Rare & Important 18th Century Young Huntsman Holding A Sighted Musket, Wearing A Dark Green Jacket And Powder Horn. Attributed Artist: William Hoare of Bath, England  More »

Rare & Important 18th Century Young Huntsman Holding A Sighted Musket, Wearing A Dark Green Jacket And Powder Horn. Attributed Artist: William Hoare of Bath, England (1707-1792) Oil On Canvas: 24 1/2" X 29 1/2" In A Period 18th Century Gilt Wood Frame. Frame Size: William Hoare of Bath, England Is Listed As An Ingenious & Amiable English Artist Following An Extensive Retrospective Exhibit Mounted At The Victoria Art Gallery Bath (November 3rd - December 8th, 1990). Works By This Well Listed Artist Hang In Many Noted Institutions And Museums For Example: His Self Portrait - Royal National Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, The Executors Of Fifth Marquess Camden, The Trustees Of The Late 7th Duke Of Newcastle, Trustees Of The Savernake Estate, Several Paintings Are In The Trustees of the British Museum, Exeter Health Authority, City of Bristol Museum And Art Gallery, Joanna Barnes Fine Arts, The National Trust, Uppark, Victoria Art Gallery, A Couple More In The Bath, England City Council, The Trustees Of The Holburne Museum And Crafts Study Centre, Bath, England, The National Trust, Petworth House, Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Nigel Cayzer, The Estate Of The Late Sir Edward Hoare, Baronet, and Six In The Permanent Collection Of The National Portrait Gallery In London & Other Numerous Private Collections.Stock # RT062432   « Less

Superb 19th C Scottish Genre Oil Painting Of A Woman In Her Kitchen Signed & Dated By Artist: A. M. MacDonald 78' - (1878)) This Delightful Oil Painting Which Was Found In  More »

Superb 19th C Scottish Genre Oil Painting Of A Woman In Her Kitchen Signed & Dated By Artist: A. M. MacDonald 78' - (1878)) This Delightful Oil Painting Which Was Found In Untouched Estate Condition Just Rather Dirty, And Is Now In A Superb State Of Preservation And Has Been Professionally Cleaned. That It! It Should Grace Your Home For Another 100 Plus Year Without Any Further Attention Other Than Pure Enjoyment. Framed In What Appears To Be Its Original Gilt Wood Frame. Complelely Original In Excellent Condition. Signed & Dated In The Lower Left By The Artist. Circa: 1878 Size: 9" X 13" Canvas, Frame Size: 16" X 20" Stock # RT326015   « Less

Rare & Important 18th C American Portrait Miniature Of A Sea Captain With His Tall Ship, Telescope, American Flag, In An Oval Locket. By Oral Family History It Decended In  More »

Rare & Important 18th C American Portrait Miniature Of A Sea Captain With His Tall Ship, Telescope, American Flag, In An Oval Locket. By Oral Family History It Decended In The Gregg / Jones Family Who Later In Life Settled In Dunkirk, Ohio. It is initialed on the reverse LP or JP. The Portrait Miniature Is In A Superb State Of Preservation Without Any Damage, Repair Or Replacements. Colors Are Much More Vibrant In Person. Sea Captain Has A Pleasant Smile On His Face With Blue Eyes, His Uniform Is Deep Cobalt Blue With Gold Yellow Facing And Gold Buttons. Superbly Rendered By A Currently Unknown 18th Century Artist Working In The Colonies. A Delightfuly Example Worthy Of Any Serious Collection.   « Less

Rare & Important 19th American Portrait Miniature Of Eliza Southgate Bowne By Edward Green Malbone. See other image for family history and documentation.

