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Maine Antique Digest, April 2017 29-C
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This 44" x 32½" (sight) oil on canvas of
George Washington at Bunker
Hill
, ex-Hirschl &Adler, by Newport artist Samuel King (1749-1819),
best known for his portrait miniatures, went to a phone bidder for
$118,750 (est. $30,000/50,000).
This still life by Severin Roesen (1816-1872), oil on canvas, 30" x 40", went to a phone bidder
for $65,000 (est. $30,000/50,000).
Confederate Calvary Scouts in the Wilderness
by Gilbert Gaul (1855-1919), a 25" x 30"
oil on paper laid down on canvas, ex-Kennedy Galleries, went to Robert Hicklin Jr. for
$32,500 (est. $15,000/25,000).
This 1828 oil on canvas portrait, 18" x 15", by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
of a woman, presumably Elizabeth Sully, the daughter of the artist, went
for $21,250 to an Internet bidder from Virginia.
The Battle of Chapultepec
, this 14½" x 35½" oil on paper laid to canvas by artist James Walker
(1819-1889), dated 1857, ex-Kennedy Galleries, sold for $50,000 (est. $10,000/15,000) to Robert
Hicklin Jr., bidding for a client. He was underbid by Wiscasset, Maine, dealer James Kochan.
The engagement took place September 12 and 13, 1847, when American marines attacked the
Chapultepec castle, also known as the Halls of Montezuma, a fort being used as a Mexican
military academy. Living in Mexico City at the outbreak of the Mexican War, Walker served
as an interpreter and was present at the battles of Contreras, Churubusco, and Chapultepec.
Walker’s
Entrance into Mexico City
(not shown), a 10" x 14¼" oil on paper laid to canvas, went
to Hicklin for $18,750 (est. $4000/6000) later in the sale.
This circa 1860 Tiffany
& Co. silver vegetable
dish and cover, with a
pivoting cannon final,
was presented to Francis
H. Gregory for his “Valuable
Service Rendered to His
Country.” Gregory (1789-1866) rose to the rank of rear admiral
and had two U.S. Navy ships named after him. He served in the
War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War.
The dish has the mark of Edward C. Moore and is numbered
356-469. It is 5½" high x 11" long, and it sold for $15,000 (est.
$2000/3000).