Portrait
New England
Circa 1820
Oil on canvas
The subject wears a black lace mantilla over a white lace cap, gold beads, and a white ruffled lace collar. The work is mounted within a modern frame; canvas was professionally in 1992.) The subject is identified on a very old card affixed to the verso as Zellah Crosbei Abbott, (1771-1843), mother of Chenery Abbott. A quick genealogy search suggests that Chenery was born to Zillah Chenery Abbott wife of Lemuel Abbott December 10, 1795 at Holden, Massachusetts where Zillah died March 8, 1843. (Frame: 25.75 x 29.5 inches; view: 19.75 x 23.5 inches.)
Price: $2,100
549-7
Providence Broadside
Great Fire of 1844
Providence
Circa 1844
A broadside concerning the "Great Fire of 1844" in Providence, Rhode Island. The broadside is sung to the tune of Ol' Dan Tucker and gives great detail about this horrific event. A very rare broadside. Laid down on thin paper, tears but readable. Recently archival framed. Measures 8 x 12-inches.)
Price: $800
124-65
Drawing and Calligraphy
"Mammoth Hog", "902 Pounds"
By A. Thomson
Circa 1839
Watercolor and pencil on paper
The eagle centers flowing ribbons with legend...THIS EXTRAORDINARY ANIMAL WAS RAISED AND FED BY MR. PHILLIP S. BISHOP, 1839, DELAWARE CO. The work is mounted within a black painted frame.
(Frame: 24.5 x 30.5 inches; view: 17.5 x 23.5 inches.)
Price: $7,750
504-1
Dutch Baroque Style
Ebonized Mirror
17th Century
The rectangular mirror plate within a ripple carved stepped frame.
As expected, some shrinkage at mitered corners; plate is 19th century...all else fine. (21.25 x 19 inches.)
Price: $4,975
497-28
Small Chippendale Looking Glass
Eighteenth Century
Great Surface
Small mahogany glass in original condition, including mirror. The crest has an unusual moth decoration. Dimensions: 13 by 9.25-inches.
Price: $850
424-8
WATERCOLOR
Portrait
Gentleman Wearing Yellow Vest and Blue Coat
Dimensions: frame- 8.5 by 7-inches, view area- 7 by 5.5-inches.
Price: $1,250
510-47
GEORGE HARTWELL
Young Girl Holding ABC Book
Circa 1840
Oil on Canvas / West Auburn, Maine
Identified as one of the Darling Sisters (Millie or Lottie) The young girl is shown in a brilliant coral color dress; three-quarter view, holding a basket of cherries and a book titled ABC.
The Darlings were apparently from West Auburn, Maine and although an accompanying note suggests that this piece was executed by the girl's father, this painting is linked stylistically to George Hartwell.
CONDITION: Mounted in a period gilt frame; cleaned, very minor scattered retouch (27-inches by 22-inches.)
Price: $19,500
216-308
Chippendale Mirror
Dimensions: 24.875 by 13.75-inches.
Price: $425
BAI-30
Watercolor
The United States and the Macedonian
Depicted is the intense conflict with cannons blazing and men on deck fighting resulting in victory for the US Navy...the Macedonian was captured by Stephen Decatur causing the British government shame...boosting America's confidence...
The work is signed W.H.C._ollou [sic] and appears to be mounted in its original frame. (Frame: 26.5 by 21 inches; View: 23.5 by 18.25 inches.)
The Macedonian flying her British colors was launched circa 1809 and was the first English warship captured by the American Navy during the War Of 1812. The event greatly boosted national morale and elevated the United States within the National Arena. Commander John Carden lost the Macedonian to the USS United States. The Macedonian legacy is intertwined with the young Republic of America; she was instrumental in stopping the Barbary pirates and was involved in international diplomacy. The Macedonian remained in service for nearly 100-years until destroyed by fire in 1922.
Price: $3,525
191-220
Tramp Art Mirror
American
Circa 1900
The mirror remains in excellent original condition, with the original paint and glass intact. There is some very minor edge chipping, noted for accuracy. Measures 27-inches by 18.5-inches.
Price: $6,100
285-17
Oil On Canvas
Portrait Of Lady
Compared to the work of Lam Qua (1801-1860)
The important Western-trained artist, student of George Chinnery is well known; his works, in the western style depict subjects from the international community and are much sought after...
The frame measures 20.75 by 23.5-inches, and the view area measures 17 by 19.5-inches.
Price: $8,250
310-68
An Outstanding Large Bright...
Watercolor Theorem On Velvet
Watermelon, Other Fruits And Bird
Anonymous
Circa 1840
The unidentified artist filled the overflowing wide shallow basket with sliced melon, grapes; pineapple, lemons and other fruits. This composition measures 29 by 22.75-inches overall; view area: 25 by 19-inches.
Price: $14,000
384-1
SARDINE NETS DRYING
Edith Briscoe Stevens
Oil on Artist's Board
Circa 1925
Oil on artist's board depicting several boats in harbor with fishing nets drying in breeze; brilliant colors laid on by palette knife; signed in lower left "E. B. STEVENS;" "DOUARNEZ, BRITTANY / JUNE 23, 1925 / SARDINE NETS DRYING / BY EDITH BRISCOE STEVENS / 6 REGENT ST HARTFORD / CONN. U.S.A." is printed in pencil on the reverse; the gilt art nouveau frame appears to be original to the painting; the frame shows some rubbing on the edges, the painting is in excellent condition. (15.75-inches by 13.75-inches framed, view area 11.5-inches by 8.5-inches.)