Rare & Important 19th American Portrait Miniature Of Eliza Southgate Bowne By Edward Green Malbone. See other image for family history and documentation.   « Less

miniatures, the first in the process completed by the artist for the newly married Eliza Southgate Bowne are the only two miniatures of her ever recorded. In original  More »

miniatures, the first in the process completed by the artist for the newly married Eliza Southgate Bowne are the only two miniatures of her ever recorded. In original condition in an excellent state of preservation and in its original gilt surround oval frame. It is available for sale for the first time since the family repurchased if from Park Bernet circa 1950 via the Erskin Hewitt Collection. Size: 2.325'' Width X 3'' Height Edward Greene Malbone (1777 - 1807) Before his death in Savannah at age twenty-nine, Malbone had attained his reputation as America''s outstanding miniaturist. Leaving his native Newport, RI, in 1794 as a seventeen-year-old self-taught artist, Malbone initiated a career which took him to the major east coast cities: Providence, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charleston. He carefully recorded his success in an account book begun in Charleston in December, 1801. Among his friends and admirers was Washington Allston, with whom Malbone traveled to England in May, 1801. In London, he frequented the studios and galleries, admiring more the work of his English contemporaries Sir Thomas Lawrence and Richard Cosway that the paintings of the old masters. His circle of associates included the Americans Benjamin West, John Trumbull and Charlestonian John Blake White. He seems to have studied at the Royal Academy on an informal basis. In his native country America he befriended numerous artists, including Anson Dickinson, Benjamin Trott and Charles Fraser. Upon his return from England, Malbone renewed his itinerant path. His periods in Charleston tended to be his most productive. Two-and-a-half months during the spring of 1801 resulted in thirty-one miniatures and in a five-month span from December 1801 to 1802, he painted fifty-eight miniatures. His final visit to Charleston was in the spring of 1806, at which time he caught a violent cold which eventually contributed to his demise. Late that year, Fraser traveled to Newport where he found that ''Poor Malbone is not in a condition to paint. I am afraid he is hastening to that bourne whence no traveller can return. He was ill the whole time I remained at Newport.'' (Charles Fraser to Susan Fraser, 9th October, 1806, Winthrop-Fraser Papers, SCHS. Malbone was recognized as a refined and accomplished artist, whose miniatures had stylistic finesse. Allston, in a letter quoted by Dunlap described Malbone''s genius: ''He had the happy talent among his many excellencies, of elevating the character without impairing the likeness, this was remarkable in his male heads, and no woman ever lost any beauty from his hand, nay, the fair would often become still fairer under his pencil.'' In London, John Blake White commented, ''Malbone as a miniature painter stands high already, and may rank with the first in England. He is a man of uncommon taste and elegance in that line.'' And Fraser, in the obituary he wrote for the Charleston Times, state ''He imparted such life to the ivory, and porduced always such striking resemblances, that they will never fail to perpetuate the tenderness of friendship, to divert the cares of absence, and to aid affection in dwelling on those features and that image, which death has forever wrested from it. His style of painting was chaste and correct, his colouring dear and judiciously wrought, and his taste altogether derived from a just contemplation of nature.'' (Charleston Times, 27th May, 1807) Both sitter Eliza Southgate Bowne & artist: Edward Greene Malbone died of consumption. **The complete family history of decent from Eliza Southgate Bowne marriage to present ownership is available to the purchaser along with copies of ''A Girls'' Life Eighty Years Ago'' - Selections From The Letters Of Eliza Southgate Bowne - Corner House Publishers - Williamstown, Massachusetts 1980. **Eliza Southgate Bowne poised for her self portrait in New York on June 18th, 1803 as verified in ''A Girl''s Life Eighty Years Ago'' on pages 158 & 161. **A Wonderful Documented Example!   « Less

Rare Early 19th C American Folk Art Watercolor Of Miriam Church At Age 95. Miriam Church was married to George Church who was the son of Jeremiah Jedidiah Church list in  More »

