DONELSON FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVEAnarchive of 10 early photographs related to members of the Donelson family of Middle Tennessee, including some of the children of Andrew Jackson Donelson and Emily Tennessee...
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JOHN DAVIS AND FAMILY ARCHIVEArchiveof items related to John Davis (1770-1853), early surveyor of Nashville, Tennessee, and his family. Includes Davis's will, numerous land documents, survey maps and some slave...
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3 19TH C PHOTOGRAPHS, TENNESSEE ANDVIRGINIA INTEREST1st item: Quarter plate ambrotype of young Catherine "Kate" Fulton Wilson (Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1851-1879), wearing a plaid dress and seated on a chair,...
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JAMES FULTON ARCHIVE, INCL. CHINESEPAINTINGS, POSS. TI...Six (6) items relating to the Fulton Family of Tennessee, including a James Fulton ALS and an album of 8 Chinese paintings acquired in Hong Kong in 1860...
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IMPORTANT RHODE ISLAND DYER FAMILY COATOF ARMS(late 18th century)
Heraldic crest with three stags, surmounted by a profile with palm fronds, unsigned, inscribed verso "Capt. Dyer", oil on canvas, 12-1/2 x 10-1/2...
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TWO CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PORCELAINBOWLS, AYLMER AND...comprising: circa 1745, slop bowl with coat of Aylmer impaling Hill, lozenge form for a widow, Aylmer on left side black cross dividing four sea aylets,...
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CHINESE EXPORT MORRIS FAMILY QUAKERCOW CUP/SAUCER Jiaqing Era, circa 1810 made for the Morris Family of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region. The 'Quaker Farmer' pattern, examples of which are found executed...
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THOMAS WARE, (AMERICAN, 1803-1826),FOUR PORTRAITS OF THE MARCY FAMILYTHOMAS WARE, (American, 1803-1826) Four Portraits of the Marcy Family, Joseph Marcy, 1823, oil on panel inscribed T. Ware, upper right...
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APOLONIO O. MARTINEZ, THE HOLY FAMILY,JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPHApolonio O. Martinez, (New Mexico, 1890 - 1976) The Holy Family, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, carved wood on label affixed to base: raved by Apolonia...
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CIVIL WAR-ERA PHILA. PHOTO ALBUM, LINCOLN,GRANTCivil War-era photograph album, Miller & Burlock, Philadelphia, retailed by McAllister Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, highlights include: Abraham and Mary...
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F. GUTEKUNST PAINTED PHOTOGRAPH JOSEPHVEAZEYFramed American painted photograph portrait, Joseph Wallace Veazey (1815-1854), son of Col. Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842) and Mary Wallace Veazey (1789-1867), embossed...
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AMERICAN WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT MARY WALLACEVEAZEYFramed American watercolor portrait on paper, Mary Wallace Veazey (1789-1867), third wife of Col. Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842), mounted to board, corners trimmed,...
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AMERICAN MARY WALLACE 1802 NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, Mary Wallace, age 13, 1802, with upper and lowercase alphabet and numbers, reading: "If there's a pow'r above us, (And...
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION MARY BLACK NEEDLEPOINTSAMPLERFramed American needlepoint sampler on linen, Mary Black, with upper and lowercase alphabet, floral and geometric border, "July 31, The British King Lost States thirteen,"...
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A FAMILY OF SIX PIGS, MARIE ROGERS (GA,1922-2010) Albany slip glazed earthenware, a pig inscribed "GA. PIG" (5 1/4 x 7 in.) and five piglets (2 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.), all with blue eyes, all with signature....
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MARY HOLIDAY BLACK (B.1934, DINé)MaryHoliday Black (b.1934, Diné), A polychrome Navajo wedding basket A coiled tray basket with figural motifs in red, purple and grey including a family of four, a hogan, a...
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SPANISH RETABLO OF THE OMNIPOTENT HAND.Nineteenth century. Original oil on tin. The Omnipotent Powerful Hand (or the Five Persons) showing the five members of the Holy family, Mary's parents, the hand, the stigmata,...
