Silhouette Portrait of a Man
Watercolor-mixed media on paper
Attributed to Justus Dalee (1793 - 1878) - SOLD
This mixed media portrait on paper is unsigned and is mounted in a frame that may be original. The view area approximately 2.75-inches by 2.25-inches. Frame approximately 6.5-inches by 6.25-inches. Period frame appears to have been spray painted gold.
RMN31 - SOLD
Never before offered...consigned by direct descendant
Pair of Prior/Hamblin School Portraits
Attributed to William W. Kennedy
Robert Ramsdell, shoe maker and his mother Deborah
Lynn, Massachusetts
According to family history...circa 1844
Also, two large 19th century photographs of the Ramsdell home and shoe shop
This pair of portraits, done in the “flat” style, portray Robert Ramsdell, a shoemaker from Lynn, Massachusetts, and his mother Deborah Mansfield Ramsdell [Ramsdal]. The paintings are tempera on artist’s board and are each approximately 14-inches by 10-inches. The age of each subject, 35 years for Robert and 76 for his mother, are written in white at the lower right corner of the paintings. Neither painting is signed though both have the name of the sitter inscribed on the reverse. The paintings have always been in family hands. Both paintings are in very good condition, with some crazing and a small dimple on the painting of Robert Ramsdell being the most noticeable flaw. Each painting has a handwritten family history mounted on the back of the modern frame.
William W. Kennedy
An artist of which little is known, William W. Kennedy, painter of portraits was born in New Hampshire. He worked in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Ledyard, Connecticut, and Berwick, Maine from 1845 through 1847. He moved to Maryland in 1849 or 1850, living at various locations in Baltimore with his wife and three children until 1869. Kennedy is regarded as one of the portrait painters of the Prior-Hamblin School. There is no direct link to these artists-Kennedy painted in Massachusetts during the same period that Prior and Hamblin did, and lived very close to Prior in Baltimore. It appears that during his career Kennedy was influenced by William Matthew Prior.
There 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 Hamblin 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.
Price: $8,500
457-1
Attributed to John Brewster, Jr. (1766-1854)
Portrait of Young Lady, unsigned
Oil on canvas
A half-length portrait of young lady with upswept brown hair secured with a tortoiseshell comb; subject dressed in black with white lace collar. Dimensions including the lacquered molded frame are 26.625 by 22.625-inches. Relined with minor retouch.
Price: $39,500
775-157
Mixed Media Double Portrait
Pinprick and Watercolor Painting
First half-19th century
This Watercolor and "pinpricks" work on paper of a man and woman wearing extravagant bonnets. The man wears a plaid sash around his waist, a red and yellow sash over his shoulder and an elaborate epaulette, and blue trousers with a black stripe. The woman carries a purse and her dress is highlighted in red and yellow. The painted frame and backboard appear to be original. The paper is stained along the edge, with some of the stain creeping into the art. The colors remain vibrant. Framed approximately 9 5/8-inches by 8-inches, view area approximately 7.25-inches by 5.5-inches.
Price: $1,575
310-49
Bear on a Frozen Lake
2nd Half of the 19th Century
Hudson River School
Bear on a frozen lake with hunters in waiting. New York State origin. Oval view area measures 17-inches by 23-inches. Frame measures 28-inches by 33-inches.
Price: $1,100
125-33
A Paul Jones Whiskey Advertisement
Trophies of the Hunt
Lithograph on tin
Kentucky
Circa 1895-1910
A large John Paul Whiskey tin sign with image of cabin interior, game, and firearms. Original oak frame and backboards. Signed Arthur W. Hoelfle(?).
DIMENSIONS: 45.5" high by 31" wide.
Price: $2,950
PTC32
Boy Holding A Bible
Oil on canvas
Circa 1840
Attributed to Samuel P. Howes (1806 -1881)
In this portrait the boy wears a green skeleton suit and is holding a bible with a red cover. The painting is attributed to Massachusetts artist Samuel P. Howes. There is noticeable craquelure over the surface except along the edges (which were covered by the original frame) and two small patches on the reverse with correspondingly small spots of in-painting on the background. The view area is approximately 21.25-inches by 26.5-inches, overall size framed is 27.25-inches by 32.25-inches.
Literature:
Samuel P. Howes Portrait painter
Whistler House Museum
Lowell, Massachusetts
Exhibit-April 6-May 31, 1986
Price: $13,750
944-11
Baby With Bottle
Anonymous
Oil on canvas
Circa 1840
This blue-eyed infant dressed in white is posed with a most curious feeding bottle before a column to the right, which is foliage and red berries. The artist framed the subject with the painted oval mat and tassels. The American Folk Art Gallery of New York City fame label remains intact and states that the picture was found in Granby, Connecticut with the hand that created this portrait being that of W.M. Prior...however, we present this painting as by Anonymous Artist. The canvas is relined, re-stretched and mounted on a new strainer typical of the pioneer galleries accepted practice. The dimensions including the period gilt frame are 27.5 by 23.5-inches; view area measures: 20.25 by 16.5-inches. There are very minor areas of fill within the painted mat all else in fine original condition.
Price: $9,500
944-10
Watercolor of Ships at Sea
Two British merchantmen and a steamship flying an unusual assortment of flags are depicted entering and leaving American waters in this large watercolor. In a the foreground a side wheeler heads into port flying an American flag on the mainmast, a red swallow tail company pennant with "GW" in white, a Belgian national flag, and a British naval ensign on the stern. Just visible behind her is a pilot boat with a large "6" on its sails. In the background two merchantmen under full sail fly American flags at the stern as well as company pennants and the British Merchant Navy red ensign on their mainmasts. The steamship has a number of top hatted gentlemen as well as two ladies with parasols and uniformed sailors on her decks. The painting is in a period 36 ¼-inch x 25 ¾-inch veneer frame. The view area is 29 ¼-inches x 18-inches. The colors are quite strong though the painting has the usual toning. The edges have been professionally restored. A handwritten note on the backboard reads "L. Newman Paint[er]."
Price: $7,500
570-42
Signed Silhouette Portrait of Nicolino Calyo
New York, 1839
By Auguste Edouart
Edouart kept very careful records and noted taking this portrait of Signor Nicolino Calyo from Naples in New York on August 8, 1839. Calyo was a well known landscape painter and he is depicted in full artist's regalia working at his easel. The silhouette is signed "Aug.. Edouart. Fecit / N. Y. 8 Aug. 1839" on the left and "To my friend / Lispenard Stewart / Nicolino Calyo" on the right. The paper shows some creases, light toning and staining.
Price: $5,500
777-71
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