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STATESMAN

• BRONZE BUST OF STATESMANBronze Bust
  BRONZE BUST OF STATESMANBronze Bust of Statesman, h. 8 3/8, w. 5 1/4 in., d. 3 in., on plinth with marble base, overall h. 12 in
• FOLK ART PORTRAITAn early 19th
  FOLK ART PORTRAITAn early 19th century American Folk Art portrait entitled "The Politician". Depicts a man seated in a Tri-corn hat reading by candlelight. Ink and watercolor on paper. Some discoloration, not examined out of the frame. Image 6 1/2 x 8 1/2", in a period Mahogany frame 8 3/4 x 10 3/4" overall. ESTIMATE $300-500 Condition: Some discoloration, not examined out of the frame.
• Four framed prints from the
  Four framed prints from the supplement to New Statesman in 1926, depicting 20th C. Statesmen by, Low (Sir David Alexander Cecil, political cartoonist and caricaturist, 1891-1963), one of the 20th century's greatest political cartoonist. HG Wells, Winston (Churchill), Y. Y. (Robert Lynd) and ?untitled. Ea. image 11.25/11.5" x 7.25" Overall 15" x 11" Condition: some discoloration, foxing and toning, not examined out of frames CT Transfer Fee $20
• PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, O/B, 19C
  PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, O/B, 19C AMERICAN19th Century oil on board portrait of a gentleman. American School, likely from Virginia. Purportedly a statesman, the subject is unknown. Unsigned. Recent professional restoration. Canvas measures approximately 21" x 27", framed to 26" x 32". Excellent visual condition. Has been cleaned and restored with some in-painting, predominantly in the hair and clothing of the subject. shipping info This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or you may choose your own.
• 19TH C. PORTRAIT OF A PROSPEROUS
  19TH C. PORTRAIT OF A PROSPEROUS AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN Conservative Gentleman, possibly Ohio, leaning on the back of the chair in which he is seated, turned with his left hand resting on top, in a well pressed suit, pleated shirtfront with gold pin, perfectly tied cravat, heavy gold watchchain, a pleasant look to his brown eyes, his face framed by a narrow Lincoln style beard, housed in a modern gilt box frame, OS: 26 1/4" x 21 1/4", SS: 24 1/2" x 19 1/2", fine craquelure.
• COLONIAL STYLE PORTRAIT OF A
  COLONIAL STYLE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN United States,20th Century Depicts a gentleman with coifed hair dressed in a high collared shirt and navy blue suit jacket.
• Gilman Marston Civil War General
  Gilman Marston Civil War General and Politician Manuscript Archive 233 letters 82 essays and speeches ca.80 deeds receipts and miscellaneous business records. Ca 1830-1900 (bulk 1834-1859). A son of Orford New Hampshire a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard a Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator and Brigadier General during the Civil War Gilman Marston was among the most influential men in northern New England. This extensive collection of Marston??Ts pre-Civil War correspondence documents his rise to fame and prominence and his entry into the progressive politics of the early Republican Party. These superb letters often witty and always friendly come mostly from college friends Orfordians political compatriots and others with whom he had built connections in early life including several women among them. Together they tell the story of the antebellum years from the religious enthusiasm of the Second Great Awakening to the great questions of slavery and sectionalism. Marston??Ts friends are full of good-natured news of home and old friends and lots of local color mixed with a fixation on political affairs. John Dean writes in March 1834 You will perhaps be anxious to know how we get along at Meriden. We don??Tt have many scrapes of late but had one or two since you left. Got comfortable drunk mistook the floor for a chair a number of times and could not fund the door at all... Must close on politicks you know and what do you think of Jackson that old devil who tramples on all law and precept and talks about ''my government'' and ?I never will recharter the bank.? Hope he will put his threat into execution and go to ?desarts of Arabia.? In my opinion it would be a blessing to our country if he had gone years ago... Similarly a college friend G. F. Shepley wrote from Portland May 30 1838: What do you think of Levi Woodbury for chief justice of New Hampshire? Rather a powerful competition for Mr. Wilcox of Orford. The Feds here say he let Washington as rats leave a falling house. If that was the reason he must be a weak rat surely. And if Martin??Ts administration fall I sincerely think that with it fall the best interests of the people of this country but there we join issue I know. But in one point I know we agree that the western candidate for the presidential chair Madam Harrison will be permitted to wait till the reign of woman commences before she succeeds. One year later Shepley wrote an important letter regarding the border dispute with Canada/England that almost boiled over into warfare: The opinion of the governor as well as that of the legislature and the people of Maine seems to be that the troops in the service of the state should not be withdrawn until Sir John Harvey agrees not to attempt to carry his threats into execution. The question of war or no war rests entirely with Sir John Maine is only acting on the defensive. If Sir John attempts to invade our territory to drive off our troops and take ''military possession'' of that part of Maine sometimes called the disputed territory as he has avowed his intention of doing... then