Portrait, George Washington, After Edward Savage
Anonymous Date/Period: Early 19th century
Measurement: Frame: 18.5" x 22.5"; view: 17.5" x 13.5"
Material: Oil paint on two-board chamfered mahogany panel, period frame
Condition: Appears that there is no restoration, slight shrinkage fissure; wood grid
applied to back, scattered cracklature
Additional Information: This portrait is after Edward Savage’s (1761-1817) 1793
painting. See Portraits of Washington by Gustavus Eisen, pp 457-468
$7,400.00
925-47
Folk Painting of George Washington by Michigan Barber Cyrus T. Fuery
Exhibited at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Colonial Williamsburg, 1976 Date/Period: Dated 1917
Measurement: Frame: 36.75" x 47.5"; view: 29.75" x 40.5"
Material: Oil on canvas over the original wooden strainer, modern gilded frame.
Condition: Excellent…There are tiny, patched repairs.
Additional Information: If George Washington were painted by Andy Warhol for a
Campbell Soup can, he might look a good deal like this modernistic, 1917 interpretation
by Cyrus T. Fuery, a barber from Parma, Michigan. Dated 1917 (the first year of U.S.
involvement in WWI) and signed on the reverse.
Fuery’ s oversized canvas (30 x 40.5 inches) shows the hand of an accomplished folk
artist. His treatment of the angular facial features, serpentine brow, and hair are
whimsical, bold, and appealing.
One other work by Feury is known, a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, which is said to have
hung in his barbershop. The whereabouts of the Lincoln portrait are currently unknown.
Provenance: This work was exhibited at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
in Colonial Williamsburg in a special patriotic exhibit for the 1976 Bicentennial curated
by then-curator Don Walters, the esteemed folk-art expert and long-time antiques
dealer.
$17,750.00
362-18
Portrait, Franklin Pierce, American School Date/Period: 1850-1860
Measurement: Frame: 15.25" x 13.25"; view: 4.75" x 6.75"
Material: Oil paint on sheet copper
Condition: Excellent
Additional Information: A handsome images of Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 –
October 8, 1869) who was the 14th president of the United States (1853–1857).
$8,350.00
232-437
Abraham Lincoln, Mourning Lithophane Plaque, Columbia in Mourning
Titled: “ABRAHAM LINCOLN” Date/Period: 1865
Measurement: 4.25" x 5.25"
Material: Hard-paste porcelain, molded in intaglio, hand painted…rare for lithophanes
Condition: Excellent original condition
Additional Information: Depicted is an exceedingly rare lithophane showing a bust of
Lincoln facing right above draped flags and Columbia in mourning. The back is incised
"PPM 837" at the lower right corner for Prensaich Porzellan Manufaktur of Germany.
We know of only two examples – that which we offer from private New England
collection, the other, with the original wax mold, in the Blair Museum of Toledo, Ohio.
These intricate porcelain castings are intended to be illuminated from behind.
$3,200.00
232-416
Portrait, Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson,
1th Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)
British School, Anonymous, After Lemuel Francis Abbott Date/Period: 19th Century
Measurement: Frame: 14.5" x 16.5"; view: 11.25" x 9.25"
Material: Oil on mahogany panel, vintage frame is not original to painting
Condition: Retouch over left [proper] shoulder else original, displays well
$1,175.00
1121-81
Portrait, Mordecai Gist, Revolutionary War Continental Army Brigadier General
After Charles Wilson Peale (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco) Date/Period: Late 18th century
Measurement: Frame: 12" x 14"; view: 9.5" x 7.5"
Material: Oil on academy board, mounted in a fine frame by Perry Hopf
Condition: Restored, images taken under blacklight available
Additional Information: Mordecai Gist (1742-1792) was a son of Maryland, a
Revolutionary war leader; his troops held of The British at the Battle of Long Island
while the rest of the Continental Army made their retreat. Mordecai Gist was chosen to
be commander of the Baltimore Independent Company [known as the Maryland line,
and soon dubbed as the Immortal 400]. Gist saw action in the disastrous Battle of
Brooklyn. Midway through the war he was commissioned as Brigadier general…then
sent to the Southern Department, the Battle of Camden. Mordecai Gist was present with
the Continental Army for the Victory at Yorktown.
$2,850.00
997-42
Profile Portrait...Watercolor on Wax
A Young Revolutionary Napoleon Bonaparte
Nineteenth Century
This image is believed to be a portrait of Napoleon as a young man. Done in wax with vibrant watercolor decoration, this is not the Napoleon with Roman emperor hairstyle as he is usually depicted, rather this is the young revolutionary Bonaparte. Mounted on a piece of watered silk and in a modern shadowbox frame. An outstanding piece remaining in very good condition, not examined out of frame. (Approximately 5-inches x 5-inches framed; wax portrait approximately 2.5-inches in length.)
$775
232-87
Portrait, Historic, General Jackson, Miniature on Porcelain, Brooch Date/Period: Cira 1845
Measurement: 1.25" x 1.75"
Material: Oil painted on porcelain; gold flashed pinback frame
Condition: Very good original condition, strong color
Additional Information: A competently rendered image depicting Andrew Jackson
taken April 15, 1845. Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American
lawyer, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United
States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame
as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
The verso displays in script: “General Jackson / Born March 15th 1767 – Died June
8th 1845 – taken April 15th 1845”.
