- MARX COMMODORE VANDERBILT STREAM LINE
MARX COMMODORE VANDERBILT STREAM LINE TRAINMarx Commodore Vanderbilt Stream Line Mechanical Train with box.
Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
- 19TH C. UNIVERSITY OF VANDERBILT DOCUMENT19th
19TH C. UNIVERSITY OF VANDERBILT DOCUMENT19th Century University of Vanderbilt Latin Inscribed Framed Document. Possible diploma present to Joseph Asa Fowlkes. Hand signed by the faculty and the trustees. Blind stamped lower center right. Si
- 19TH C. UNIVERSITY OF VANDERBILT DOCUMENT19th
19TH C. UNIVERSITY OF VANDERBILT DOCUMENT19th Century University of Vanderbilt Latin Inscribed Framed Document. Possible diploma present to Joseph Asa Fowlkes. Hand signed by the faculty and the trustees. Blind stamped lower center right. Si
- 19TH C. UNIVERSITY OF VANDERBILT DOCUMENT19th
19TH C. UNIVERSITY OF VANDERBILT DOCUMENT19th Century University of Vanderbilt Latin Inscribed Framed Document. Possible diploma present to Joseph Asa Fowlkes. Hand signed by the faculty and the trustees. Blind stamped lower center right. Si
- STERLING SILVER FLOWER BOWLSTERLING
STERLING SILVER FLOWER BOWLSTERLING SILVER FLOWER BOWL, Clarence A. Vanderbilt Co., New York, c. 1909-1935, engraved rim decoration, Vanderbilt trademark and numbered 4001, 11"D. Weight excluding pierced non-silver lid - 502.2 grams.
- GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY "TITANIC"
GERTRUDE VANDERBILT WHITNEY "TITANIC" BRONZE Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (American, 1875-1942) "Head for Titanic Memorial," bronze, circa 1915/16, figural bust sculpture on stone base, signed and dated on reverse: "G. V. Whitney 19__(?)." Overall: 8.5" H x 3.25" W x 4" D. Chip to back corner of base. Note: Whitney won the open design competition to design the Titanic Memorial which now stands in Washington D.C. Provenance: Property from an Upper East Side estate.
- GLORIA VANDERBILT "SPECKLED CAT" SERIGRAPH
GLORIA VANDERBILT "SPECKLED CAT" SERIGRAPH Gloria Vanderbilt (American, 1924 - 2019), color serigraph depicting a stylized speckled cat in a brightly decorated setting, edition 222 / 300, signed lower right. Image: 23" H x 28.25" D; frame: 30.5" H x 36.25" W x 1.5" D. Light toning and mat burn. Provenance: From a downtown collector.
- GERTRUDE WHITNEY "SPANISH PEASANT" BRONZE
GERTRUDE WHITNEY "SPANISH PEASANT" BRONZE BUST Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (American, 1875-1942) "Head of a Spanish Peasant," bronze sculpture, circa 1915, depicting bust of a man with fabric wrapped head, faintly signed and dated at back, bearing Valsuani foundry mark, marble base. Bronze: 8" H x 6.5" W x 4.5" D; base: 3.75" H x 3.75" diameter. Cracks and losses to marble base.
- SILVER. ASSORTED GROUPING OF ENGLISH
SILVER. ASSORTED GROUPING OF ENGLISH AND STERLING Silver Hollowware. Including an English silver pen tray with (2) silver mounted glass inkwells with a city mark of London, maker's mark of William Hutton & Sons Ltd., and a date letter of 1900; a pair of English silver sugar cube tongs with a city mark of Edinburgh, maker's mark of Zeigler?, and a date letter of 1808; (2) pair of monogrammed Baldwin & Miller Inc. footed salt/pepper shakers - stamped, "B & M Sterling 53"; a Clarence A. Vanderbilt sterling coffee pot - stamped, "Sterling CAV 82"; a Clarence A. Vanderbilt sterling creamer with a broken handle - stamped, "Sterling CAV"; and a Tiffany & Co. sterling child's spoon - stamped, "Tiffany & Co. STG. M". Total approx. weight of all sterling is 34.30 troy oz (gross); total approx. weight of all English silver is 10.08 troy oz (gross). From a New Canaan, CT estate. Dimensions pen tray measurers approx. 8.75"" in length. Condition: Good, with light surface scratches and minor dings/dents. Pen tray is missing (2) nuts. Silver mounted inkwells exhibit chips and fleabites.
- PAIR OF RENAISSANCE REVIVAL STYLE MAHOGANY
PAIR OF RENAISSANCE REVIVAL STYLE MAHOGANY AND SPECIMEN MARBLE SIDE TABLES, OF RECENT MANUFACTURE25 x 23 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.
Note: These tables are patterned after William H. Vanderbilt's library table by Herter Brothers, now in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Condition
Both in good overall condition with very minor nicks along the edges of the marble tops and scuffing on the bases. Structurally sound, good looking tables.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
- (2) GLORIA VANDERBILT (AMERICAN, 1924-2019).
(2) GLORIA VANDERBILT (AMERICAN, 1924-2019). (2) Lithographs. Zoo and Mask. Each signed in pencil at lower right. Zoo numbered 25/300; Mask is unnumbered. From a New York, NY collection. Dimensions: Zoo: 24 x 19.5", Mask: 28 x 22" Condition: Good. Not examined out of frame.
- (5) LIONEL TRAIN CARS PRE-WARLionel
(5) LIONEL TRAIN CARS PRE-WARLionel Pre war 265E engine (for parts), Lionel Lines tender, 812 gondola, 813 stock car, 817 caboose. All pieces have age appropriate wear, paint loss and oxidation. Train cars have not been tested. See images for more details on condition. Commodore Vanderbilt steam locomotive is missing pieces and being sold for parts. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
- THE WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT II CARTIER
THE WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT II CARTIER SILVER WINE BUCKET, FROM THE YACHT 'ARA'The William K. Vanderbilt II CARTIER Silver Wine Bucket, from the Yacht 'Ara', with New York Yacht Club applied enamel burgee; marked Cartier on base and Cartier under lid; inscribed ARA; height: 12 in. Condition: glass liner cracked; some scratches throughout commensurate with age and use. Please note: All property is sold "AS IS" and any statement, whether oral or written, is given as a courtesy and shall not be deemed as a guarantee, warranty, or representation of the authenticity of authorship, physical condition, size, quality, rarity, importance, provenance, exhibitions, literature or historical relevance of the property or otherwise. The absence of a condition report does not imply the item is in perfect condition.
