Carved, sandstone plaques, each approximately 43 3/4 x 16 3/4 x 5 inches. Found by the previous owner in eastern Pennsylvania, these handsome relief carvings of an 18th century fieldpiece and a siege mortar were likely set in the walls of key arsenal structures or in masonry walls, the most.....
OEUVRES CHOISIES DE J.-B. PIRANESI: Frontispices, Compositions, Prisons, Trophees, Plan et Vues de Rome dessines et Graves de 1746 a 1778. Paris: Auguste Vincent, 1905. Reprint of 1778 edition. Folio. [4], 7, [i] pp and 114 numbered plates (the 18 double-page and folding plates each account for 2 plate numbers).....
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.....
1829. 10th. BAKER, Ezekiel. "Remarks On Rifle Guns. Being The Result Of Upwards Of Fifty Years Practice And Observations, With Specific Remarks On Fowling Pieces, the Percussion Lock, And Fire Arms In General. To Which Are Subjoined Descriptions Of A new Bullet Mould And Clipper, Various Improvements In Gun And.....
1808. A CORPORAL OF RIFLEMEN [CAPTAIN HENRY BEAUFOY]. "Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns, with Reference to their Forming the Basis of a Permanent System of National Defence, Agreeable to the Genius of the Country." Printed by C. Roworth.for T. Egerton, T E Gerton.....
Copperplate on paper, 2.25 inch-diameter, engraved portrait on sheet of paper, underneath window mat with gilded brass edging within a carved and painted oval frame. Joseph Whipple (1738-1816) was a noted Portsmouth merchant and the brother of William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence. He served briefly as a......
Copperplate on paper, 3.5 inches (view), within carved frame. William Rodman (1757-1824) served as a justice of the peace in Pennsylvania, 1791-1800, a state senator, 1804-1808, and as a representative to the U.S. Congress, 1811-1813. Provenance: deaccessioned from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2013. .
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.....
Philadelphia: Henry Dawkins, 1783. Engraved silver plate, oval, 73 x 62 mm. The obverse features a ‘conversation piece’ of the Stephen Decatur family within a room with a window view of two ships at anchor on the Philadelphia waterfront and bears the following dedication below: “To Mrs. Ann Decatur. This Design;.....
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.....
2 volumes. London: Charles Rivington for the Author et al., 1771. 7 engraved plates, all but 2 folding, and 9 folding engraved maps and plans. viii, [2], 379, [1]; [4], 414 pages. 4to, 295x228 mm, spine of modern calf with raised bands and gilt, with worn contemporary tree sheep covers.....
London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757-1772. [COSTUME]. A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern, particularly Old English Dresses, in English and French. London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757-72. 479 (of 480) plates. 4 volumes. Large quarto with original 1/2 vellum binding with marbled boards (some chipping and loss to the.....
Oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches; within carved and gilded frame. Portrait of Lieutenant Raymond Henry Jones Perry (1789-1826) in the undress uniform of a Navy lieutenant per the 1812 Navy regulations, probably painted to celebrate his promotion to lieutenant in 1813. Raymond was the second son.....
Oil on canvas (relined), 40 ¼ inches x 30 ¼ inches; in later frame. Jose Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza was the leading painter of Creole society in New Orleans for the last two decades of the 18th century. Salazar had first arrived in New Orleans in c. 1780.....
Np. [London]: “Publd. M. Darly, Augt. 1. 1778.” Etching on laid paper with early hand-coloring; platemark 245 x 355 mm (9 5/8 x 14 inches); sheet 270 x 380 mm (10 5/8 x 14 7/8 inches); with some light toning in places, marginal loss to center right, small marginal chip.....
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.....
THOMAS DIXON after SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Henry, Earl of Pembroke & Montgomery. Mezzotint by Thomas Dixon, pub. 5 Feb. 1771 by William Wynne Ryland, Cornhill, London; 18 x 13 in. platemark with wide margins; within French mat. Pembroke, then a major general, was colonel-commandant of the 1st or Royal Dragoons.....
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.....
London: Longman and Hurt, 1814. First. [COSTUME]. Walker, George. The Costume of Yorkshire, Illustrated by a Series of Forty Engravings, Being Fac-Similes of Original Drawings. With Descriptions in English and French. Published by Printed by T. Bensley for Longman, Hurt, London, 1814. Descriptive of the Peculiar Dress, Occupation, and Manners.....
1794. Stipple and line engraving by W. Nutter, published by John Jefferys, London, 1 Nov. 1794; 19 x 24 in. (plate-mark). Brigadier General Simon Fraser commanded the Advance Corps of “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne’s army and distinguished himself in combat during the 1777 Northern Campaign. While leading his troops during the.....