C DICKENS, DICKENS DINNER IN BOSTON,FINELY BOUND Report of the Dinner Given to Charles Dickens in Boston, February 1, 1842. Reported by Thomas Gill and William English, Reporters of the Morning Post. Most...
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SEYMOUR JOSEPH GUY GENTLEMAN PORTRAITPAINTING New York, England,1824-1910Depicts a refined elderly gentleman wearing a high white collared shirt with black jacket and matching tie and vest. Guy became interested...
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THOMAS SHIPLEY OIL ON CANVAS PORTRAITThomasShipley (American, 20th century) oil on canvas portrait depicting an elderly woman with snow white hair, standing in front of a barn holding firewood. Signed lower left and...
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8 DOCS. INC. J. Q. ADAMS SIGNED ALA.LAND GRANT1st item: 1825 Huntsville, Alabama land grant signed by President John Quincy Adams, granting land to John Cartwright, possibly the first settler of Madison, Alabama...
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19TH C. OIL PAINTING, VOYAGE OF LIFEAlate 19th century American School oil on canvas after Cole. Allegory of Old Age, depicts an elderly man in a boat led by an angel on a river in a darkened landscape setting,...
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AMERICAN SCHOOL(19th Century)
ThomasBolling Robertson Secretary of New Orleans, Territorial Governor of Louisiana, not apparently signed, oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in.; refinished frame, 44 x 36-1/4 in.
Provenance:...
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CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PORCELAIN PLATE,FREDERICKcirca 1724, plate centered with the arms of Frederick, baronet of Westiminster, shield having three white doves on a blue reserve above base with gold ground, iron...
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CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL SOUPAND PLATE, HOPPE...comprising: soup plate, circa 1755, of octagonal form, centered with the arms of Hopper depicting eight part shield in black and white, centered with a...
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TWO CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PORCELAINTEAPOTS, FREDERIC...comprising: circa 1724, teapot with arms of Frederick, depicted with two thirds gilt ground, top one third cobalt, having three white doves, centered with...
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THOMAS HARDY MAGAZINES, POEMS, PROGRAMSLotof Thomas Hardy paper goods and ephemera including magazines, catalog, poems, Tess of the d'Urbervilles programme. Thomas Hardy (England, 1840-1928). 2 copies The Oxen, in...
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THOMAS HARDY THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE1ST EDITIONThomas Hardy (England, 1840-1928). The Return of the Native, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1878. Smith, Elder, & Co., London; printed Spottiswoode and Co., London....
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THOMAS HARDY THE HAND OF ETHELBERTAFIRST EDITIONThomas Hardy (England, 1840-1928). The Hand of Ethelberta. A Comedy in Chapters, in 2 volumes. First edition, 1876. With illustrations. Publisher Smith, Elder,...
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Poetry, A Selection of works to includeCowper (William), Poems by William Cowper of the inner Temple in two volumes, 4th Edition, London, J. Johnson, 1788; The Poetical works of Robert Browning, 4 volumes, London,...
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EARLY AMERICAN SIGNATURES COLLECTIONLargeboards formerly binding the Baltimore Evening Post -- the entire year of 1809. Front endpaper has accession bookplate from the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. Inside the...
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(2) CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS, CONFEDERATE GENERALS,1900Two Antique c. 1900 Chromolithographs on fabric. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson after the original by John Adams "Jack" Elder (1833-1895) and James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart....
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FIVE ANTIQUE BOOKSFIVE ANTIQUE BOOKS,1) A Compleat Body of Husbandry. ... Compiled by Thomas Hale ...,. London: Tho. Osborne, et al, 1758. Vol. 1, includes Book I, "Of the soil", Book II, "Of the manures", Book...
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American or French School, 19th Century
Portraitof Thomas Jefferson
oil on panel
unsigned
8 1/2 x 7 inches.
The back of the frame retains several labels: a printed label reading MFA / 95 / BB and one printed M.F.A. with...
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ALEXANDER FORBES (1778-1862, SCOTTISH)"CALIFORNIA: A HISTORY OF UPPER AND LOWER CALIFORNIA," 1839Alexander Forbes (1778-1862, Scottish) "California: A History of Upper and Lower California," 1839, Forbes, Alexander....