- RON PORTER / DELIVERANCE (1989 OIL)Ron
RON PORTER / DELIVERANCE (1989 OIL)Ron Porter
(Tennessee/Ohio, 20th c.)
Deliverance , 1989
Oil on canvas
48" x 48"
A realistically executed oil with an enigmatically surrealist quality by Ron Porter, Nashville based artist and former Vanderbilt professor of art. Float-framed in a maple frame measuring 49 1/2" x 49 1/2".
Provenance : From the corporate art collection of a Kansas City based Fortune 500 company, previously acquired from the Cumberland Gallery.
Condition
Very good condition, with no issues or repairs apparent under blacklight inspection.
- WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT AND EDWARD STRAHAN
WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT AND EDWARD STRAHAN (B. EARL SHINN 1837-1886) MR. VANDERBILT'S HOUSE AND COLLECTION William H. Vanderbilt (1821-1885) and Edward Strahan (b. Earl Shinn 1837-1886) Mr. Vanderbilt's House and Collection. The Holland Edition. New York, Boston and Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1883-84, 10 volumes, numbered 780/1000, this edition number for Amalia Von Platen Grossman, blue paper-covered boards, 19-1/4" x 13-3/4
- PR CLARENCE VANDERBILT STERLING STICKS
PR CLARENCE VANDERBILT STERLING STICKS &RICHARD DIMES LONDONBERRY COMPOTE An associated Art Deco pair Clarence A Vanderbilt sterling weighted candlesticks #88 12'h; en suite with a Richard Dimes Londonberry sterling tazza fashioned as a flower, alternating petals engraved with lattice form medallion 17 toz
- 19TH CENT. MEDICINE DOCTORATE DIPLOMADESCRIPTION:
19TH CENT. MEDICINE DOCTORATE DIPLOMADESCRIPTION: A Vanderbilt University Doctorate of medicine diploma. Awarded to "Joseph Asa Fowlkes" Dated 1879. Features (11) signatures from faculty in (Ink pen) lower left. Trustees signatures in (Ink pen) lower right. University embossment at lower right.
CIRCA: 1879.
ORIGIN: USA.
DIMENSIONS: H: 27.5" x L: 20.5"
CONDITION: Slight oxidation and creasing. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS 305-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
- OIL ON BOARD PORTRAIT OF DR. MENEES,
OIL ON BOARD PORTRAIT OF DR. MENEES, MD19th century oil on board oval portrait of Dr. Thomas Menees, MD (TN, 1823-1905) depicting Dr. Menees seated with partially opened book. Brass plate attached to the frame reads: "Thomas O. Menees, MD, Dean of The Medical Department, Vanderbilt, 1875 - 1895". Housed in an oval gilt wood frame. Sight - 29" H x 24" W. Framed - 36" H x 31" W. Biography: Born in Davidson County, TN, Menees served in the Tennessee State Senate in 1857. He represented Tennessee in the First Confederate States Congress and the Second Confederate States Congress from 1862-1865, during the Civil War. Trained a physician and working in Springfield and Nashville, he also served as the dean of the merged medical departments of the University of Nashville and Vanderbilt University between 1875-1895.
Condition:
Canvas laid down on aluminum backing, losses to canvas perimeter, primarily upper left margin and lower right margin near the brass plate. Visible inpainting to left background of subject's face.
- RICHARD JOLLEY DRAWING ON GLASS, "TWO
RICHARD JOLLEY DRAWING ON GLASS, "TWO AS ONE"Richard Jolley (Tennessee, born 1952) framed drawing on glass plaque with silver leaf titled "Two as One (Silver plate), 2004". Plaque measures 9" x 9". Framed: 10 5/8" x 10 5/8". Biography (Courtesy of the Knoxville Museum of Art): Richard Jolley was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1952 and as a youth, he moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He began his art training at Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee in 1970, studying under noted glass artist Michael Taylor. After receiving his B.F.A. from George Peabody College in Nashville (now part of Vanderbilt University), Jolley continued graduate studies at North Carolinaís Penland School of Crafts, under the instruction of studio glass artist Richard Ritter. He currently maintains a studio in Knoxville. To date, Jolleyís work is represented in more than 33 public collections, including the Carnegie Museum of Art; the Corning Museum of Glass; the Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, the Knoxville Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Provenance: Property of the estate of Arlene Goldstine, Knoxville, TN.
Condition:
Overall excellent condition.
- RICHARD JOLLEY TOTEM "MEMORIES LINGERING"Richard
RICHARD JOLLEY TOTEM "MEMORIES LINGERING"Richard Jolley (Tennessee, born 1952) blown and hot formed glass "totem" titled "Memories Lingering" with fabricated and acid etched elements. Colors of amber, clear, cobalt, purple, aqua and gold. Signed and dated "1997" en verso on base. 34" H x 9 1/2" dia. 20th century. Biography (Courtesy of the Knoxville Museum of Art): Richard Jolley was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1952 and as a youth, he moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He began his art training at Tusculum College in Greenville, Tennessee in 1970, studying under noted glass artist Michael Taylor. After receiving his B.F.A. from George Peabody College in Nashville (now part of Vanderbilt University), Jolley continued graduate studies at North Carolinaís Penland School of Crafts, under the instruction of studio glass artist Richard Ritter. He currently maintains a studio in Knoxville. To date, Jolleyís work is represented in more than 33 public collections, including the Carnegie Museum of Art; the Corning Museum of Glass; the Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, the Knoxville Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Purchased in 1997 by owner. Provenance: Property of the estate of Arlene Goldstine, Knoxville, TN.