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THE TAYLOR FAMILY QUEEN ANNE MAHOGANYEASY CHAIRThe Taylor Family Queen Anne mahogany easy chair, Philadelphia, ca. 1760 , an early example of American upholstered seating furniture in the Queen Anne style, with...
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LARGE MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY RECORD SAMPLEROF THE RYAN FAMILY WROUGHT BY MARY ANN RYAN, 1827, EXHIBITED AT 1989 D.A.R. MUSEUM SHOW 'FAMILY RECORDS' 24" X 24" OF THE RYAN FAMILY WROUGHT BY MARY ANN RYAN, 1827, EXHIBITED...
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19TH C. WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, MARY ANNHARRIS. Ca. 1835, portrait of a child, Mary Ann Harris, in a blue dress holding a fashionable doll in an interior with a girandole mirror and sofa, initialed by artist ”E.G.”...
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A MILTIMORE FAMILY BIBLE, ST. MARY'SCO., 1824 THE HOLY BIBLE: CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTATMENTS ... (Philadelphia: Carey, 1817 and 1818) 2 vols. in 1, 4to, original full sheep, the front flyleaf inscribed,...
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Y IMPORTANT GEORGIAN DOLL'S HOUSE, 'THEEVANS BABY HOUSE'
18TH CENTURY, WITH LATER ADAPTATIONS AND CONTENTS modelled as a three-storeyed Georgian town house, of ochre and red painted pine and other timber, the hinged...
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Photographic Archive of Miles City MontanaPhotographer R.C. Morrison 1880s-1890s Cowan's is proud to present the photographic archive of pioneer Montana photographer Robert C. Morrison (1850-1938) descended directly...
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THREE VIRGINIA (WEST VIRGINIA) MARKINGSAMPLERS. All related to Henderson Hall Wood County late 18th-early 19th century silk on linen. The earliest is signed ''Susanna/ hMcMahonhersampl/er''. The maker was...
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William Henry Buck (American/New Orleans1840-1888) "Live Oak along the Bayou" oil on canvas signed lower right 18 in. x 30 in. later gilt frame accompanied by a small collection of books used by Wilhelmina Buck....
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After Marie Adrien Persac (French/Louisiana1823-1873) "Norman's Chart of the Lower Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans" 1858 by A. Persac published by B.M. Norman New Orleans LA engraved printed and mounted...
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Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-SignedCommission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
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NEEDLEWORK FAMILY REGISTER. Englandca.1838 silk on wool. Minutely stitched record of the Parnall family surrounded by pairs of butterflies dragonflies and bees potted flowers birds holding branches deer...
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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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Breckinridge Family Archive Approx.165 items including 130+ photographs cased images & portraits plus 35+ paper items and newspaper clippings.Since Kentucky was established as a state in 1792 the Breckenridge...
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Letters Between the Sturges BrothersMost Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
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NEW JERSEY SAMPLER. Mary Gano Hunterdonor Somerset County 1838 silk on linen. Family record of the Samuel Gano and Margaret Hoagland and their eight children. Floral surrounds the registry and a verse the lower...
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Charles Willson Peale portrait (Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, 1741-1829), half portrait of Edward Burd (1751-1833), circa 1820, inscription verso translated to liner "Mr. Edward Burd. Painted for Mrs. E. Peale./By...
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Rare Antebellum Louisiana PlantationCoin (.900) Silver Five-Piece Tea Set, dated 1858 and monogrammed "M.C.B" for Margaret Cyrilla (Brownson) Bisland (1839-1906), mistress of Fairfax Plantation, St. Mary Parish,...
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14 vols. Pennsylvania & Related Genealogy:Maris, George L. and Anne M. The Maris Family in The United States. West Chester, Pa.: (F.S. Hickman), 1885. 4to, orig. cloth, new endpapers; some wear to covers and spine....
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6 vols. Family History and Genealogy:Maris, George L. and Annie M. The Maris Family... Descendants of George and Alice Maris. West Chester, 1895. 4to, modern green buckram. Plates. Shaken. * Wallace, Paul A....
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