Antique 1882 W.E. Lockhart Print: The Chase, Pompei
This antique steel plate print is signed, "The Chase, Pompei WE Lockhart RSA 1882" on the right, "(obscured) DeLaines." Comes in an antique frame, gold lacquered wood with glass and matting. Measures 19" x 15 3/4".
Antique "HW" Chesapeake Bay, Maryland area painting
This circa 19th Century painting is signed HW and came from the Chesapeake Bay area. Any information would be appreciated. Measures 29 1/2" x 24" in the frame.
The Swimming Hole, circa 1890, In the style of Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
This is a great little painting; is it a study by Eakins or by his students, or by another hand? We have yet to bring this painting down to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to get their opinion. The painting has been on display in the main hall of the museum since we opened; please visit the museum and give us some feedback if you have knowledge of the work of Tom Eakins and his students. Oil on board, 9 1/2"w X 13 1/2"h. Unsigned.
Absolutely gorgeous, this pastel will be on loan for display at the Museum Gallery in Liberty. See our biography page for more information on Glackens. Pastel, 18 1/2"w x 11 1/2"h. Framed in glass.
William Ratcliffe was a student of Walter Sickert and one of the first English Impressionists, if one excepts T. M. W. Turner. As one of the first impressionist paintings made in England, this is a most interesting little fragment of English art history.
This particular painting hung in a dark second floor hallway of a large Boston area home for over 30 years before it came into the possession of the collector who has loaned it to the museum. It still retains its original bland frame and a coating of grime from four decades of neglect. It nearly went to a landfill in the late 1980s -- was this also the fate of many another Milton Avery or Marsden Hartley studies? For more information on this piece, click here.
Portrait of Mlle. Carpentier by Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas
Oil on canvas, signed "Degas" on the front lower left hand corner, also signed "Degas" on the back of the frame with the inscription "Mlle. Carpentier."
16" x 20".
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16" x 24" Matted Virginia Goolkasian Male Figure Study Sketch
This matted signed figure sketch by Virginia Goolkasian depicts an unknown man. 16" x 24" in the matting. A biography of the artist follows: "Virginia Goolkasian was the daughter of Kaehdor Goolkasian, an Armenian born sculptor and painter who came to the Rhode Island School of Design in 1908. Miss Goolkasian received her training at the Boston Museum School (Boston Museum of Fine Arts,) which thought so highly of her that it granted her a full scholarship, and also sent her to Italy to spend one year traveling and studying. She later went to Washington, D.C. Having been greatly influenced by the works of the old masters, she began painting oil portraits. She created portraits of diplomatic personages and eventually was swallowed up by the Pentagon, where she executed portraits of the high Army brass. These portraits included Vice President Alben Barcley, Secretary of War, Robert Patterson, and a number of Ambassadors, their wives and other members of the diplomatic circles. At that time, she was also hired by the Pentagon to draft military equipment and weapons. The late Alexande Iacovloff, whom John Singer Sargent proclaimed "the world's leading draftsman in art form," was one of Miss Goolkasian's teachers at the Boston Museum School. Professor Iacovloff gave her the unique accolade, "the only pupil in my experience, to grasp every detail of my teaching." It was under his influence and encouragement that she toured the museums of Europe, after her studies in Boston, and prior to opening her Washington, D.C. studio. After World War II, she spent several years in Chicago painting portraits of many prominent people. She exhibited in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Corcoran Museum in Washington, D.C., and many other famous museums. She was frequently awarded with the highest of honors and the first prize for her works. Eventually, she returned to the Boston area where she had spent her childhood. Many of her portraits remain in the Boston vicinity. At Emerson College, her portrait of its former President, Dr. Elliott Joslin and his daughter, hangs above the entrance to the Joslin Diabetes Clinic. At the old South Church is the portrait of its former minister, Dr. Russell Stafford."
Antique Framed 1874 Harper's Weekly Print: Shooting Gators on the Upper St. John's
This antique print from the October 3rd, 1874 edition of Harper's Weekly is nicely framed and is titled, "Shooting Alligators on the Upper St. Johns, Florida."
1901 Print Book: White House Gallery of Presidential Portraits
This extremely rare publication by the Bureau of National Literature and Art is the 1901 edition of The White House Gallery of Official Portraits of the Presidents. This one's seal of authenticity denotes this copy as number 588, alloted to J. George Cooper on September 25, 1905 by "Sen. R. Black." There is some water damage on the bottom that doesn't quite reach the prints and it looks like it has been rebound, but the steel plate prints are intact aside from some slight warp from the water damage a the bottom. Prints are protected by rice paper.