he will find a force ready and able to resist him... The movement west affected Marston??Ts generation profoundly. Marston himself moved to Indiana in 1838 -- about which a friend wrote The Yankees have been called a migratory people and in this point you seem to be the greatest Yankee of us all -- but others in his circle made the trek west too. N.W. Dewey newly arrived in Canton Ill. Feb. 1838 describes the journey from Terre Haute in poetical terms: A few miles east of Terre Haute we came upon the Prairie & it is not too much to quote here the well known lines altering one word: Then then a broad bright Eden land / Burst on my raptured view. I will not attempt to describe the scene or my thoughts & feelings as it opened upon me. Indeed I could not do it without more attention to my spiritual operations than I am inclined at present to bestow. And even if I could by one snap of my pen I would not thus forestall those feelings which will rush upon you in original freshness & power when mounted upon some gentle nag you come to visit me & see the wonders of this ocean-land. Some of Marston??Ts friends scattered in other directions with A.S. Wheeler removing to Orange County Virginia. Through him Marston received a taste of how far the south had diverged from the north. On March 6 1841 Wheeler wrote that he wished to learn more about southerners and that subject which has created so much excitement in the country slavery. Till I came here I had no idea how great a moral & political evil this is to the country. As to the slaves themselves they are much happier than if free but the effect of the system is ruinous to the whites & to the general interests of the South... Southerners shared some concerns Wheeler believed but the similarities masked deeper divides: (May 18 1841) If a bank is chartered Virginia will remain in the opposition. The people of this state are strongly opposed to any institution of the kind. I suppose three fourths of the farmers are democrats but a Virginia Democrat & N[ew] E[ngland] democrat are by no means similar. In N.E. I always regarded a democrat as a leveler but here it is totally different. For instance the gentleman I am with voted for Van Buren but in principle he is a monarchist... As an early and ardent convert to the Republican Party Marston was deeply interested in the slavery question and the collection includes some marvelous antislavery content. A.G. Johnson writes from Troy NY Feb. 17 1839: I have just read Henry Clay??Ts speech and I think the abolition question is just as far from being settled as it was before.... He takes it for granted that should the blacks be liberated there would at some future time be a struggle for supremacy between the races. How he has taken it upon him to prophecy and assuming that his prophetic visions will be fulfilled he draws out a long train of consequences to frighten us from abolition. Now is there any danger of such a result? Is it not a fact that in the few states the blacks increase in a much less rate than the whites while the contrary is true in the slave states? Then which race has the most to fear from abolition. And will not abolition be the quickest way to bring about an extermination of the blacks? But is it true that a bloody and exterminating war will be the necessary result of emancipation? The peaceful results in the West Indies affords no ground for forebodings like these. In my opinion a war or extermination will be much more likely to result from an obstinate continuance of the system than from its abandonment... Much more. Similarly there is much on early Republican politicals including seven fascinating printed forms and fliers from the Republican State Committee of New Hampshire 1857 through Jan. 26 1859 preparing for the election and for routing the sham Democracy that the pathway will be clear for the most decided and brilliant victories in 1859 an 1860. Also undated speech delivered by Marston to the Citizens of Orford. By December 1860 with the drive to secession beginning Marston learned from a friend in Iowa that the place was aflame: ?The Union ? ?The Whole Union.? God preserve it he wrote. Mr. Lincoln has my confidence as a man and I doubt not what his will and ability ro do justice to all portions of our loved country... The collection includes only a small amount documenting Marston??Ts distinguished war service through one document stands out for length and interest. Consisting of a series of documents pasted together into a scroll this item regards the case of James Richardson of Baltimore seeking compensation for timber cut from his land for use at the infamous (and nearby) Point Lookout Prison Camp. Among the documents comprising the scroll is a copy of Richardson??Ts oath of allegiance character references and testimony. Finally among the essays and speeches are several political speeches dating from the 1850s a handful of legal opinions and pleadings and at least 20 compositions done while a student at Dartmouth including a fascinating Influence of the imagination on the nervous system. At once personal and political this is an extraordinary collection from an extraordinary man offering a window onto the culture of mobile educated young men in the antebellum period each of whom harbored an intense interest in politics. Expected wear some tearing at folds but sound and relatively clean.
• 19C MASONIC GENTLEMAN PORTRAIT
  19C MASONIC GENTLEMAN PORTRAIT DAGUERREOTYPE United States,19th CenturyHalf plate daguerreotype depicting a stern looking gentleman gazing to the side wearing a star shaped fringed medallion with a small embroidered tapestry across his lap with a gavel in one hand.
