1st item: Eleanor McAdoo Wiley (TN, 1876-1977) oil on canvas landscape, signed lower right. Unframed. 16 1/4" H x 20 1/4" W. 2nd item: Unsigned oil on canvas, attributed to Eleanor Wiley, depicting a harlequin or jester figure holding hands with a ballerina in the foreground, and fountain to the left, against a mountainous backdrop. […]
Lot 536: Southern Impressionist Landscape with figures
Southern impressionist oil on canvas landscape, depicting a cabin overlooking a mountain range engulfed in fog, possibly the Smoky Mountains or Cumberland Plateau. Two African American figures are visible in foreground. Unsigned. Last quarter of the 19th century. 14" by 23 3/4" sight, 23 1/4" by 33 1/2" framed in ornate, possibly original giltwood and […]
Lot 537: Lloyd Branson Panoramic Watercolor Landscape
Lloyd Branson (Tennessee, 1861-1925) panoramic watercolor winter landscape scene, pencil signed and dated lower right “Copyright 1896, Branson”. Housed in the original molded gilt wood frame. Sight – 9 1/2″ H x 21 7/8″ W. Framed – 14 1/2″ H x 27″ W. Biography Branson is known as the first East Tennessee artist to […]
Lot 538: Lloyd Freeman, East TN O/C Portrait
Lloyd A. Freeman (California/Tennessee, 18741930) oil on canvas portrait of A. Lafayette Freeman, nephew of Enoch Lloyd Branson. Portrait depicts the subject with moustache and wearing spectacles, dressed in a suit and tie, against a neutral background. Signed and dated upper left corner "Lloyd Freeman, 1917". Inscription en verso reads "Portrait of A. Lafayette Freeman. […]
Lot 532: Sam Spode O/C, Polk-Yeatman Horse Archive
1st Item: Samuel Spode (UK, 1798-1872) Oil on canvas painting of dark chestnut horse in a paddock, signed lower center, "Pd. by S. Spode". Unframed. Canvas: 26-1/2" H x 30" W. Mid-19th century. Sam Spode is known for horse and dog portrait painting, equestrian genre. 2nd Item: Harry Lyman horse engraving, "Brighton", 1886, with lineage […]
Lot 533: Prize Cow Ptg, Rose of Richland TN
19th century Folk Art pastel portrait of a prize Tennessee cow, titled " 17th Rose of Richland at 21 Months, Bred by and the Property of Mark S. Cockrill, Richland Farm near Nashville, Tennessee." Signed C.B. Easley. 13 1/2" x 19 1/2" sight, 16 /1/2 x 22 1/2" in antique giltwood frame. Provenance: the estate […]
Lot 534: Pr. Oil Landscapes, poss. Devon Farm
Pair of oil on canvas landscapes. 1st item: Oil on canvas farmhouse scene, possibly Devon Farm in Nashville, TN. Signed and dated "M.F. Jennings 1905" lower left of painting. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight – 6" H x 8 3/4" W. Framed – 9 1/8" H x 11 7/8" W. 2nd item: Oil on […]
Lot 535: Cornelius Hankins Oil on Board Landscape
Cornelius Haly Hankins (Mississippi/Tennessee, 1863-1946) oil on board summer landscape depicting a field with haystacks. Signed lower right "Cornelius Hankins". Molded gilt wood frame. Sight – 6 1/2" H x 9 7/8" W. Framed – 10 5/8" H x 14 1/8" W. Note: Hankins studied with Robert Henri, leader of the Ashcan School, and with […]
Lot 528: 2 English Fox Hunt, Racing Paintings, 19th century
Two 19th century English Horse Paintings. 1st item: Oil on canvas English fox hunting scene depicting hunters jumping a fence with a river in the background. Signed and dated "C. T. 98" lower left, signed "E. M. C. Thomas" back of frame. Housed in giltwood frame. Sight – 6 1/4" H x 12 1/4" W. […]
Lot 529: 4 19th century English Paintings, Horses & Fox Hunting
Two (2) Horse Paintings, one signed and Two (2) English Fox Hunting Scenes, both unsigned. First item: Oil on canvas depicting fox hunter on a brown horse with his dogs. Signed "B. Hardy" lower right. Canvas labeled en verso "G. Hutchinson, North Street, Leeds". Housed in stained oak frame. Sight – 11 1/4" H x […]