Rare & Important 18th C American Portrait Miniature Of A Sea Captain With His Tall Ship, Telescope, American Flag, In An Oval Locket. By Oral Family History It Decended In  More »

Rare & Important 18th C American Portrait Miniature Of A Sea Captain With His Tall Ship, Telescope, American Flag, In An Oval Locket. By Oral Family History It Decended In The Gregg / Jones Family Who Later In Life Settled In Dunkirk, Ohio. It is initialed on the reverse LP or JP. The Portrait Miniature Is In A Superb State Of Preservation Without Any Damage, Repair Or Replacements. Colors Are Much More Vibrant In Person. Sea Captain Has A Pleasant Smile On His Face With Blue Eyes, His Uniform Is Deep Cobalt Blue With Gold Yellow Facing And Gold Buttons. Superbly Rendered By A Currently Unknown 18th Century Artist Working In The Colonies. A Delightfuly Example Worthy Of Any Serious Collection.   « Less

Rare & Important 19th American Portrait Miniature Of Eliza Southgate Bowne By Edward Green Malbone. See other image for family history and documentation.

Rare & Important 19th American Portrait Miniature Of Eliza Southgate Bowne By Edward Green Malbone. See other image for family history and documentation.   « Less

Rare & Important Early 19th Century American Portrait Miniature Of Eliza Southgate Bowne By Edward Greene Malbone (1777-1809). Attributed approximately some where during  More »

Rare & Important Early 19th Century American Portrait Miniature Of Eliza Southgate Bowne By Edward Greene Malbone (1777-1809). Attributed approximately some where during circa: 1803 which is date of marriage recorded for Eliza Southgate. (1784-1809). This is one of a pair of miniatures painted by Edward Greene Malbone , The "foremost American miniature painter" "(Fielding's) This miniature of Mrs. Bowne is one of the 157 known portraits listed in "Early American Portrait Painters in Miniature," by Theodore Boulton, New York 1921. Verified in "A Girls Life Eighty Years Ago" Eliza Southgate Bowne poised for her self portrait in New York on June 18th, in 1803 (Reference Pages 158 & 161) The letters of Eliza Southgate Bowne have been collected and published in a book "A Girl's Life Eighty Years Ago." Selections from the Letters of Eliza Southgate Bowne, with an Introduction by Clarence Cook, Illustrated with Portraits and Views, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887, Republished in 1980 by Corner House Publishers, Williamston, Mass. The second miniature by Malbone is pictured as the frontispiece of "A Girls Life Eighty Years Ago." This portrait miniature we are speaking of which is for sale by Equinox Antiques & Fine Art in Manchester, Vermont is referenced on page 161. "Malbone has finished my picture, but is unwilling we should have it as the likeness is not striking, -- he says not handsome enough -- So says Mr. B. But I think it is in some things much flattered. It looks too serious, pensive, soft, -- that's not my style at all. But perhaps it will look different: 'twas not quite finished when I saw it; however, he insists (Malbone) on taking it again as soon as he returns from Southward, and told Mr. Bowne, if he must have one he might keep this...." A Girls Life Eighty Years Ago is a well known book to Americana collectors. Eliza Southgate Bowne was of a prominent family, and she lived a very short life (1784-1809). These two miniatures, the first in the process completed by the artist for the newly married Eliza Southgate Bowne are the only two miniatures of her ever recorded. In original condition in an excellent state of preservation and in its original gilt surround oval frame. It is available for sale for the first time since the family repurchased if from Park Bernet circa 1950 via the Erskin Hewitt Collection. Size: 2.325" Width X 3" Height Edward Greene Malbone (1777 - 1807) Before his death in Savannah at age twenty-nine, Malbone had attained his reputation as America's outstanding miniaturist. Leaving his native Newport, RI, in 1794 as a seventeen-year-old self-taught artist, Malbone initiated a career which took him to the major east coast cities: Providence, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charleston. He carefully recorded his success in an account book begun in Charleston in December, 1801. Among his friends and admirers was Washington Allston, with whom Malbone traveled to England in May, 1801. In London, he frequented the studios and galleries, admiring more the work of his English contemporaries Sir Thomas Lawrence and Richard Cosway that the paintings of the old masters. His circle of associates included the Americans Benjamin West, John Trumbull and Charlestonian John Blake White. He seems to have studied at the Royal Academy on an informal basis. In his native country America he befriended numerous artists, including Anson Dickinson, Benjamin Trott and Charles Fraser. Upon his return from England, Malbone renewed his itinerant path. His periods in Charleston tended to be his most productive. Two-and-a-half months during the spring of 1801 resulted in thirty-one miniatures and in a five-month span from December 1801 to 1802, he painted fifty-eight miniatures. His final visit to Charleston was in the spring of 1806, at which time he caught a violent cold which eventually contributed to his demise. Late that year, Fraser traveled to Newport where he found that "Poor Malbone is not in a condition to paint. I am afraid he is hastening to that bourne whence no traveller can return. He was ill the whole time I remained at Newport." (Charles Fraser to Susan Fraser, 9th October, 1806, Winthrop-Fraser Papers, SCHS. Malbone was recognized as a refined and accomplished artist, whose miniatures had stylistic finesse. Allston, in a letter quoted by Dunlap described Malbone's genius: "He had the happy talent among his many excellencies, of elevating the character without impairing the likeness, this was remarkable in his male heads, and no woman ever lost any beauty from his hand, nay, the fair would often become still fairer under his pencil." In London, John Blake White commented, "Malbone as a miniature painter stands high already, and may rank with the first in England. He is a man of uncommon taste and elegance in that line." And Fraser, in the obituary he wrote for the Charleston Times, state "He imparted such life to the ivory, and porduced always such striking resemblances, that they will never fail to perpetuate the tenderness of friendship, to divert the cares of absence, and to aid affection in dwelling on those features and that image, which death has forever wrested from it. His style of painting was chaste and correct, his colouring dear and judiciously wrought, and his taste altogether derived from a just contemplation of nature." (Charleston Times, 27th May, 1807) Both sitter Eliza Southgate Bowne & artist: Edward Greene Malbone died of consumption. **The complete family history of decent from Eliza Southgate Bowne marriage to present ownership is available to the purchaser along with copies of "A Girls' Life Eighty Years Ago" - Selections From The Letters Of Eliza Southgate Bowne - Corner House Publishers - Williamstown, Massachusetts 1980. **Eliza Southgate Bowne poised for her self portrait in New York on June 18th, 1803 as verified in "A Girl's Life Eighty Years Ago" on pages 158 & 161. **A Wonderful Documented Example!   « Less