Rare Early 19th C American Folk Art Watercolor Of Miriam Church At Age 95. Miriam Church was married to George Church who was the son of Jeremiah Jedidiah Church list in colonial census. Miriam was born 1720 and she died 1816. Please note the artistic window in the doorway with a Federal tassel back drapery in a window in the foreground which is a wonderful artistic perspective. Her dress, bonnet armchair, hardware in door with lock mechanism as well as panelled wood walls demonstrate she lived in the upward social class in the late 18th century in the American colonies. Artist: Is Currently Unknown To Us. A Very Nice Composition Rendered Artistically By A Professionally Trained Artist. Framed In A Period Early 19th C Shadow Box Gilt Wood Lined Frame Under Glass. In An Excellent State Of Preservation. Size: 10 3/4'' X 14 1/2'' Framed 7 1/2'' X 11'' Image Size   « Less

Superb Early 19th C American Vermont Oil Painting Of A Gentleman On Wood Panel By Attributed Artist: Ashel Powers (1813-1843) Circa: 1820-1830 Born In Springfield Vermont.  More »

Superb Early 19th C American Vermont Oil Painting Of A Gentleman On Wood Panel By Attributed Artist: Ashel Powers (1813-1843) Circa: 1820-1830 Born In Springfield Vermont. Early Works By This Artist Were Painted On Wood Panels. In A Superb State Of Preservation. Original Lemon Gilt Wood Frame. Found In Cornish, New Hampshire - Private Residence Collection. Excellent Condition   « Less

This is a rare & important 18th C American Portrait Miniature on ivory by currently an unknown superb artist has decended through the Washington, Curtis, Lewis and Butler  More »

This is a rare & important 18th C American Portrait Miniature on ivory by currently an unknown superb artist has decended through the Washington, Curtis, Lewis and Butler families to the late Miss Betty Washington Whiting. This superb 18th C Portrait miniature of an attractive, currently unidentified, handsome young man has followed a line of direct decent through the Washington family that supports the oral tradition that is was once owned by or connected to Americas first President and his family the Commander In Chief General George Washington of Mount Vernon. !8th C American portrait miniatures are rare regardless of who owner them. In a superb state of original preservation. No damage, no repair and no replacement. Vibrant colors and superb details when examined in person.   « Less

Rare Superb Early 19th C American Sea Captain Oil Portrait Painting Of Captain James Gilbert Of The Vessel ''Jones'' And/Or ''Ezpelata'' of Salem & Beverly, Massachusetts.  More »

Rare Superb Early 19th C American Sea Captain Oil Portrait Painting Of Captain James Gilbert Of The Vessel ''Jones'' And/Or ''Ezpelata'' of Salem & Beverly, Massachusetts. The ''Ezpelata'' was a barque of 181 tons out of Salem, Mass. James Gilbert married on July 6th, 1826 to Sarah. It Is A Wonderful Early Portrait Of A Handsome Young Man In A Gold Waist Coat And Tall Stock And Cravat. Purchased In Completely Original Untouched Condition With Its Original Gilt Gesso Frame. Size 21'' X 26'' Original Surface Varnish. Purchased At Auction From The Direct Descendants Of Captain James Gilbert. Found In South Berwick, Maine. In An Attic With Dust, Neglect & Fly Spots On Him. Did Research On At The Peabody Essex Museum In Massachusetts. This Gem Is Going To Clean Up Currently Covered With Surface Dirt, Soot, & Grime. ThIs Is The Photograph Of The Portrait Taken After A Mild Professional Cleaning. Vibrant In person! We Are Actively Seeking Original Works Of Art In Untouched Condition. This Lovely Oil Painting Comes Complete With Its Original Egg & Dart & Acanthus Leaf Gold Gilt Gesso Wood Carved Frame. Circa: 1825-1835 Excellent Condition Price $45,000.   « Less

Rare Superb 19th C French ''Portrait Of A Lady'' Signed By Artist: Gustave Jean Jacquet. Signed: Center Left. Size: 13'' X 15'' Titled: Portrait Of A Lady Original Gilt  More »

Rare Superb 19th C French ''Portrait Of A Lady'' Signed By Artist: Gustave Jean Jacquet. Signed: Center Left. Size: 13'' X 15'' Titled: Portrait Of A Lady Original Gilt Wood Frame $19,500. Excellent Condition   « Less