Two oils on board riverscapes, possibly Thomas Campbell (Tennessee 1834-1914) in original gilt carved frames. 1st item: Oil on board scene of three figures in a rowboat with a stone bridge in center ground with three figures and a church spire in background. Initials signed "WW" lower left – work similar to Thomas Campbell. Sight: […]
Lot 178: Pauline Wallen, oil on canvas, Smokey Mtns
Pauline Wallen (Tennessee, 20th century) impressionist oil on canvas depicting a mountain landscape in East Tennessee. Titled on back stretcher, "Rising Mist over Mt. Leconte". Signed and dated "65" lower left. Housed in the original gilt molded frame. Sight: 10 3/4" H X 13 1/2" W, Frame: 14" H x 16 7/8" W. Biography: A […]
Lot 176: Attr. Washington Cooper, portrait of Mary A.G. Owe
Attributed to Washington Bogart Cooper (Tennessee, 1809-1882), oil on canvas portrait of Mary Amis Goodwin Owen of Lebanon, Tennessee (b. Granville County, NC 1787-d. 1878, Lebanon, TN). Subject was the wife of a prominent Wilson County doctor, Dr. John Owen, and the mother in law of Tennessee's 14th Governor, William Bowen Campbell (1807-1867). Mrs. Owen […]
Lot 175: 2 Watercolors of African-American Homesteads, incl
Two framed watercolors of African-American homesteads. 1st item: Emmie Mcintire (South Carolina, 20th century) watercolor and gouache, Low Country rural scene of a cabin framed by oak trees with Spanish moss. Signed "E. McIntire" lower right. Sight: 12 1/2" H x 14-1/2" W, Frame: 18-1/2" H x 22-1/4"W. 2nd item: Watercolor of rural Southern cabin […]
Lot 174: Kentucky Oil on Canvas, Wilhelm T. Eilerts
Wilhelm Theodore Eilerts (Kentucky, late 19th Century) large oil on canvas of cows gathered under a tree with nearby stream. Signed lower right margin and dated “1886”. Housed in the original carved and molded gilt and gesso wood frame (with later added paint). Sight – 32″ H x 59″ W. Framed – 43 1/4″ H […]
Lot 173: Maria Howard Weeden, Watercolor Seascape
Maria Howard Weeden (Huntsville, Alabama, 1847-1905), watercolor on card seascape of waves crashing against a rock, with gulls flying overhead and shoreline and sailboats in the distance. Signed lower left "Howard Weeden". Card: 8-1/4" x 10-7/8". Matted: 11" x 14", narrow giltwood frame: 11-3/4" x 15". Biography (courtesy the Encyclopedia of Alabama): Maria Howard Weeden […]
Lot 172: Maria Howard Weeden, watercolor landscape
Maria Howard Weeden (Huntsville, Alabama, 1847-1905), watercolor on card landscape depicting a curving road with sheep walking or reclining along its side, with two figures and hills in the background. Signed lower left "Howard Weeden". Card: 8-1/4" x 10-7/8". Matted: 11" x 14", Narrow giltwood frame: 11-3/4" x 15". Biography (courtesy the Encyclopedia of Alabama): […]
Lot 171: Harvey Joiner oil landscape, Pool in the Woods
Harvey Joiner (Kentucky/Indiana,1852-1932) oil on board landscape depicting sunlight streaming through a grove of beech trees, reflected in a pond or pool of water visible at the edge of the foreground. Signed "Harvey Joiner" lower right and titled Pool in the Woods, Mid-Autumn Beechwoods on remnants of original paper label en verso. Original burnished molded […]
Lot 169: Victorian Painting, Lady with Book
Victorian genre painting, depicting an attractive young lady in a bonnet and pinkish-gold dress seated in a chair, holding a picture book. Visible in the background is a window with landscape beyond. Signed and dated 1873, lower right, appears to be "P. Wheeler" and partially hidden under the frame (note brass plaque gives incorrect date […]
Lot 170: Attr. Harvey Joiner Oil with 2 Trees
Attrib. Harvey Joiner (Kentucky/Indiana,1852-1932) oil on canvas-wrapped board, landscape depicting two trees in a forest, one bathed in sunlight, the other in shadows. Ornate giltwood molded frame with brass nameplate, housed inside a black shadowbox frame. Board 8" x 6", giltwood frame 15" x 13", shadowbox frame 14-1/2" x 16-1/2". Provenance: Kentucky collection. Biography (courtesy […]