Five (5) Greene County documents, including Major John Sevier Jr. signed land document. 1st item: Major John Sevier Jr. (1766-1845) signed land indenture between James McPharn, Greene County, Tennessee, and Aaron Finch and George Starmer, Washington County, Tennessee "in con[s]ideration of the sum of one hundred dollars…as joint tenants and not tenants in common all […]
Lot 491: Murfree-Huggins Family Archive, inc. Dr. J. B. Murfree Portrait
Large Murfree-Huggins family archive, including Dr. James B. Murfree portrait, 100+ items total. 1st item: 19th century Southern three-quarter length oil on canvas portrait of Dr. James B. Murfree (1835-1912) of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, oval opening, housed in the original molded and carved wood and gesso gilt frame with heavily carved corners. Sight – 29" H […]
Lot 492: Craige Family, N.C, Watercolor Illustration Album & Notebook, 2 items
Craige family, North Carolina, related leatherbound album and notebook, 2 items total (note: see related lot, #508). 1st item: Album, approx. 100 pages, with gilt tooled decoration and name E.P. Erwin to cover (Elizabeth Pfifer Erwin of Burke County, NC, married Francis Burton Craige, Dec. 23, 1836), contains watercolor theorem style flower illustrations, pasted newspaper […]
Lot 490: Lindsley-Peabody Archive, 18 items
Archive of eighteen (18) books and ephemera pieces related to Philip Lindsley, first president of the University of Nashville. Includes some of his personal books, plus other publications related to Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee (formed when the University of Nashville split into "preparatory" and "normal" schools in 1875). 1st item: "A Sketch of The Life […]
Lot 489: Photo Archive, Niagara Falls & KY Herr Family
Twenty-two (22) 19th century photographs including a Niagara Falls daguerreotype and images from the Herr family of Kentucky (of the deadly Herr-Snook Wedding Tragedy). Includes seven (7) daguerreotypes of children, two (2) daguerreotypes of gentlemen, one (1) daguerreotype of a father and daughter, both holding a book (identified as Alfred and Jane Helen (Jennie) Herr), […]
Lot 488: 19 Black Americana Photos, inc. Fisk Jubilee Singers
Nineteen (19) Black Americana photographs. 1st item: Carte de visite depicting the nine original members of the Fisk Jubilee Singers in a studio setting, circa late 19th century. No studio marks. 2 1/2" H x 4 1/4" W. Biography: "In 1866 the Fisk Free Colored School was established in Nashville, Tennessee by the American Missionary […]
Lot 487: Archive of Beauford Delaney Letters and Related Objects
Archive of Beauford Delaney letters and a group of paint brushes and pencils, 29 items total. 1st item: Letter from Beauford Delaney, Paris, France, to Samuel Emery Delaney, Knoxville, Tennessee, dated March 4, 1958. Composed shortly after the death of his mother Delia, Beauford writes "…your telegrams have brought me news that while you did […]
Lot 485: Beauford Delaney Estate, Abstract on Paper No. 313
Beauford Delaney (American, 1901-1979) watercolor on paper abstract expressionist painting featuring green, yellow and orange swirls. Signed and dated in ink, lower right corner, “Beauford Delaney 1962 Paris”. En verso on white sticker in black ink: “565” and below, in pencil, ” 25 1/2 x 19 1/4 ” and “BD-P-313,” (estate inventory numbering system of […]
Lot 486: 8 Joseph Delaney Drawings, 1 Letter, 9 items
Eight (8) Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) drawings and one (1) letter, 9 items total. 1st-8th items: Five (5) ink on paper drawings, two (2) blue crayon on paper drawings, and one (1) pencil drawing, signed and dated “jos delaney 1986″, depicting men and women. Subjects include a seated African American woman wearing an a-line […]
Lot 483: Red Grooms Drawing & Plate, 2 items
Two (2) Red Grooms (American/Tennessee, b. 1937) items. 1st item: Pencil and marker drawing on two sheets of paper depicting the portrait of Walter Knestrick. Signed and dated "'99" upper right. 11 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W sight, 22 1/4" H x 20 1/4" W matted and framed. Note: Walter Knestrick has been a […]