• WHITE MARBLE BUST OF A STATESMAN,
  WHITE MARBLE BUST OF A STATESMAN, Rome, 1877, the head turned to the right, the shirt slightly undone, with foundry mark to verso, ht. 28 in.
• FRANK MCCARTHY (1924-2002),
  FRANK MCCARTHY (1924-2002), STATESMAN'S GAME Title: Frank McCarthy (1924-2002), Statesman's Game Dimensions: 16 3/8 x 13 1/8 Frame dimensions: 21 7/8 x 18 3/4 x 1 3/4
• AMERICAN STATESMEN, RIVERSIDE
  AMERICAN STATESMEN, RIVERSIDE PRESS, 1899, 30 VOLUMESAmerican Statesmen, Riverside Press, 1899, 30 Volumes,
• Riverside Press AMERICAN
  Riverside Press AMERICAN STATESMEN SeriesJohn T. Morse Jr. ed. (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1898) 32 volumes octavo green boards gilt top edges.Light shelf rub; somewhat loose spines. Overall very good condition.
• WAR OF 1812 NY STATESMAN
  WAR OF 1812 NY STATESMAN NEWSPAPERThursday morning, June 17, 1813, No. 258, Vol 1. Multiple columns describe the official British account of the battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Java. A harrowing description of the battle leading up to the "capture and ultimate destruction" of the Java. The surrender is described by First Lieutenant Ducie Chads "..having a great part of our crew killed and wounded, our bowsprit and three masts gone, several guns useless, we should not be justified in wasting the lives of more of those remaining." This historical newspaper provides a contemporary look at what battle with Old Ironsides entailed. Just a few columns away from this account we see a notice for a meeting for the General Committee of Arrangements regarding "celebrating the 37th anniversary of the American Independence". Showing how the struggles of freedom impacted parts of the population is a notice directly below this advertising "A Mulatto wench 25 years old" for sale. There are many other notices and advertisements of interest including a police report regarding stolen silver, a notice for the sale of items made at the state prison, advertising for the Bank of America, and medicines including mercury administered by Dr. Hive. Approx. 13-1/4" L x 20-1/2" H. Wear commensurate with age, use, and materials. Weakness at folds, uneven edges. See images for detail. This item can be shipped in-house.
• 19C. AMERICAN GENTLEMAN PORTRAIT
  19C. AMERICAN GENTLEMAN PORTRAIT PAINTING United States19th CenturyDepicts a gentleman with piercing blue eyes and long sideburns dressed in a black suit resting his arm against a table.
• Sir Robert Southwell Statesman &
  Sir Robert Southwell Statesman & Diplomat DS 1665 Sir Robert Southwell (1635-1702).? English diplomat; Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society.? DS 1p 9 x 13 in. April 10 1665 at the Court of Whitehall regarding ship's prize shares of the Le Don De Dier. Condition: Water stain covering the right side of the document.?
• Oliver Ellsworth Revolutionary
  Oliver Ellsworth Revolutionary War Politician ANS Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807).? American revolutionary one of the drafters of the U.S. Constitution and the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.? ANS May 19 1777 at Hartford a payment receipt for 19 pounds 16 shillings 8 pence to Timothy Spencer. Condition: Pink stain as a result of water transfer from another document.
• 19C PORTRAIT OF A DISTINGUISHED
  19C PORTRAIT OF A DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN PAINTING United States19th CenturyDepicts a white haired gentleman with blue eyes and a smirk dressed in a deep navy blue jacket.
• PHILIP BARTON KEY, MD JURIST &
  PHILIP BARTON KEY, MD JURIST & POLITICIAN, ADS Philip Barton Key (1757-1815; Loyalist officer during the Revolution, afterwards a prominent Maryland jurist and legislator, uncle of Francis Scott Key) autograph letter, signed, no place or date: opinion on the will of Richard Watkins with regard to the validity of life estates in real property, according to the Maryland Act of 1786; 1 p. small folio.
• The Apotheosis of Washington and
  The Apotheosis of Washington and Franklin, copper plate printing on linen, depicts the exaltation of Washington and Franklin with Washington and Liberty in a leopard-drawn carriage below Franklin and Liberty holding a banner, other landscape motifs and allegorical figures, sewn to linen backing, after an etching by Valerie Green (English, 1739-1813) from a 1780 painting by John Trumbull (American, 1756-1843), probably made in England for the American market, 41 x 31 in.; Plexiglas frame. Fading, several stains proper upper right corner. Estate of the Late William and Priscilla Carlebach, Mystic, Connecticut and Bedford, New York.
