- TWO FRAMED NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERSAmerican,
TWO FRAMED NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERSAmerican, 19th century, comprising: one signed and dated "Mary Fairburn... 1850", verse, dog, and trees within floral border; one depicting a house and vase of flowers with butterflies within berry border; each sight 20-1/4 x 16-3/4 in; framed, larger 27 x 23-1/2 in.
Provenance: Private Collection
Condition:
not examined out of frame, scattered light staining and areas of fading, some picked threads; frames with light wear and abrasions
- CIRCA 1797 HAND-COLOURED PRINT. TITLED
CIRCA 1797 HAND-COLOURED PRINT. TITLED 'FAITH'. PUBLISHED BY JOHN FAIRBURN, LONDON.IN OVAL GILT FRAME. More Information FRAME - AF
- A coastal village scene painted wood
A coastal village scene painted wood diorama with found materials including moss and driftwood, painted watercolor backing, titled Middle Village”, and signed on reverse Fairburn, 1990. Overall 13.5” x 17.5” Condition: very good CT Transfer Fee $10
- REX FAIRBURN MAORI ROCK DRAWINGS SCREENPRINTArthur
REX FAIRBURN MAORI ROCK DRAWINGS SCREENPRINTArthur Rex Dugard "Rex" Fairburn (1904-1957) framed under glass screenprint on vintage fabric of Maori Rock drawings; measures approximately 26-1/2" x 47-5/8" with a sight image of approximately 21-1/2" x 43". Signed to lower right. Rex Fairburn was born February 2,1904 at Auckland, the son of Arthur Fairburn, who was music critic on the Auckland Star for many years. He was a fourth-generation New Zealander whose great grandfather, a noted missionary, had signed the Treaty of Waitangi. Fairburn was educated at Parnell School and Auckland Grammar School. His occupations (as distinct from his career, which was poetry) included periods as an insurance clerk, free-lance journalist, relief worker in the depression, radio-script writer, assistant secretary to the Auckland Farmers' Union, university English tutor, and, for several years, a lecturer in the history and the theory of art at the Elam School of Arts.
- COLLECTION OF ELEVEN REVERSE GLASS MEZZOTINTS
18TH
COLLECTION OF ELEVEN REVERSE GLASS MEZZOTINTS
18TH & 19TH CENTURY comprising: 'The Rt Honble Earl of Loudoun', Ramsey Pinxt, Spooner Fecit, 43cm high x 42.5cm wide; 'His Royal Highness Prince Edward &C &C', Morland Pinxt, Richard Houston fecit, 41cm high, 30.5cm wide; 'Maria Countess of Coventry', 47cm high, 37cm wide; 'Pastora', Ryall 7 R.Withy, Fleet Street, 45cm high, 34.5cm wide; 'Beating and Trailing for a Hare', J.Seymour invent, T.Burford delin etg fecit, 36.5cm high, 46.5cm wide; 'Going to Cover', Published July 14 1794 by John Fairburn, Map, chart and print seller, No. 146 Minories, London, 31cm high, 41cm wide; 'Partridge Shooting', Pubd Dec 1804 by Stamp and Son, 74 Leather Lane, London, 31cm high, 41.5cm wide; 'Going Out in the Morning', Published according to act of parliament, June 20th 1753, J.Seymour invt, T.Burford del at fect, 36cm high, 46.5cm wide, 'Woodcock Shooting', Pubd. Dec 1804 by Stampa & Son, 74 Leather Lane, London, 42cm wide, 31.5cm high; and an untitled print depicting two stabled horses, Seymour pinx, T.Burford fec,(11)46cm wide, 36cm highProvenance: Property from Kilmany House, Fife
- J Fairburn (publisher)/My Child! My
J Fairburn (publisher)/My Child! My Child!/It's Saved! It's Saved!/hand coloured prints, 19cm x 14.5cm
- PAIR ANTIQUE "FEMALE SAILOR" ENGRAVINGS
PAIR ANTIQUE "FEMALE SAILOR" ENGRAVINGS John Fairburn (English, 18th/19th c.), "The Female Sailor at Sea" and "The Female Sailor on Shore", hand colored engravings, 5.5"h x 4"w (sight), 6.75"h x 5.25"w (frames)
- F. FAIRBURN (19/20TH CENTURY) WATERCOLOR
F. FAIRBURN (19/20TH CENTURY) WATERCOLOR ON PAPER,F. FAIRBURN (19/20th century) watercolor on paper, European castle with boats, mountains in the background. Signed lower right and dated 1904. Image measures 11" x 22". In a period gilt wood and gesso frame; 18" x 29" overall.
