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DR. EDWARD RUGGLES "GEMS" O/B "ON THE DELAWARE" 1 of 2 browse these categories for related items... Directory: Fine Art: Paintings: Oil: N. America: American: Pre 1900: item # 701847 Please refer to our stock # lbk955 when inquiring.
Longbrook Antiques Stratford, Connecticut 06614 (203)377-5154 Guest Book $4,500.00 *PAIR* lbk955 & lbk956 |
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| This is an absolutely Beautiful and crisply painted Oil on Board signed and titled on the reverse "ON THE DELAWARE" "RUGGLES" by the decorated Artist/Physician Dr. Edward Ruggles (1817-1867) . The image shows Two Fisherman in a boat upon stormy seas and a number of Sailing Ships in the background. I believe the image shows the Delaware River/Water Gap on the East Coast of the U.S. somewhere between New Jersey and Delaware/Pennsylvania The painting itself on board measures 7 1/8" X 5 1/8" while the frame measures 10 7/8" X 8 7/8". The original Gold Painted Sand Finish Frame is line with a worn Brown Velvet and Gold Finished liner. This painting is in Unrestored Wonderful condition and does appear to be in very good overall condition. Please note that this painting will only be sold with the unsigned but correctly attributed to mate painting which is attributed to the same artist and it a matching frame in our next items listing. Please see our item catalog #Lbk956 Please contact us for Shipping Quote. The following was taken from The Vault at PFAFF's; Ruggles, Edward Dr. (1817-1867) Physician, Artist. Dr. Edward Ruggles was a friend of the Whitman family who was an "eccentric physician and painter in Brooklyn" (G. W. Allen 323). Ruggles earned his medical degree at Bowdoin College sometime around 1840. At some point, he gave up his medical career and devoted himself to painting. His "cabinet pictures" were known as "Ruggle Gems" and they "were greatly in demand at the time of his death, though apparently other artists were contemptuous of them. Many thought him eccentric, and apparently some found him unpleasant: ’For the shams and phariseeisms of life he had no sympathy and not much charity; and he did not hesitate to say what he thought for fear of consequences. To say things which run counter to common prejudices is not to court popularity; and it may be that Dr. Ruggles sometimes gained disfavor by such a course without securing any compensating advantage’" (G. W. Allen 323-24). Gay Allen suggests that "[h]e sounds very much in some ways like Walt Whitman himself" (380). A. L. Rawson describes Ruggles as a friend of Ada Clare, which does not place him at Pfaff’s proper, but does suggest that he spent time at Clare’s 42nd Street home where many Bohemians were known to gather (103). | ||
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