Price: $1,150
767-12
1796 Engraving
By William Rollinson
George Washington - SOLD
New York Engraving of Washington in uniform by William Rollinson; published by John Reid, NYC, 1796; signed "Rollinson Sculpt." and "Publith'd [sic] by I. Reid New York 1796:" "G. WASHINGTON / President of the United States" printed below portrait; from "An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America by William Winterbotham; typical toning and smudges, no tears. (9.5-inches by 6.75-inches framed, view area 7-inches by 4-inches.)
185-13 - SOLD
Ornithological Watercolors
Dessin dapris nature...
Nineteenth Century
France
Eight watercolors; waterfowl-each mounted within attractive modern frame. Each bird depicted in natural setting...perched on small patch of land or positioned on stone with tufts of grass and surrounded by water. The paintings are executed in layers of thin wash, capturing the appearance and texture of the birds' wings and other body parts. All are titled and the colors have remained strong. (Each 11 by 14-inches framed.)
Price: $5,500 the set of eight
570-26
Portrait Of Gentleman
School of William Mathew Prior
Circa 1850
The bearded subject seated in red upholstered chair positioned before red drapery. The work remains in as found untouched original condition including stretcher and frame. (41.5 by 34.5-inches.)
Price: $4,500
157-2
Jacob G. Bauman (Active circa 1870)
Firehouse Memorial Picture-Tribute to Firefighters
Signed on lower right: J.G. Baumann, Artist
Detroit, Michigan, Circa 1870
Features an eagle perched atop the stars and stripes shield with a banner reading “Liberty and Prosperity” above the heat and fiery light of a conflagration...and a firefighter rescuing a child
Oil on canvas
Little is known of the life and work of Jacob Baumann, Arthur Hopkin Gibson, in Artists of Early Michigan, A Biographical Dictionary of Artists Native to or Active In Michigan 1701-1900 (Detroit, Michigan, 1975) page 47, offers only scant information: Jacob Baumann was an amateur artist working in Detroit, who studied at the German-American Seminary in Detroit during the year 1875. His only other known work, depicting the old Tollgate at Gratoit and Mack Streets in Detroit is known from a photocopy in the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library, mentioned in the Detroit News, July 26, 1925, The Metropolitan Section, Page 5.
This unusual painting commemorates the life of a heroic firefighter...The central design-composed of a flag, helmet, floral wreath and accouterments-appears to be painted from life. Other vignettes include a steam engine, a firefighter rescuing a child, and a stack of firefighter’s equipment including a coiled hose, hook, trumpet, leather belt labeled Red Jacket”; helmet with badge also labeled “Red Jacket” along with “4” and “J.P.”, the American flag, and a bouquet of flowers. The two vignettes of firefighting activity were probably inspired by the popular series of lithographs by Currier and Ives from the 1850s and early 1860s entitles “The Life Of A Fireman.”
Literature: American Expressions of Liberty (Mingei International Museum, 1996) and will appear in American Visions of Freedom and Liberty (Virginia Historical Society.) Also, The Billy Pearson Collection of American Folk Art, by David A. Schorsch.
The picture, mounted in a custom frame has been relined and there is minor in-painting. (29-inch x 35-inch view area; overall: 35-inch x 41-inches.)
Price: $43,000
232-53
Watercolor Family Register...after Peter Maverick
Hope and Abundance Guard The Double Column Arcade
Leonard Smith Married Nancy Pierce In 1807
Waltham, Massachusetts
This remarkable watercolor family register with pen and ink entries was inspired by an early American engraving by Peter Maverick (1780-1831) done sometime between 1810 and 1820. This sophisticated engraving is considered to be the source of six known stitched, paper or reverse-glass family registers.
The carefully executed watercolor depicts four classical columns supporting an arch labeled “Family Register”.
At the base of the right column with HOPE lettered within capital, standing on the plinth marked deaths is the allegorical figure Hope surmounting a globe and a book and holding an anchor ...she points to a birds nest, representing the beginning of life.
On the left is the allegory of abundance, Charity with child...a cornucopia at her feet. She stands on a plinth listing births; in front of double columns lettered within the capital “Promises”.
Of the seven children of Leonard Smith (b.1783 at Waltham) and Nancy Smith (nee Pierce,(b.1784-d.1825), of Middlesex County, six are listed in the death column. The background has a number of iconic symbols of mourning including a weeping willow, a cedar with missing limbs, a tree stump, headstones, church and a cenotaph. Further in the background are hills, houses and a river. In spite of its somber subject matter the painting is quite beautiful and moving. The colors are vibrant with very little, if any fading; some use of gold on book binding and church steeples. The paper does have even toning and there are several light, but noticeable stains. Stamped in the upper left corner of is an oval with words “Superfine London Board”. The view area is approximately 21.5-inches by 17-inches; overall 23.25-inches by 18.75-inches.
Peter Maverick was a printmaker, born in New York City in 1780. He learned his trade in his father's shop. Maverick established his own business in 1802, and in 1809 moved to Newark, New Jersey, where he remained until 1820, returning to New York City.
Two watercolors derived from the source are in the collection of Old Sturbridge Village.
Price: $9,000
SCH-222
Mr. & Mrs. T. Carmicheal Cut By Auguste Edouart - SOLD
A fine pair of full length silhouettes by Auguste Edouart. There is a handwritten label on the front of the pair that reads "Mr & Mrs. T J. Carmicheal of Sing Sing, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, Saratoga Springs 5th Augt 1841". There is also a partial printed label on the back of the frame. The Carmicheal's are listed on p.515 of the appendix in "Auguste Edouart's Silhouettes of Eminent Americans, 1839-1844" by Andrew Oliver. The silhouettes are framed in a period gold leaf frame...not necessarily the original.
Dimensions: Sight-size- 12 inches high by 7.5 inches wide; add 3 inches for frame.
*We also have another pair of Edouart's silhouettes...please inquire.
250-52 - SOLD
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