Sunday, January 9, 2022

SCARCE MID-19TH CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART, PRIMITIVE, ANTIQUE NAUTICAL OIL on BOARD 
of a TWO-MASTED SCHOONER SAILING SHIP 
at SEA, featuring a STEAMSHIP in the DISTANCE, with SEVERAL SHIP HANDS SEEN WORKING on DECK, with ORIGINAL, WIDE-PROFILE, 
PERIOD, GOLD GILT FRAME
[Not professionally cleaned or treated with any fine art cleaning agents or chemicals. The painting remains 100%, absolutely untouched and as it 
was when it was removed from the finely appointed Massachusetts estate it was 
discovered in.]
(Circa 1845-1865)
Mid-19th century American Folk Art antique maritime & nautical oil paintings of sailing vessels in period picture frames
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DIMENSIONS: 
Frame: 11 1⁄2" Height x 14 1⁄2" Width
Painting: 8 3⁄4" Height x 11 3⁄4" Width 
 Weight: 2 lbs. 6 oz.

DESCRIPTION:
Estate fresh and new to the marketplace. This absolutely wonderful and 100%, absolutely untouched, mid-19th century nautical oil painting on artist board, of a two-masted schooner sailing ship at sea, features a steamship bellowing black smoke from its stack in the distance, as well as several deck hands, working the schooner's ropes and canvas rigging. The oil painting's unsigned and not an American academic nautical oil painting but rather a regional, American antique primitive folk art painting. The painting is remarkably well-executed, with profuse details, while maintaining the work's folk art, primitive allure and charm. It comes still in its original wide-profile, deep, lemon gold gilt gessoed wooden frame, circa 1845 to 1865, just before or contemporary to the era of the US Civil War of the mid-19th century. The painting doesn't suffer from any appreciable color diminishment, noticeable surface abrasions, scuffs, pushes, stains, tanning or foxing. With original hanging wire and eye hooks on back. Really beautiful. Just a lovely mid-19th century American antique maritime artifact and American nautical folk art painting. Splendid. Very fine.

CONDITION:
Good to Very Good overall antique condition.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

THE PRISONERS OF 1776 RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION BY: REV. LIVESEY BOSTON 1854

 RARE 'A RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION' (THE PRISONERS of 1776) by REV. R. LIVESEY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1854, 
MID-19TH CENTURY, ANTIQUE, 
1ST EDITION VOLUME, ILLUSTRATED with EMBOSSED CLOTH HARDBOARD COVERS & GOLD GILT EMBOSSED COVER & SPINE TYPOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC ICONOGRAPHY of a FULLY RIGGED CLIPPER WARSHIP, PUBLISHED 
by GEORGE C. RAND, BOSTON, MA
'A full and particular account of the sufferings and privations of all the American prisoners captured on the high seas and carried into Plymouth, 
Englanduring the revolution of 1776'
(Dated 1854)
Mid-19th century, pre-US Civil War American historical literature recalling the US War of Independence from British Crown rule and the many episodes and narratives from that conflict
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DIMENSIONS: 
3⁄4" Height x 4 1⁄2" Width x 7⁄8" Depth 
 Weight: 9.7 oz.

ILLUSTRATION(S), NUMBER OF PAGES:
4 etchings, 264 full pages 

CONDITION:
Good to Very Good overall antique condition.
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