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Morphy Auctions Richmond Americana Sale
7:00 AM PT - Nov 22nd, 2008

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2000 N. Reading Road
Denver, PA 17517
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533 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

American Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman.
Description 19th Century. Wearing white waist coat, red and ...

1,000
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1,500
33 Bids
2 Lot 2

American Portrait of Robert Morris Watercolor
Description 18th Century. Graphite and watercolor. Unsigned....

1,500
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2,500
25 Bids
3 Lot 3

Oil on Canvas Portrait of George Washington.
Description 19th Century. American School. Depicting Washing...

12,000
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18,000
18 Bids
4 Lot 4

Portrait of Washington Gilbert Stuart Oil on Canvas
Description 19th Century. (American, 1755-1828). Oil on canv...

15,000
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20,000
4 Bids
5 Lot 5

J.H. Talum, George Washington Portrait Oil on Canvas
Description 19th Century. American School. Portrait after Gi...

1,500
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2,500
20 Bids
6 Lot 6

Nude Portrait Attributed to William Etty Oil Canvas
Description (British, 1787 - 1849). Three-quarter length oil...

2,500
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3,500
9 Bids
7 Lot 7

Lot of 2: Drawings of Costumed Maidens Watercolor
Description Early 19th Century. Graphite and vivid watercolo...

300
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500
2 Bids
8 Lot 8

2 William & Mary Style Portraits Oil on Canvas
Description 18th/ 19th Century. Oil on canvases of a man and...

1,000
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2,000
3 Bids
9 Lot 9

Jane Stuart, Attrib., Oil Portrait of Washington.
Description 19th Century. Oil on canvas copy of Gilbert Stua...

7,000
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10,000
20 Bids
10 Lot 10

British School Oil on Canvas Portrait.
Description 18th/ 19th Century. Depicting a gentleman. Wax r...

1,200
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1,500
1 Bid
11 Lot 11

American Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman.
Description 19th Century. After drawing by William Hogarth t...

400
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600
19 Bids
12 Lot 12

Oil Portrait of Washington After Gilbert Stuart.
Description 20th Century. American. Depicting Washington in ...

5,000
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8,000
24 Bids
13 Lot 13

Oil Portrait of Washington After Gilbert Stuart.
Description (American, 1755-1828). George Washington (the At...

5,000
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10,000
15 Bids
14 Lot 14

Copper Engraved Map by J. Lodge, 1778.
Description Titled "The World with the Latest Discoveries." ...

800
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1,200
5 Bids
15 Lot 15

Washington Engraving by V. Green 1781
Description Titled "General Washington". Published London 17...

1,000
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2,000
8 Bids
16 Lot 16

Aquatint of Samuel Adams, Esq. by S. Harris.
Description Not examined out of frame. Size 8 - 1/4" H x 6 -...

50
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100
1 Bid
17 Lot 17

Lot of 3: Engravings by Houbraken 1700's
Description Published by I. & P. Knapton, London. Portraits ...

500
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1,000
1 Bid
18 Lot 18

Scarce George Washington Engraving by Rollinson.
Description Circa 1780. After a painting by Edward Savage. D...

500
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800
15 Bids
19 Lot 19

Charles B.J.F. de Saint-Memin, Engraving.
Description Miniature profile portrait of James Wilson of Al...

800
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1,200
20 Bids
20 Lot 20

Engraving and Mezzotint After John J. Barralett.
Description Early 19th Century. Titled "America Guided by Wi...

1,200
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1,800
1 Bid
21 Lot 21

Henry Howe, Engraving of the Nathan Hale Hanging.
Description Published 1858. Water damage to top and bottom e...

75
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125
11 Bids
22 Lot 22

Lord Loudoun Engraving After Miller.
Description 18th Century. Sitter was first Lord of Loudoun C...

450
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750
4 Bids
23 Lot 23

Engraving Titled "Peace & Plenty".
Description Late 18th Century. Published by I. Scoles, New Y...

400
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800
6 Bids
24 Lot 24

Engraving of the Washington Family After Savage.
Description Image: 16 - 1/4" H x 23 - 5/8" W. Published by W...

700
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900
6 Bids
25 Lot 25

Rare Engraving of Benjamin Church by Paul Revere.
Description Circa 1770. Central half-length portrait within ...

