Portrait
Marietta Jarvis (1785-1843)
Anonymous
Oil on canvas
As depicted, an attractive woman wearing lace bonnet and collar. Remaining in fine original condition including stretcher and painted frame.
Dimensions: 32.75 by 37.75-inch frame, 25 by 30-inch sight-size.
Price: $4,950
359-2
Isaac Webb Passing Castle Garden Painting
19th century watercolor of the immigrant ship the Isaac Webb, named for one of the father's of American ship building, passing Castle Garden, New York, America's first official immigration center. This watercolor memorializes an important time in American history...the mid to late 19th century flood of Immigrants from the British Isles to our shores. The Isaac Webb regularly sailed from Liverpool, England to New York.
Framed in a 31.25 by 26.25-inch eglomaise frame; sight-size 28 by 23-inches.
Price: $5,425
333-106
A Rare Early American Portrait
Major Jonathan Cass (1750-1830)
Dressed in Uniform
Oil on basswood panel...original painted frame
A bold and important painting of Major Jonathan Cass, Revolutionary War veteran, born at Exeter, New Hampshire. The subject is depicted wearing a dramatic uniform with battle scene in the background. The work remains in excellent condition with only the most minor scattered touches to miniscule areas.
When the Revolutionary War broke out, Cass was about nineteen years of age... animated by the spirit of the times, the day after the battle of Lexington, he entered the army as a private soldier. He remained in the army until its disbandment in 1783, when he left it a captain...a rank he obtained by his gallantry and good conduct.
He served as PVT Bunker Hill, June 1775 Ensign 3rd N.H. 8 Nov 1776, 2 LT 4 August 1777, 1st LT 1 May 1778, transferred to 2nd NH on 1 Jan 1781. Capt on 8 Dec 1782, served to close of war. Capt. 2nd U.S. Infantry 4 May 1791, was in 2nd Sub Legion 4 Sep 1792, and Major in 3rd Sub Legion 21 Feb 1793 which became 3rd U.S. Infantry 1 Nov 1796. He resigned 15 Feb 1801, and died 14 Aug 1830." After the war he was ordered west where he eventually retired. He died in Muskingum Co., OH Ohio on August 4, 1830. Additional information available about the man himself, his son, Lewis-and other children. (Listed: D.A.R. Patriot Index.)
Price: $39,750
570-83
"Deposito"
Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum (1849-1925)
Foremost artist/correspondent of the Spanish American War
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR PERIOD STREET SCENE
Circa 1898
Gouache on paper
As depicted, a uniformed soldier exchanges a coin for the peddler-woman's goods. The work is signed at lower right. The view area remains in fine original condition; not examined out of frame. (Frame: 28.75 x 39.25 inches; view: 18.25 x 29.25 inches.)
Price: $3,850
232-134
Portrait of Gentleman by German
Rheinhart Sebastian Zimmerman (1815-1893) - SOLD
Signed and dated in the lower left corner, profile portrait of an elderly gentleman, oil on board. Inscribed on the back in graphite "No.165" as well as the artist's name and birthdate.
Dimensions: 7.125-inches by 9.375-inches.
703-1 - SOLD
Portrait Of Seated Gentleman
On balcony before vista...
Attributed to Orlando Hand Bears (1811-1858)
Sag Harbor, Long Island
Oil on canvas - SOLD
Portrait of a man seated in an upholstered chair on a balcony; clouds, foliage and mountains looming behind him with a tranquil New England common in the distance. The work remains in excellent original condition and is mounted with a gilt cove molded frame. The artist was a Sag Harbor, Long Island native who attempted to capitalize on the prosperity of eastern Long Island and coastal Connecticut during the early nineteenth century, generated by the areas successful whaling industry. Bears may have studied and painted with Hubbard Fordham also of Sag Harbor and a relative; Bears' painted ship captains, merchants and their families. The very few signed and dated Bears' portraits date from the mid to late 1830's. Bears' career as an artist was short-lived whereas he died at the young age of 40 at Sag Harbor.
Reference: See Nineteenth-Century Folk Painting: Out Spirited National Heritage, Works of Art from the Collection of Mr. And Mrs. Peter Tillou, The William Benton Museum Of Art; plates 99 and 100. Also, Christie's, The Collection of Marguerite and Arthur Riordan; January 18, 2008, lot 590.
(29.75-inches by 23.5-inches view; framed: 36-inches by 29.75-inches.)
497-42 - SOLD
Pair of Eighteenth Century Prints
Original Frames
The Royal Hospital at Greenwich and...
The Royal Palace of Windsor - SOLD
Each mounted in original Hogarth type frame; each with remnants of original labels on backboards. Typical minor imperfections such as tiny losses, toning and/or stains as depicted. The work has not been examined out of frame so we assume that the margin with legend has been cut. (Frame: 18.375 x 12 inches; view: 15.375 x 9.375 inches.)
