Painting, James Fulton Pringle, American Privateer Schooner Under Full Sail Offshore
James Fulton Pringle (Anglo American, 1788-1847)
Date/Period: Circa 1808-1847
Measurement: Frame: 24" x 30"; view: 17.25" x 23.5"
Material: Oil on canvas
Condition: Lined, scattered inpainting, displays well, blacklight images available
Additional Information: In 1800, James Pringle exhibited his first work at the Royal
Academy: 'View of a seventy four on the stocks, and the launch of a frigate'
(probably observed by the artist at the Deptford Yard, as he was then residing
on Kent Street in Deptford). Little is known about his life or artistic
output over the next ten years, although Pringle apparently traveled to the
United States sometime prior to the War of 1812 in the capacity of a sailor,
possibly settling there. In 1811, the American merchant ship in which he was
serving was stopped at sea by a Royal Navy frigate and Pringle, being English
born, was pressed into service. Pringle subsequently exhibited four additional
marine works at the Royal Academy between 1812 and 1818, with Syndenham (his
place of birth) listed as his address, although it is likely that he was still
in Royal Navy service during part of this period). He seems to have been a
wandering spirit and traveled extensively until 1828 (probably as a working
mariner for at least part of this time span), when he arrived in New York and
resumed active work as a marine painter, exhibiting frequently at the National
Academy of Design between 1832 and 1844, as well as the Apollo Association and
the Brooklyn Institute. He later relocated from Manhattan to Brooklyn (1835)
and lived and worked there until his death on April 1, 1847. Pringle later
added a middle name, Fulton, apparently derived from his home address of
Fulton Street, to distinguish himself from another James Pringle then living
in Brooklyn (who was mentally imbalanced and died shortly after being
institutionalized).
Possibly self-taught, Pringle specialized in marine paintings, landscapes,
and occasionally, portraiture. Pringle's well-populated views of the early
New York waterfront are an admixture of landscape and genre works, carefully
delineated, yet charming in their naivety. In his day, Pringle was
well-known and considered one of the best of the marine painters then
working in the United States but has unfortunately been too long overlooked
in the historiography of American marine painting.
This portrait of an unidentified American schooner under sail, off a
mountainous coastline with three vessels anchored in the distance, may relate
to the War of 1812. From her lines and her sharply raked masts, she
appears to be a Baltimore-built clipper (although gaff-rigged, rather than
a topsail schooner like Chasseur-- perhaps the most famous of the Baltimore
privateers), a fast vessel ideally suited to such a role; the cannon visible
in the open gunports, as well as the lack of any mercantile flag at her
mainmast, would suggest that she is involved in such a warlike pursuit.
$11,500.00
233-38
Painting, Horse Drawn Sleigh, Cutter, Driver, and Passenger Date/Period: 1870-1900
Measurement: Frame: 28" x 30.75"; view: 23.25" x 16.5"
Material: Oil on ticking
Condition: Displays well, craquelure, trivial touches, very old wax relining
Additional Information: Team of horses pulling a cutter past
a fenced cornfields on winter day.
$1,250.00
1433-2
Paintings, Pair, Mrs. Susan M. Waters, Landscapes Featuring Cows and Sheep
Both signed, “Mrs. Susan M. Waters”, one dated 1885 Date/Period: 1885
Measurement: 52" x 36.25" each
Material: Oil on canvas, One of the original stretchers retains label of Janentzky & Co.,
1125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Condition: Excellent condition save for a trivial small three-corner tear in cloud
Additional Information: Cows and sheep on a hillock adjacent to a stream before a
mountain vista and pleasant clouded blue sky.
Susan (Moore) Waters, a self-taught artist (1823-1900) was born in Binghamton, New
York, her family moved to Friendsville, Pennsylvania where she was raised. Albeit self-
taught she enjoyed and demonstrated enough talent and skill to earn her tuition in
seminary school by producing natural history drawings for one of her instructors.
