Hannah Maria Hudson (British, c.1810-1865) - Portrait of Mrs. S.A. Butterfield. Oil on canvas. Dated February 1835. Size: 18 inches x 14 inches. Stenciled signature, title and date to the reverse of canvas. An attractive small work by the British female portrait artist, Hannah Maria Hudson. The sitter is identified on the reverse of the canvas. She is wearing a lace bonnet and a black dress, draped with a green shawl, and adorned with a pearl brooch...
Dennis Sheehan (American, 1950 - ) original landscape painting of a Sunset Over A Marsh. Oil on linen. Size: 11 inches x 22 inches. Signed 'Sheehan' in lower left. This small, but dramatic, tonalist painting is typical of his style and subject, capturing the glow of a setting sun over a marshy pasture. Offered in a new gilt wood plein air frame. Excellent condition. Dennis Sheehan is a contemporary painter of tonalist landscapes, whose work is inspired by George Inness...
An attractive New Hampshire Chippendale era tall chest with six finely graduated drawers, which retain their original brass bail handles and which exhibit an attractive molded edge to the drawer sides. Circa 1780-1800. Maple and birch case. Size: 39 5/8 inches overall width x 53 1/2 inches height x 18 1/4 inches depth. This chest is of a desirable small size with a case measuring only 35 3/4 inches wide...
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) painting of a Mountain Road - Autumn. Oil on canvas. Circa 1950s. Size: 18 inches x 20 inches. Artist signature in lower right. In this work, Thomas Curtin directs our gaze away from the traces of early morning snow on a winding mountain road and out across to the sunny autumnal river valley and to the purple hills beyond. Excellent condition and recently placed upon a new stretcher. Offered in a period carved, gilt wood frame...
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) original watercolor landscape painting of a Farm in Winter. Circa 1960s. Size: 14 inches x 20 inches. Thomas Curtin Estate stamped signature in lower right. A classic Vermont scene with farmhouse, barns and sheds situated on a winding country road during the depth of winter. Excellent condition with fresh, bright colors. No foxing. Offered in a contemporary gilt wood frame with linen matting. Thomas Curtin was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts...
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) - Foggy Morning, Vinalhaven, Maine. Watercolor painting, early 1960's, 15 inches x 22 inches (sight). Signed in lower left. In this atmospheric painting, Thomas Curtin has captured the rocky coastline on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, as a sea fret rolls in on the land. Thomas Curtin was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He studied at the prestigious National Academy of Design and Art Students' League, both in New York City. Curtin found a mentor and friend ...
Original Charles Dickens autograph, hand-penned by the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era to Charles Augustus Cole, and dated Monday, 12th November 1860, written on stationery of "Office of All the Year Round, A Weekly Journal Conducted by Charles Dickens." Size: approx. 6 inches x 4.75 inches (sight). Offered framed together with an engraved portrait of Charles Dickens. The note reads: "My Dear Cole, I regret to be obliged to reply that I cannot possibly do it. I am much too ...
The White Horse - Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977), oil on canvas, 24 inches x 30 inches. Circa 1960's. Unsigned, but bearing the stamp of the Thomas R. Curtin Estate on the reverse, together with the estate's inventory number 167. In this appealing painting, Thomas Curtin has portrayed a farmer buck sawing a felled tree, whilst the viewer's attention is drawn to his white draft horse, which serves as the focal point of this work. The scene is completed by a row of village houses, with ...
Antique late Georgian mahogany knife box, with interior converted for stationery. English. Circa 1790-1810. Size: 12.5 inches H x 8 inches W x 8 inches D. Serpentine shaped front with sloping cover and black and white checked string inlay edging. There is a six-pointed star inlaid on the underside of the cover. Condition: very good, with restoration to some of the veneer and inlay (especially stringing on the back side of cover and veneer repair around the key hole); original hinges; missing...
Storekeeper roly-poly tobacco tin, Red Indian Cut Plug Tobacco brand, by The American Tobacco Company. Early 20th century. Size: 7 inches height x 6 inches diameter. Very good condition, some minor paint loss and rust spotting (see photos). The lithograph decorated tin held one pound of tobacco and is in the form of a Store keeper wearing a blue jacket, black bow tie and smoking a pipe. Head lifts off as a cover. No dents.
David Gauld (Scottish, 1865-1936) - Painting of Four Calves Resting. Oil on canvas. Canvas size: 24 inches x 36 inches. Signed in lower right, D. Gauld. Late 19th or early 20th century. In this adorable work, the Scottish painter David Gauld has portrayed four young calves resting in the shade by a watering tub in a Scottish pasture. David Gauld was a native of Glasgow and is well known for his studies of cattle. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and shared a studio with the portrait ...
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) - Autumn Valley. Oil on artist board. Circa 1960's. Size: 16 inches x 20 inches. Signed lower right and bearing stamps from the Thomas R. Curtin Estate on the verso. In this painting, Curtin has captured a Vermont valley at the peak of its autumnal colors. Using impressionistic brushwork and a colorful palette, he draws the viewer's eye from the rocky pasture in the foreground, through the sugar maples, to the purple hills beyond. This painting is pictu...
Dennis Sheehan (American, born 1950) - Place of Peace. Oil on linen. Size: 10 inches x 8 inches. Signed in lower right. Excellent condition; offered in a contemporary gilt wood plein air frame; titled on verso. Dennis Sheehan is a contemporary painter of tonalist landscapes, whose work is inspired by George Inness. His paintings are in many public and private collections, including the White House. He attended the Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA and the Vesper George School of Art...
Snow Drifts - Walton Blodgett (American, 1907-1963), original watercolor painting. Circa: mid 20th century. Size: 12 inches x 14.5 inches. Signed in lower left. A dramatic image by this WPA era Vermont artist, with contrasting shadows set against a snowy field and with a silhouetted skyline of the Green Mountains in the background. Walton Blodgett received his artistic training in New York City at the Grand Central School of Art, and later with George Luks. His earliest works were stark de...
Charles Abel Corwin (American, 1857-1938) - Morgan horse in a Pasture. Signed and dated 1896 in lower left. Oil on canvas. Size: 22 inches x 38 inches. A stunning portrait of a horse standing in a pasture setting, bordered by field stone walls, with haystack and farm buildings in the distance. This painting was found in Woodstock, Vermont and was most likely a commissioned work. Charles Abel Corwin was born in Newburgh, New York, and most of his career was spent in New York City, where he ...
Country Road in Winter - Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977). Oil painting on artist board. Circa 1960's. Size: 8 inches x 10 inches. Signed in the lower left. Condition: Very good but would brighten with a professional cleaning. Offered in what is probably the original frame. In this attractive small-sized painting, Thomas Curtin directs the viewer's eye down a winding country lane in winter to a farm with barns and farmhouse, set against a background of rolling hills where the snow i...
Walton Blodgett (American, 1908-1963) - Boat in Dry Dock. Pencil on paper. Circa 1930's. Size: 7 inches x 13 inches. Unsigned but bearing the embossed stamp of the Walton Blodgett Estate. Walton Blodgett was an American watercolor painter, illustrator and teacher. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he studied at the Grand Central Art School and then with George Luks at the Art Students League in New York. He illustrated for 'Fortune' and other magazines to supplement his income. In the mid 1930's, he r...