Two (2) Lester E. Chadbourne (Massachusetts, 1901-1971) oil marine paintings. 1st item: Oil on canvas painting depicting two ships and a tug boat docked along two wooden piers with remnants of snow, one having a small, wooden rowboat tied on it. Additional vessels are docked along the edge of the bay in the background, beneath […]
Lot 499: 2 Maritime Paintings Incl. Elizabeth Jewell & Watercolor
1st item: Elizabeth Galbraith McIntyre Jewell (Washington/Massachusetts, 1874-1956) oil on board maritime painting of a ship moored at harbor lowering its mainsail, rendered with light impasto. Unsigned. Estate stamp inscribed "Estate of Elizabeth Jewell" en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame with gadrooning and a linen filet. Sight: 13 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. […]
Lot 496: American School O/C Portrait Painting, Lady Holding a Fan
American School oil on canvas portrait painting depicting a young woman with short brunette hair and rosy cheeks dressed in a black gown with tulle sleeves and an accent bodice holding a coral-colored, feather fan and seated before a dark, sea-green background. Unsigned. Illegible pencil inscription, en verso. Housed in a carved giltwood frame. Sight: […]
Lot 497: Rudolf Jacobi Oil on Canvas Painting, Harbor Scene
Rudolf Jacobi (German/American, 1889-1972) oil on canvas maritime landscape painting depicting a bird's-eye view of a harbor with a large dock house in the foreground flanked by piers and boats with furled sails; additional sailboats and piers scattered across the bay in the midground; and a distant, tree-dotted townscape along the opposite shore at the […]
Lot 495: Ransom O/C Posthumous Portrait Painting of a Young Child
Caroline L Ormes Ransom (American, 1838-1910) oil on canvas portrait painting, possibly posthumous, depicting a young male child with blond hair and blue eyes attired in a blue and white lace dress, standing by a rail and surrounded by blooming morning glory flowers, all against a black background. Signed in red lower left "C. L. […]
Lot 494: William Cooper TN Portrait of a Little Boy
William Cooper (Tennessee 1811-1900) oil on canvas portrait of a little boy in brown suit, plain background. Circa 1855. Unsigned. Sight: 30" H x 25" W. Framed: 32 1/2" H x 27 1/2" W. Biography: William Browning Cooper was born near Carthage, TN. in 1811. The younger brother of Washington Cooper, both artists were raised […]
Lot 493: Portrait of Martha Ready Morgan of TN, wife of John Hunt Morgan, plus 2 books
Benjamin Franklin Reinhart (American, 1829-1885) large oil on canvas portrait of Martha "Mattie" Ready Morgan of Tennessee, wife of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. The subject is depicted seated on a red chair with upswept dark hair and attired in a pale grey formal gown with flowers to the bodice and a matching ornate satin […]
Lot 492: George Healy O/C Portrait of a Man, plus Catalog
George Peter Alexander Healy (Illinois/Massachusetts/France, 1813-1894) oil on canvas bust length painting of a man in his late middle age, seated, wearing a mid 19th-century style suit with a brown silk cravat, against a brown background. Signed and dated "G.P.A. Healy 1859" lower left. Housed in a giltwood frame with a bead and reel running […]
Lot 491: Attrib. Charles Balthazar J.F. de Saint-Memin, Portrait of a Gentleman
Attrib. Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin (French, 1770-1852) watercolor and charcoal or chalk on paper portrait of a gentleman in side-profile, bust-length view, with white hair and a grey coat. Very faint signature and date lower right appears to read "…Memin 1819" (?). Housed and matted under glass in a molded giltwood frame. Sight: […]
Lot 490: American School Folk Art O/C Still Life Painting, Fruit Bowl w/ Ewer
American School, 19th century oil on canvas still life painting depicting an etched glass bowl of grapes, a pineapple, watermelon, strawberries, cherries, peaches, and other fruit, along with an Egyptian Revival style ewer, all atop a marble-topped table. Unsigned. Housed in an antique giltwood and composition frame with floral scroll moldings. Sight: 23" H x […]