ARTHUR BURDETT FROST (1851-1928)AutumnWoodcock Shooting, 1895
signed "A.B. Frost" lower right
watercolor and gouache, 13 1/2 by 21 1/2 in.
titled on The Old Print Shop, New York label on back
Charles Porter...
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HAND PAINTED, GILDED PORCELAIN FIGURALGROUP, TEA TIMEFeatures two children playing with a compact mirror while their mother reads a book. Family cat by their side.
Unmarked. Gilded fading. Age related wear.
Issued:...
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KNOX CO. TN BLANKET CHEST, SAWYERS.EarlyKnox County, Tennessee blanket chest with bracket feet and scrolled returns, old surface, Sawyers family. Dovetailed case and bracket feet with an interior till and a hidden...
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GEN. JAMES ROBERTSON FAMILY RELATEDLOTLot of 4 books related to Nashville and the family of Nashville founding father General James Robertson. Includes 3 books by Sarah Foster Kelley: CHILDREN OF NASHVILLE:...
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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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BOOKS, VAN BUREN LETTER FROM HAMILTONPLACE PLUS PHOTO ...1st item: Letter related to the President Martin Van Buren and Eastin/Polk Families, written to Mary Ann Eastin Polk, from a "M. Van Buren", discussing...
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HARDING FAMILY ARCHIVE, ACCOUNT BOOKExtensivearchive relating to David Morris Harding (1795-1854) and wife Frances "Fanny" Grieves Davis Harding (1801-1865), including ledgers for David Morris Harding's whiskey business...
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HICKS FAMILY ARCHIVE, TNAn extensivearchive of material related to the family of Edward Dickson Hicks II, Edward Dickson Hicks III and Edward Dickson Hicks IV of Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. The archive...
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2 GIERS FAMILY PHOTO ALBUMS PLUS 2 HOOBLERBOOKSTwo 19th century albums containing photographic images related to Nashville photographer Carl C. Giers. 1st item: Brass-bound album containing about 96 CDVS, mostly portraits,...
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MAP AND ATLAS LOT, 3 PCS INCL. MELISHDIRECTORY1st item: THE TRAVELLER'S DIRECTORY THROUGH THE UNITED STATES by John Melish, published by T. H. Palmer, Philadelphia, 5th edition, 134 pages with fold out map, tables,...
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VA BIRTH/SLAVE RECORD INC. JOHN OVERTONCirca1760s birth and baptism record from the area around Louisa County and Spotsylvania County, Virginia, including reference to the birth of John Overton and baptisms of two of...
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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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TN ARCHIVAL LOT, INCL. 4 BOOKS, 1 CDVALBUM, 2 ALSArchive of eight (8) items, most related to the Taylor Family of Tennessee, including four (4) Knoxville and Nashville imprints, one (1) carte-de-visite (CDV)...
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MEMPHIS TN PLAT BOOKS C. 1900, SNOWDENFAMILYGroup of Memphis Tennessee plat books, formerly owned by Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden (1836-1909), prominent landowner and businessman. 7 books total, including 6 books...
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BLACKSTONE’S PERSONAL ADDRESS BOOKOF MAGICIANS, FAMILY...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone’s Personal Address Book of Magicians, Family Members and Others. Circa 1920s. An address book filled...
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PORTSMOUTH, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND SAMPLER"WROUGHT BY P...Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Sampler “Wrought by Phebe Almy in the eleventh year of her age 1801” with verse (sic)
“Obferve the one for fhe inftructs...
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DANIEL BOONE, BUFFALO BILL & INDIANSBOOKS (3)For your consideration is this collection of three (3) vintage Western books from various authors. First book in this collection is titled "Indians of America" by...
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7 BARBARA VAN CLEVE PHOTOS - RANCH LIFE,1980SBarbara Van Cleve (American, b. 1935). "Filly Chasing" "Running Before the Storm"; "Noon Break"; "Running Horses"; "Team Roping Motion"; "Tough Hombres" and "Barbara...
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TWO QAJAR LACQUERED LEATHER PAPIER MACHEBOOK COVERS
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY with central reserves of lovers on white grounds adorned with peacocks and flowers within script borders, the opposing sides with panels of...
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FOUR BOOKS, TO INCLUDE INTERNATIONALSPORTFour books, to include International Sport, The European Equestrian World , 1958, numbered 152 of 250; The History of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of...
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HONORE DAUMIER, FRENCH (1808-1879),OH! IT IS AS IF WE WERE THERE, PLATE 27, BOOK PLATE PRINT, 8 /4"H X 9 1/4"W (SIGHT), 13 3/4"H X 14 1/4"W (FRAME)Honore Daumier, French, (1808-1879) Oh! It is as if we were...
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Cheshire World War I. Two photographalbums relating to the Axiliary Military Hospital at Portal, Tarporley (home of the Marshall Books family) containing numerous portraits and names of the patients etc., 4to.,...
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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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CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH AND MARGARETMACDONALD INTEREST
A BOOK OF ELFIN RHYMES BY NORMAN (PSEUD.) with 40 drawings in colour by Carton Moore Park published by Gay and Bird 1900. Inscription in pencil to front...
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JOHN WOLLASTON (BRITISH, 1710 - 1775)image 29 ½" x 24 ¼" Maria Burke. Oil on canvas, half length portrait, no signature visible, in original carved wood gilt over gesso ornate fame, overall 37" x 32 ¼". Provenance:...
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CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN CHARLES FENTON BATTLEARCHIVE United States,19th CenturyCivil War Archive of Captain Charles Fenton 21st Conn Volunteers Infantry 1862 - 1865 and William Johnston 13th Kentucky Vol.. 1860 -1862....
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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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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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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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American school 19th century portraitof john stuart patterson at sixteen Unsigned, but inscribed "John Stuart Patterson at about the age of 16 about the year AD1828," graphite on paper, tipped into family...
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Confederate General Order Books of GeneralsDaniel Frost & Mosby Parsons 1st Brigade 2 bound volumes acquired from a family in Tennessee.The slender volumes in this lot relate to two of the most flamboyant and intriguing...
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[General Americana] Commonplace Book 6 x 15.5'' printed paper covers leather spine. Approx. 150pp. Book belonging to Joshua Hamilton earliest date on ffep 1834. This has arithmetic and geometry principles (multiplication...
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John Church Music Publisher ArchiveIncluding Daguerreotypes Lot includes a sixth plate daguerreotype of Church housed in a full pressed paper case and an uncased ninth plate daguerreotype with the printed card...
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Two books, Schwarzenberg family, 1651,1708: (1) SCHWARZENBERG / HOHENLANDSBERG FAMILY REGISTER . Wohl-Beglaubte Außführung So wohl Gräff: als auch Freyherrlichen Schwarzenbergischen Stamm-Registers...
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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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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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