Pair of Portraits
Early 19th Century
Sisters
Oil on cardboard
The subjects wearing matching bonnets - one trimmed in pink, one in blue, both wearing black dresses with lace collars and matching gold bead necklaces; each depicted before green curtain. As shown, the works are mounted in modern frames, two creases and a small chip at top of lady in pinks portrait, neither affects the portrait. (9-inches x 12-inches framed, 7 ¾-inches x 10 ¾-inches view.)
Price: $7,450
336-28
Pair of 19th Century Hollow Cut Silhouettes in Matching Frames
Overall dimensions: 5.375 by 4.5-inches.
Price: $965
336-36
Watercolor School Work
Map of Untied States...and territory
Circa 1820
Frame: 26.5 x 21.75 inches; view: 24 x 19.25 inches.
Price: $2,850
324-20
Serene Young Woman
Attributed to William Mathew Prior
Circa 1840
Oil on academy board
A fresh, simple and direct image confidently rendered and clearly conceived.
The work is sensitive, serene and agreeable...depicted is a young woman of considerable appeal. The subject with full lips has eyes full of life-bright and wide; lovely skin-tone, brown hair; she wears a white lace cap and fichu. The artist dramatically posed his sitter against a black draped window with foliage below. This New England likeness remains in excellent original condition with only a few tiny paint flakes at lower left as depicted. The painted frame measures 12.5 by 16.375-inches; view area measures: 9.5 by 13.375-inches.
Price: $5,375
517-68
Double Silhouette of Woman and Man
On blue ground
From Newburyport, MA
19th Century
These are cut and have ink & graphite accents. At the bottom of each it reads, "When this you see remember me".
Dimensions: 7 by 5.25-inch sight size.
Price: $1,350
336-33
Porcelain Plaque
American Decorated
Longfellow Photo Portrait and Quote
A beautifully decorated, unmarked porcelain plaque with photo transfer portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in oval cartouche; enameled and heavily gilded; quote from A Psalm of Life in silver lettering below portrait; in period, probably original, gilded gesso frame; a few very minor scratches noted for accuracy and one small chip on corner of frame. (9 ¾-inches x 13 ½-inches image, 13 5/8-inches x 17 ½-inches framed.)
Price: $1,950
232-122
Remarkable...
Watercolor & Ink Rendering
Drawn by / Alban Andrèn
Locomotive "ONWARD"
Circa 1869
Striking watercolor and ink rendering of locomotive named the "ONWARD;" the name of the company "Hinkley & Williams" of Boston as well as the number of the locomotive, "707" is located on a plate between the wheels; there is an albumin portrait mounted on the lantern; the piece is signed "Drawn by / Alban Andrèn 1869" in the lower right, in oak frame.
Condition: As depicted, staining; upper right corner, repaired tear right side that extends through blue border, repaired tear bottom that extends through blue border to horizontal tear in brake valve, repaired tear on left side center through blue border, horizontal tear in front section of engine, horizontal tear beside eagle, three stains at top extending into or beyond blue border. (47.5-inches by 31.75-inches view, 54-inches by 38-inches framed.)
Price: On Request
570-70
Miniature Portrait of a Man in Pendant with Hair Memento
Gold metal pendant with a .75 portrait of a gentleman painted on ivory on one side and a chestnut brown hair memento on the other, very good condition. Measures 2.5-inches by 2-inches.
Price: $875
913-9
Still Life With Watermelon and Pineapple
Large-scale oil on canvas
Late-Nineteenth Century
Artist Unidentified
The modeled fruits done in vibrant colors are casually scatted before and to the sides of the fluted glass compote on blue matt with yellow fringe spilling its bounty against a sienna ground. Notice the floating bunches of grapes. (Frame: 39.5 by 27.5-inches; view area: 35.5 by 23.5-inches.)
Price: $10,500
362-11
FAMILY REGISTER
Watercolor on paper
Washburn Family
Newton, Massachusetts
By Martha Ann Washburn (1825-1918)
March of 1841
Family Register is written in Gothic lettering at the top over a banner commemorating the marriage of Joshua Washburn and Sylvia Mosman in April, 1824, also recorded are the births and deaths of the seven brothers and sisters of Martha, and rather unusually, even her death has been recorded. The paper is toned and has some light water stains at the bottom, no tears, holes or repairs. The note at the bottom indicating the register was created by Martha Ann Washburn was clearly added long ago. Mounted within an ebonized frame with beading. (20.25-inches by 15.25-inches, 22.5-inches by 17.5-inches framed.)
Price: $1,450
231-15
Chromolithograph of Little Girls and Doll Parade
Brilliantly colored chromolithograph depicting one girl leading a parade of beautiful porcelain dolls while another plays the piano. Though not examined out of the frame, the lithograph remains in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with a few chips noted for accuracy. The frame measures 26.75 by 22.75-inches, and the view area (within the mat) measures 18.5 by 14.75-inches.
