A GROUP OF INSCRIBED ARTWORKS BY GUESTSOF FRED DAVIS'S HOMEA group of inscribed artworks by guests of Fred Davis's home, Comprising various personalized works from guests of Frederick Davis' Cuernavaca home including:...
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THE COSTUME OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE: ILLUSTRATEDBY A SERIES OF SEVENTY-THREE ENGRAVINGS. LONDON: WILLIAM MILLER, 1803.14 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.
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Losses and discoloration to cover, yellowing and foxing to pages.Not...
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1805 WILLIAM ALEXANDER’S COSTUME OFCHINA. Published by William Miller in 1805, William Alexander’s Costume of China, featuring full page color plates with cover sheets. 13.25”H x 10.25”W x 1”D....
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WILLIAM VERPLANCK BIRNEY OIL, GENTLEMANWITH PIPEWilliam Verplanck Birney (American, 1858-1909) Untitled (Gentleman Smoking a Pipe) Oil on canvas 16" x 12" A scene of a gentleman quietly reading and smoking a pipe...
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SPRATLING AND M. HASKELL JEWELRY8 itemscostume jewelry, all marked Miriam Haskell, plus 1 pair William Spratling sterling silver earrings. 1st item: Faux baroque pearl graduated necklace with hand wired gilt metal...
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VINTAGE FRAMED LYCEUM DON QUIXOTE POSTERsignedBeggarstaff poster for play March 1897. Under under this double pseudonym, Nicholson and Pryde created the modern woodcut poster. Sir William Nicholson (English; 1872-1949);...
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ATTRIBUTED TO MARGUERITE LOEB MCBEY(Pennsylvania/Tangier/London,1905-1999)
Illustrated British fashion timeline, finely rendered costuming from William I (1066 A.D.) to Queen Victoria (1850 A.D.), 1933, annotated, unsigned, gouache, pencil,...
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COLLECTION OF SATIRICAL ENGRAVINGS,JAMES GILLRAY AND OTHERS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY Hays, John, publisher The Modern Hercules on His Labours. London: 1806. 41 x 28cm, hand-coloured; Gillray, James Tiddy-Doll the...
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GROUP OF NINE VICTORIAN CLOWES AND SONSEXCELSIOR MARIONETTES
LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising a stock villain, a male caricature character, two clown characters, two stock women characters, and three stock...
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ROMEO AND JULIET IN CARRARA MARBLEAfterPasquale Romanelli (Italian, 1812-1887), "Romeo and Juliet", marble, apparently unmarked. A 20th century figural marble group after the original by noted Florentine sculptor...
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[CHINESE CULTURE]
A group of referenceworks about Chinese Art, comprising:
— ZHANG, Daoyi. Zhongguo gudai tuan xuan. Nanjing: Jiangsu meishu chubanshe, 1991.
— YANG, Hong. Weapons in Ancient China. New York:...
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GROUP OF FOUR ASIAN ENGRAVINGS BY WILLIAMALEXANDER ALEXANDER, depicts four figures in Chinese theater costumes; verso label from W. King Ambler, Inc.: 'This print is taken from a series of engravings by William Alexander....
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ELPHINSTONE. AN ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOMOF CAUBUL AND ITS DEPENDENCIES ... FIRST EDITION. 1815. ELPHINSTONE FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF CAUBUL AND ITS DEPENDENCIES ... FIRST EDITION. 1815. ELPHINSTONE FAMILY ASSOCIATION,...
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Hurd (William) A New Universal Historyof the Religious Rites, Ceremonies and Costumes of the Whole World, A. Hogg [ c. 1780. Folio, cont. calf (slightly worn). Engraved frontispiece and plates...
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FOLIOS
A QUANTITY, INCLUDING PINELLI,B. Twenty-Seven Etchings illustrative of Italian Manners and Costume. Rome, 1844. Folio, 27 engraved plates, original quarter red morocco, lacks spine, entirely loose, 1 plate...
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YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU (1787-1832)
EDO PERIODcomprising one obanyoko-e print and three chuban tate-e prints; including one painted with Two Dancers in Butterfly Costumes; three with a lady in court robes(4)largest: 24.5cm...