During her artistic career of nearly 60 years, her oeuvre included two different bodies
or work; she is well-known for her early naively-rendered portraits. Waters would
eventually become a successful still-life and animal painter, displaying a level of
proficiency rarely achieved by folk painters. Her highly accomplished still-life paintings
and animal pictures were in demand as fashionable parlor ornaments.
Mrs. Waters exhibited in the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia; her work is
represented in the collections of the New York State Historical Association, Wiltshire
College, Newark Museum, Cortland County Historical Society, and the Arnot Art
Museum among others.
$24,500.00 the pair
1353-28
Antique Hudson River Valley School Painting, The Kosciusko Monument at West Point
Attributed to Edmund C. Coates (1816-1871)
The painting, A View of West Point and the Kosciusko Monument, mounted within a gilt frame,
shows the gated Kosciusko Monument at the upper left, with the secondary focus being the
Hudson River dotted with sailboats and a steamer, and a tertiary focus…two women strolling in
the foreground as sheep graze to their right. Kosciuszko's Monument honors Polish General
Tadeusz Kosciuszko at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Kosciuszko designed the defenses of the West Point garrison (1778–1780) during the height of
the Revolutionary War, when George Washington considered West Point to be the most
important military post in America. The pedestal and shaft of the monument was first proposed
in 1825 by John Latrobe and was dedicated in 1828.
The painting was exhibited at the U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program.
(Minor retouch lined and remounted on newer stretcher. Frame: 32" x 24.25" view: 27.25" x 19.5")
$17,775.00
1148-2
Over-Mantel Landscape Painting, Eighteenth Century, Anonymous
Oil on canvas
Offering a perspective view…figures in landscape, water view, mountains, courting swans; the man and woman tending cows and sheep
(Lined, frame: 55.5 x 34.25"; view: 52 x 30.75")
$16,850.00
107-162
Winter Scene, Children at Play
Wilhelm Meyerheim (1815 to 1882)
Dated 1854
German
Oil on canvas
Wilhelm Meyerheim was born in Danzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland); eventually settling in Berlin, working there until his death. His father, a talented portrait painter, provided him with his early training before he studied in Danzig, eventually continuing his education at the Academy in Berlin. His works suggest that he spent time sketching the peasantry in the countryside's of Hesse and Tyrol. The artist soon became popular painter - creating scenes of everyday outdoor life, simple activities which often included his favorite subject's, children and horses; winter scenes, often with the same old tree as depicted herein-silhouetted against the winter sky. The work has be lined and stretched on a modern strainer and is mounted within a period frame. Extremely minor fill mostly confined to outermost edges. Dimensions: 25.5 by 31.75: framed; 21 by 27.5" sight-size.
$14,950
786-9
Antique Painting, Hudson River Valley Landscape by James B. Hope (1818-1892)
Lake George, NY from Tongue Mountain, looking northeast to Huletts landing
Oil on canvas, original stretcher and gilt frame
James Hope was born November 29, 1818/19 in Scotland. After moving to the United
States, he became a noted portrait, landscape, and historical genre painter; he served
the Union Army during the Civil War. After living most of his life in Vermont, he moved to
Watkins Glen, New York in 1872 where he built a studio and art gallery; devoting the
last twenty years of his life as artist laureate of the water and wind-hewn geologic
formations found in the vicinity, especially Rainbow Falls. He was also one of the many
artists who painted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
(Extremely minor scattered fill; Frame: 49.25" x 35"; sight: 40" x 25.75")
$9,200.00
1039-62
Painting, Westchester Marshes, George Henry Smillie (1840 – 1921)
Oil on canvas, circa 1870 – 1880
Painterly depiction of a cottage by a river, from the perspective of the opposite shore. Smillie would sometimes write the location of his landscapes following his signature, and the inscription [N.Y.] follows with the title Westchester Marshes. The title, artist’s name, and partial address [650 Madison St] is written on a label affixed to the rear surface of the stretcher.