$5,200.00
232-401
Wild Bill Hickok Portrait, Pastel
Unknown Artist, 19th Century
A handsome composition
(Good condition, worked on paper, laid down on canvas, new stretcher and frame; Frame: 24.5 by 19.25", sight-size: 17.5 by 22.75")
$5,200
232-308
Antique Portrait, Daniel Webster, Statesman
Anonymous, 19th Century
Oil on canvas
Porthole format within a green border trimmed in gold against which are gold stars
and an eagle, brushed cotton matt. The view area is in fine untouched condition; not
examined out of modern frame. (Frame: 28.5" x 31.5"; view: 19.25" x 22.25")
$3,265.00
232-379
Bas Relief Bust Shell, Winfield Scott, White Frosted on Convex Tin Shell
Manufactured by Huntington, Loretz and Co., 142 Fulton Street, New York
Circa 1865
Plaster, wood, tin, convex glass, silver leaf, and velvet, retains trade label
(Walnut frame: 16.5 by 14.5"; sight-size: 11.5 by 10.5"; fine original condition)
$885
232-282
George Washington, A Superb Large Portrait
by Philadelphia Artist Robert Street
After Gilbert Stuart Date/Period: Early 19th Century - SOLD
Measurement: Frame: 27" x 31"; view: 19" x 22.75"
Material: Oil on canvas
Condition: Excellent with only negligible… extremely minor trivial retouching by Tom
Yost. The canvas has been relined; The current frame and mat housing the portrait
were fabricated for this painting are of the fine finest quality.
Additional Information: Attributed, Robert Street (1796-1865) Although painted in the
manner of Gilbert Stuart, the portrait is in a unique, distinctive style and, seen in person,
exudes a quality which might best be described as luminous. It is certainly a fine portrait
of this Founding Father. A nearly identical portrait by Street is in the collection of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
A highly respected and popular portraitist of his time, Robert Street also created
historical and Biblical scenes. Nothing is known of his life before 1815 when he first
exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy except that he was born in Germantown,
Pennsylvania. He continued to exhibit at the Academy in 1817, 1818, and 1822. In 1824
he showed three historical paintings in Washington, D.C., in the same year he painted a
portrait of Andrew Jackson, which later hung in the White House. In 1834, he painted
Joseph Bonaparte, the oldest brother of Napoleon, who was living on an estate in
Bordentown, New Jersey. In 1840 a major exhibition of his work was held at the Artists
Fund Hall in Philadelphia. The show was catalogued and included 172 works by Street
and fifty paintings by past artists. He also participated in group shows at the Artists
Guild until 1845; at the Franklin Institute in 1847 and 1851; at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts until 1861; and at the Apollo Association in New York in 1838
and 1839. Interestingly, four of his children, by three different wives, also became
artists.
SOLD
1121-56
Portrait, Profile of George Washington,
After James Sharples or Other Sharples
Family Member [Ellen, Wife of James,
their sons Felix, and James Jr.] Dr. Elisha
Cullen Dick Also Painted a Closely Related Portrait. Date/Period: 1796-1820 - SOLD
Measurement: Frame: 14.25" x 12.25"; view: 9.5" x 7.5"
Material: Oil on canvas
Condition: Untouched original condition
Additional Information: Powdered hair, black coat, white neckcloth; deep blue
hatching in the upper left background area.
The original work executed by James Sharples (c. 1751 – 1811) circa 1796 is
considered one of the most iconic portraits within sitter’s lifetime. George Washington
Parke Custis, Washington’s step-grandson stated that the image is ‘the finest and
purest likeness of the Chief’ and ‘the best likeness of the man extant’. [1.] Eliza Custis,
Washington’s step-granddaughter, described the Sharples portrait as “an admirable
likeness, critically exact”[2]. The Sharples portrait [Sharpless as he was known in
America] of 1796 is one of the last portraits of the father of our country. The artist, his
wife, and eventually their sons worked in concert producing dozens of copies of james
Sharples’ Washington, to satisfy and eager clientele.
Dr. Elisha Cullen Dick, one of three attending physicians the night President
Washington died was an amateur artist; Dick copied James Sharples' portrait, on
display in the parlor of Washington's home, and that copy is held by Historic Mount
Vernon today. Dr. Dick’s portrait was considered by Gustavus Eisen, a leading expert
on Washington's life portraits, as an accomplished copy, as good as those by the
Sharples family.
[1 & 2] Letters, George W.P. Custis to T.W.C. Moore, June 6 and July 21, 1857,
transcribed in “George Washington Parke Custis’s Opinion of Portraits of Washington,”
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 18, no. 1 (1894), pp. 82-84).
SOLD
1121-80
Portrait, George Washington Date/Period: 1790-1800 - SOLD
Measurement: Frame: 13 x 15.75"; view: 10 x 13"
Material: Oil on early canvas, modern frame
Condition: Very good
Additional Information: An early porthole format portrait bust of Washington atypical of
later compositions commonly found.
SOLD
232-397
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