Rare Early 19th C American Folk Art Watercolor Of Miriam Church At Age 95. Miriam Church was married to George Church who was the son of Jeremiah Jedidiah Church list in  More »

Rare Early 19th C American Folk Art Watercolor Of Miriam Church At Age 95. Miriam Church was married to George Church who was the son of Jeremiah Jedidiah Church list in colonial census. Miriam was born 1720 and she died 1816. Please note the artistic window in the doorway with a Federal tassel back drapery in a window in the foreground which is a wonderful artistic perspective. Her dress, bonnet armchair, hardware in door with lock mechanism as well as panelled wood walls demonstrate she lived in the upward social class in the late 18th century in the American colonies. Artist: Is Currently Unknown To Us. A Very Nice Composition Rendered Artistically By A Professionally Trained Artist. Framed In A Period Early 19th C Shadow Box Gilt Wood Lined Frame Under Glass. In An Excellent State Of Preservation. Size: 10 3/4" X 14 1/2" Framed 7 1/2" X 11" Image Size   « Less

Superb Early 19th C American Vermont Oil Painting Of A Gentleman On Wood Panel By Attributed Artist: Ashel Powers (1813-1843) Circa: 1820-1830 Born In Springfield Vermont.  More »

Superb Early 19th C American Vermont Oil Painting Of A Gentleman On Wood Panel By Attributed Artist: Ashel Powers (1813-1843) Circa: 1820-1830 Born In Springfield Vermont. Early Works By This Artist Were Painted On Wood Panels. In A Superb State Of Preservation. Original Lemon Gilt Wood Frame. Found In Cornish, New Hampshire - Private Residence Collection. Excellent Condition   « Less

USA 21ST CENTURY VLADIMIR VITKOVSKY WAS BORN IN RUSSIA IN 1950.HE STUDIED ART AT THREE PRESTIGIOUS ST. PETERSBURG ART SCHOOLS,LEARNING TECHNIQUES FROM VARIOUS RUSSIAN  More »

USA 21ST CENTURY VLADIMIR VITKOVSKY WAS BORN IN RUSSIA IN 1950.HE STUDIED ART AT THREE PRESTIGIOUS ST. PETERSBURG ART SCHOOLS,LEARNING TECHNIQUES FROM VARIOUS RUSSIAN TEACHERS AND THEN BREAKING AWAY AND EXPERIMENTING ON HIS OWN.HE EMIGRATED IN 1989 AND BEGAN SHOWING HIS ART IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.VITKOVSKY RECEIVED THE FIRST PLACE PRIZE AT THE BOSTON COPLEY ASSOCIATION OF ARTISTS YEARLY COMPETITION AND AT THE SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL ART COMPETITION ART ADDICTION.HIS LIST OF PATRONS INCLUDES THE DUPONT FAMILY. THE ARTIST COUPLES A HEIGHTENED REALISM WITH BLURRED FLUID EDGES. THE RESULTING VISUAL BRIDGE CARRIES US INTO A UNIQUE WORLD OF EMOTIONAL SURREALISM. Framed 17" X 21"   « Less

