The Champion Pacer Johnston
Horse and Sulky Lithograph
Large Folio
Currier & Ives
Large folio Currier & Ives lithograph "The Champion Pacer Johnston by Bashaw Goldust...", "Printed In Oil Colors By Currier & Ives 115 Nassau St, NY" in lower left, 1884 date in lower right, full margins, in period - possibly original - frame, paper lightly toned, one small scuff on paper and a few specks of foxing, overall very good to excellent. (37.25-inches x 28.75-inches framed, 31.5-inches x 23.25-inches view.)
Price: $3,975
336-21
Portrait on Ivory
Gentleman
Plaited Hair Token on Reverse - SOLD
Portrait on ivory of a man with elaborate hair-do, collar stock, vest, and roll collar coat. The subject wears a yellow vast and has blue eyes; he is depicted against a lovely, colorful stipples ground. The work is mounted within a gilt stamped brass case; plaited hair token under glass on the reverse; very good condition with some gilding lifting on the reverse. (2 ½-inches x 2-inches.)
346-7 - SOLD
Triple Silhouette in Frame...man, woman and child
19th Century
Dimensions: 9.25 by 6-inch sight size; add .75-inch for lemon gold frame.
Price: $1,200
336-34
Portrait Of A Gentleman
New England
Circa 1810
Oil on Canvas
The handsome sitter was painted by a competent portraitist; note subtle details such as his greenish-gray eyes and how the painter matched his vest and the background color. The subjects ruffled shirt, cravat (wrapped around his neck then tied in a simple knot); skin tone…middle age wrinkles, hair and sideburns combine to present a splendid image. The work remains in fine original condition and is mounted on its original stretcher. The frame is attractive and appropriate albeit not original. (Dimensions: 27.5 by 33.5-inches framed; view area: 22.5 by 28-inches.)
Price: $3,500
517-8
Seated Gentleman
Watercolor on paper
Circa 1827 - SOLD
The blue eyed, gray haired gentleman wearing a striped vest; gold pin on shirt with cravat and brown overcoat is. The subject is seated in a red armchair positioned before a column. The frame and backboard appear to be original; written in ink on the backboard is...Mr. Thomas Beecher/69 years/1827.
(Frame: 8.75 x 10 inches; view: 4.75 x 6 inches.)
594-9 - SOLD
Maine Seacoast
By William Columbus Ehrig (1892 -1973)
Oil on Canvas
1962
Signed by artist in lower left, "Maine Seacoast" written on side of canvas, period carved gilt frame with canvas 'mat.' Very good condition. Comes with small brochure relating to Ogunquit exhibition of artist's works. Inscription inside brochure indicates painting was purchased in 1966. (Approximately 40-inches x 27-inches framed, view area approximately 33 ½-inches x 19 ½-inches.)
Price: $3,500
276-9
E.A. Torret
Watercolor and Pencil Portrait
Signed by R.W. Jenks
A 19th century American School watercolor and graphite on paper portrait miniature of a child. Inscribed below "E.A. Torret." and signed "By R.W. Jenks" on the open pages of a book with a drawn quill pen. Mounted in a brass frame. (2.125-inches high by 1.5-inches wide.)
Price: $3,450
210-93
Symbolic Odd Fellows Painting
OUR MOTTO
Vignette...rainbow and children
American School
Oil On Canvas
Late 19th Century
An outstanding picture with symbols and verse on ribbon; "visit the sick / relieve the distressed / bury the dead / and educated the orphan." The picture appears to be mounted on original stretcher; mounted in molded oak frame with gilt liner. Cleaned and scatted retouch. Frame: 28.125 by 25.25-inches; view area: 22.75 by 19.75-inches.)
Price: $3,250
527-6
Watercolor Memorial 1837
Cornelia Rudd Age 10 mos.
New York
The frame measures 20 by 16-inches, while the memorial itself measures 18 by 14-inches.
Price: $3,850
ACD-
Sheldon Peck
Portrait of Hiram A. Adams
oil on panel
New York State
Circa 1830
A young Hiram Adams sits in three quarter pose with a serious expression on his face. He wears a dark blue overcoat that accentuates his broad shoulders with puffed sleeves; shirt with tall standing collar and mail coach knot cravat completes the outfit.
An old label on verso reads: "Hiram Augusta Adams. Born July 13 - 1799, Died November, 18, 1883."
Adams immigrated to Tecumseh, Michigan sometime before the 1850 Federal census; for several decades, his name appears as a machinist and cabinetmaker. His name appears in the 1880 census, three years before his death as a retired merchant. His wife Elizabeth (Eliza) Van Tyne Adams was born in New York and christened in the Dutch Reform Church in Cayuga. Label on verso identifies sitter and date.