- ADAM SMITH: "WEALTH OF NATIONS" & "MORAL
ADAM SMITH: "WEALTH OF NATIONS" & "MORAL SENTIMENTS"five volumes; comprising: "Wealth of Nations" (Volumes I, II and III), Edinburgh: Doig, Stirling, Black and Fairburn, 1817; and "Moral Sentiments" (Volumes I and II), Eleventh Edition, Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute, 1808; Condition: with heavy wear throughout; several with partially detached front and back covers (one volume with one board completely detached; discoloration to some interior pages; each: 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches Condition:
- AFTER JOHN FAIRBURN, THREE LITHOGRAPHS
AFTER JOHN FAIRBURN, THREE LITHOGRAPHS (ONE DATED PUBLISHED 1797)After John Fairburn, Three Lithographs (One dated published 1797)
- IMPORTANT SHADOW BOX DIORAMA OF PILOT
IMPORTANT SHADOW BOX DIORAMA OF PILOT BOAT NO. 8 ESCORTING A SHIP INTO STATEN ISLAND DATED 1869 HEIGHT 21.5". WIDTH 27.5".IMPORTANT SHADOW BOX DIORAMA OF PILOT BOAT NO. 8 ESCORTING A SHIP INTO STATEN ISLAND, Dated 1869, A rare and early signed and dated example. Depicts the famous and celebrated Pilot Boat No. 8 approaching a square-rigged American merchant ship in New York Harbor, with a small rowboat with oarsmen in the foreground. The pilot boat is flying an "Isaac Webb" banner off the gaff and an American flag from the main mast. The merchant ship is flying an American flag, an American merchant flag and an American pennant, and has five well-detailed sailors in merchant uniform standing on the bow. Well-constructed hulls, decks and sails made from paper and cardboard. Painted sky and water. Signed lower right "T. Sanderwick, Staten Island Sept. 22nd, 1869". Not only is this one of the earliest signed and dated dioramas we have seen, it is of the highest quality and has a remarkable 3D effect. Housed in its original wood frame with gold liner and original glass. Dimensions: Height 21.5". Width 27.5". Provenance: Notes:William Webb was considered one of America's leading designers and builders of merchant and sailing ships. In 1860 he designed a pilot boat for New York Harbor and named it after his father, Isaac Webb. The Isaac Webb was 95 tons, 72 feet in length, 20 feet in breadth and she drew 7 feet. See Merchant Sail 1876-1947 Volume V by William Armstrong Fairburn, p. 2803.
- GOLD RUSH-ERA JOURNAL OF THE BRIG "AMELIA"
GOLD RUSH-ERA JOURNAL OF THE BRIG "AMELIA" ON A VOYAGE FROM MAINE TO SAN FRANCISCO NOVEMBER 1849-MAY 1850 13.5" X 8.5".GOLD RUSH-ERA JOURNAL OF THE BRIG "AMELIA" ON A VOYAGE FROM MAINE TO SAN FRANCISCO, November 1849-May 1850, "Journal of a Voyage from Eastport ME To San Francisco_U_C In The Herm' Brig Amelia. Captain Joseph Clark Mate Charles Folsom 2d J.D. Norwood". Twenty-thousand word journal featuring a watercolor frontispiece and seven well-drawn tipped-in watercolor illustrations. Kept by Capt. Clark, with additional daily entries by D.C. Powers of Eastport, Maine, describing his voyage aboard the hermaphrodite brig Amelia from Eastport to the California gold fields, commencing November 12, 1849 and terminating in the harbor at San Francisco on May 3, 1850. Well-written in a legible hand. Watercolor illustrations depict highlights from the voyage, including a highly detailed hand-drawn and colored map of Amelia's track around Cape Horn. With title page, printed list of passengers and crew, Abstract Log, map of rounding Cape Horn, and a daily journal of the voyage with additional illustrations of the voyage. Later leather and marbleized covers, the interior front cover marked with a list of the various owners (see provenance below). Illustrations: Track Around Cape Horn - Frontispiece Cape Horn Bearing NW by W - Opposite entry for Feb. 10 Brig Amelia in a Gale of Wind - Entry for Feb. 16 Critical Situation for the Brig Amelia - Entry for Feb. 27 Island of Massafuero - Entry for March 7 Cumberland Bay, Juan Fernandez - Entry for March 12 Drawing of a (Devil) Fish - Entry for May 8 Dimensions: 13.5" x 8.5". Provenance: D.C. Powers, Eastport, Maine.Captain Joseph Clark, Eastport, Maine.Herman M. Lowe, Eastport, Maine.Florence Lowe Green, Eastport, Maine.Edna Green (1925).Alice Marion Green.Edward 'Ted' Thomas.Hyland Granby Antiques, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.Notes:This is a rare and important Gold Rush-era document that chronicles one "forty-niners" journey by sea to the California gold fields. It includes descriptions of daily life aboard ship, the harrowing passage around Cape Horn and the author's impressions of San Francisco at the height of the Gold Rush. Information regarding the hermaphrodite brig Amelia so far is purely speculative -- the illustrations show a relatively small vessel rigged in this fashion, with a clipper bow with a figurehead and a square stern with no galleries, a fairly common design for Maine-built ships. It is likely Amelia was launched from one of the northern yards in the Machias district of Maine. Fairburns, records no vessel of any rig named Amelia whose construction date would coincide with the dates of the voyage.
- A hanging leaded glass window of flowers
A hanging leaded glass window of flowers and a dragonfly signed by Diane Mahan Fairburn (as "D. Mahan '86"). About 14 1/4" across.
- PRINT, A VIEW OF THE AMERICAN FRIGATE,
PRINT, A VIEW OF THE AMERICAN FRIGATE, CONSTELLATION "A View of the American Frigate, Constellation, Capturing the French National Frigate, L'Insurgente," 1800, engraving with hand coloring, published by John Fairburn, London, overall (with frame): 12"h x 16"w. Provenance: Estate of Joanna Barnes and Jack Warner (Santa Barbara, California). Ms. Barnes was a Hollywood film actress featured in movies such as "Auntie Mame (1958)" and "The Parent Trap (1961)". Mr. Warner was a prominent architect.