358-3 - SOLD
America's Cup Race
Columbia and Shamrock I
Off Sandy Hook, New Jersey October 1899
exceptionally detailed oil on panel
By J. Clark
Oil on panel depicting the 1899 America's Cup race off Sandy Hook, New Jersey with J. Pierpont Morgan's "Columbia" chasing Sir Thomas Lipton's "Shamrock I." Pierpont's Yacht is in the background. The painting is remarkably detailed and signed "J. Clark" in red in the lower right corner. The painting may be a copy of the Eduardo de Martino original that hangs in the New York Yacht Club. The picture is in excellent condition and is mounted in a gilt and gesso frame. (7 ¼-inches x 17 ½-inches view, 13 ¼-inches x 23 ½-inches framed.)
Price: $4,200
288-3
Hollow Cut Silhouette of Woman with Graphite Details
19th Century
Nice early frame but no glass in frame.
Dimensions: 2.75 by 3.75-inch sight size; add .75-inch for frame.
Price: $495
336-30
Portrait of a Gentleman
Oil on Board
Circa 1824
Salem, Massachusetts
Dimensions: 20.5 by 26.25-inch frame, 18 by 23.75-inch sight-size.
Price: $3,450
334-26
New York City
Veteran Fireman's Association
Large Photograph of Firefighters
New York Fire Department
Circa 1886
There were several noted VFA activities during 1886 with the largest assemblage of some 250 veteran fire fighter's being October 28th; the unveiling of The Statue of Liberty.
This large print (photo process) depicts a group portrait imposed on a realistic rendering of NYC. The work is mounted within an outstanding frame with applied composition firefighting motifs. The piece was never opened since framing; upper corner helmets need restoration…as depicted, all else fine.
Frame: 47 x 35.25 inches; view: 39.5 x 25.5 inches; the print itself measures 34 by 19.5-inches. (We have a great frame restoration specialist.)
Please refer to Costello, The History Of The New York Fireman, page 763.
Price: $3,750
232-127
Fraktur
Attributed to Samuel Bentz (1792-1850)
The Mount Pleasant Artist (Lancaster County, PA)
Inscribed for "Amos Good / [son of Henry Good. / and his Wife Ann. / a born Stirk] was born / february 8th in the year / of our Lord 1836."
Although only one signed work by Samuel Bentz is known, his singular style is a signature in its own right. Frequently used favorite motifs are red and black spheres surmounting stylized urns or plinths and heavy use of brown, tan, orange and black; frequently, Bentz also added a clock to his birth records. Other notable features of Bentz's Fraktur are limited text and enclosing parent's names within brackets.
The paper is toned and lightly creased…colors and pen work remain quite vivid.
Not distracting but must be noted; barely visible 1.75-inch vertical crack in outermost section of name block with other partial paper cracks within creases that have been professionally stabilized and do not distract. (Sight size: 7 3/8 x 9.25-inches.)
Price: $21,500
191-224
Outstanding Oil On Panel
Eagle Engine Company
New York City.
Oil On Board
First Half 19th Century
"In 1830" writes Mr. Zophar Mills, "the company was mostly Quakers of the highest respectability. They were generally merchants and merchants clerks. They had their new engine-the first one in this city that was silver plated, and probably the only one in this country whose brass work was silver plated. The engine was painted black, gold striped, highly polished. She was the most elegant engine ever seen in those days, and all this expense of decoration was paid for by the company and their friends."1
The picture is painted on clear white-wood; panel is chamfered on all sides. Extremely minor re-touch otherwise superb in all aspects. Frame: 23 by 19.5 inches; View: 17.75 by 14 inches.
1 Our Fireman The History Of The New York Fire Departments From 1609 To 1887 by Augustine Costello, page 589.
Price: $25,000
339-5
Sheraton Mirror
Split Column
New England
Circa 1820-1835
The split turned column frame is decorated in black and gold with corner blocks having brass accents; original hand planed backboard. The reverse painted tablet depicts dancing ladies in neoclassical dress against a yellow background festooned with fancy drapery. Excellent original condition. (38.5 x 18 inches.)
Price: $795
360-5
Van Tromp...Arabian Sire
Oil On Canvas
Interior barn scene with the magnificent Van Tromp remaining in very good condition with two small repairs and scatted minor retouch. The picture would benefit from cleaning. The canvas remains on original stretcher with the frame also appearing to be original. (Frame: 32 by 37 inches; View: 24.5 by 29.5 inches)
Price: $3,550
505-10
New Hampshire Rapids
Oil on Canvas
The frame measures 28 by 22-inches, while the view area measures 22.5 by 16.5-inches.
Price: $1,250
144-21
Beach at Low Tide With Ships
George Harvey
Massachusetts
Watercolor
Watercolor on paper of beach at low tide with a ship aground and several ships in the far distance; signed in the lower right "George Harvey;" good, not examined out of frame. (24.25-inches by 18.25-inches framed, view area 21.5-inches by 15.5-inches.)
Price: $495
767-9
Print of Washington as a Mason
For additional Masonic material, please click here.
Price: $295
980-12
Great!
Sixth Plate Daguerreotype
Farmhouse and Family
A wonderful image of family and their home; white clapboard, center chimney house w/ attached barn; man and boy on a horse in foreground; woman and 2 girls behind picket fence; light parameter tarnishing and a bit of wiping above mans head; some black areas on gilt brass mat (possibly from chemical residue on photographer's fingers); stamped leather case is solid, but shows wear.
Price: $2,450
232-85
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