Contains Prints of
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin van Buren, W.H. Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, U.S. Grant, R.B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley. Also contains a description of each, a sort of eulogy for McKinley, and McKinley's last speech at the end. Pages measure 20" x 16". Individual prints from this book usually sell for $30+.
18th C. Copper Plate: Temple of Great Snake by Marchais
This antique circa late 18th century (according to accession notes from museum on the back) Copperplate engraving print depicts a huge assembly of people in rows assembled for a coronation ceremony, grass huts and two-mast ships in the distance. Framed and matted in wood and glass. 15 1/2" x 23" in frame, print itself is approximately 8" x 13 3/4". Copper plate print reads: "Procefsion to ye Temple of ye Great Snake on Crowning ye King from Marchais." Legend refers to small letters labeling the various portions of the print's depiction, "a. The People Sitting, b. Beadles, c. 40 Musketeers, d. 20 Trumpets, e. 20 Drums, f. 20 Flutes, g. King's Wives with Presents, h. King's Valet de Chambre, i. 12 Kings Wives with provisions, k. 3 Dwarfs, l. Master of the Ceremonies, m. 12 King's Wives with presents for his Mother, n. Queen Mother's Chair, o. the Queen Mother, p. 3 Ladys of ye Palace, q. Musick of ye Palace of ye Queens, r. Great Sacrifice or High Priest."
1813 Copper Plate Print: Anna Macallame, Bearded Woman
This antique print depicts Anna Macallame, a bearded woman born in the 1600's in the Orkneys in Scotland and was seen by the King in 1662. As referenced in the 1802 book, "A Biographical History of England," "Tho' my portraiture seemes to be, A Man's, my Sex denies me so; Nature has still Variety, To make the world her wisdom know." A very unusual piece, to be sure. Measures approximately 6" x 9".
1793 Copper Plate Print: Mrs. Creswell by I. Caulfield
This antique print depicts a woman in a plain dress and shawl. It is labeled, "M. Lauron ad vivum del.; G. Barrett sculpt.; Mrs. Creswell. Published by I. Caulfield 1793."
Measures 6 1/2" x 9".
Antique London, Brain & Payne Steel Print of Newcastle
This antique steel plate engraving print has been matted and carefully stored in a poly bag. Image itself is 6 1/4" x 4" and 10 1/2" x 11 3/4" in matting. Signed, "J.H. Hair pinxt & sculp.; Newcastle; London, Brain & Payne, 12, Paternoster Row."
Antique Myrtle Grove Tobacco Framed Steel Plate Print
This hardwood framed and matted steel plate engraving print is an advertisement for Myrtle Grove tobacco. The illustration is a comic of an unfortunate Sir Walter Ralleigh sitting and smoking his pipe, unaware that his servant is about to dump a bucket of water on him. Ad reads:
"Myrtle Grove" Tobacco. For Pipe or cigarette. Sweet. Cool. Fragrant. Sir Walter Raleigh, At Myrtle Grove. At Myrtle Grove ir Walter Raleigh was soothing his mind with the Tobacco he had brought from Virginia when his Irish Servant, thinking his Master was on fire, dashed water over him. TADDY & CO., Minories, London, E."
Measures 6 1/2" x 8 3/4" including frame.
Circa 1777 Copperplate Print: Mount Stewart Bute Isle
This antique circa late 18th century (1777 according to the print) copperplate engraving print is lavishly framed in an antique wooden frame and glass (from the era of President Taft judging by the remaining scraps of newsprint on the back of the frame, probably used as the original backing). 13" x 18" in frame. Actual print is approximately 7 1/4" x 8 3/4". Signed, "Moses Griffiths, del." and "J. Ellis So." Labeled "Mount Stewart in the Isle of Bute. Pub'd May 1st, 1777 by F. Blyth." Depicts some colonial folk on a plantation with three bulls and a horse.
This antique (marked 18th century) copperplate printing comes matted and framed sturdily in glass and wood. 16 1/2" x 19 1/2" frame, print itself is approximately 7" x 9". Copper plate engraving has the signature, "R. Godfrey Sculp." on the bottom right, and "P. Sandby del. R*A." on the left. Title reads "WOODSTOCK. Pub'd by F Blyth May 1st, 1777." An historic print of a now renowned location.