Condition:
Overall excellent condition.
- JEAN JOSEPH DELVIN OIL ON CANVAS SEASCAPEJean
JEAN JOSEPH DELVIN OIL ON CANVAS SEASCAPEJean Joseph Delvin (Belgium, 1853 - 1922) oil on canvas seashore scene depicting a woman in Edwardian dress seated on horseback, standing at the edge of the water and gazing out toward sailing vessels on the horizon. Signed and dated "Delvin, 18?8" lower left. Housed in a carved gilt wood frame with painted wooden liner. Sight - 30 1/2" H x 43 1/4" W. Framed - 41" H x 53 1/2" W. Biography: Jean-Joseph Delvin attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, studying under Theodore Joseph Canneel. He eventually taught at the academy and became its director from 1902-1913. He specialized in animal scenes , particularly ones with horses. Provenance: descended in the family of in-vitro fertilization pioneer Dr. Pierre Soupart of Hainaut, Belgium, who came with his family to this country in 1962 and became a member of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Vanderbilt University Medical School, where he worked for the rest of his life.
Condition:
Professionally cleaned; overall very good condition.
- THOMAS B. ALLEN PAINTINGThomas B. Allen
THOMAS B. ALLEN PAINTINGThomas B. Allen (Tennessee/New York, 1928-2004) oil on canvas painting of a boy holding a bag of marbles, standing against a wall plastered with paper signs. Wide stained wood frame. Signed upper right and dated 1950. 29-3/4" x 21-3/4" sight, 37" x 29-1/4" framed. Biography: Nashville-born illustration artist and painter Thomas B. Allen studied at Vanderbilt University and the Art Institute of Chicago. His illustration work appeared in numerous publications including Life, McCalls, and The New Yorker. In 1959 he illustrated a story for Esquire Magazine about bluegrass singers Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, which led to a close and longtime collaboration, including seventeen country music album covers. Allen earned a New York Art Directors Club Gold Medal and a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. He taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at the Parsons School of Design, Syracuse University, and the Ringling School of Art and Design. A retrospective of his work, organized by the recording artist Marty Stuart, was held from 2000-2002 at the Grand Ole Opry.
Condition:
Excellent condition.
- 14K DIAMOND HORSE JOCKEY PINAttrib.
14K DIAMOND HORSE JOCKEY PINAttrib. George Headley 14k yellow gold, diamond and enamel horse and jockey pin, containing approximately 58 old European, uncut and rose cut diamonds and 1 cabochon ruby. 3/4"H x 1-7/8"W, 7.8 grams. Note: Headley's account books list a "gold horse pin" made for Mr. Warren Wright, July, 1941, Hollywood. Provenance: the estate of Mrs. Warren (Bertha) Wright Jr., ex-Calumet Farm, Lexington, KY. Biography (courtesy The Headley-Whitney Museum: George W. Headley III (1908-1985) was born in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1908 into a wealthy family. He grew up in Mississippi. Artistically inclined from an early age, Headley studied art at the Art Student's League in New York and l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He later apprenticed as a designer with the New York Jeweler Paul Flato in the 1930s. In the 1940s, Headley opened his own jewelry boutique in California at the Hotel Bel-Air. His account books of the time show that he designed for many of the Hollywood elite and their wives, including Douglas Fairbanks, Gary Cooper, the Marx Brothers, Vincent Minelli, Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, and Fanny Brice. After nearly a decade of success on the West Coast, Headley returned to his family farm, La Belle, in Lexington and continued his career designing jewelry and bibelots (decorative curios). In 1960, Headley married Barbara Whitney Henry Peck (d. 1982), sister of noted thoroughbred horseman Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992) and daughter of the sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (d. 1942), founder of New York's Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1968, Headley opened his distinctive Jewel Room and Library building on the scenic grounds of La Belle Farm. It became what is now known as the Headley-Whitney Museum. Provenance: the estate of Mrs. Warren (Bertha) Wright, Jr., ex-Calumet Farm, Lexington, KY.
Condition:
Loss of enamel on rider, specifically to left hand, knee, boot, top of cap and left shoulder; two diamonds missing. Previously repaired using lead solder.
- PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE OF PEOPLEPhotographic
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE OF PEOPLEPhotographic Archive of People, approximately 300 images, many by Nashville photographer C. C. Giers, (but other photographers also represented). This lot features a large number of loose studio and candid albumen prints, CDVs, cabinet cards, and other photographs dating from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, of mostly unidentified subjects. Notable Giers images include three African American children shooting marbles; 3 members of the Robert E. Lee Chapter of the Confederate Veterans from Fort Worth, Texas (standing with flag and a child) at the 1904 National Convention held in Nashville; members of the Vanderbilt University Football Team on the practice field, and members of other sport teams. There are a few photos of African American subjects, some images of Otto Giers and family including daughter Hunter Giers Hicks, and a CDV of a young Native American boy stamped on back for Jackson Bros. Studios, Lincoln, Nebraska. One photograph (framed) depicts Somerset Edward O'Brien Kevil-Davis, British Army: Major Gordon Highlanders Order of Medjidif, with military medals, photograph taken by James Ewing, Aberdeen & Braemar. Photographs vary in sizes from c. 4" H x 2 1/2" W to 11" H x 14" W. Lot also includes a photographic album of CDVs portraits, primarily by C. C. Giers, but a few are by European studios such as Hanns Hanfstaengl, Berlin, and Enlenstein Photograph, Leipzig, of men, women, and children. Two examples of Post-Mortem photography, one of a woman, one of a baby, are included towards the back of the album. Album brown leather embossed with gilt, with white glass beads on covers and metal fasteners, gilt picture boards inside. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee, descended in the Hicks-Giers family. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Leather on album worn. Picture boards separated from binding. Metal fasteners tarnished. Loose photographs exhibit damage to be expected from age. Framed photograph needs reinforcement. Newspapers browned from age, tears, missing sections from edges.
