Catalog: Fine Art (2325)

Mid 19th Century Rider Seeking The Holy Grail Oil on Panel Measuring 8“ x 6 1/2“

A very fine 19 century Italian bronze of Aurora, an art nouveau style. Signed lower right.

Currier and Ives Lithograph, The Old Oaken Bucket, 1878, Framed Print 15 x 19". $300 As-Is

Views of Wyer’s Cave lithograph 1856 15x20” Grand Caverns was discovered in 1804 by Bernard (Barnette) Weyer while trying to retrieve one of his traps. Weyers Cave opened for tours in 1806, making it the oldest continually operating show cave in the U.S. The caverns were also called the Grottoes of the Shenandoah until named Grand Caverns in 1926. Grand Caverns was declared a National Natural Landmark in 1973...

A large bronze of Mercury measuring 27” in height and signed by the French Artist Marius Montagne 1828-1879 and dated on the work 1867. The artist was educated in France and work briefly for August Rodin.

An English print titled Claret Hall 19th century, along with college of Christ 18th century lithograph Each measuring 5 x 6” framed and matted beautifully. From the JH collection

Artist Henry Thomas Alken, born in London in 1785, was one in a long line of family artists, which included his father, two brothers, and son. Alken first studied under his father, whose influence as a sporting artist can be seen in Henry Thomas Alken prints featuring hunting and racing scenes. Alken was later taught by John Thomas Barber Beaumont, a miniaturist painter, who inspired him to show several of his miniature portraits at the Royal Academy...

Edmund John Niemann was a highly prolific and greatly celebrated landscape artist. His extremely large portfolio covered scenes across the length and breadth of Britain. His most famous works are those depicting the river Thames. Niemann was the son of a German banker. He followed in his father’s footsteps for a time, working as a clerk in Lloyds bank. In 1839, however, he decided to give up the pen and the bank records and take up the paintbrush and pursue art...

NINETEENTH CENTURY, CHINESE NANKING “OPERA” CARVED AND FRAMED WALL SCULPTURE, Measuring 21” x 32”. The carving done circa 1840 and mounted and framed in the 1940’s. The work was typically done for export to the Irish market…..please also see # 3582

An engraving from the Description de l’Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte’s conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes...

SOUTH INDIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A DEITY standing in slight tribhangha and dressed in an ankle-length dhoti, adorned with various jewelry, the sacred thread and a garland hanging to his ankles, the face with long nose and large eyes flanked by elaborate earrings and surmounted by a conical headdress, all atop a circular single lotus base 13 inch height circa 1930

Abraham Lincoln Bust By Leonard W. Volk 1828-1895 32”x24” Original plaster made from the life mask that was done for Lincoln in 1860. The artist did both plaster and bronze large and small formats somewhere designed as Hermes format others were done such as this piece in the classical style 32”x24”

English Artist Gibbon,Pastoral Scene c.1820 Oil School of Constable, measuring 30x50, frame size 40x60” The work is framed in a. Correct frame most likely original and is an exceptionally fine condition and was extremely well painted by a master

Indonesian, probably 19th century, the carved driftwood monkey deity figure depicted with crossed legs and wearing a crown, 29 in., black-painted pyramid-form tripod base, 35 in. overall, extensive losses to backdrop frame, right arm and various elements at legs, base with paint losses

Colored lithograph from the early 19th century. Framed dimensions are 19.25x17”. Unframed dimensions are 9.5x7”.

President George Washington in Full Masonic Regalia Oil 29.5x23.5” by artist Robert Gordon Hardie 1854-1904. Letter from curator of the Masonic Lodge,and other provenance. Background Hardie, Robert Gordon was born on March 29, 1854 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. Education Studied drawing in schools of Cooper Institute, Academy of Design and Art Students’ League, New New York Studied at École des Beaux Arts, Paris, Major Robert Gordon and Frances (Hyde) H...

An important figure sculpture Indian Bronze of Samara goddess circa 1880 measuring 6”

PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON ATTRIBUTED TO THE CHAS. WILSON PEALE FAMILY, EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY OIL ON CANVAS, measuring 72” x 50” in a fine period frame. Possibly the frame from the Stewart workshops...