Price: $625
514-120
Silk Picture of a Woman
"Martha Pitt, Oct. 10 1810"
American or English
A silk picture of a woman and animals in a landscape. The picture is behind eglomise glass, on which is painted "Martha Pitt, Oct. 1810". The gilded frame also has applied decoration, and the gilder's label is on the back. The silk background and frame has some losses, noted for accuracy. The frame measures 18.25 by 15.25-inches, and the view area measures 14.25 by 11.25-inches.
Price: $1,085
605-15
Portrait of a Handsome Young Gentleman
Oil on Canvas
Early 19th Century
Measures 25.25 by 30.25-inches.
Price: $4,950
429-1
Berlin Work Portrait of George Washington
19th Century
Berlin Wool Work and glass bead embroidery on canvas. Pattern most certainly based upon one of the many early 19th century portaits of President Washinton. Several accents in the portait re: epaulettes, horse tack and wagon tire are worked with mini glass beads. Polychrome wool and bead portrait measures 38.75-inches by 49.5-inches.
Price: $3,900
335-59
Watercolor Memorial
Cohasset, Massachusetts - SOLD
Watercolor memorial honoring of Galen James, first half of the 19th century in eglomaise frame.
Dimensions: 17.5 by 19-inches overall
RED-43 - SOLD
1780 London Engraving
By William Sharp
George Washington in Uniform - SOLD
Engraved bust length portrait of George Washington wearing uniform, in frame topped by rattlesnake and Liberty cap and surrounded by palm frond and laurel wreath over American flags and war trophies. "DON'T TREAD ON ME" in top margin and "GEORGE WASHINGTON / Commander in Chief of ye Armies of ye / UNITED STATES of AMERICA" in a rectangle below the portrait. The engraving was done by William Sharp as the front piece for A Poetical Epistle to His Excellency George Washington by Charles Wharton. The engraving is based upon a full-length portrait of Washington by John Trumbull; some typical foxing, toning, no tears. (9.5-inches by 7.5-inches framed, view area 6.75-inches by 4.75-inches.)
185-14 - SOLD
Federal Carved Gilt Mirror
Gilded wood and gesso...
McDonough's Victory
The beautifully detailed eglomise panel measures 10 by 14-inches; overall dimensions are 25 by 44-inches.
232-77
A Fine Gilded Convex Mirror
English or American
Circa 1850
In mint condition with applied, gilded, ball ornaments set into the concave molding. A good affordable example with a height of 48-inches; width: 29.75-inches. Crating and shipping is not a problem.
Price: $5,400
270-25
Elaborate Cutwork
Nautical Theme...schooners and ships-of-the-line surrounded by vines and basket weave decoration
19th Century
This approximately 12-inch by 9.5-inch elaborate white paper cutwork features schooners and ships-of-the-line surrounded by vines and basket weave decoration. There are also female figures beside anchors, perhaps representing a waiting sweetheart and Hope, and forts. In the center medallion are two cupids holding hearts and a laurel wreath over the letters G. W. S. "God bles [sic] the Saeman [sic] on the Sae [sic]; The Landsman on the Land" is written in Gothic letters in the bottom margin. The white paper is mounted on another sheet of paper that appears to have been coated in black ink. The piece has been folded in half horizontally and vertically. There are a few small tears along the outer border, none of which appear to affect the image. There are also a few areas where the cutwork is missing, most noticeably on one of the initials with the other missing pieces being insignificant. The paper is toned and there is some foxing. The piece is in a period frame in brown paint with wooden bosses in each corner.
Price: $7,250
289-4
Superb And Fine Circa 1807 Anti-Slavery Mezzotint
Scroll reads...Slave trade Abolished 1806
A scarce example of significant importance...
In 1780 Parliament passes an Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, however it was 1806 before England made the trade in slaves illegal. It was 1834 before slavery was abolished throughout the British Commonwealth.
This polychrome print on glass was produced and exported to the United States promoting the anti-slavery cause...encouraging America to follow England's lead in abolishing the slave trade. The United States did follow suit in 1808, passing legislation that ended the lawful import of slaves. The failure to ban the trafficking of slaves completely is one of the many factors that led to the great tragedy of the American Civil War.
This print is mounted in a very good period frame that is probably original and measures 16 by 12 inches; view area of 14 by 9.75 inches. The rare example features the figure of Liberty holding an American flag and Africa holding a spear while dressed in a combination of native and Roman garb. In his right hand is a paper titled "SLAVE / TRADE / abolished / 1806". The background depicts a landscape intended to capture the wilderness of both continents. An alligator/crocodile and a thatched roof hut flank the figure of Africa. George Washington and Benjamin Franklin's profile portraits are on the plinth supporting a column around which is coiled a serpent that is obviously an allusion to the tempter in the Garden of Eden. Directly behind him and the figure of America is a bucolic lake, hillocks and open sky. A panel at the bottom of the print has the words America and Africa under the appropriate figures; "Published Aug. 20, 1807, by W.B. Walker; 4 Fox and Knot Court, Cow Lane, London."
There are neither chips nor any flaking in the print. The colors are strong and true. The glass is in excellent condition.
Price: $8,500
232-46
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