- 8 NASHVILLE PHOTOGRAPHS: POLITICS, SCHOOLS,
8 NASHVILLE PHOTOGRAPHS: POLITICS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHGroup of photographs of Nashville interest including 1 Vanderbilt related. 1st item: 48th Tennessee General Assembly, composite photograph of individual pictures of members of the House of Representatives including Peter Turney, Governor, and J.A. Trousdale of Sumner County, Speaker. All members are captioned along with the name of the county they represent. Image 16 1/2" x 11", mounted to heavy card, 20" x 16". Full horizontal fold/crease across Turney's picture, corner and edge chipping to board. Image faded. Extraneous papers glued to back. 2nd item: Composite photograph of Seniors and Faculty of Fogg High School, 1911. All individuals captioned with names, also depicts the school building. Otto Giers' daughter Hunter is among those pictured, along with valedictorian Harold Cohn and class president Clarence Hunt. Thuss photographer's stamp lower right. Image 12 1/2" x 19", mounted to heavy card, 20" x 24". Foxing to image, corner losses to board. 3rd item: Composite photograph of Vanderbilt University Medical Department, Senior Class and Faculty, 1911. All pictured are captioned with name, students also have their home states noted. The school is pictured in a central vignette flanked by image of Dean W.L. Dudley and Chancellor J.H. Kirkland. Thuss Photographer's stamp lower right. Image, 19 1/2" x 14," is mounted to heavy card, 20" x 23 1/2". (Image with foxing and some stains, corner chips and margin surface losses to board). 4th item: Bishops of the M.E. South, Presented to the American Journal of Education; C. C. Giers Photo, Nashville Tenn. 8 Bishops are pictured and captioned, including I.C. Keener, R. Paine, D.S. Doggett, H.H. Kavanaugh, W.M. Wightman, H.N. McTyeire, E.M. Martin, and G.F. Pierce. There is also a central vignette of Vanderbilt University. 14 1/2" x 11 1/2" image; mounted to card 17" x 14". 5th through 8th items: Additional 10" x 13" images of Marvin, Doggett, and Kavanaugh (2). All have some light discoloration to images and chipping/losses to boards. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: See item descriptions. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
See item descriptions.
- PHILIP PERKINS O/B ABSTRACTPhilip Perkins
PHILIP PERKINS O/B ABSTRACTPhilip Perkins (American/Tennessee, 1907-1970) oil on board abstract painting, untitled, with geometric elements rendered in shades of maroon, orange, gray and white. Simple whitewashed wood frame. Board 10 3/8" x 8 3/8", frame 11 1/4" x 9 1/4". Biography: Philip Perkins received critical acclaim for his geometric, cubist influenced work of the 1940s and his abstract expressionism in the 1950s. He was born in Waverly, Tennessee and studied at Vanderbilt University and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1932 he moved to Paris, France, where he studied under Jean Marchaud, Louis Marcoussis, and Fernand Leger. In 1934 he exhibited at the Salon D'Automne and the Salon de Tuileries. In 1940 he moved to New York City and in 1947 participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition. He spent seven years teaching art at the University of Tennessee in Nashville (1948-1955) but went back to Europe for several more years before returning to Nashville in 1961. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
There is a 3" unvarnished strip across the center, possibly as intended (no apparent paint loss). 6" stain across back of board (does not appear to affect image on front).
- 1888 BIRDSEYE VIEW NASHVILLE MAP PLUS
1888 BIRDSEYE VIEW NASHVILLE MAP PLUS 2 STREETCAR MAPS1st item: Framed Birdseye view map of Nashville, Tennessee, 1888, looking Northwest and showing 89 points of interest including the State Capitol, Fisk University, Vanderbilt University, University of Nashville Medical Dept, Montgomery Bell Academy, St. Ceceila Academy and St. Bernard Academy, numerous other schools, churches, and larger businesses including office of the Nashville Banner newspaper. "Presented by the Nashville Banner" in top margin, "Drawn and Published by Welloe & Co. Milwaukee Wisconsin" in lower margin. 21 1/2" x 39 1/2" sight, 23" x 41" in molded black frame. 2nd and 3rd items: 2 copies of a NEW MAP OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE SHOWING NEW WARD BOUNDARIES, by Marshall and Bruce, dated 1922. Nashville Street Railway Directory en verso showing streetcar routes. 21" x 32". Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
1st item: Toning, with creases, as issued; several tears at creases including full tear with 2" loss at upper and lower left side, 3 strips of tape, 2"L, to lower left edge, other scattered losses and tears. 2nd and 3rd items: toning, some corner folds, a few scattered tears at fold lines. One is in worse condition than the other, with some stains and an extraneous scrap of paper adhered to it.
- 27 BOUND PHOTOS OF 19TH C. NASHVILLE
27 BOUND PHOTOS OF 19TH C. NASHVILLE HOMES AND BUSINESS...Partial album of original albumen prints, most 9" H x 7 1/2" W, mounted to boards 13 1/2" H x 11" W, depicting important buildings and houses in the city of Nashville in the post-Reconstruction era, most attr. Otto Giers. Included are several elegant homes, buildings at Vanderbilt University, University School, the office of the Nashville Banner, stores in the central business district including Peter Zinser Furniture; the Warren Music Store; J. W. Lawless & Co.; Armstrong Furniture; I. Gans Notions & Toys; an unidentified church, and "The Grand" (likely a hotel). 27 photographs in all. Most are attributed to Nashville photographer Otto Giers, who began a project in the 1880s to document his city, some have signatures lower right of photographers believed to have been working with Otto Giers during this time. An important visual account of Nashville in the post-Reconstruction era. For additional information, ref. Images of America: Nashville From the Collection of Carl and Otto Giers Vol. 1 and II by Jim Hoobler. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Most images in good condition with light toning and light grime, scattered light foxing to borders, Covers have been lost, so exterior images show more grime than internal images.
- GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 2 - UNBOUND
GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 2 - UNBOUND IMAGESAn archive of images of Nashville, most circa 1880s. 1st group: sixteen loose 11 1/2" x 15" album pages, each containing 9 images of Nashville businesses, homes, institutions and churches (note exception: first page includes 5 stereoview images). Subjects include the Customs House, County Jail, Watkins Institute, Spring Park in East Nashville, the Penitentiary, Mt. Olivet cemetery (9 images), National Cemetery (18 images), the City Cemetery (9 images), Woodland Street Suspension Bridge, Insane Asylum (10 images),Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Depot, School for the Blind, Hume School, Howard School, James K. Polk's Tomb, interior of the State Capitol library, City Hall, Court House, Vanderbilt University campus (9 images), "Old Rue Deaderick," Public Square, Church Street, the Maxwell House Hotel, and 3 images of stables and figures at Belle Meade Plantation. Churches include Holy Trinity, Christ Church, Central Baptist College Hill, 1st Presbyterian Church, Church of Advent, McKendree Methodist, the Jewish Temple, St. Mary's, Also included are steamboats on the Cumberland River, general river views, and African Americans working in a field. 2nd group: Group of 10 Thuss, Koellin and Giers stereoview cards, Views of Nashville, Tennessee and Vicinity including Vanderbilt University, downtown streets, and 2 unidentified mansions (one overgrown). 3rd group: More than 2 dozen albumen prints mounted to paper or cardboard backings (some are fragments of old album pages). Identifiable scenes include the State Insane Asylum, funeral procession, the Suspension Bridge, "Dr. Sheffield's Home" with figures on porch, City Hospital, Natural Stone Bridge and a few other scenes possibly in the Sewanee-Beersheba Springs area of Middle Tennessee, the State Capitol overlooking houses and buildings (post Civil War) and a large 10" x 13 1/2" image of a crowd of well dressed men standing outside a train, inscribed in pencil on back "the Davidson County Democratic Club on way to convention that nominated Grover Cleveland, taken at Depot on Church Street." (Large creased area with tears at upper edge), left corner missing, grime/possible mildew to left edge). 4th group: more than 2 dozen loose albumen images. Identifiable subjects include the old James K. Polk mansion (no longer standing), Broadway, Fort Negley "about 1886", Fort Morton " about 1886," State Capitol, Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail car, Nashville riverfront with steamboats, the Pontoon Bridge and Ferry used while building the Woodland Street Bridge, scenes of the great Nashville snowstorm, Union Street decked out for the visit of president Grover Cleveland, the Andrew Jackson monument at the State Capitol; images from the building of bridges, and " The Cole Residence (later Medical Arts Building)". 5th group: 14 illustrated images of Nashville architectural landmarks (possibly taken from a book and based on Giers photographs) and 3 early 20th century reprint photographs of Civil War officers camped out by a tent (likely taken by Giers during the Union occupation of Nashville) along with 2 illustrated images of elevations of Ft. Negley. Approximately 100 total images. Note: Carl C. Giers immigrated from Germany and arrived in Nashville in 1852. He set up a photo gallery downtown, photographing many Nashville occupants and visitors - including notable Civil War figures during the city's Union Occupation. C.C. Giers passed away in 1877 and the studio was sold, but his son, Otto Giers, only 19 when his father died, took up the trade and continued it as part of the firm Thuss, Kollein and Giers. In 1885, he undertook a series of documentary photographs of Nashville sites (some of which are represented here). Some of these images were published in the 2 vol. series IMAGES OF AMERICA: NASHVILLE FROM THE COLLECTION OF CARL AND OTTO GIERS by James Hoobler. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Mounted images exhibit light grime, fading/toning, and some edge losses. Loose images range from good condition with light fading and toning to fragile condition with some losses. Some loose images are curled with parts missing.
- GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 1 - ALBUM OF
GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 1 - ALBUM OF STEREOVIEW IMAGESAn archive of images of Nashville, circa 1884, all mounted on album pages, most inscribed with identifying captions. Most are stereoview prints. 40 pages containing approximately 150 views (300 images) including Fort Negley and the "Negro Settlement" at Fort Negley, and numerous views of the grounds and Interior of the State Capital Building including corridors, Hall of Representatives, library with images of portraits, flags, and artifacts, and views from the Capitol looking in each direction (note one is a panoramic stereoview), and numerous views of Vanderbilt University, the Great Snow , the City Cemetery, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, National Cemetery, and Mount Calvary Cemetery. Other images include the Cumberland Riverfront, High Street, City Hall, Customs House, Court House, a young black child standing in a field with dilapidated houses behind him, Spring Park, Stevenson Avenue, Park Street, Spruce Street, Cherry Street, College Street, Market Street, Nashville Public Square, Cole Building, Woodland Street Suspension Bridge, the Railroad Bridge, German Lutheran Church, St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral (interior and exterior), St. Ann's Church, Church of the Assumption, St. Peter's Chapel, Elm Street Church, Central Baptist Church, McKendree Church, Trinity Church, Church of the Advent, Jewish Synagogue, the Penitentiary, Gilchrist Hotel, Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Depot, the "Insane Asylum" including the "Colored Department", Roger Williams University, Hume Fogg School, Howard School, School for the Blind, South Nashville Normal School, Ward Seminary, Price's Seminary, St. Bernard Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Fisk University - Jubilee Hall and Livingston Hall, the Wharf (riverfront), Central Tenn. College, French Spring Lick (Sulphur Spring), Tulane Hotel, Belle Meade Plantation, the Surry Jones Gospel Tent, and residences of Captain Ryman, Col. E.W. Cole, Gen. Houston, William Morrow, J. W. Thomas, and William Duncan. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. Note: Carl C. Giers immigrated from Germany and arrived in Nashville in 1852. He set up a photo gallery downtown, photographing many Nashville occupants and visitors - including notable Civil War figures during the city's Union Occupation. C.C. Giers passed away in 1877 and the studio was sold, but his son, Otto Giers, only 19 when his father died, took up the trade and continued it as part of the firm Thuss, Kollein and Giers. In 1885, he undertook a series of documentary photographs of Nashville sites (some of which are represented here). Some of these images were published in the 2 vol. series IMAGES OF AMERICA: NASHVILLE FROM THE COLLECTION OF CARL AND OTTO GIERS by James Hoobler. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
Some pages have images clipped, but the majority are intact with light discoloration and edge chipping (mostly affecting the rigid album boards). All images are adhesive-mounted to album pages, which have become brittle. 17 pages have come unbound from spine. Leather exterior of album is extremely worn, including the spine.
