5 LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH C. NAVAL
5 LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH C. NAVAL IMAGES. TOINCLUDE: 3 FOLK ART WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS OF THE USS MAINE. THE FIRST IS SIGNED LOWER RIGHT H. L. MOTT, DATED ’02, USS MAINE WRITTEN AT BOTTOM, SIGHT SIZE 7" X 10", OVERALL FRAMED AND GLAZED 15" X 18 1/2". THE SECOND DEPICTS THE USS MAINE ANCHORED IN PORT WITH OTHER VESSELS IN HARBOR, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT J. POOR, ’98, USS MAINE WRITTEN IN LOWER LEFT, SIGHT SIZE 9" X 15", OVERALL FRAMED AND GLAZED 16 1/2" X 21 1/2". THE THIRD IS OF THE USS MAINE AT SEA, WITH A CREST AND THE AMERICAN FLAG AND CUBAN FLAG, SURROUNDED BY LAUREL LEAF SHIELD, SIGNED ON BOTTOM WSS, SIGHT SIZE 16" X 20", OVERALL WITH FRAME 19" X 23". ALONG WITH A CHROMOLITHOGRAPH DEPICTING THE USS MAINE UNDER STEAM, SIGNED FEATHERSTON IN LOWER LEFT, ’98, COPYRIGHT 1898 BY M. F. TOBIN, US NAVY, NEW YORK, SIGHT SIZE 8" X 16", OVERALL WITH FRAME AND GLAZE 16" X 24". FINALLY AN ELABORATELY FRAMED OIL PAINTING OF THE BATTLE OF HAMPTON RHODES BETWEEN THE USS MONITOR AND THE CSS VIRGINIA, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT ERIK OSTERBERG, ’06, GILDED FRAME WITH SOME LOSS TO THE GESSO, SIGHT SIZE 8 1/2" X 16", OVERALL 15" X 21 1/2". OVERALL GOOD CONDITION, SOME OF THE WATERCOLORS SHOW FOXING AND STAINING, CHROMOLITHOGRAPH SHOWS STAINING ON MAT.