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? ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS POOLEY (IRISH1646-1723)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN SWIFT AS A STUDENT IN DUBLIN COLLEGE With later inscription, feigned oval, oil on canvas71cm x 58cm (28in x 22.75in)Provenance...
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IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND SILK BROCADE'DRAGON' THRONE CUSHION COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD ??? ??????????????????finely embroidered with a front-facing, five-clawed gilt dragon worked in satin stitch and...
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HIPPOLYTE JEAN-BAPTISTE GARNERAY (FRANCE,1787-1858) AFTER WILLIAM BARTLETT(NH/ ENGLAND/ CANADA, 1809-1854) "Mt. Jefferson from Mt. Washington", oil on canvas, unsigned, a sprawling landscape of peaks being viewed...
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GORDON STEELE MODERNIST JESTER PAINTINGNew York1906-1961Titled "Between the Arts", depicts a lounging man dressed in a technicolor jester costume looking thoughtful instead of playful. As an artist Gordon Steele...
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GORDON STEELE MODERNIST JESTER PAINTINGNew York,1906-1961Titled "Between the Arts", depicts a lounging man dressed in a technicolor jester costume looking thoughtful instead of playful. As an artist Gordon Steele...
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OLIVER MESSEL. "ROMEO AND JULIET," BOOK(English, 1904-1978). William Shapkespeare, "Romeo and Juliet," with designs by Oliver Messel, 1936, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, B.T. Batsford, LTD, London, England,...
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SIX FRAMED PICTURES. Three 20th centuryAsian watercolors of songbird and cranes in frames two 15 3/4''h. 13''w. one 22''h. 17''w. and two 19th-century illuminated Persian manuscripts. Gouache on laid paper....
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Two Sierra Leone Carved Wood Figureswith Detachable Masks each standing costumed figure with a large domed detachable helmet mask heights 16 1/2 in. and 14 in. Provenance: Acquired by William W. Hodges...
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WARDEN William Francis (American 1872-):Jester in Costume Dangling a Flower Bud Oil/Wood Panel 8 1/2'' x 6 1/4'' signed lower right and dated 1886 encased in carved and gilded gesso frame period to the piece 14...
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7 vols. William Penn and Related Subjects:Frost, John. The Life of William Penn,... Early History of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1839. 1st ed. 24mo, contemp. sheep; rubbed and worn, cover detached. Frontis., wood-engraved...
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Two semi-abstract oil on board ladderand stairs marked William Sullivan verso framed some stains ; four nineteenth century framed fashion prints illustrating costumes of Senators Universites etc. ss on all...
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Pair of 19th Century Portraits by AmmiPhillips (Attributed) Attributed to Ammi Phillips (American 1788-1865) ?ca 1836. Oil on canvas portraits of a man and wife the man wearing a brooch and holding a quill pen...
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George Schmidt (American/Louisiana,b. 1944) "Self Portrait with the King and Queen of Carnival", 1976, oil on canvas, 54" x 68", signed and dated lower right "G. Schmidt 76". Framed. George Schmidt kindly...
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THREE PRINTS. Later reproductions ofaquatints by William Alexander published in London in the late 18th-early 19th century. Wonderfully detailed depiction of Chinese costume. Identically matted and framed ...
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Group of Cased Images of Men Women &Children Lot of 11 including: a sixth plate daguerreotype of a woman housed in a full Amitie paper case; a sixth plate gold-tinted daguerreotype of a woman identified as Clara...
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Attributed to C. R. Parker (American/Louisiana1799-1849) "Portrait of Gen. the Hon. John Bennett Dawson of Wyoming Plantation West Feliciana Parish" c. 1844/45 oil on canvas unsigned identified in ink in a mid-19th c....
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George Schmidt (American/Louisiana,b. 1944) "Self Portrait with the King and Queen of Carnival", 1976, oil on canvas, 54" x 68", signed and dated lower right "G. Schmidt 76". Framed. Provenance: Blackamoor...
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Imperial Silks - Ch'ing Dynasty Textilesin the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2 Volumes Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute Arts, 2000. 2 volumes with DJ in slipcase. Two-volume catalog presents the Ch'ing dynasty...
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