There is small scattered retouch to some tight craquelure that we mention for accuracy...all else fine. There is 1 x 1-inch area on his left shoulder and a 1 x 2-inch area on his left chest. Craquelure retouch to an area approximately 4 x 4-inches in the background above his right shoulder. Very small areas of craquelure retouch in his hair. There are two additional areas, 2 x 2-inches each, of craquelure retouch to the left and right of his top coat button. Again, these filled areas are confined to tight craquelure. The work is mounted in an early black frame with gold stenciled decoration. (25.25-inches by 20 1/8 inches.)
Price: $28,275
216-319
Theorem Landscape
Mixed Media
19th Century
Landscape of castle ruins, lake, woodlands and a willow, much of it done with stencils; pastel, gouache, and watercolor; impressed mark in the upper right corner; paper toned, tear in the upper border and another through the castle; in a gilt and gesso frame. Not examined out of frame. (18-inches by 14.5-inches, 22.25-inches by 18.75-inches framed.)
Price: $1,350
231-14
Pair of Watercolor Portraits
Scottish
Signed "Simes" Watercolor on paper portraits of a gentleman seated at a desk pointing a book titled "The History of Scotland" and of a woman in a large bonnet; each portrait is in an oval; the man's portrait is signed on the edge of the desk "ALEX.R SIME fecit" and the woman's is signed on her dress below her arm "A. SIME fecit Fountain Bridge;" matted and in ebonized and gilded frames; both portraits are soiled, wrinkled, toned, the man's has tears and stains. - 13.5-inches by 12-inches framed, male portrait 10-inches by 7-inches, female 8.5-inches by 6.5-inches.
Price: $4,575
438-4
Puffy Sleeve Artist
Silhouette of young man with yellow vest
Watercolor On Paper
Circa 1830
Portrait of a gentleman dressed in a collared puffy sleeve jacket with mustard and black striped waistcoat and holding a whimsically decorated cane in his hand. View area measures 4 by 3-inches.
Price: $6,250
216-300
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.)
Price: $14,500
232-105
Quarter-Plate Daguerreotype
Painting of Paddle Wheeler "New World"
Circa 1855
Daguerreotype of a painting, possibly by J. & J. Bard, of the paddle wheeler "New World" which was launched at the English Shipyards circa 1855. The "New World" sailed from New York, around the Horn, to California. Although the Bard's did not do as many paintings of English boats as they did of others, in 1855 they are known to have done paintings of the "Menamon Sanford" and the "Forest City", both launched from the same yard as the "New World." If this is a Bard painting, it would be an exciting new addition to their catalogue raisonné. The dag is in very good condition and is in an octagonal plain brass mat in a leather case, missing the lid. (Approximately 3.25-inches x 4.75-inches in case.)
Price: $4,950
232-79
Mountain Scene With Sheep
By Edward Gay
Edward Gay was born in Ireland in 1837. Along with his parents he rode the great wave of Irish immigration following the Great Famine. The family settled in Albany, NY where Gay’s artistic talents were noticed and encouraged by local artists James and William Hart and George Boughton. Though by 1858 he had already exhibited in the National Academy of Design in NYC, in 1862 he traveled to Europe and studied in Germany under Johann Schirmer and Karl Friedrich Lessing. He returned to the United States in 1864. In 1867 he and his family moved to Mt. Vernon, NY. Here he painted numerous views of the bucolic landscapes surrounding his newfound home. He also painted a number of scenes of South Carolina, where his daughter had moved after her marriage. In 1905 he built a summer home in Cragsmoor in upstate New York. He also made frequent trips to Europe to paint. Though he began painting in the classic Hudson River School style, Gay eventually painted in the Barbizon manner. He was a member of the Century Association and the Union League Club of New York. His works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Historical Society, and Westchester Woman’s Club, Brigham Young University, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Union League Club of NYC and many others.
This oil on artists board painting is depicts a craggy mountain range with sheep in the foreground. The painting has a view area of approximately 9 x 12 inches and is mounted in a period gilt frame with an overall size of 18 x 15 inches. The varnished is deeply yellowed, but the painting is in otherwise excellent condition.
Price: $2,800
110-114
Confederate Apotheosis Painting
Oil on Canvas
Circa 1905
The painting depicts ranks of aging Confederates in a heavenly cathedral passing by the Angel of Death. The procession is led by Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart (still youthful, as he died during the War), John B. Gordon and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Beside them in shadow, carrying a tattered Confederate National flag is a figure that appears to be Jefferson Davis. Above them ghostly cavalry advance upward through the clouds. The monochromatic tones are broken by splashes of color in the flags and the gilt buttons of the generals. There are some scratches and abrasions across the surface and it may have been relined. The painting has not been examined outside of the frame. (Approximately 40-inches x 72-inches framed, view area approximately 33-inches x 65-inches.)
Price: On Request
232-1
A Rare Fragment Mirror
18th Century - SOLD
Abstract shape with relief carving. Measures 6 3/8-inches in height and 3.25-inches in width.
175-9
Portraits Of A Rhode Island Couple
Attributed William W. Kennedy
Oil On Canvas
Circa-1840’s
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
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