Sam Houston signed land document, granting Elias Riddle 100 acres in Bledsoe County, Tennessee "in the grassy cove…" dated February 22, 1828. 15 3/4" H x 12 1/4" W. Early 19th century. Note: Sam Houston's term as Tennessee governor lasted from 1827 until 1829, when he resigned and moved to Texas. Houston (1793-1863) later became […]
Lot 194: James K. Polk and Wm. Marcy Signed Commission
Mexican-American War military appointment commission document signed by both President James K. Polk and Secretary of War William Learned Marcy in black ink, dated August 11, 1846, conferring the rank of Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Captain to Edward D. Townsend. Paper auction label affixed with tape to brown paper lining en […]
Lot 193: 5 Presidential Andrew Johnson Related Items
1st item: Framed Andrew Johnson paper ephemera including two cut signatures, one signed "Andrew Johnson U.S.S.", one signed "Andrew Johnson Greeneville, Tenn.", an engraving of Johnson as President by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, circa 1875, and a public document heading given to the viewers of Johnson's funeral in Greeneville. Information about items and […]
Lot 192: FDR's Copy of "The Great Smoky Mountains"
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's personal copy of "The Great Smoky Mountains" by Laura Thornborough. Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1937. 160 pages with 16 full page illustrations from photographs and 27 pen-and-ink drawings by Vivian Moir. Hard cover green cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt. Cream colored dustjacket. Signed and dated […]
Lot 191: Art Work of Chattanooga, Tenn. Published in Nine Parts.
First Edition book "Art Work of Chattanooga, Tenn. Published in Nine Parts" printed in Chicago by The Gravure Illustration Company, 1906. 10 pages of text, total of 69 leaves of photogravure prints depicting various pictorial, architectural and landscape scenes, in and around Chattanooga, TN at the turn of the 20th century. Nine parts in clamshell […]
Lot 190: 2 Werner Wildner Surrealist Works
Two (2) Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee, 1925-2004) works. 1st item: Graphite drawing with watercolor titled “Congratulations” depicting a gnome kneeling before a bird with an egg. Titled and signed with monogram signature, lower left and right. Housed in a contemporary metallic frame. Sight – 9 1/4″ H x 8″ W. Framed – 10 1/2″ H […]
Lot 189: Werner Wildner Still LIfe Painting
Werner Wildner (Tennessee, 1925-2004) tempera on panel still life with mushroom and bird’s nest containing eggs and feathers. One egg sits outside the nest, broken. Signed “Wildner” lower right. Artist’s address label and date 1988 en verso. New black frame with gilt highlights. 11 3/4″ x 9 3/4″ sight, 18 3/4″ x 16 3/4″ framed. […]
Lot 188: Robert Loftin Newman o/c The Nightingale
Robert Loftin Newman (Tennessee/NY/France, 1827-1912), oil on canvas painting depicting a woman and boy in a landscape. The woman wears a long, rose colored dress, and the boy is pointing to something overhead. Painting does not appear to be signed. Paper label preserved verso for William Macbeth Gallery, New York, identifying title as 'The Nightingale.' […]
Lot 187: TN Child Portrait att. Shackelford
Tennessee oil on canvas portrait of a young girl, attributed to William Stamms Shackelford (Kentucky/Tennessee, c. 1814- c.1878). Portrait depicts a young girl wearing a white lace dress with blue accents, blue ribbon sash, and a coral bead necklace, standing with one hand resting on a white marble table beside a vase of white flowers, […]
Lot 186: Cornelius Hankins Memphis Barge Painting
Cornelius Haly Hankins (Mississippi/Tennessee, 1863-1946), "Mississippi River at Memphis," oil on board landscape depicting a river barge with opposite bank visible in backround. Signed with monogram CH lower left. Original green-gilt wood frame with textured surface. 5 1/2" x 7" sight, 8" x 10" framed. Paper "Nashville Museum of Art" exhibition label en verso lists […]