FRANCE 18TH CENTURY THIS GOUACHE PAINTING IS ENTITLED "THE CHARGE TO SAINT PETER". THIS IMAGE WAS PAINTED ORIGINALLY BY RAPHAEL. JOSEPH GOUPY(1689-1789) WAS A FRENCH PAINTER,  More »

FRANCE 18TH CENTURY THIS GOUACHE PAINTING IS ENTITLED "THE CHARGE TO SAINT PETER". THIS IMAGE WAS PAINTED ORIGINALLY BY RAPHAEL. JOSEPH GOUPY(1689-1789) WAS A FRENCH PAINTER, ENGRAVER AND SET DESIGNER.HIS PATRON WAS FREDRICK,PRINCE OF WALES.GOUPY WAS A FRIEND OF HANDEL, THE COMPOSER.THIS PAINTING WAS SHOWN AT EXHIBITION PLACE, DUBLIN, IRELAND. THE PROVENANCE, STAMPED ON THE BACK OF THE PAINTING, IS THOMAS AGNEW AND SONS, LONDON.   « Less

FRANCE 18TH CENTURY THIS GOUACHE PAINTING IS ENTITLED "SACRIFICE AT LYSTRA". JOSEPH GOUPY (1689-1769),WAS A FRENCH PAINTER, ENGRAVER AND SET DESIGNER. HIS PATRON WAS  More »

FRANCE 18TH CENTURY THIS GOUACHE PAINTING IS ENTITLED "SACRIFICE AT LYSTRA". JOSEPH GOUPY (1689-1769),WAS A FRENCH PAINTER, ENGRAVER AND SET DESIGNER. HIS PATRON WAS FREDRICK, PRINCE OF WALES. GOUPY WAS A FRIEND OF HANDEL, THE COMPOSER.THIS PAINTING WAS SHOWN AT EXHIBITION PLACE, DUBLIN, IRELAND. THE PROVENANCE,STAMPED ON THE BACK OF THE PAINTING, IS THOMAS AGNEW AND SONS, LONDON.   « Less

This is a rare & important 18th C American Portrait Miniature on ivory by currently an unknown superb artist has decended through the Washington, Curtis, Lewis and Butler  More »

This is a rare & important 18th C American Portrait Miniature on ivory by currently an unknown superb artist has decended through the Washington, Curtis, Lewis and Butler families to the late Miss Betty Washington Whiting. This superb 18th C Portrait miniature of an attractive, currently unidentified, handsome young man has followed a line of direct decent through the Washington family that supports the oral tradition that is was once owned by or connected to Americas first President and his family the Commander In Chief General George Washington of Mount Vernon. !8th C American portrait miniatures are rare regardless of who owner them. In a superb state of original preservation. No damage, no repair and no replacement. Vibrant colors and superb details when examined in person.   « Less

Rare Superb Early 19th C American Sea Captain Oil Portrait Painting Of Captain James Gilbert Of The Vessel "Jones" And/Or "Ezpelata" of Salem & Beverly, Massachusetts. The  More »

Rare Superb Early 19th C American Sea Captain Oil Portrait Painting Of Captain James Gilbert Of The Vessel "Jones" And/Or "Ezpelata" of Salem & Beverly, Massachusetts. The "Ezpelata" was a barque of 181 tons out of Salem, Mass. James Gilbert married on July 6th, 1826 to Sarah. It Is A Wonderful Early Portrait Of A Handsome Young Man In A Gold Waist Coat And Tall Stock And Cravat. Purchased In Completely Original Untouched Condition With Its Original Gilt Gesso Frame. Size 21" X 26" Original Surface Varnish. Purchased At Auction From The Direct Descendants Of Captain James Gilbert. Found In South Berwick, Maine. In An Attic With Dust, Neglect & Fly Spots On Him. Did Research On At The Peabody Essex Museum In Massachusetts. This Gem Is Going To Clean Up Currently Covered With Surface Dirt, Soot, & Grime. ThIs Is The Photograph Of The Portrait Taken After A Mild Professional Cleaning. Vibrant In person! We Are Actively Seeking Original Works Of Art In Untouched Condition. This Lovely Oil Painting Comes Complete With Its Original Egg & Dart & Acanthus Leaf Gold Gilt Gesso Wood Carved Frame. Circa: 1825-1835 Excellent Condition Price $45,000.   « Less