- TN EPHEMERA AND PRINTS, 30 PCSAssorted
TN EPHEMERA AND PRINTS, 30 PCSAssorted TN Prints and Ephemera, 30 items total. 1st item: "Fourth Annual Report of the Public Schools of the City of Nashville, Tennessee" imprint, published by Smith, Camp, and Company, Printers, Patriot Office, 22 pages with a table of attendance, 1858. Paper and string bound book reporting the activities of the Nashville Public Schools of past year, submitted by J. F. Pearl, Superintendent, to the Board of Education, detailing information concerning subjects such as the deaths of the teachers and pupils, discipline and attendance, and examples of questions to be answered by candidates of the High Schools regarding English Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, History, Latin, Watts on the Mind, and Spelling. Preceding the example questions, Pearl closes his report by repeating the petition "Give us a commodious school house on College Hill, and an Examination Hall upon the lot adjoining the Hume Building". 8 3/8" H x 5 1/4" W. 2nd item: Sepia toned photograph depicting "North on Gay St." after a "Big Fire at Knoxville, Tenn--April 8th 1897, "Hotel Knox" started". Features the burned-out building facades near Sanford, Chamberlain and Albers Druggists, with views of telegraph wires and crowds of people surveying the damage. Mounted to card stock. Photograph - 4 1/2" H x 6 1/2" W. Card stock - 5 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W. Late 19th century. 3rd item: "Buildings and Forts (TN/GA/VA)", Plate CXXIV, lithographed with tinted color by Julius Bien & Company, published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1895. From "Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865". Depicts 9 scenes of significant Civil War buildings and forts in Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia including "Nashville, Tenn. from the South-East. Showing the State Capitol", "Buzzard Roost Gap and Rocky Face Ridge, GA", and "Battery Spofford, VA". Image - 16 1/4" H x 27 1/4" W. Sheet - 18 1/4" H x 29" W. 4th item: "Nashville, Tenn. from the South-East. Showing the State Capitol", part of "Buildings and Forts (TN/GA/VA)", Plate CXXIV, lithographed with tinted color by Julius Bien & Company, published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1895. From "Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865". Mounted to matte and sealed with plastic. Image - 8 5/8" H x 11 1/2" W. Matte - 12" H x 16" W. 5th item: "Cumberland Gap" steel plate engraving with hand coloring by Samuel V. Hunt, after Harry Fenn, published by Daniel Appleton and Company, New York, circa 1972. From "Picturesque America" by William Cullen Bryant. Housed in black wooden frame with matte. Image - 5 1/4" H x 7 7/8" W. Sight - 7 1/4" H x 9 1/8" W. Framed - 13 1/8" H x 6 1/4" W. 6th and 7th items: Two engravings with later hand coloring depicting Nashville, one from "A Comprehensive View of Our Country and Its Resources ", by James D. McCabe Jr., published by the Hubbard Brothers, Philadelphia, 1876. Both with text pages en verso. Both housed in wooden frames. Images range in size from 2 1/2" H x 3 3/4" W to 2 5/8" H x 4" W. Frames range in size from 5 5/8" H x 9 1/4" W to 7 3/8" H x 8 1/2" W. 8th and 9th items: Two copper plate engravings with hand coloring titled "General View of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee", drawn by Dr. B. Howard, published by Harper's Weekly, 1862, and "Army of the Cumberland--Nashville and its Fortifications", published by Harper's Weekly, 1864. "Cumberland Gap" engraving has linen backing. Both mounted to mattes. Images approximately - 6" H x 9" W. Sheets approximately - 8" H x 10 3/4" W. Mattes approximately - 11" H x 14 1/8" W. 10th and 11th items: Two woodcut engravings, one with hand coloring, of "The State Capitol, at Nashville, Tennessee", published by Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, 1857. The uncolored engraving includes the original full page with "A Prayer Wheel at Cashmere, India," engraving and text. Both engravings mounted to mattes, colored engraving sealed with plastic. Images approximately - 5 1/2" H x 7 7/8" W. Mattes approximately - 11" H x 13" W. 12th item: Copper plate engraving with hand coloring titled "Central Tennessee College", drawn by Wheeler Marshall Bruce, with "Central Certificates" text page en verso. Mounted to matte. Image - 3 5/8" H x 7 1/8" W. Sheet - 7 3/8" H x 10 3/4" W. Matte - 11" H x 14" W. 13th item: "Tennessee Centennial Exposition: The National Event of 1897" program, published by Marshall and Bruce Company, Nashville, circa 1897. The 38 page program features black and white images of significant buildings, including a "Bird's Eye View of Exposition", descriptions of the planned events, and nearby points of interest including Civil War battlefields and national cemeteries. Folded - 8 5/8" H x 4" W. Unfolded - 8 5/8" H x 15 3/8" W. 14th-24th items: Ten postcards, five chromolithographs, four sepia toned photographs, and one lithograph, depicting scenes in and around Nashville, Tennessee. "St. Ann's Church and Rectory and Martin Hall" postcard is addressed to Mrs. Louisa Sebring, Halifat, Kansas with writing in black in from her sister, and a one cent Franklin stamp, illegible postmark. Four photograph postcards housed in plastic sleeve. Postcards approximately - 3 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W. Early/mid 20th century. 25th-26th items: Two woodcut engravings titled "Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee", sketched by H. P. Whinnery, engraved by Rattlescraw. Depicts the majority of the Vanderbilt University campus including the Chancellor's Residence, the Science Hall, the Observatory, the Main Building, and others. Buildings labeled below map. Image - 9 3/4" H x 14 1/2" W. Sheets range in size from 11 3/4" H x 16" W to 12 1/2" H x 19" W. 27th-28th items: Two paper advertisements, one chromolithograph, one lithograph, for Knoxville businesses. Chromolithograph is to advertise the opening of "The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company" at 322 Union Street, Knoxville, TN and depicts "Madison Square, Hoffman House and Broadway in New York city. The lithograph is to advertise "Roth Coal Co", Yard at Oak St., Office at 603 Prince Street, Knoxville TN, and depicts "7,500 Tons Pure White Moss" in the yard. Chromolithograph - 6 1/4" H x 8 1/2" W. Lithograph - 4" H x 9 1/4" W. Late 19th/early 20th century. 29th-30th items: Two pages with engravings and text related to Tennessee with information about population, climate, industries, government, etc. South Dakota engraving and text page en verso of page 378. Pages range in size from 13 1/2" x 11 1/4" W to 14 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. Early 20th century. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