Copper Plate Print: Vision of St. Jerome by D&J Sadlier
This antique copper plate print is framed and matted in beautiful hardwood. It depicts an angel with a small loincloth-garbed boy levitating over a spear-bearing caveman as he gives the finger to an old man who is passed out next to a lampshade, a scene typical of the clear and straightforward imagery used in 19th century religious artwork. Circa 1850-1880. Labeled, "Vision of St. Jerome. D & J Sadlier, New York," indicating the circa 1840-1850's religious guild publisher, and signed, "Parmegiano, Pinx" and "Parker, Sc." 14" x 17" in frame.
Antique Steel Plate Print: The Holy Family, D&J Sadliar
This antique framed and matted steel plate print is beautifully framed in an ornate deeply set wooden frame. Signed "Baroccio pinxt," "Parker Sc." and "D & J Sadlier, New York," and titled "The Holy Family." Measures 11 1/4" x 13 1/2" x 1 3/4" in the frame.
Steelplate Print: Vandyke's Ecce Homo by Samuel Hollyer
This antique steel plate print is signed "Vandyke," "S. Hollyer," and titled "Ecce Homo." It is obviously influenced by the piece of the same name by Antonio Allegri da Correggio, probably recreated by the unknown "Vandyke" cited. Samuel Hollyer was a significant steel plate engraver in New York City, New York, USA, in the mid 19th century and is mostly known for his portrayals of famous figures, including Walt Whitman. This plate probably came from the 1858 printing of The Bible by the Reverend Dr. Challoner, revised and corrected according to the Clementine edition of the scriptures. Approximately 13" x 15" in antique Walnut frame. Print itself is 6" x 8" in matting.
This antique steel plate print is signed, "Drawn by W. Goodacre, New York," "Engraved & Printed by Fenner Sears & Co.," "EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.," and "London. Published May 15, 1831 by L.T. Hanton & Simpkin & Marshall." Framed and matted. Graphical portion of print measures 5 3/4" x 4 1/4", frame is 12 1/4" x 10 1/4".
W.H. Bartlett Steel Print of Bognor by Joseph Robins
This antique steel or copper plate print is matted and framed in wood and glass. Depicts a fleet of small recreational skiffs and sailboats being tossed about on ocean waves outside of a European city. Signed "W.H. Bartlett," "J. Rogers," and "Joseph Robins, London." Titled "BOGNOR." Robins worked circa 1805-1810.
8" x 10 1/4" in frame, actual illustration is about 4 1/4" x 6 1/4".
This antique copper or steel plate print is labeled unlabeled and unsigned. Depicts an ornate church in great detail with a number of parishoners gathering around it. 8" x 10" in frame. Looks circa early 1800's.
This antique copperplate engraving is handsomely framed in wood and glass. Depicts some sort of vaguely Christian religious ritual under the moon with leaf-crowned figures carrying swords and scepters (and one severed head). Possibly a druidic or witchcraft ritual? A very unique and unusual print. 12 1/2" x 14 1/2" in frame.
Actual print is approximately 3 1/2" x 6". Text reads (as best as I can tell), "19. Pulchra ut Luna. Luna fubobicuro diffindit lumine noctem; nocte fed haec media dat fine nocte diem. (alternate language text--old english?) La lune fend la nuit, d'une clairte fort sombre: Mais la votre reluit, fans iecter aucune ombre."
Copperplate Print: "Pears" The Old Shaver Advertisement
This antique copper plate print is labeled, "Pears" and "The Old Shaver." Depicts an old man shaving with a straight edge. Looks circa 19th century. 8" x 10" in frame.
Copper Plate Print: Nateley Scures Hampshire Church
This antique copper plate print is labeled, "Church at Nateley Scures, Hampshire." Shows the church layout and doorway. Looks circa 18th-19th century. 11" x 13 1/2" in frame. Handsome hardwood and glass frame.
This antique copperplate engraving is framed in wood and glass. 8 3/4" x 10" in frame.
Actual print is approximately 5 1/2" x 7". Print is labeled, "Tomb of Walter de Hatfield in Hatfield Church."
