Jurgan Frederick Huge, Conflagration of the U.S. Steam Frigate "Missouri"

Probably Bridgeport, Connecticut

Inscriptions: Below image at right, "J.F. Huge, Bridgeport CT, 1851".; bottom, "Conflagration of the U,S, Steam Frigate MISSOURI, while stationed near the Rock of Gibraltar Augst. 26th 1843"

Date: 1851

Measurement: 24" x 36 1/2"

Material: Transparent and opaque watercolor on paper

Provenance: Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques, Colchester, CT; Ralph Esmerian, New York, NY; David Wheatcroft, Westborough, MA.

Literature: Publications include: David Wheatcroft, The Authentic Eye: Revisiting Folk Art Masterworks (Westborough, MA, 2005) no.54.

A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America pg. 176-179

$62,500

SKU: 1330-4

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