1st item: Overall good condition. 1" tear top of binding visible from page 19 to end of imprint. Few foxing spots, largest 1/8" lower left of cover. Top right corners of page 21 and back cover torn. 2nd item: Overall good condition. Two black pen marks, largest 1", top left of photograph. 3rd item: Light toning around edges of sheet. Two tears, largest 1 1/4", center bottom edge of sheet. 4th item: Overall excellent condition. Not examined out of matte. 5th item: Minute foxing spots on surface of sheet. Not examined out of frame. 6th and 7th items: Minute foxing spots on surfaces of sheets. Not examined out of frames. 8th and 9th items: Minute foxing spots on surface of sheets. 10th and 11th items: Toning on edges of uncolored sheet. Colored engraving in overall excellent condition. Not examined out of matte. 12th item: Slight toning on edges of sheet. 13th item: Light overall toning. 14th-24th items: Overall good condition with slight wear expected from age. 25th-26th items: Overall excellent condition. Slight toning, bends, tears on larger sheet. 27th-28th items: Advertisements exhibit foxing spots, scuffs, and paper tears to be expected from age. 29th-30th items: Overall good condition. Slight toning around edges of pages.
- JB LINDSLEY ARCHIVE INC. AP STEWART
JB LINDSLEY ARCHIVE INC. AP STEWART ALSAn archive of signed letters and autographs relating to John Berrien Lindsley as chancellor of the University of Nashville. The archive includes interesting content related to higher education in Tennessee (current institutions that can trace their roots to the University of Nashville include Vanderbilt Medical School, Peabody College, Montgomery Bell Academy, and University School of Nashville). 1st item: 1855 ALS, educator and future Confederate General Alexander P. Stewart to John Berrien Lindsley regarding Lindsley's plan to add a fourth department to the University of Nashville, to be called the Scientific School (for Mathematics and Engineering and for Chemistry). Stewart, who was born in Rogersville, TN and was a professor of mathematics at Cumberland University and the University of Nashville prior to the Civil War, gives advice on the organization of such a department and structuring of the professorships. (Stewart would go on to serve as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi in his post-War career). 2nd item: 1850 ALS from A.P. Stewart to Lindsley, written from Lebanon, TN, discussing various schools around the state. Includes mention of proposed female institutes at Murfreesboro, McMinnville and Manchester; plans by Cumberland University to establish law schools in Clarksville and Jackson; mention of the Masons dissolving their relationship with a college in Clarksville; and "I learn that the University at Knoxville is declining, only some 40 or 50 students. Perhaps the sooner all our colleges go by the board, the better: there may then be a possibility of establishing ONE that will be permanent." 3rd item: 1851 ALS from Robert Jefferson Breckenridge of Kentucky to John Berrien Lindsley, declining Lindsley's invitation to relocate, presumably for career purposes: "Nashville bears a high character abroad for hospitality, refinement, and every advantageof high social intercourse... a most pleasant place for a man with a large income to reside, but not much of a place for a young man who has his own way to hew in the world to settle in... it would not be at all prudent for me to select Nashville [over St. Louis]." Breckenridge, who served briefly as president of Jefferson College in Pennsyvania, was named superintendent of public education in Kentucky, and was so successful that he came to be known as the father of Public Education in Kentucky. 4th-7th items: Four J. B. Lindsley signed Nashville bank cheques, with amounts payable to Percy Warner, Dr. Henry Holton or Horton, Annie Lindsley, and Baxter Smith, dated 1885-1897. Also included are 14 clipped John Berrien Lindsley signatures, together with a 10" x 7" framed print of John Berrien Lindsley after the engraving by Samuel Sartain, matted and framed, 15" x 12 1/2". 22 items total. Provenance: formerly from the collection of Miss Margaret Lindsley Warden of Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition:
1st item: Tears and tape at fold lines, toning, very fragile condition. Stewart's signature is clear. 2nd item: toning and couple of small holes at fold lines. 3rd item: (Breckenridge letter) very good condition, retains cover envelope. Checques and clipped signatures in good condition, some with light fading and toning. Engraving: very good condition with later frame.
- ALEX BREEDE O/C MARITIME PAINTING, ROMANCE
ALEX BREEDE O/C MARITIME PAINTING, ROMANCE OF THE SEAAlexander Breede (American, 1892-1972) oil on canvas maritime painting depicting the clipper, Romance of the Sea, on open water manned by seven sailors extending or retracting the forward sail beneath a cloud-dotted sky. Signed "Alex Breede" lower right. Housed in a white-painted wooden frame. Sight: 24 1/4" H x 35 3/8" W. Framed: 28 1/2" H x 39 1/2" W. Note: The Romance of the Sea was a clipper ship originally launched in 1853 and sailed the North Atlantic seas for nine years, making six round-trip voyages before being lost at sea during her seventh. This painting is believed to have been originally owned by champion yachtsman Harold Stirling Vanderbilt. It seems to appear in a 1931 brochure showing the library of Vanderbilt's Palm Beach home, now known as Eastover (see photo). Eastover was purchased in 1986 by Margaret Harold Roberts. The brochure is available to the winning bidder.
