A few examples of appraisal values for
WOODING UP ON THE MISSISSIPPI

• William Woodward (American
  William Woodward (American 1859-1939) "Live Oak with Moss - Biloxi River" 1925 oil on canvas board signed and dated lower right signed and titled on exhibition labels en verso labels from National Arts Club and Nashville Art Association 16 in. x 20 in. original arts and crafts frame. Provenance: Rita Beattie Warwick New York; Catherine Greenwood Middleton New York; Private Collection Virginia since c. 1970. Exhibited: Mississippi Artists Exhibit: Nashville Art Association and the Delgado Art Museum New Orleans; National Arts Club New York. Note: Following his retirement from the Newcomb Art School in 1921 William Woodward and his family moved to Biloxi MS. They bought a lot at 123 Benachi Avenue where they built a studio/home. Benachi Avenue was Biloxi's "Avenue of Oaks" and provided much inspiration to Woodward. The painting offered here depicts a windswept moss-laden live oak tree before the meandering Biloxi River. A beautiful example of Southern Impressionism Woodward employs a bright palette in his portrayal of the Gulf Coast landscape. The work contains an energy and sense of atmosphere and motion not often found in his work of this period. Importantly Woodward himself thought highly of this painting as indicated by its extensive exhibition record.
• William Woodard (American/New
  William Woodard (American/New Orleans, 1859-1939) "River View, Biloxi, Mississippi", 1924, oil on canvas, 14" x 20", signed and dated lower left "W. Woodward '24". Presented in a deep cove-molded contemporary giltwood frame.
• William Woodward
  William Woodward (Louisiana/California 1859-1939) WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY RIVER oil on canvas mounted to board framed signed: lower right H10'' W11 3/4'' Provenance: Savannah Georgia private collection. Descended through the family of Dr. Wayne Norwood Mississippi. Other Notes: Accompanied with letter of authenticity from Elizabeth Cleveland Maillho the artist's great granddaughter. William Woodward was born in Seekonk Massachusetts and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. He taught art at Tulane University and Newcomb College in New Orleans Louisiana and developed a life-long love of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region. His passion for documenting the historic architecture of New Orleans helped fuel a preservation movement that thrives in the city to this day. Aside from New Orleans cityscapes Woodward also painted landscapes Mississippi riverscapes and other rural scenes around the area. His architectural renderings and Impressionist-style paintings of the region are highly regarded by collectors historians and institutions alike. Good condition; UV light examination reveals no evidence of restoration; piece was recently professionally cleaned: before-and-after photographs can be provided.
• Robert Hopkin (American 1832-1909
  Robert Hopkin (American 1832-1909 active New Orleans c. 1883) "Mississippi River View with Paddlewheeler probably Louisiana" c. 1883 oil on canvas signed lower right 12 in. x 18 in. in a period frame. Note: Robert Hopkin was a native of Scotland who immigrated to the U.S. in 1843 and settled permanently in Detroit. In 1853 he opened his own studio. Traveling often Hopkin decorated the interiors of passenger steamboats churches and buildings in New Orleans Denver and Detroit among other cities. One of his major accomplishments was the decorative interior of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange which comprised murals depicting the exploration of the Mississippi River. This project was prompted by the Cotton Centennial Exposition of 1884 which commemorated the centennial of the first shipment of cotton from the U.S. to England and was held in New Orleans at least in part to advertise the city's commercial revitalization following the end of the Reconstruction era. In the Mississippi River scene offered here a cabin on the batture is depicted in the foreground while a paddlewheeler plies the waters of the river beyond. Reference: Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918 The Historic New Orleans Collection 1987.
• Southern School 19th c. "Low
  Southern School 19th c. "Low Water in the Mississippi" oil on canvas unsigned 17 1/2 n. x 21 in. period giltwood frame.
• William Woodward (American/New
  William Woodward (American/New Orleans, 1859-1939) "Country Church, Mississippi", oil on board, initialed lower right "W W", 9" x 12". Handsomely framed. Provenance: Chatham Estate, Biloxi, Mississippi; Jean Bragg Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana; Collection of Dr. James W. Nelson, Gonzales, Louisiana.
