- PAIR VA CHARCOAL PROFILE PORTRAITS,
PAIR VA CHARCOAL PROFILE PORTRAITS, ATTRIB. CHARLES BUR...Companion pair of charcoal profile portraits on paper, unsigned but attributed to Charles Burton (1782 - after 1847) depicting Captain David Evans Moore (1797 - 1875) and his wife Elizabeth M. Harvey Moore (1809 - 1888) of Lexington County, Virginia. Sitter names inscribed en verso. Housed in simple (later) wooden frames. Sight - 5" H x 4 1/4" W. Framed - 7" H x 6 1/4" W. History: The male subject, Andrew Moore, hailed from an important family. He was the son of Senator Andrew Moore (1752 - 1821) and Sarah McDowell Moore. Andrew Moore was an American lawyer and politician from Lexington, Virginia. He rose to the rank of captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, seeing action at Saratoga. After the war he was eventually commissioned a major general in the Virginia militia. He was a delegate to the Virginia convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1788. He represented Virginia in both the U.S. House (1789-97, 1804) and the U.S. Senate (1804-1809). His son David Evans Moore (the subject) was the Commonwealth Attorney for Rockbridge County, Virginia and is buried in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery. Artist information (Courtesy of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts): London-born Charles Burton (1782-after 1847) received some training at the Royal Academy before immigrating to New York around 1817. Once in America, he abandoned oils for graphite and watercolor, and began traveling to find work between New York and Virginia. His works, which are rarely signed, are typically skilled, detailed, and finely shadowed, with the subject nearly always depicted in a "Fancy" painted chair. Burton's portraits are in several museum collections including The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center at Colonial Williamsburg. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Both examined out of frame and no signature found. Overall toning to paper of both, otherwise overall good condition. Female portrait with couple of small areas of color difference noted on left margin. Housed in older but not period frames. Frames fitted with older handmade glass.
- PRES. JAMES BUCHANAN SIGNED LAND GRANTDated
PRES. JAMES BUCHANAN SIGNED LAND GRANTDated 1858 land grant for of 120 acres to Rebecca Price, widow of Edmund Price, a Private in Capt. Wilson's Company, Virginia Militia during the War of 1812. Land located in Sioux City Iowa and signed by President James Buchanan. 10 x 16 inches with official seal.
- IMPORTANT VIRGINIA PORTRAIT(American
IMPORTANT VIRGINIA PORTRAIT(American School, 19th Century)
John Mason McCarty (1795-1852), not visibly signed, oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in.; gilt wood frame, 33-1/2 x 27-1/4 in.
Provenance: Descended in the family of the consignor who traces their roots through the sitter to founding father, George Mason IV; Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina
Note: John Mason “Jack” McCarty was born on March 14, 1795 at Cedar Grove, a large plantation on Virginia’s Northern Neck at the confluence of the Accotink Creek into the Pohick Bay. Jack was the second youngest of eleven children, ten of whom were sons, born to Colonel Daniel Ball McCarty II and Sarah Eilbeck Mason. Descended from Irish nobility, his paternal grandmother and George Washington were cousins, and his maternal grandfather was founding father, George Mason IV. Jack received his primary education from private tutors and later attended George Town Academy. He briefly attended the College of New Jersey at Princeton before the War of 1812 where he served in the 60th Regiment of the Virginia Militia under the command of Lt. Col. Nicholas Minor. Sometime after the war, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. In late 1814, he returned to the College of William and Mary with his brothers Howard and William, completing his undergraduate studies and earning his law degree.
Jack stood at six feet with dark wavy hair and piercing bright eyes. He was known for his ready wit, excellent memory, and was said to demonstrate an inexhaustible flow of spirits. In 1818, he was elected as a delegate to the Virginia legislature but resigned his seat before taking his oath of office as a result of violating Virginia’s Anti Dueling Act. After his duel with Armistead Mason, Jack fled to New York City, where he remained for the better part of a year before returning to his hometown. He married Lucinda Lee in December 1820, and the couple ultimately settled along the banks of the Potomac on the lands he inherited from his father. There, he built a fine home for their small family and established a horse farm, with hay being the only crop grown. In Leesburg, he built a large mill on the banks of the Tuscarora creek and opened a hotel in Washington City he named the American Hotel. He was a major investor in the C&O canal and in the construction of other canals in western territories. By 1830, Jack had been promoted to colonel in the Virginia militia and was a respected attorney, politician, and businessman in the region.
