Charcoal on sand paper drawing of Mount Vernon, George Washington's plantation house, with two ships at anchor in the Potomac River and two figures strolling on the lawn. Mid 19th century. Offered in the original ogee frame and backed with newspaper dating from the 1870s. Image size: 17 inches x 23 inches. Very nice as-found condition (not examined out of the frame).
Aiden Lassell Ripley (American, 1896-1969) original charcoal study of three grouse in a pine tree in winter. Size: 9 inches x 12.5 inches (sight). Circa 1940s. Marked with the estate stamp of A. Lassell Ripley in lower left corner. Nice condition and offered in an antique carved frame. Ripley was a watercolorist and draughtsman of sporting and wildlife subjects. He was a member of the Guild of Boston Artists, The National Academy of Design and the American Society of Watercolor Painters. In ...click for details
