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")
$11,750.00
1039-62
American Folk Art Painting, Picking Pears
Anonymous, circa 1845
Watercolor on brushed cotton (velvet)
Two girls under an old pear tree laden with ripe yellow fruits, one of the girls fills her
apron with drops while the other savors a pear. A hat lays on the hillock, behind which is
a cottage. The pigments are bright, overall condition is outstanding. EX Park Bernet and
The Old Print Shop, New York City. The work is matted and mounted within a gilt frame.
(Frame: 27" x 23"; view: 19.25" x 16.25")
$2,375.00
659-210
Folk Art Painting on Panel, Pond & Meandering Brook Within Woodland Landscape
American School, Second Half 19th Century
Oil on whitewood panel, beautiful vista, sky and trees
(There is no frame…it looks great as-is; we work with dealers of antique frames and
craftsman that fabricate great and appropriate frames-we will be pleased assist. The
picture has been cleaned; extremely minor fill; 37" x 30.75" x 1".
$895.00
532-129
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")
$4,825.00
1039-44
George Lafayette Clough, (1824-1901) Waiting for the Catch, Painting
Auburn, New York,
Oil on canvas
George Lafayette Clough was a notable landscape painter of the 19th Century; he was born in Auburn, New York. He was essentially self-taught but studied under Charles Loring Elliott from whom he received much training. Clough traveled to Europe to study and spent time in Italy, Holland, and Germany during the 1850s. John Lafayette Clough was a member of the Brooklyn Brush and Palette Club and exhibited at the National Academy, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Brooklyn Art Association, Boston Art Club, The Cosmopolitan Art Association and others. (The painting is lined; mounted on new stretcher; frame: 43.5 x 41.5"; view: 24 x 36")
$6,650.00
659-171
NEW LINE BETWEEN BOSTON & NEW YORK –
VIA NEWPORT AND FALL RIVER
COMPOSTED OF THE NEW STEAMERS
BAY STATE & EMPIRE STATE
EACH OF 1600 TONS BURTHEN
BUILT EXPRESSLY FOR THE OUTSIDE ROUTE &
IN EVERY RESPECT SEA GOING STEAMERS
Pained BY W. MARSH ESQRE. N.Y.
LITH. BY F. & S. PALMER, 34 ANN ST. N.Y.
Lithograph mounted within modern gold frame, not examined out-of-frame so let us
assume it is mounted. (Frame: 40.75" x 29.25"; view: 38.25" x 26.75")
$875.00
659-214
Vintage Pastel on Paper, Summer Sailboats – Tidal Landscape
Unsigned, Early 20th Century
(Frame: 18" x 14"; view: 11.25" x 7.5")
$395.00
110-853
Folk Art Painting, Bucolic Scene, Family at Campfire, Castle in Landscape
Anonymous, 19th Century
Watercolor
Seen in the foreground of the mountainous vista is a water-view castle within landscape…a caldron boils over open-fire, mother is seated with baby on her knee, at the fire is another woman, dog and child; a gentleman tends the horse and wagon.
(Frame: 23" x 17.75"; view: 19" x 13.75")
$1,375.00
290-27
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
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
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
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