Jack’s business ventures paled in comparison to the investments he made in land speculation in the western territories. He traveled extensively to the Indian territories of the northwest, making investments in both Wisconsin and Michigan, and was responsible for investments in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Detroit, and the establishment of the towns of Menasha and Neenah in Wisconsin.
Jack became a leader in the Whig party and the head of the Young Whig fraction. He served one term in the Virginia legislature from 1834-1835 and campaigned for the House of Representative in 1842, an election he lost. He remained active in politics until his death, which occurred while on a business trip to Detroit in 1852. He was initially buried in Leesburg but reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond to be laid by Lucinda’s side at her death shortly thereafter.
Our thanks to author Sharon Virts for this biographical note
Condition:
linen backed, new stretchers, modern varnish coat may obscure some retouch, areas of retouch in background; frame with some wear especially at corners
- QUARTER PLATE AMBROTYPE OF AN ARMED
QUARTER PLATE AMBROTYPE OF AN ARMED VIRGINIA MILITIA OFFICER Circa 1860, the unidentified sitter wearing an officer's uniform with a single row of buttons, epaulettes, a burgundy sash, striped trousers, and a sword belt secured by a two-piece Virginia state seal plate.
- THREE LETTERS: WAR OF 1812 IN VIRGINIA
THREE LETTERS: WAR OF 1812 IN VIRGINIA Group of three autograph letters, signed, all addressed to Jacob Van Lear (1773-1845, Sgt. Major in Cocke's Detachment, Virginia Militia) comprising: 1) John Guy, a fellow soldier, from camp near Hampton, Va., Nov. 27, 1813, 3 pp. 4to, with good detail on their camp and readiness for battle; 2) John Christian, Jr., a friend from home, Augusta Co., June 20, 1813, 3 pp. folio, mentioning battles in Canada; and 3) Robert Guy, a friend from home, June 28, 1813, 3 1/4 pp. 4to, mentioning rumors of invasion at Richmond, troop movements.
- American Percussion Fowler with Research
American Percussion Fowler with Research Documents .85 cal. smoothbore 46" round barrel.?British?proofs at breech?and? Virginia marked on top of the barrel and dated "1750."? The barrel has both rear and front sights; possibly applied when the piece was transformed into a fowling piece. The proof marks at the breech are a crown over crossed scepters over GR; also a crown over a P and another with a crown over a V (these are both within separate oval cartouches); between these markings appear the letters FG (Farmer and Galton Birmingham arms makers 1746-1774). In general the markings may be an early form of the King's proof marks or a very early form of private Tower of London proofs. Lot comes with research paperwork.This is a very early British first model Brown Bess used by a Virginia Militia unit then the parts were reused. Restocking attributed to Andrew Kopp (1782-1875) in York County Pennsylvania. Joe Kindig has Kopp listed as an apprentice to George Eister. Lockplate (Ca 1808) marked W. Ketland & Co. and engraved.? Stock of curly maple with raised C-scroll carving in high relief on the left side of the stock behind the cheek piece.? Raised carving behind the barrel tang. Nice molding running parallel with the ramrod channel. Carving around the lock mortise and on the opposite side.? Brass buttplate without patchbox brass sideplate and brass ferules. This gun was manufactured ca 1812.On November 6 1750 the Virginia Council ordered 500 stands of muskets from England for the colony "...that the Receiver General send for from England five hundred muskets (to be marked with Virginia 1750) bayonets and cartouche boxes of the best sort thirty barrels of cannon powder and ten single F two tons of musket ball ten thousand flints." (Executive Journals of Council of Colonial Virginia Vol. 5 p.344). These muskets would have been received in Williamsburg and in different periods some may have been placed in both the Governor's Palace and the Powder Magazine. Later some undoubtedly could have seen service on the frontier. This specimen from an old collection ca 1970s from Martinsburg West Virginia is believed to be the only surviving barrel from the original order of 500 muskets. As the piece evolved subsequent owners thought enough of its history not to remove the important barrel markings. Some supporting documentation accompanies this piece. Condition: Barrel and lock have a dark brown untouched patina.? Brass and stock are untouched with dark patina.?One small piece of wood missing on the left side of the tang.? Rifle is in the black and untouched in outstanding condition.? This rifle?exhibits how?guns and parts were reused beginning with the French and Indian War through the Revolutionary War War of 1812 and into the Civil War.