This antique copper plate print depicts a haggard old crone and is labeled "Mother Damnable." Looks 18th-19th century. 6 5/8" x 10 3/4" in frame. Antique wooden frame with leafy helix design.
This antique copperplate engraving is framed in wood and glass. 8" x 11" in frame. Actual print is approximately 4 1/2" x 7". Print is signed "Charles T. DeLacy" and labeled, "The great June rain as an impediment to yachting: yachts for the heligoland race detained at Dover. Drawn by C. De Lacy, our special artist at Dover.
Fort Donelson Battle Print from Harper's Weekly, 1862
This antique copper plate print is an illustration from Harper's Weekly, March 8th, 1862, titled "The Hand-to-hand fight over Schwartz's Battery at Fort Donelson." 10 1/2" x 15".
This antique copper or steel plate print is framed in wood and glass. 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" in frame. Actual print is approximately 3" x 4 1/2". Print is labeled, "Drawn by J. D. Arms, for the Fort Folio, & Eng'd by J. & H.S. Storer, Pub'd by Sherwood, & Co March 1, 1823. Newark Church. East End."
This antique stereoview is marked on the front, "Copyright 1898, by B. W. Kilburn," "JAMES M. DAVIS, New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney," and "12750. The Hottest of the Fight, Battle of Manila, May 1st, 1898." Back reads, "Photographed and Published by B. W. Kilburn, = Littleton, N.H."
Card is 7" x 3.5"
Early Glass Photograph Plates, including Early Airplane
This set of 10 early glass photographic negatives (all approx. 5" x 7") includes a number of shots of people wearing circa civil war era clothing including a boy in uniform with a sabre, a woman reading "Three little kittens" to her child, early houses, an hilarious attempt at a bicycle-driven plane as was the fancy of many at the time leading up to the Wright brothers' successful completion of an airplane, a family shot with a woman holding a giant megaphone, a man in a polka dot tie, and a kitchen. A fascinating collection of early glass plate photographs. Comes in a Stanley box.
Hand Colored Photograph: A May Drive by Wallace Nutting
This beautiful hand tinted photograph is signed, "A May Drive - Wallace Nutting" and is a perfect example of his style, the most famous of the hand colored photograph artists, pioneered. Photograph is slightly warped. Comes in antique hardwood frame.
Wallace Nutting is by far the most popular and collectible hand-colored photograph artist. He was a man of diverse interests, including antique furniture reproduction (often accurate to the point of being virtually indiscernable from the original article). He was born in Rockbottom, Massachusetts, and spent most of his life in New England, eventually being buried in Augusta, Maine. Antique Frame. 15 1/4" x 18 1/4" (in hardwood and glass frame), actual photo is 9 1/2" x 7 1/4"
World War II 148 NCB Soldier's Okinawan Photo Album
This antique World War II era photograph album is from 1945 and is from the estate of a man named Sumner Davis who took the photos. 160 photos in all, mounted in a photo album with black construction paper pages. Atypical of most war photograph albums, this features more than photos of soldiers, (though it includes many of individuals and groups, mostly from the 148th NCB).
Especially interesting and unusual photos include what appears to be a night shot of an battle between aircraft and ships, numerous beached, destroyed and active battleships, wrecked shrines and villages in the aftermath of war, one photo of a corpse, a couple photos of a monkey sitting in a tank tread mark, lots of shots of daily Okinawan life including planting crops and carrying baggage to and from the market, soldiers interacting with Okinawan children, the infamous early airbase construction, lots of landscape shots including a grave with hundreds (maybe thousands) of white crosses and oceans flecked with massive steel warships as far as the eye can see.
Additional photos of this item available for serious investors.
Hand Colored Photograph: The Old Homestead by Villau
This antique hand colored photograph is in the style of Wallace Nutting and his contemporaries who followed. It is untitled and signed "Whitney" (looks like it--possibly Mary C. Whitney's signature?) on the matting. Frame has a lot of chips out of it, back has been taped up. Beautifully colored photograph depicts a young boy and girl sitting on a bridge overlooking a stream flowing past a farm. 11 1/2" x 13 1/2" frame, photo itself is 6 1/4" x 8 1/4".
This antique hand colored photograph is in the style of Wallace Nutting and his contemporaries who followed. It is untitled and signed "Whitney" (looks like it--possibly Mary C. Whitney's signature?) on the matting. Frame has a lot of chips out of it, back has been taped up. Beautifully colored photograph depicts a young boy and girl sitting on a bridge overlooking a stream flowing past a farm. 11 1/2" x 13 1/2" frame, photo itself is 6 1/4" x 8 1/4".
