Moses B. Russell
Portrait of Nathaniel Fessenden
Oil on Canvas
Massachusetts
Circa 1850
Oil on canvas portrait of a boy identified as Nathaniel B. Fessenden painted by Moses B. Russell (1809 - 1884). The subject wears a red dress with red and white stripped socks and is holding his spaniel Flight. The canvas has Boston and London stencils on the reverse and is signed "M. B. Russell Pinxt. / Boston / 1850" in black...also on the reverse. The work is mounted in a gilt-wood frame; a paper label on the stretcher notes that the painting was cleaned in 2000. This picture purportedly descended in the family of the sitter. (24 ½-inches x 29 ½-inches view, 31-inches x 36 ¼-inches framed.)
Price: $15,875
544-4
Portrait of Young Girl
Circa 1850
Charming mid-19th century oil on canvas of a young girl reading presumably one of her first colorful Mother Goose picture book. Framed in an early lemon gold frame.
Dimensions: 25.5 by 29.25-inch frame, 19.25 by 23.5-inch sight-size.
Price: $6,950
605-60
Interior Domestic Scene
Family At Play
Oil on Board
English
Circa 1825
Detailed oil on mahogany board of a large family, including seven children ranging from an infant to an older teen and a mother and father, enjoying themselves in front of a coal fire, the children are playing with clay bubble pipes while the father plucks his fiddle and the mother looks on, with a large wicker sewing basket waiting beside her chair, paintings and other decorations hang on the walls, as does a map of Britain, there is a "turkey" rug on the floor, the initials - presumably those of the artist - "H. W." are written in black on the mantel, the painting is in a period gilt and gesso frame, the reverse of the painting is chamfered and has several inscriptions in chalk. (23 ¼-inches x 19 ¼-inches Framed, 13 ½-inches x 9 ½-inches View.)
Price: $7,975
333-114
Profile Portrait Of Gentleman
Found In Pennsylvania
Anonymous
Circa 1800
As depicted, an agreeable gentleman of fine complexion positioned before a round window framed in stone. The work is relined; all else fine and original.
(25 by 30-inches.)
Price: $3,950
505-38
Watercolor of a Woman
Cut and applied
By J.H. Davis - SOLD
Dimensions: 10.25 by 12.25-inch frame, 7.75 by 9.75-inch sight-size.
191-217 - SOLD
Signed and Dated Pastel of Young Girl
Pastel on paper signed Wm Hudson Jr., 1850 in the lower left.
Dimensions: 22.75 by 25.75-inch frame, 19 by 22-inch sight-size.
Price: $3,500
278-56
Painted and Stenciled Mirror
Mid-19th Century
America - SOLD
The gold powder stenciled decoration against a lovely red ground; mitered corners and original glass and backboard. (12.5 by 10 3/8-inches.)
201-195 - SOLD
Diorama
Schooner in Harbor - SOLD
Diorama of a schooner under full sail with a three dimensional red and white striped lighthouse in the background, as well as painted ships and clouds, frame is painted in glossy black enamel, fine condition. The white paint appears to have been refreshed. (41-inches x 27-inches.)
604-13 - SOLD
Hollow Cut Silhouette of Woman with Graphite Details
In gilt frame
19th Century
Dimensions: 3.25 by 4-inch sight size; add .75-inch for frame.
Price: $645
336-31
Monk Painting Portrait of a Cardinal
Oil on Canvas in Elaborate Frame
Oil on canvas depicting a monk painting a portrait of an aging cardinal, signed T. Rosenthal, possibly Toby [Tobias] Rosenthal. Rosenthal was an expatriate American genre painter who studied and spent much of his career in Germany. He usually worked very large so if this is by him it would definitely be a sketch that someone had framed.
Condition: flaking on the painting, and losses to the frame.
Dimensions: 9.5 by 7.5-inch sight-size, 18 by 16-inch frame.
Price: $1,750
514-134
Miniature Watercolor Portrait
Naval Officer
Early 19th century
Profile portrait of a naval officer in watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper oval; ebonized wood frame w/ stamped brass oval and gilt brass hanger of Tudor Rose, thistle and shamrock; Edward Jeffries is written in pencil on the backing cardboard, the name is also handwritten on a sticker that has "Society for the Preservation / of New England Antiquities" printed in blue, a strip of paper with the name and the date "1792" typed has also been pasted onto the reverse. The paper is toned, and there are some small chips on the edge of the frame. (3-inches by 2.25-inches, 5.5-inches by 4.75-inches framed.)
Literature: Wax Portraits and Silhouettes by Ethel Stanwood Bolton; pages 80-81.
Price: $1,500
510-59
Watercolor
Fairy Hose Cart-5
E.J. Lines Foreman
Signed...Henry C. Curtis
27 Congress Avenue
A scene depicting an early hose cart with fireman in parade hat.
The work is mounted in a period painted frame and as depicted has stains.
Frame: 19.75 by 16 inches; View: 15.5 by 11.5 inches.
Price: $11,500
339-3
Portraits of a Man & Woman
Pastel on Paper
By Micah Williams
New Jersey
Circa 1820
Both portraits are in fine, conserved condition, backed with acid-free board, and retain some of the original local newspaper backing. There is restoration to a tear in the upper left corner of the background of the man's painting, which is noted for accuracy. The woman's frame measures 29 by 25.25-inches, and the view area measures 23.5 by 19.75-inches; the man's frame measures 28.5 by 24.75-inches, and the view area measures 23 by 19-inches.
Price: On Request
289-9
New Hampshire Landscape
Oil on Canvas
By Fogg
The frame measures 16 by 20-inches, while the view area measures 12 by 16-inches.
Price: $950
144-20
Folk Art Mirror
Relief carved against a punch-decorated ground
Late 19th Century
Cherry
(26.5 by 18.5 by 1-inch.)
Price: $2,400
240-19
Going Fishing
Oil on academy board...
Circa 1870 - SOLD
A gentleman carries his fishing pole while walking with a young girl holding her doll before a lake scene; sailboats and mountain range beneath roiling clouds. The hillock and lane lined with tress in fall color...a cottage with fenced yard completes the idyllic scene. (Overall: 15 by 9.75-inches.)
157-6 - SOLD
A Tranquil Landscape
Watercolor on paper
Second Half, Nineteenth Century
Stippled trees surround the pond before the mountainous range; hillocks and grasses ad realism and depth to the terrain...reflections of trees and sky atop the water...eight swans float as a cow drinks before the old cabin. A well-done scene of peace having good color. The work is mounted within a figured maple frame with gilt line having overall dimensions of 24.25 by 20.5-inches.
Price: $2,950
249-4
Painting of a Horse
Hiram Drew, born 1860
Oil on Canvas
Circa 1860's
Folk style profile painting of a chestnut horse with three socks and a blaze standing on turf with mountains and forest in background, in a period frame. Reverse of canvas is stenciled "GOUPIL'S / 772 / BROADWAY, NY." Two small patches on reverse, some areas of in-painting on background, usual crackling, frame has coat of white enamel paint. Approximately 30-inches x 26-inches framed, view area approximately 23 ¾-inches x 19 ½-inches.
Price: $4,475
335-80
Pair of Watercolor Portraits in Gold Frames - SOLD
Both watercolors measure 6 by 7-inches.
198-9 - SOLD
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