2,000
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3,000
7 Bids
26 Lot 26

English Oil on Canvas Seascape.
Description Mid/ Late 19th Century. Depicting sailors and fi...

500
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750
10 Bids
27 Lot 27

American Oil on Canvas Riverscape.
Description 19th Century. Depicting multiple skipjacks, side...

500
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800
13 Bids
28 Lot 28

Oil on Wood Panel Moonlit Seascape.
Description 19th Century. Depicting sailors around a camp fi...

800
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1,200
10 Bids
29 Lot 29

Carlo Bonavia (Act. 1755 - 1788), Oil of Naples.
Description Circa 1769. Titled "The Bay of Gaeta" depicting ...

15,000
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25,000
1 Bid
30 Lot 30

Primitive Oil on Canvas Lake Landscape.
Description Late 19th Century. Depicting sailboats and fishe...

800
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1,200
8 Bids
31 Lot 31

Continental Oil on Canvas Seascape.
Description 19th Century. Multiple sailboats and figures on ...

1,000
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1,500
12 Bids
32 Lot 32

American Oil on Canvas Ship Portrait.
Description Late19th/ 20th Century. Signed LL "B. Jefferies"...

300
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500
21 Bids
33 Lot 33

Continental Oil on Canvas Harbor Scene.
Description 20th Century. Depicting multiple ships in harbor...

800
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1,200
8 Bids
34 Lot 34

Oil on Canvas Winter Landscape.
Description Dated LC "Jan 15th, 1875". Painting derived from...

1,500
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2,000
5 Bids
35 Lot 35

American Oil on Canvas Winter Landscape.
Description Dated 1872. Possibly New England. Depicting a ho...

600
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800
9 Bids
36 Lot 36

American Oil on Canvas Winter Landscape.
Description 19th Century. Found in Maine. Lower left 1" repa...

1,000
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1,500
7 Bids
37 Lot 37

American Oil on Canvas Winter Sunset Landscape.
Description 19th Century. Stretcher bears label verso "Chas....

500
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800
7 Bids
38 Lot 38

AC Graves, Winter Landscape Oil on Canvas
Description 19th Century. Retains old paper label verso insc...

1,000
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1,500
8 Bids
39 Lot 39

Continental Oil on Canvas Winter Landscape.
Description 19th Century. Depicting skaters and horse-drawn ...

1,000
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1,600
7 Bids
40 Lot 40

Oil on Canvas Primitive View of the White House.
Description 19th Century. Relined. Overall sporadic inpainti...

1,200
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1,800
13 Bids
41 Lot 41

American Oil on Board Landscape of Mt. Vernon.
Description Early 19th Century. Board bowed. Horizontal age ...

1,500
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3,000
10 Bids
42 Lot 42

Lot of 4: Oil on Canvas Fox Hunt Scenes.
Description English or French. Late 19th century. Depicting ...

1,500
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2,500
9 Bids
43 Lot 43

Hudson River Oil on Canvas View of West Point.
Description 19th Century. Depicting a gentleman walking alon...

2,000
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3,000
17 Bids
44 Lot 44

Lot of 2: Miniature Oil Landscape Paintings.
Description English or Continental. First of figures around ...

200
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300
13 Bids
45 Lot 45

Oil on Canvas Barnyard Landscape.
Description 20th Century. Continental School. Depicting cent...

2,000
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3,000
18 Bids
46 Lot 46

American Watercolor Landscape by JW Cummins.
Description Depicting clapboard house along a river. Signed ...

400
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600
1 Bid
47 Lot 47

J.W. Cummins Watercolor Venetian Canal Scene.
Description Signed LL "J.W. Cummins". Dated 1901. Minor stai...

800
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1,200
5 Bids
48 Lot 48

S.A. Mulholland (British), Watercolor Landscape.
Description 19th Century. Depicting a fisherman on the banks...

500
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1,000
4 Bids
49 Lot 49

Contemporary Theorem of a Bowl of Fruit.
Description 20th Century. Signed LR "Van Aller, '66". Possib...

200
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400
1 Bid
50 Lot 50

Currier & Ives Hand-Colored Lithograph.
Description Titled "Fruits of the Seasons". Published New Yo...

150
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250
1 Bid
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