• Watercolor portrait of a standing
  Watercolor portrait of a standing gentleman wearing 18th c. attire and mounted in a gilt frame. 18"x13"
• A Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman
  A Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman in Brooch Mounting Beautifully painted likeness of a distinctive young gentleman in oval format with a floral relief gold metal frame thick glass brooch back. The column depicted in the distance may signify that the sitter was a statesman. First half of 19th century.
• Liberty facing right with flowing
  Liberty facing right with flowing hair
• George Washington patriotic banner,
  George Washington patriotic banner, portrait of a young Washington leaning on his horse under the Liberty Bell, framed within a star oval border against red and white striped field, United States shields top and bottom, printed cotton, American, probably Centennial, late 19th century, 25 x 16-1/2 in. (sight); later wood frame. Scattered stains, fading, small hole proper upper right corner, not examined out of frame. Estate of the Late William and Priscilla Carlebach, Mystic, Connecticut and Bedford, New York.
• English, 18th Century Portrait
  English, 18th Century Portrait of a Gentleman oil on canvas 50 3/4 x 39 3/4 inches.
• Framed print of a portrait of
  Framed print of a portrait of William Fisher Lewis Governor of the State and Schuylkill seated in a Windsor chair and holding his hat signed "Julian Story". 9"x7.5"
• 18th century British School
  18th century British School portrait, gentleman in powdered wig and wearing a green jacket, painted within a feigned spandrel, unsigned, oil on canvas, colourman label verso stretcher "Thomas W. Hampton…Union Street.Aberdeen", 29-3/4 x 24-7/8 in.; 18th century carved and gilt wood frame. Restretched, 19th century lining, three holes with paint loss in original canvas, retouch possible from period of lining affecting only small areas of background, crackle, abrasions, stretcher marks; frame resurfaced, abrasions, flaking, minor pest damage at sight edge.
• AMERICAN CARVED GRANITE BUST OF A
  AMERICAN CARVED GRANITE BUST OF A GENTLEMAN United States,20th CenturyFinely carved bust of a distinguished gentleman dressed in a suit and tie with delicately carved rose on his lapel.
• 18th century Washington print,
  18th century Washington print, "Geo. Washington Esqr./President of the United States/From his Profile Taken in 1791/Aetat. 59.", circa 1796, in block at bottom "Published by J. Easton, Salisbury", woodblock on laid paper, shield and crown watermark lower left, 6 x 4 in. (page); carved and painted 19th century frame. Not examined out of frame; frame with abrasions. Estate of the Late William and Priscilla Carlebach, Mystic, Connecticut and Bedford, New York.
• 19C AMERICAN SCHOOL PORTRAIT OF A
  19C AMERICAN SCHOOL PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN United States,19th Century Depicts a gentleman dressed in a white high collar shirt and black suit jacket fixed in a striking pose.
• A 17th Century carved figure of a
  A 17th Century carved figure of a man, traces of polychromatic decoration, 49cm high/Provenance: The Estate of the late Diana & Gospatric Home, Lily Farm, Bucks
• Senator George Smathers' Portrait
  Senator George Smathers' Portrait by welllisted artist ........... this important political figure was a close friend of John F. Kennedy (in his wedding party) and Richard M. Nixon (bought his home) image area X referred to as ''pretty boy '' George quite dashing!
• ARISTOCRATIC GENTLEMAN PORTRAIT
  ARISTOCRATIC GENTLEMAN PORTRAIT PAINTING Europe,19th CenturyNaturalistic depiction of a gentleman with white powdered hair dressed extravagantly in blue embellished with armored shoulder pads.
• WAX PORTRAIT RELIEF OF A GENTLEMAN-
  WAX PORTRAIT RELIEF OF A GENTLEMAN- circa 1795 labeled on verso: Original wax design from life by John Flaxman RA. In original ebonized molded frame with convex glass. Diam. 6''. From the Marvin Sadik Collection.
• WAX PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
  WAX PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709 - 1784) BY JOHN FLAXMAN, CA. 1784 6" x 4½" framed Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. He was a devout Anglican and a committed Tory. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[2] James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson was selected by Walter Jackson Bate as "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature".
• Samuel Adams engraving, "The
  Samuel Adams engraving, "The Hon/ble. Samuel Adams, Esq/r./First Delegate to Congress for Massachusetts", from An Impartial History of the War in America Between Great Britain and the United States…Vol. I , published by Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, Boston, 1781, signed in plate "J. Norman Sc.", 6-3/4 x 3-7/8 in. (plate), 7-3/4 x 4-5/8 in. (page); modern black-painted frame in 18th century style. Surface ink abraded, stains, toning, 5/8 in. folded back at bottom edge, green ink at top and bottom edges, light foxing; frame with abrasions. Dr. Frank H. Sommer Collection, Winterthur, Delaware
• AMERICAN (19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF
  AMERICAN (19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN Oil on canvas laid on board: 26 x 20 in. Framed;