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W 1286. Southern School,
mid-to-late 19th c., “Portrait of a South Carolina Lady”, oil on canvas, unsigned, 24 in. x 20 in., original oval gilt frame.
1288
$600/800 Note: The painted textured lace and elaborate yellow and black bow with “Etruscan” brooch enliven this portrait of a South Carolina matriarch.
1287
1287. American School, early 19th c., “Portrait of a Woman in White with Jewelry”, oil on canvas, unsigned, Sotheby’s label en verso, 18 5/8 in. x 16 in., antique frame. $800/1200
1285. William Frye (German/Alabama, 1822-1872), “A Pair of Kentucky Pendant Portraits of a Husband and Wife”, oils on canvas, the man signed en verso “W. Frye/Pinxit/1866”, 16 7/8 in. x 13 7/8 in., and 15 5/8 in. x 12 3/4 in., period frames. $1500/2500 Provenance: Private Collection Clinton, Kentucky. Note: William Frye was among the most successful and prolific painters working in Kentucky and Alabama during the mid-19th century. Born in Reslau, Germany, Frye studied art at Heidelberg University. Intrigued by the American Indian stories of James Fenimore Cooper, he immigrated to America in the early 1840s. By 1845 he had moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where he opened a portrait studio. Frye opened a second portrait studio two years later in Huntsville, Alabama. In 1865 the Kentucky legislature commissioned Frye to paint a posthumous portrait of Henry Clay. Frye’s career was cut short by mental and physical health problems. Eventually he was committed to the Alabama Insane Hospital, where he died at the age of 50. Reference: Adams, E. Bryding “William Frye, Artist”, Alabama Heritage, University of Alabama, spring 1994.
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1288. Samuel Adams Hudson (American, 18131894), “Rocky Beach”, 1884, oil on canvas, initialed and dated lower right, Devoe Academy Board label en verso, 18 1/2 in. x 12 in., original frame.
1289
$800/1200
W 1290. An American
1289. William Garl Brown, Jr. (American/ Virginia, 1823-1894), “Portrait of a Gentleman”, oil on canvas laid down on masonite, sight 35 in. x 28 in., giltwood frame.
$300/500
$800/1200 Provenance: Hill family of Eastern North Carolina and later Texas; Smith and Welder families of Texas. Note: Originally signed and dated en verso, the inscription has been covered up by the lining material. A photo of the original inscription and a letter from the conservator dated 1967 are affixed en verso.
Classical Mahogany and Giltwood Ogee Mirror, 19th c., retaining old mirror plate, height 34 1/2 in., width 24 1/2 in.