(Very good condition; view: 19.5” x 30”; Frame: 23.5” x 33.5”)
$7,800.00
593-79
Antique Oil Painting on Board, House within Landscape
Anthony Thieme (1888 to 1954)
Rockport,
Oil on Artist Board
With estate stamp, Boston, Massachusetts on verso.
(Frame: 17.75 x 22.75"; view: 11.25 x 15.25")
$4,975
605-70
Painting, Lake George, Hudson River Valley School
Anonymous, circa 160-1870
Oil on canvas
Late summer scene, sidewheeler, sail boats and village in the distance
(Wax lined, extremely minor in-painting; housed within gilt frame; frame: 27.25" x 19.25"; view: 21.75" x 13.75")
$2,950.00
1039-44
Antique Painting, Marsh at Sunrise
By Charles Partridge Adams
Mixed Media on Paper
Mixed media painting on paper of a tranquil marsh at sunrise; muted greens and yellows; signed in red in lower left corner "Chas. Partridge Adams." Gilt frame, French mat. Excellent condition. Measures 13-inches by 15.5-inches framed; view area measures 5.75-inches by 8.5-inches.
$1,850
593-17
George Bruestle, Painting [Tonalist] autumn Landscape with Barns
Original Newcomb – Macklin Arts & Crafts Frame Date/Period: Circa 1900
Measurement: Frame: 20" x 16"; view: 13.75" x 9.75"
Condition: Original condition, original frame
Known for: Impressionist pastoral landscape paintings, illustration
Additional Information: George Mathew Bruestle (1871-1939) was born and raised in
new York City; enrolled in the Art Students League in 1886; by 1900 he was spending
time in Old Lyme, Connecticut. (Old Lyme Art Colony was officially formed in 1900) He
is best known for small intimate
Exhibitions:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Paris Salon of 1895, Paris, France
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Collections:
Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Organizations:
Old Lyme Art Colony
The Society of American Artists
The National Arts Club
Allied Artists of America
The Salmagundi Club
The Lotos Club
$1,785.00
659-28
Horse Drawn Wagon Crossing Bridge over River, Landscape Painting Date/Period: 19th Century
Measurement: Frame: 31” x 40.25”; view: 26.25” x 35.5”
Material: Oil on canvas
Condition: Good, original stretcher, repair to 2 tiny punctures
Additional Information: American
$925.00
659-61
18th Century Watercolor, English Farm
England, Late 18th Century
Farmers at fire with caldron, a dog lays under cart; sheep, cows, and a horse.
The work is mounted within an appropriate frame by Perry Hoph.
(Fine condition; frame: 20.75" x 16"; view: 18" x 13.25")
$1,075.00
786-15
Antique Painting, Adam, and Eve in the Garden of Eden, After Thomas Cole
Anonymous Date/Period: 1830-1860 - SOLD
Measurement: frame-35" x 2 9.5" x 2.25"; site- 28.25" x 22.25"
Material: Oil on canvas
Condition: The work remains on original stretcher within original gilt frame; relined,
lightly cleaned, extremely minor touches, overall excellent condition.
Additional Information: This outstanding work displays both the folk and academic
aesthetic, it is a copy of Thomas Cole’ s [English-born, American, Hudson River School
Painter, 1801-1848] original work, painted in 1828, entitled Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden, now resides at the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas;
collection of Ima Hogg.
SOLD
1280-1
18th Century Dutch Watercolor, Travelers, Herdsman
Anonymous
Watercolor on paper, brilliant color - SOLD
Drovers driving cattle and sheep, a man approaches a thatched roof dwelling by
crossed a stream on footbridge perhaps to arrange lodging, beautifully rendered trees
and sky. Excellent condition with extremely minor light water spotting/staining at top
center margin, else fine. (Frame: 26" x 22"; view: 16.25" x 20.25")
SOLD
786-14
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