Elvis Presley Owned 19th Century Interior Scene Oil On Canvas Painting By Erskine Nicol (1825-1904). Signed in lower right and dated 1846. Erskine was an Irish artist, he exhibited at the Royal Academy and was made an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1866. He also exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy and the British Institution. Nicol's works sell regularly at the greatest auction houses in the world. The painting was part of the decorations Priscilla and Elvis Presley chose for their 1174 Hillcrest Road, Beverly Hills, California Home. The couple moved into the house shortly after their wedding in May, 1967. Elvis sold the house completely furnished in 1973. This painting is from the1174 Hillcrest Road, Beverly Hills, California Home. The painting was sold at public auction by Don B. Smith Auction Co. for Elayne Marks who purchased the home and contents from Elvis and Priscilla. A subsequent auction was held by CSA Auction Co., Saturday, May 2, 1987 at Cook Convention Center Memphis, TN. The Memphis Auction included 60 items from the Don B. Smith auction. The majority of the items from that auction were purchased by Jimmy Velvet, owner of Elvis Presley Museum and friend of Elvis of 22 years. Mr. Velvet owned five Elvis Presley museums at one point (Memphis, Nashville, Orlando, Honolulu, and Kissimmee). This painting will come with a copy of the CSA auction catalogue cover and copy of a May, 4 1987 Associated Press newspaper article in the Meridian Star Newspaper, "Elvis Home Furnishings Auctioned Off." The article references Harold Bonne of Tupelo, MS as the buyer of $3,325 in Elvis items. Also included, will be a copy of the auction tickets listing items purchased by Harold L. Boone of Tupelo, MS for four paintings and a oriental lamp from Elvis's estate. All of the paintings from Elvis's home sold at Cook Convention Center in Memphis carried a National Van Lines identification sticker to the back of the frame. National Van Lines shipped the Elvis items from Beverly Hills to the Cook Convention Center, Memphis, TN. Canvas measures 12" x 16". Painting is in a period gilt wood frame. Frame measures 19 1/4" x 23 1/4".Condition- Overall craquelure to canvas. Frame has some wear. See photos.

Condition- Overall craquelure to canvas. Frame has some wear. See photos.