• Clarence Millet
  Clarence Millet (Ameri-can/Louisiana 1897-1959) "Beyond Flows the Mississippi" oil on canvas signed lower right signed and titled en verso 30 in. x 35 in. in a period frame. Note: Louisiana artist Clarence Millet (1897-1959) painted scenes of the French Quarter rural Mississippi and the Mississippi River batture. Works from the latter group are among his most developed and mature compositions. "Beyond Flows the Mississippi " the painting offered here dramatically conveys the breeze off the river through the arc of the trees and the moss blowing in the wind. The dramatic sky is characteristic of his batture works as shown in paintings in the collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and The Historic New Orleans Collection. Millet's depiction of the budding trees and fresh green grass evoke spring while the sky and wind suggest a coming rain storm. The building of houses on the batture land became common throughout the depression-era and continued through the middle of the 20th century. The fact that the land was technically owned by the government meant that building there was tax-free if not strictly legal. Many of the batture dwellers would take advantage of the fertile soil that was inundated with river water in the springtime and create small gardens near their houses. Eventually the "batture dwellers" were forced to leave their homes and find legal housing; most of the homes have since been demolished although a few examples still exist on the Mississippi River at the Jefferson Parish line. Reference: Delehanty Randolph Art in the American South: Works from the Ogden Collection Baton Rouge: LSU Press 1996 page 66-67 nos. 46 and 47. Brady Patricia ed. Complementary Visions of Louisiana Art: The Laura Simon Nelson Collection The Historic New Orleans Collection 1996 page 54 no. 48.
• AMERICAN HUDSON RIVER FOLK WILLOW
  AMERICAN HUDSON RIVER FOLK WILLOW TREE PAINTING United States,Early 20th CenturyDepicts two men fishing at a pond surrounded by willow trees and cattails.
• John William Orth (American,
  John William Orth (American, 1889-1976) \"Afternoon on the Mississippi\", oil on board, 15\" x 29-1/2\", signed lower right: \"J.W. Orth 1953\". Presented in a carved giltwood frame.
• Ellsworth Woodward (American/New
  Ellsworth Woodward (American/New Orleans, 1861-1939) "Louisiana Woodland View with Pines and Swamp Maple", watercolor on board, sight 14" x 9", initialed lower left "E. W.". Glazed, matted and presented in a contemporary giltwood frame. Reference: Jean Moore Bragg and Dr. Susan Saward, Painting the Town: The Woodward Brothers Come to New Orleans; this watercolor is illustrated on page 243.
• Joseph Rusling Meeker
  Joseph Rusling Meeker (American/Missouri/ Louisiana 1827-1889) "Along the Banks of the Mississippi River" oil on artist board signed lower right 15 3/4 in. x 10 1/4 in. in a period giltwood frame.
• American School Portrait of a
  American School Portrait of a Mississippi River ''Voyageur'' 30'' x 25'' oil on canvas canvas stamped ''Ja's Spore/ 101 Fourth St/ St Louis Mo'' under reline pre-conservation photograph included James Spore ran an ''Art Emporium'' on Fourth Street in St. Louis begining in 1848 selling artist materials paintings and engravings. Geroge Caleb Bingham's ''Verdict of the People'' was exibited there in 1856.
• William Woodward (American/New
  William Woodward (American/New Orleans 1859-1939) "Oak Park on Back Bay Biloxi" oil on canvas board signed and dated "'31" lower left pencil titled and inscribed en verso 9 7/8 in. x 13 5/8 in. in a period Arts and Crafts frame. Provenance: Biloxi Mississippi Estate descended in the family. Note: In 1927 William Woodward purchased a piece of land in the Oak Park Subdivision of Biloxi where he built an English-style cottage a studio and a gallery that was known locally as "The Studio." In 1931 Woodward purchased the lot adjacent to his studio home. This land was the inspiration for the lush painterly landscape of "Oak Park." Reference: Hinckley Robert ed. William Woodward: American American Impressionist MPress New Orleans 2009 p. 154.
• After Marie Adrien Persac
  After Marie Adrien Persac (American/Louisiana 1827-1873) "Plantations on the Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans 1858" copyright 1931 Pelican Book Shop Inc. chromolithograph printed by Rand McNally & Company showing the divisions of land with owners' names vignettes of New Orleans Baton Rouge and plantations the border decorated with cotton and sugar cane motifs 53 in. x 31 in. framed. Note: The very rare earlier version of this map was published by Norman and engraved by J. H. Colton New York. The publisher had planned to make a series of three maps showing plantations along the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Memphis but this was the only one completed.