- Virginia Militia Flintlock Musket .69
Virginia Militia Flintlock Musket .69 caliber smooth bore 42" round barrel overall length 57". Very unusual lock with the rear being beveled flat-style hammer faceted pan ? frizzen spring finial is a?rounded style faceted frizzen. Rear of lock is marked VALITO.? Triggerguard with points on rear and front. Rounded style butt plate. Stock has markings VA 6 and on the side opposite of the lock a large B and VI.? Front band has had some modification; the front section has been cut away.? A very interesting musket. Condition: Musket is in attic mint condition being in the brown and untouched.
- Engraved Powder Horn by John Tansel
Engraved Powder Horn by John Tansel 17.25" length. Wood base with brass tacks around base and bottom edge of the horn.? Saw-tooth fish mouth carved edge continues into the smooth throat;?with raised rings around the spout.? Engraved E. Pluribus Unum in a banner and eagle with red polychrome in the stripes of shield also used to highlight different areas on the horn. Engravings of dogs deer lion cannon; also in a banner John Tansel and dated April 6th 1819."John Tansel" is unknown. Several men so-named are recorded in the early 19th century Federal Census Records specifically the 1830 and 1840 enumeration in Ancestry.com. Another "John Tansel" is listed with War of 1812 service as a private in both the 4th and 5th Regiment Virginia Militia. These are likely the same man with two different enlistments. Condition: This is an outstanding horn with a deep brownish untouched patina.? Horn is excellent.
- Mount Vernon Guards Virginia Militiaman
Mount Vernon Guards Virginia Militiaman Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype A portrait of an anonymous young private wearing a triple-breasted frockcoat and forage cap. The buttons have been gilded over obscuring the details. An old typed tag relates that he is a militiaman from Alexandria member of the Mount Vernon Guards. The ambrotype was published in Albaugh's original Confederate Faces Fig. 12.Organized in 1842 the Mount Vernon Guards were the senior company of the 175th Regiment (Alexandria County) Virginia Militia. The Guards became Company E. 17th Virginia Infantry in June 1861. The 17th Virginia had a distinguished early war career serving under Longstreet through February 1863 until transferred for service in the Carolina's. Condition: The plate show scattered abrasions around the mat line and on the subject's knee near VG. Clarity is average. Housed in complete composition case.
- CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA MILITIA ARTILLERY
CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA MILITIA ARTILLERY COMMISSION: Commission to Walter D. Leake appointing him Captain in the Virginia Militia Artillery 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment 2nd division. Leake's unit was subsequently called Leake's Company Virginia Light Artillery and was attached to the Army of Tennessee and saw service in South Carolina and Tennessee suffering heavy losses at Shiloh. Commission is signed by Gov. John Letcher and dated July 29 1861. Sight size 7 1/2'' x 9 3/4'' framed under glass 9 3/4'' x 12 3/4''.CONDITION: Note toning some minor bleed through of writing on back.
- Rare Paper Dr. Pepper Poster.
Description
Rare Paper Dr. Pepper Poster.
Description Circa 1910. Framed under glass and mounted in a gold frame that may be original to the piece. Depicts a meeting between General Braddock of the British Army and Colonel George Washington of the Virginia Militia. Only light wear and soiling with a few minor rubs, the ...