignors receipt...what we can guarantee is that they are without compromise. Stylistically the sitters clothing falls within the period that Kennedy worked at New Bedford, Massachusetts that borders Rhode Island. In the flat style with characteristics common to Kennedy's¹ hand...bright eyed, pristine skin-tones and general attitude. The paintings are mounted in appropriate gilt frames of the period that measure 25 by 21-inches.

¹There are less than twenty signed examples of Kennedy's portraits extant-approximately 40 others have been found that closely resemble the documented works. Stylistically, Kennedy's crisp, flat likenesses strongly resemble the Prior and Hamblen portraits. His likenesses are distinguished by consistent portrayal of his sitters with steeply sloping shoulders, squared noses, and small, pursed lips. Characteristic of his portrait-painting style is excessive shading around the nose and a single dark line between the lips.

329-5 - SOLD

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Portrait of Two Boys
Providence, Rhode Island
Circa 1836
Oil on Canvas - SOLD

A delightful portrait of two boys depicted within landscape before a mountainous vista...one child dressed in a white off the shoulder gown, the other in a green suit. The siblings hold a bouquet together in their left hands, the older boy's right hand rests on the younger boys shoulder while the younger boy reaches into a basket of fruit beside him-a depiction of unity and childhood innocence. The background is in muted earth tones and is unsigned; the date "1836" is inscribed on the reverse in black paint. The work is mounted within its original molded gilt gesso frame with an arched mat. The picture descended in the Diman family of Bristol, Rhode Island and remains in very good original condition. (48-inches x 38.75-inches framed.)

556-44 - SOLD

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Portrait of Boy Holding Red Book
Anonymous
New York - SOLD

Second quarter of the 19th C. portrait on panel with minor restoration
Dimensions of panel: 18 by 22-inches.

431-50 - SOLD

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