First View of the Battle of Patapsco Neck Dedicated to those who lost their friends
First View of the Battle of Patapsco Neck Dedicated to those who lost their friends in defense of their country. After burning Washington, British troops landed at North Point on the Patapsco Neck. Marching toward Baltimore, the British encounter a force of Maryland...
View of a Monastery
View of a Monastery Large size painting of a monastery situated on a hilltop, likely in Pennsylvania or New York. The view includes the main building and several outbuildings, extensive gardens with fountains and the road surrounding the complex. Oil on canvas, 19th...
Portrait of the Steamship Henry L. Johnson
Portrait of the Steamship Henry L. Johnson By Vincent Nickerson (American 1844-1910) Signed lower right and dated “88” 29” x 41” Pastel on paper The artist vincent Nickerson was one of a handful of maritime artists working in the Great Lakes area in the late 19th...
Front Elevation for Five Houses For Charles B White
Front Elevation for Five Houses For Charles B White To be erected on St. Paul’s near Reid Street A beautiful architectural watercolor by the architect, Joseph F. Kemp of Baltimore. Kemp is credited with many of Baltimore’s finest buildings in the mid-19th century...
The Temperance Movement Comes to Pittsburgh
The Temperance Movement Comes to Pittsburgh This painting by the Pittsburgh artist Alfred Frances King is a commentary on the tumultuous and divisive period in Pittsburgh during the Temperance movement in the late 19th century. King was primarily a still life,...
Portrait of the Hawaiian Chiefess, Liliha, Royal Governor of the Island of O’ahu Attributed to John Hayter
An extremely rare and previously lost portrait of Liliha (1802-1839), a member of the Hawaiian Royal family in the early 19th century. She and her husband Boki were principal members of the entourage that accompanied King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu on an 1824...
VIEW OF NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA
VIEW OF NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA By John O OsborneOil on canvasSigned: J.O. Osborne/September/185032” x 46” This scene depicts a view of a couple overlooking the town of New Brighton, Pennsylvania and the Beaver River with the Allegheny Mountains in the background...
ROCK POOL IN SPRING BY CHRISTIAN WALTER, PITTSBURGH
ROCK POOL IN SPRINGChristian Jacob Walter (1872-1938)Western PennsylvaniaOil on canvas42” x 54”Signed lower right: CHR WALTER 1911 A peaceful scene of three young girls by a rock pool within a larger arboreal landscape by the American Impressionist painter Christian...
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, BENJAMIN WEST (1738-1820)
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST Unsigned, after Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) Oil on panel Circa 1825 13.5” x 11.5” An oil on panel portrait after an 1810 portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence. now at the Yale Center for British Art. American-born Benjamin West was one of the most...
PAIR OF PORTRAITS ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCIS CEZERON (AMERICAN, BORN IN FRANCE 1774-AFTER 1814)
PAIR OF PORTRAITS Pennsylvania or Virginia I805-1810 Oil on poplar panels 11.5” x 13” A pair of beautifully detailed portraits of a couple, probably Virginians, by the itinerant artist, Francis Cezeron. Cezeron advertised his portrait services in Virginia, Maryland...