Attributed to Auguste Couder. "Study of the Comte de Rochambeau for the Siege of Yorktown, c. 1835." Watercolor and graphite on paper, 8 7/8 x 11 3/8 in., 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (view), conservation matted within UV-glazed frame. Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder or Auguste Couder (1789-1873) was a French painter.....
Watercolor on card, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches (view) within gilded brass mat inside original, carved, oval frame (4 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. overall). Portrait of an unidentified officer of the elite 5th Battalion of the 60th or "Royal American" Regiment of Foot, circa 1803. He wears the.....
Ink on illustration board, 27 x 19 3/8 inches; signed "Copeland/66" on lower right; conservation matted. A young teen stands proudly before the Williamsburg Magazine wearing his new "LIBERTY OR DEATH" frock and holding one of the blue-painted trade guns issued to his company from the Virginia State Store. Peter.....
Great Britain: c. 1830. Graphite on paper, 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches; bearing artist's initials "E D" in lower right corner; within UV glazed frame. This pencil study of an English sailor from the 1830s (probably a coastal fisherman) illustrates the working dress worn during cold and wet weather.....
Charcoal with gouache highlights on buff paper, 15 ½ x 20 ½ inches (view) attractively matted and framed. Commonly known by his initials “F. C.”, Frederick Coffay Yohn was recognized by age twenty-five as one of the nation's top historical illustrators, “second only to Howard Pyle” according to one publication.....
Watercolor on ivory, 1¾ x 1½ inches, initialed and dated: ‘IP/1789’; within original rose gold case. A superb Peale miniature of an American artillery officer, wearing a scarlet-faced, blue uniform featuring gilded buttons and a “rise-and-fal” cape or collar, with gilt bullion epaulette. The single epaulette on the right shoulder.....
1772. Plans deren Maneuvres[,] Formacionen und Colocacionen deren Officiers und Sergenten wie es bey dem löblichen Schweizer-Regiment Baron De Reding geübt wird. ["Plans of the maneuvers, formations and positions of their officers and sergeants as practiced by the Honorable Swiss Regiment Baron De Reding]. Madrid, 1772. Oblong Imperial quarto (29.5.....
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CONSTANTINE SMITH (American, c. 1799-1835). "Representation of the United States ship ERIE in a Hurricane" Watercolor and ink on paper, 22 x 18 ½ inches, within original glazed, carved frame. The USS Erie was a sloop-of-war designed and built by Thomas Kemp, a Baltimore shipwright celebrated for his fast topsail.....
1833. Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 21 ½ x 29 inches (view), inscribed on the upper right in the artist's hand, "U.S. Ship Concord Entering the Harbour of Portsmouth, N.H. From a three year's cruise in the Mediterranean. By Jacob Mull Sailing Master General, U.S. Navy." The USS Concord.....
Watercolor and ink on laid paper, 5 5/8 x 16 ½ inches; inscribed in iron-gall ink at left top margin: Mrs. Isaac de Peyster Teller” and below the drawing along the lower margin: “A Collonade [sic] built at West Point During the American War to Celebrate the birth of Dauphne.....
1815. Watercolor and ink on paper, 18 x 25 1/2 in., conservation mounted within ebonized, walnut frame; original backing paper on reverse, on which is inscribed in the artist's hand the title above and the following: "Willm. Wilson/ 53 Paddington Street/ Portman Square/ London/ ae 1815 July 18th". One of.....