1st item: TO THE TAX-PAYERS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY broadside, issued by C. G. Lovell, Revenue Collector, notifiying the taxpayers of the county where and when they are to pay their State and County tax for the year 1853, dated May 26, 1853. Loosely float mounted and housed under glass in a wooden frame. Broadside: 9 […]
Lot 473: James Fulton Archive, incl. Chinese Paintings, Poss. Tingqua or Youqua, ALS
Six (6) items relating to the Fulton Family of Tennessee, including a James Fulton ALS and an album of 8 Chinese paintings acquired in Hong Kong in 1860 by Fulton, who served as Pay Director of the U.S. Navy and was stationed onboard the U.S.S. Saginaw. The Saginaw served in the East India Squadron and […]
Lot 471: 1852 Daniel Webster Signed Passport for Rev. Cunningham of Knoxville, TN.
Passport signed by U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster (1782-1852) in black ink, for the Reverend W.G.E. Cunningham of Knoxville, Tennessee, dated April 12th, 1852. Later ink inscription from the French Consulate in Shanghai granting Cunningham, his wife, and possibly children passage to Marseille, dated October 2nd, 186X, with signature and ink stamp of Second […]
Lot 469: 2 Cabinet Portraits, incl. Col. Henry Quackenbush, Rev. War
Two (2) cabinet portraits, including one possibly by Thomas Lawson, and one believed to be of Revolutionary War Colonel Henry Quackenbush of New York, both of which have descended in Colonel Quackenbush's family. 1st item: Oval, three-quarter length cabinet portrait of Portrait of Colonel Henry Quackenbush, oil on board, depicting the subject in profile, standing […]
Lot 470: Attrib. Eastman Johnson, Portrait of a Gentleman
Conte crayon and gouache drawing on paper attributed to Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906); bust length, three quarter view portrait of an unknown gentleman in 19th century attire. Unsigned. Typed note en verso of frame reads "Crayon Portrait/by Eastman Johnson/Donated by Eugenia U. Harrod/March 17, 1913". Metal placard with artist attribution affixed lower center of frame. […]
Lot 468: Hogarth Revolutionary War Engraving, "John Wilkes – Liberty"
American Revolution related British political engraving by William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764) of John Wilkes Esq. Early 19th century impression on J. Whatman watermarked paper from the original 1763 engraved plate. Hogarth's famous satirical portrait depicts Wilkes, a British politician, journalist, and champion of American Independence, as a demon with horned wig, holding a pole with […]
Lot 466: 3 1st Ed. Books, incl. Ulysses S. Grant Memoirs, William Seward's Travels
1st-2nd items: PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U.S. GRANT, First Edition, Vol. I & II, by Ulysses S. Grant, published by Charles L. Webster and Company, printed by J. J. Little and Company, New York, 1885-86. Hardcover octavos, 1,231 total marble-edged pages, including engraved frontispieces with tissue paper guards, additional illustrations, fold-out maps, and a tipped-in facsimile […]
Lot 467: Law of Evidence, 5th Ed., Signed by Wm. Brodnax, 1788
William H. Brodnax (1786-1834), member of the House of Delegates (1818-1819, 1830-1833) and of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1829, signed THE LAW OF EVIDENCE, Fifth Edition, by Lord Chief Baron Gilbert, printed in London, reprinted and sold by Joseph Cruikshank, Philadelphia, 1788. Hardcover octavo, 286 pages with additional Table of the Several Matters in […]
Lot 464: 3 TN City Directories, Nashville & Memphis
1st item: THE NASHVILLE CITY DIRECTORY, The Ninth Annual Issue, March 1873, published by Wheeler, Marshall, and Bruce, Nashville, 1873. Hardcover octavo, 352 ink stamp edged pages with 72-page list of U.S. Post Offices, hardbound in one-quarter black cloth with printed paper sides, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial pastedowns and end papers. 9 3/8" H […]
Lot 465: Churchill, THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 6 Vols., 1948-54
THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Winston Churchill, Vol. I-VI, published by Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, 1948-54. Hardcover octavos, 4,532 total pages, titles include Vol. I: THE GATHERING STORM, Vol. II: THEIR FINEST HOUR, Vol. III: THE GRAND ALLIANCE, Vol. IV: THE HINGE OF FATE, Vol. V: CLOSING THE RING, and […]