This antique hand colored photograph is in the style of Wallace Nutting and his contemporaries who followed. It is signed "Alone" and "R C Leupold." Back has a sticker with "Leupold Studios Fitzwilliam, N.H." on it. Photograph depicts a lone birch tree at the edge of a clearing. Frame is in nice condition with no major scratches, dings or chips, even the paper on the back is intact. Frame is 11" x 14", photo itself is 6 3/4" x 9 3/4".
Hand Colored Photograph: Natural Bridge of Virginia by Burrowes
This beautiful hand tinted photograph is signed, "Natural Bridge of Virginia - Burrowes" and is in the style of Wallace Nutting, David Davidson, MacAskill, and other colorized photograph artists around the end of the 19th century. Loose on bottom of matting. Measures 10.5" x 12.75" in hardwood and glass frame.
Hand Colored Photo, "Fisherman's Paradise," by Walter Sheldon
This antique hand-colored photograph bears the style that developed around the period of Wallace Nutting and is signed "Fisherman's Paradise, Walter Sheldon." Portrays a picturesque river scene with a blooming cherry tree. Matted, unframed, some water marks on matting. 10" x 12" with matting, 4 3/4" x 6 5/8" photograph.
1936 Silver Gelatin Prints: Fly Fishing, Tom Waring
This pair of antique photographs are signed, "FLY CASTING BY TOM WARING - 1936" and "FISHING BY TOM WARING - 1936." Acquired from an estate sale with the original sales papers showing they went for $10 each originally. Matted, no frames. Each photograph (not counting the matting) is 7 3/4" x 10"
This antique photograph is labeled "A country stream," and signed "W.J. Stillman" on the back. Very tiny type on corners reads, "W.J. Stillman, Photo. Photo Gravure Co. N.Y." Matted but unframed, matting a bit smudged, photo itself is 4 1/4" x 7".
This antique stereoview has an "E. L. Hayes" (possibly E.P. or E. J.?) stamp on the front. The photos are slightly translucent with what appears to be cellophane or watercolor between the front and back of the image so when it's backlit, it suddenly becomes aglow with color.
Unmarked aside from the maker's mark. Depicts a bridge, turns to a night scene when backlit.
Card is 7" x 3.5"
Hand Colored Photograph: Diadem Aisle by David Davidson
18.5" x 14.75" (in hardwood and glass frame)
The back has a slip of paper affixed that reads: "Full color facsimile of Diadem Aisle; Copyrighted; The Story of the Picture; "Diadem Aisle" is a faithful picture of a gloriously beautiful spot such as one might believe could only be found in some enchanting foreign country. However, it is to be found in one of the largest cities in the United States. The winding, flower-bordered path you see in the picture is located at Jamaica Pond, Boston. One can see it from a motor going through the Fenway. There the rhododendrons are, perhaps, more perfectly grouped than anywhere else in the world. But although I have been back there scores of times since this picture was made, I have never been able to find conditions quite the same--- never the same perfect bloom, never the full riotous beauty of coloring. There has always been something lacking that makes me believe that "Diadem Aisle" was made at a very fortunate and ideal moment. -David Davidson."
Davidson was one of the hand-colored photograph producer following in the footsteps of Wallace Nutting as his pupil.
Hayes Cellophane Tinted Stereocard: Night Scene, Bridge
This antique stereoview has an "E. L. Hayes" (possibly E.P. or E. J.?) stamp on the front. The photos are slightly translucent with what appears to be cellophane or watercolor between the front and back of the image so when it's backlit, it suddenly becomes aglow with color.
Unmarked aside from the maker's mark. Depicts a bridge, turns to a night scene when backlit.
Card is 7" x 3.5"
This antique stereoview has an "E. L. Hayes" (possibly E.P. or E. J.?) stamp on the front. The photos are slightly translucent with what appears to be cellophane or watercolor between the front and back of the image so when it's backlit, it suddenly becomes aglow with color.
On the back, someone has written in a fancy quill-pen script, "Grace & Fame." (I think, could be wrong). Depicts a woman wearing a veil and wedding accoutrements with a green background.
Card is 7" x 3.5"