• William Woodward (American/New
  William Woodward (American/New Orleans, 1859-1939) "Sunlit Canyon Landscape with Pine Trees", 1925, oil on canvas board, signed and dated lower right "W. Woodward 25", 14" x 20". Handsomely framed. Provenance: Collection of Dr. James W. Nelson, Gonzales, Louisiana.
• William Woodward (American/New
  William Woodward (American/New Orleans, 1859-1939) "Canyon Landscape with Stream", 1925, oil on canvas board, signed and dated lower left "W. Woodward 25", 19-1/2" x 14". Handsomely framed. Provenance: Collection of Dr. James W. Nelson, Gonzales, Louisiana.
• High Water in the Mississippi
  High Water in the Mississippi Currier & Ives Reproduction Print Currier & Ives reproduction print titled High Water in the Mississippi; 18 x 28 in. Condition: With toning and water stains.
• TWO MISSISSIPPI RIVER PRINTS. Third
  TWO MISSISSIPPI RIVER PRINTS. Third quarter 19th century. Currier and Ives "Midnight Race on the Mississippi" with the steamers MEMPHIS and JAMES HOWARD. 14.5"h. 17.5"w. And "On the Mississippi" J.W. Watts with steamers ST. LOUIS and MISSISSIPPI. Yellowing and small stain. 8.5"h. 11.5"w.
• Walter Inglis Anderson
  Walter Inglis Anderson (American/Mississippi 1903-1965) "Mississippi Pine" watercolor and graphite on paper unsigned pencil-titled en verso 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. attractively matted and framed.
• W. Woodward, Louisiana oil on
  W. Woodward, Louisiana oil on canvas of house in a Bayou landscape, signed lower middle, "W. Woodward 1864", 14"h x 18 1/2"w sight, as found
• A New Map of the River
  A New Map of the River Mississippi from the Sea to Bayagoulas, hand-colored engraving showing the mouth of the Mississippi and extending north to Lake Pontchartrain; the city of New Orleans is noted as are numerous rivers, lakes, islands and other geographical locations, published by The London Magazine in 1761, sheet size 8-1/4" x 10-3/8". Unframed.
• WILLIAM WOODWARD
  WILLIAM WOODWARD (AMERICAN/LOUISIANA, 1859)William Woodward (American/Louisiana, 1859-1939) , "Fishing Camps", oil on canvas, unsigned, 9 7/8 in. x 13 1/2 in., unframed
• WOODWARD, Stanley Wingate,
  WOODWARD, Stanley Wingate, (1890-1970, U.S.): ''Myakka River'', Watercolor, 7.75'' x 11, signed lower right, unframed.
• Mrs. James F. Wood (American/New
  Mrs. James F. Wood (American/New Jersey late 19th c.) "Edisto Swamp South Carolina 1886" oil on canvas signed titled and dated en verso 10 in. x 14 in. framed.
• John Stobart (British, b. 1929)
  John Stobart (British, b. 1929) "The J. M. White, Mistress of the Mississippi, Leaving the Crescent City in 1887", 1976, chromolithograph, signed in pencil lower right, numbered "629/750", published by Maritime Heritage Prints, with additional riverboat illustration in lower left margin that was printed on 200 examples, numbered 79/200, sight 23" x 34". Glazed, handsomely matted and framed.
• AMERICAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY,),
  AMERICAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY,), "MISSISSIPPI RIVER PACKET NATCHEZ"., WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE ON PAPER, 18.5" X 28" SIGHT. FRAMED 26.5" X 36".AMERICAN SCHOOL, 19th Century, "Mississippi River Packet Natchez". Presented to India House by William F. Woodward of Louisville, Kentucky. Brass title and donor plaques affixed to frame. Dimensions: Watercolor and gouache on paper, 18.5" x 28" sight. Framed 26.5" x 36". Provenance: Property of India House, New York.
• Charles Woodward Hutson
  Charles Woodward Hutson (American/Louisiana, 1840-1936) "Rural Path Lined with Cypress Trees", pastel on board, initialed lower right "C H", 6-1/4" x 10-1/2". Glazed, matted and framed. Provenance: Collection of Dr. James W. Nelson, Gonzales, Louisiana.
