PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AFTERGILBERT STUART(American, 1755-1828)
A fine copy of Gilbert Stuart's Athenaeum type portraits, unsigned, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.; period carved gilt wood frame, 36-1/2...
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A bound volume of The Illustrated LondonNews for July to December of 1861. Includes much coverage of the American Civil War, the death of Queen Victoria's husband, etc. Together with The Married Woman's Private...
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CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF JACOB K. LONAS,KNOXVILLECivil War Archive of Jacob Kimberlin Lonas (earlier spelling Lones), Sergeant/Captain, 4th TN Infantry which later became the 1st TN Cavalry. He was born on July...
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NEW YORK TRIBUNE. VOL. 25 NO. 7572 (JULY14, 1865).[Barnum's Museum] New York Tribune. Vol. 25 No. 7572 (July 14, 1865). Complete issue, uncut, replete with coverage on the "great conflagration" at Barnum's Museum....
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A BUZZ ALDRIN NASA ASTRONAUT AUTOGRAPH,"40TH ANNIVERSA... "40th Anniversary - Apollo 11," 2009, offset lithograph of "Men Walk On Moon," a reprint authorized by The New York Times of Vol. CXVIII, No. 40, 721, Monday...
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MAURICE UTRILLO (FRENCH 1883-1955)MAURICEUTRILLO (FRENCH 1883-1955)
Rue a Ivry , 1924
oil on board laid on canvas
53 x 70.3 cm (20 7/8 x 27 5/8 in.)
signed and dated Maurice Utrillo, V, Decembre 1924 lower right
PROVENANCE
In...
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MAXIMILIEN LUCE (FRENCH 1858-1941)MAXIMILIENLUCE (FRENCH 1858-1941)
Paysage au bord de la riviere , 1896
oil on canvas
49 x 66 cm (19 1/4 x 26 in.)
signed and dated lower right
PROVENANCE
Sotheby's, London, July 2,...
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WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (USA 1849-1916)OIL/CANVASWilliam Merritt Chase 1849 - 1916 At Canoe Place, Long Island Inscribed By / Wm. M. Chase / At Canoe Place, L.I., N.Y. / July 1900 (on the reverse before relining)...
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EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS,EX-SOTHEBY'SRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A stunning leaded bronze figure of Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty, resembling Praxiteles...
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GEORGE INNESS(American, 1824-1894)
HomewardBound, painted circa 1864-65, signed lower right "Geo Inness 1865", oil on canvas, 26 x 36-1/2 in.; fine period carved gilt wood and composition frame, 37-1/2 x 47-1/2 in.
Literature:...
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EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE STATUE NUDE APOLLO**FirstTime At Auction**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An exquisite bronze statue of Apollo in the nude standing in contrapposto with his left leg bent at the...
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JOHN SINGER SARGENT, (AMERICAN, 1856-1925),TWO HEADS OF A BEARDED MAN (STUDY FOR FRIEZE OF THE PROPHETS, BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY), CA. 1891-92, OIL ON CANVAS, 23 1/4 X 34 1/4 IN.; FRAME: 31 X 52 IN.JOHN SINGER SARGENT,...
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EXTENSIVE AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIAPERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL MID-19TH CENTURY PERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL Mid-19th Century A U.S. Army General Hospital, named Lovell...
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AN EXTREMELY RARE CHINESE EXPORT SCOTSMENPLATE An extremely rare Chinese Export Jacobite Highlanders plate for the Scottish Market. Early Qianlong Era, 1741-45 decorated in Famille Rose enamels with two members of...
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3 vols. Singer, Isaac Bashevis: TheFamily Moskat. New York: Knopf, 1950. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. two-tone burgundy & black cloth; minor wear, d/j (some chipping to head of spine panel, corners slightly worn, occasional...
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James Purdy (1914-2009) Letters ShortStories and Books When James Purdy died 13 March 2009 the New York Times referred to his work as ?wayward and unclassifiable.? Playwright poet author of short stories and...
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Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. ConfederateCivil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
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7 vols. Signed Books & C - AmericanPolitical & Related Subjects: Acheson, Dean. Morning and Noon. Boston, (1965). 2nd ptg. 8vo, orig. cloth, d/j (some edge wear). Inscribed & signed by Acheson on front free...
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1 vol. Puck . New York, July 6, - Dec.28, 1887. Folio, contemp. black calf & pebbled cloth; rubbed & affected by damp. Orig. color covers preserved. Complete, with all double-page color illus., adverts. & Christmas...
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SILHOUETTE. Signed Frederick ChapmanBemis Heights 1777. Full-length profile of Massachusetts militia soldier Abijah Wood (1743-1819) in uniform with his gun against a pen and ink landscape of stone wall and...
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Lot. Fine Art & Illustrated Books:(Matisse, Henri, illustrator.) Ronsard, Pierre de. Florilege des Amours. Paris, 1948 [but later facsimile authorized by Skira]. 2 vols., orig. wrappers, loose as issued, in...
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Lot. Max Beerbohm - Ephemera & C: [Beerbohm?],Max. "Menu." [London]: Limmer's Hotel,... 5th July, A.D. 1895. * Beerbohm, Max. The Happy Hypocrite. New York: J. Lane, 1906. 8vo, orig. wrappers, worn, spine gone. Gallatin...
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Presentation Sword to Capt. James McGrathNY Emmett Guards A beautiful M1850 Militia Staff Sword with 32" double-edged blade having 31" center fuller and etched panels of panoply of arms.? Gilt brass eagle pommel...
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3 vols. Private Press Books: Thompson,Francis. Uncollected Verses. London: Privately printed by Clement Shorter, July 1917. 4to, orig. printed red wrappers; corners slightly creased. In custom red morocco slipcase...
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2 vols. (Auction Catalogues.) The ShakespeareFirst Folio, 1623, The Dr. Williams's Library Copy. London: Sotheby's, July 13, 2006. 4to, orig. burgundy cloth, paper cover label, d/j. Illus. * Christie's. Important English...
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