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THOMAS HARDY MAGAZINES, POEMS, PROGRAMSLotof Thomas Hardy paper goods and ephemera including magazines, catalog, poems, Tess of the d'Urbervilles programme.
Thomas Hardy (England, 1840-1928).
2 copies The Oxen,...
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THOMAS HARDY THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE1ST EDITIONThomas Hardy (England, 1840-1928). The Return of the Native, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1878. Smith, Elder, & Co., London; printed Spottiswoode and Co., London....
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THOMAS HARDY THE HAND OF ETHELBERTAFIRST EDITIONThomas Hardy (England, 1840-1928). The Hand of Ethelberta. A Comedy in Chapters, in 2 volumes. First edition, 1876. With illustrations. Publisher Smith, Elder,...
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+PORTRAIT OF AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN, EARLY19TH C., OIL ON CANVAS. A PLAQUE ATTACHED TO THE 20TH C. FRAME NOW WITH THIS PORTRAIT IDENTIFIES THE SITTER AS JAMES MADISON AND THE ARTIST AS PURVIANCE. RESEARCH FOR THIS...
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AFTER PETER PAILLOU THE ELDER (FL. 1720-1790)AfterPeter Paillou The Elder (fl. 1720-1790) , "The Heron" and "Arctic Tern", c. 1761, 2 hand-colored etchings, from The British Zoology by Thomas Pennant, etched by Peter Mazell...
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THOMAS SULLY (PA/UK, 1783-1872) Portraitof Mrs. Thomas Leaming, Jr. (nee Rebecca Fisher) (1757-1833). Oil on canvas, initialed lower left and dated 1832. In a fine gold matched corner frame with name tag, OS: 42"...
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THE MILDMAY SERVICE – A PAIR OF GEORGEI BRITANNIA STANDARD DINNER PLATES Paul de Lamerie, London 1725, each of circular outline with a moulded border, engraved with armorial and crest to border, the reverse engraved...
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THOMAS WHITTLE & SON STILL LIFE OILON CANVAS Thomas Whittle the Elder (British, active 1840?1868) and Thomas Whittle the Younger (British, active ca. 1856?1897), fruit still life, oil on canvas, 1865, signed...
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THOMAS WHITTLE THE ELDER (BRITISH, 1803- 1887) 17 ½" x 23 ½" Rural landscape with Figures, oil on canvas, signed and dated in the lower center bottom and having name tag "T. Whittle 1883", framed with gilt carved...
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WAX PORTRAIT OF GENERAL THOMAS PICTON(1758 - 1815), SIGNED BY WYON Frame overall 7-½" x 6-¼" A finely detailed portrait of General Thomas Picton, signed "Wyon", possible by Thomas Wyon the Elder, chief engraver...
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Eight Georgia biographies: works ofthe lives of Linton Stephens, William H. Crawford, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Elder Jesse Mercer, George M. Troup, Thomas E. Watson, and Distinguished Negro Georgians by...
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Pair American late Classical/early Gothicperiod footstools probably Baltimore or Philadelphia circa 1835 rectangular needlework-covered slip seat above frieze with contrasting walnut and mahogany inset inlay panels...
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Fine leatherbound books: Poetry prosephilosophy drama education and law Heywood Thomas. THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS-THOMAS HEYWOOD. Ed. A. Wilson Verity. London: Vizetelly 1888.; McElroy John G.R. THE...
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Archive of Documents Associated withthe Sturges Family Including John R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA The lot contains a variety of items including over 100 receipts and other ephemera an early indenture and...
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FINE CANADIAN SAMPLER. Granville AnnapolisCounty Nova Scotia 1823 silk on linen. Susanna Reed worked the birth dates of her parents Benjamin Belcher Reed and Lucy DeWolfe Reed and their seven children recording...
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Richard Buckner (1812-1883) oil on canvasPortrait of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Cochrane GCB (1789-1872) first Governor of Newfoundland and M.P for Ipswich signed 50 x 40in. Estimate ?4 000-6 000 Old reline...
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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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3 vols. Hardy, Thomas. The Return ofThe Native. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1878. First edition in book form, first issue. 8vo, slightly later 3/4 crushed brown levant morocco, gilt, gilt-lettered, floral-paneled...
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