• Ellsworth Woodward (American/New
  Ellsworth Woodward (American/New Orleans, 1861-1939) "Wind-Swept Trees, Grande Isle, LA", etching, sight 7" x 11", monogrammed lower left "EW". Glazed, matted and presented in a carved giltwood frame.
• Southern School 19th c. "The
  Southern School 19th c. "The Steamboat Bayou Belle on the Mississippi River probably decorated for the American Centennial of 1876" oil on canvas unsigned 24 in. x 36 in. original frame.
• BOOK: MISSISSIPI RIVER,
  BOOK: MISSISSIPI RIVER, DISCOVERY, 1852Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley by John Shea, published by Redfield, New York, 1852. Brown cloth binding is straight and tight. Surface and shelf wear to exterior. Measures 9" tall. shipping info This lot can be shipped in-house.
• Karl Ferdinand Wolfe
  Karl Ferdinand Wolfe (American/Mississippi 1904-1985) "Mississippi Wooded Landscape" oil on masonite signed lower left dated "Sept. 10" and "Keeton's Picture Framing Jackson Mississippi" label en verso 8 in. x 12 in.
• William Woodward (American/New
  William Woodward (American/New Orleans 1859-1939) "Yellow Fever Quarantine Guard Camp East End of Pass Christian Mississippi" oil on canvas partial signature and inscribed "Pass Christian" lower right pencil-signed titled dated "1905" and inscribed en verso of canvas and stretcher "Alabama Art League Montgomery Alabama" signed label en verso 16 in. x 22 in. in a period giltwood frame. Provenance: Biloxi Mississippi Estate descended in the family. Note: During the late 19th century Cuban doctors first theorized that it was the striped house mosquito that spread yellow fever. Early in 1905 there was an outbreak of the fever in New Orleans and by late summer the disease was reported to have spread to Mississippi. To combat the epidemic Mississippi Governor Vardaman and the Board of Health issued quarantines and measures to eradicate the mosquito population. In the early twentieth century William Woodward created a series of paintings drawings and prints of the scenic Mississippi Gulf Coast. In this impressionistic painting Woodward depicts a quarantine tent that has been set up in the midst of the beautiful tranquil coastal landscape of Pass Christian. A boat in the distance sails along the peaceful azure of the Gulf with the quarantine tent nestled in the shadows of the pine trees and a small live oak. Woodward made etchings of paintings that he created earlier in his career as he did with this painting in 1934. Reference: Hinckley Robert ed. William Woodward: American Impressionist MPress New Orleans 2009.
• William Woodward (American,
  William Woodward (American, Louisiana, 1859-1939) "Alley of Live Oaks", oil on board, 10" x 13", monogrammed and dated lower left: "W.W. '23". Presented in a carved giltwood frame.
• Lalla Walker Lewis
  Lalla Walker Lewis (American/Mississippi 1912-2006) "River Baptismal" oil on canvasboard signed lower left 16 in. x 19 7/8 in. in a giltwood frame. Note: Born and raised in Greenwood Mississippi Lalla Walker Lewis studied art at Mississippi University for Women and later at Newcomb College. Known as both a print-maker and painter Lewis was employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to create a series of woodblock prints of scenes of Mississippi life. She also painted a mural for the Greenwood Public Library and exhibited at the Delgado Museum of Art (today NOMA) Brooks Art Gallery in Memphis Carnegie Institute and Mississippi Art Association. In the colorful and engaging painting "River Baptismal" Lewis depicts a group of African-Americans gathered along the river bank. Reference: Black Patti Carr Art in Mississippi 1720-1980 University Press of Mississippi Jackson 1998 p. 203.
• WORTHINGTON WHITTREDGE HUDSON RIVER
  WORTHINGTON WHITTREDGE HUDSON RIVER OP PAINTING United States,1820-1910Fall landscape depicting a river embankment with birch tree and swan in the foreground and companion swan in the background.
• M.H. WYMAN FOREST RIVER LANDSCAPE
  M.H. WYMAN FOREST RIVER LANDSCAPE PAINTING United States,1918Impressionist depiction of shallow river flowing over rocks surrounded by trees full of green and orange foliage.