Silhouette Of Mr & Mrs. Homer
Auguste Edouart
Saratoga
1844 - SOLD
An excellent example of Edouart silhouettes. Features full figure silhouettes of a man and woman with clipped hand written note pasted below the figures identifying them as "Mr. & Mrs. Wm. F. Homer of Boston / illegible / Saratoga 20th July 1844." The back of the frame is covered with glass beneath which the mat has been cut to reveal further handwritten information identifying the individual figures in two different hands. Housed in a period, possibly original gilt frame. Very good condition with only some light toning along the edges and minor gilding imperfections. Listed as "Holmes" on page 527 of Auguste Edouart's Silhouettes of Eminent Americans 1839 - 1844.
250-51 - SOLD
Diorama
Schooner in Harbor
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.)
Price: $1,275
604-13
DOUBLE SWAG ARTIST
Portrait Of Young Girl With Rattle
Found In Connecticut
Oil on board
Circa 1840 - SOLD
Young child wearing a lace-trimmed white dress...seated holding a rattle.
The subject remains untouched; some in-painting to ground, edges and drapery.
Mounted within a period red painted frame. (Frame: 15 x 19 inches; view: 10 x 14 inches)
216-326 - 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
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: $25,000
544-4
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
Edward Owen (1707-1741)
Self-Portrait
Oil on Canvas
This self-portrait of Edward Owen is signed and dated 1732. The frame measures 31.25 by 36.5-inches, and the view area measures 24 by 28.75-inches.
Price: $5,375
605-33
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
Family Returning From Fields
Oil on Board
European...anonymous
Oil painting on composition board depicting an Eastern European family returning from haying; brilliant colors; ebonized from with gilt trim; some chips on frame and slight separation at corners, painting in excellent condition. (16-inches by 12-inches framed, view area 13-inches by 9.25-inches.)
Price: $495
767-11
Going Fishing
Oil on academy board...
Circa 1870
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.)
Price: $675
157-6
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
Pair of Oil on Panel Portraits
Both portraits measure 16.25 by 19.5-inches.
Price: $4,250
294-1
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
Handsome Boy And His Dog
Descended In The Van Wyman Family
Anonymous, Mid-19th Century
New York State
Oil on canvas
This striking portrait has it all...the extraordinary composition depicts a dashingly handsome boy and his loving dog positioned in landscape. The painting descended in the Albany, New York area. (The painted was conserved some years ago; re-stretched and relined, lightly cleaned and very minor scattered in-painting to small abrasions-all else fine.)
Price: On Request
570-68
Pair of Watercolor Portraits in Gold Frames
Both watercolors measure 6 by 7-inches.
Price: $1,800
198-9
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