The Estate of Margaret Harold Roberts, Lookout Mountain, Georgia.
Condition:
Overall very good condition with craquelure throughout, surface grime, and slight scattered errant brown marks particularly in sky. Minute surface abrasion to paint layer at the center top, measuring 1 1/2" L.
- TWO WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS, SIR HUGH CASSON
TWO WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS, SIR HUGH CASSON AND PALM BEAC...Two watercolor on paper paintings of tropical scenes.1st item: Sir Hugh Casson (United Kingdom, 1910-1999) small scale watercolor landscape depicting a view of the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida with figures along the shoreline in the foreground. Signed "HC" lower right and titled "The Breakers Hotel - Palm Beach" lower left. Attribution en verso. Housed in a giltwood Louis XIV style frame with a wood stand. Sight: 3 1/8" H x 6 1/2" W. Framed: 5 1/2" H x 8 1/2" W. Note: A supplemental letter attached en verso explains that Casson painted this on his visit to Palm Beach years ago. 2nd item: Watercolor painting of a home's porch and garden depicting foliage, palm trees, assorted plant life, and furniture. Signed Illegibly lower right possibly "S...k-Killsh...'45". Housed in a painted frame with a mat. Sight: 11 3/8" H x 15 3/8" W. Framed: 17 1/4" H x 21 1/8" W, Note: This work probably features Margaret Robert's home "Casa Alva" in Palm Beach, FL., once owned by the Vanderbilt family, and may have been painted during the Vanderbilt family's residence there.
The Estate of Margaret Harold Roberts, Lookout Mountain, Georgia.
Condition:
1st item: Overall good condition with light wear to frame. 2nd item: Some buckling to paper, work is adhered to mat with duct tape on the reverse side, mat with toning/acid burn, frame with light wear.
- LUDIE AMOS DOLL + CONTINENTAL CHERUB,
LUDIE AMOS DOLL + CONTINENTAL CHERUB, 2 ITEMSTwo (2) carved wooden figures, including Black Americana doll. 1st item: Ludie Pennyman Amos (Georgia/Tennessee, b. 1935) folk art mixed media doll, titled "Esther", depicting a young African American girl with a white ribbon in her braided hair wearing a white dress, white stockings, and black shoes; mounted to a wooden base. Signed "'Glimpses' by Ludie / Ludie P. Amos" with a gold sticker to underside of base. Includes a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Amos with title and date "1995" and a copy of a letter written by Amos about the doll, dated May 27, 1998. Overall with base: 14 3/4" H x 6" W. 2nd item: Continental carved wood and polychrome painted angel or putto sculpture rendered in the form of a young male child with his hands on his hips and two (2) removable wings to his back, mounted to a wooden base. Unsigned. Overall with base: 15" H x 10" W. 20th century.
The Estate of F. Hamilton Hazlehurst, longtime chair of the Vanderbilt University Art Department.
Condition:
1st item: Overall very good condition with scattered areas of minute staining to dress. 2nd item: Overall good condition with natural age shrinkage, craquelure to polychrome.
- 1876 CENTENNIAL SOUVENIRS, CDVS AND
1876 CENTENNIAL SOUVENIRS, CDVS AND 2 BALTIMORE VIEWS, ...A collection of ten (10) souvenirs from Philadelphia and the 1876 Centennial Exposition, plus four (4) Civil War era CDVs with Revenue Stamps, and two (2) early prints of Baltimore, including a rare early lithograph view by Edward Sachse. 16 items total. 1st-10th items: Souvenirs include one (1) unused soap cake depicting Memorial Hall; two (2) Rowland & Sprogle Carbonated Stone Centennial Exposition salt cellars with labels on bottom advertising that they were exhibited in the Minerals Annex; four (4) Liberty Bell earrings; two (2) CDVs of Independence Hall, and one (1) salt spoon with glass-filled end. 11th-14th items: Four (4) portrait CDVs of various unknown subjects with New York, Baltimore, and Washington backstamps and Civil War era 2 and 3-cent revenue stamps. Sizes range from 1/2" H (earrings) to 1 1/2" H x 3" W x 1 1/2" D (salts). 15th item: "BALTIMORE, Drawn from Nature and On Stone by E. Sachse," printed by Sachse & Co., Baltimore, depicting the city from the north with the Washington Monument in the foreground. Framed under glass in an antique veneered wooden frame with silvered rabbet edge. Sight- 20 1/2"H x 29 1/4"W. Frame - 25 1/2"H x 34"W. Mid 19th century. Note: Edward Sachse printed multiple views of his home town in the mid 19th century, but very few exist of this particular version, labeled only BALTIMORE. We are aware of only one other, from the I.N. Phelps Stokes collection of American Historical Prints. Included on the back of this print is a portion of the 1853 Baltimore City Directory, A through BAK, 10 pages. 16th item: VIEW OF BALTIMORE, c. 1830, lithograph on paper, from the engraving by S. Fisher after a painting by William H. Bartlett. Published in Willis' book American Scenery by George Virtue, London, 1839. Matted, unframed. Sight 6" H x 8"W. Note: these items descended in the Hazlehurst family, whose members resided in Baltimore in the mid 19th century.
The Estate of F. Hamilton Hazlehurst, longtime chair of the Vanderbilt University Art Department.
Condition:
1st-10th items: Cracks to soap; some wear and small chips to salts with wear and losses to labels; oxidation to spoon and earrings; light grime, toning, and creasing to paper items. 15th item: Extremely fragile condition. Dampstaining to large area upper right and to most of lower margin, extending into the image. 1" tear lower left margin. Significant losses/holes to upper margin and to center sky area adjacent to the upper portion of the Washington Monument. Toned and brittle. Not examined out of frame. Frame has fading, veneer chips and wear. City directory is a fragment, lacking cover or pages past page 10. 16th item: Sun toning, some grime to mat.