Originally designed for sheet music, these are now used primarily as magazine racks. To see other examples, type "canterbury" into the search box.
Height: 20”
Width: 20.5”
Depth: 14.5”
Height to top of jar lid: 12”
Height to top of lighting pole: 21”
Purple Canyon
Oil on canvas, signed lower right and retaining a fine carved gilt wood frame.
Painting:25" x 30",
Frame 33.5" x 39"
Bickerstaff, a landscape painter born in Arkansas, was primarily self-taught except for a brief period at the Art Institute of Chicago. His early years were spent in southern California before moving to Ukiah in the northern part of the state where he remained for the rest of his lif...
Height: 25.5”
Width: 16.75”
Depth: 26.375”
River Birches
Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right and titled and signed on reverse
Painting: 20" x 24"
Frame: 24" x 28"
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August Herman Olson Rolle, painter, printmaker and graphic artist, dabbled in many activitie...
American School, early 19th Century
Oil on canvas with a pencil inscription lower left: “Jacob Lam...t, born: April 4th, 1798”.
Painting size: 18.25” x 13.75”
Frame size: 22.25” x 17.75”
Judging by the gentleman’s frock coat, collar and hair style, this was probably painted circa 1820.
(Late 19th century)
Landscape with Stream
Oil on board, signed indistinctly with initials in lower right corner.
Painting size: 3.75” x 5.25”
Frame size: 9.25” x 10.75”
This delicately rendered landscape is the work of a skilled artist, evidenced by the whispy brushstrokes used to deliniate the young trees and the shimmering, reflective surface of the stream.
Dimensions of the Case:8.25" x 8.25" x 13"
Dimensions: 8.25" x 7"
Steam and Sail in London Harbor
Oil on canvas, signed and dated '96 lower right.
Provenance: Henry W. Phipps, Westbury, NY -- by direct family descent. The family house, finished in 1906 is now a public museum known as Old Westbury Gardens, on Long Island.
Painting: 20” x 30”
Frame: 25” x 34”
Cornelius Wagner was a German landscape and marine painter born in Dresden, who studied at the ...
These memento boxes were popular at the end of the eighteenth century and frequently given as tokens of friendship and love. Usually oval in shape, but also circular and rectangular, the decoration reflected the popular styles of the day. For example, by the 1790s Neoclassical style swags, doves, hearts, and borders were the most commonly used decoration of the day. This one reads "The Absent Not Forgotten."
Source:
Susan Benjamin. En...
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Allegorical Landscape with Figures
Oil on masonite, signed.
Painting Size: 22” x 28”
Frame Size: 25.75” x 31.5”
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The following biography is courtesy of Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA.
Curtis was born in Gloucester, MA on June 6, 1906 and died in October of 1989. He is best remembered for his marines, allegori...
Moose in a Landscape
Oil-on-artist board, signed lower right
Painting Size: 11” x 14”
Frame Size: 15.5” x 18”
Wagner studied in Prague under Schwaiger and Thiele, in Munich with Marr and in Paris under Anglade. He traveled and painted in Italy, Spain and North Africa.
Source:
Thieme-Becker, ed. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler vonder Antike bis zu Gegenwart
"Warmiing Up" Jockey Galloping a Horse with a Plaited Mane
Oil on Canvas , signed"WV"
Painting: 16" x 24"
Frame: 20.75" x 28.5"
(British, 1808-1895)
Mountain Landscape with Sheep and Thatched Cottage
Oil on canvas, signed.
Painting size: 15” x 11”
Frame size: 23” x 18.75”
Williams was born in Penryn, Cornwall in 1808 but lived chiefly at Bath, Torquay and Topsham in Devon (where he died in 1895). He exhibited regularly at The Royal Academy, the Suffolk Street Galleries and at the British Institution.
A work by Williams is illustrated in p...
European School, late 19th/early 20th Century
Oil on board, signed indistinctly.
Painting size: 6.75” x 9”
Frame size: 14” x 16”
h: 11 in.
Daisies and Roses in a Chinese Jar
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left and dated “June 1903”
Painting Size: 30” x 22.75”
Frame Size: 36 ” x 28.75”
Wilson was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art as well as in London and Antwerp. He traveled widely, working in America, India, Persia, Russia and Europe. Wilson was primarily known for his landscapes and river scenes.
He became a member of...