Franklin D. Briscoe

“Sailboats off the Coast”

Circa 1885

Beautiful oil on fiberboard painting of a view of Switzerland done by the American artist, John William Casilear. Signed with monogram lower left. Condition is excellent. Circa 1857/1858. The painting is housed in a contemporary frame. Overall framed measurements are 6 5/8 by 8 5/8 inches. lProvenance: Long Island, New York collector. Biography John William Casilear was born in New York City on June 25, 1811. Like his fellow Hudson River School landscapists Asher B. Durand and John F. Kensett, he worked as an engraver before turning to painting. In 1826 Casilear was apprenticed to the engraver Peter Maverick (1780-1831), and at first he primarily executed bank notes. Durand encouraged him to attempt other subjects, however, and during the 1830s he madeengravings after some of the most prominent paintings of the day, including Daniel Huntington's The Sybil (New-York Historical Society). In 1832 he began submitting engravings to the National Academy of Design exhibition and he first showed paintings there in 1836. In 1833 Casilear was elected an Associate of the Academy; he was elevated to full Academician status in 1851. In 1840 Casilear accompanied Durand, Kensett, and another painter, Thomas P. Rossiter (1818-1871), on a trip to Europe. There the artists studied and copied paintings...

Here for your consideration is a wonderfully detailed miniature painting of the Matterhorn. Signed and titled verso. Attributed to the artist William Archibald Wall. Dated 6/50 verso...

Oil on board painting of cows in a landscape by the American artist, James Fairman. Signed lower right. In good condition; overall fram...

Beautiful oil on fiberboard painting of fishing boats at the docks of Gloucester by the well known North Fork Long Island artist Caroline M. Bell. Circa 1945. Signed lower left by the artist. Condition is very good. Housed in its original silver leaf over wood frame in restored condition. Overall framed measurements are 18 by 20 inches. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida estate. Biography: Caroline M. Bell (1874 -1870) Caroline Bell was the leader of a group of artists known as the Peconic Bay...

Oil on artist board painting by the French artist, Jean Corniche. Signed lower right and dated 1945. The painting depicts several fishing boats docked on...

Beautifully executed oil on canvas landscape with figures in a boat by the well known British artist, David Bates. Signed and dated lower left 1900. Titled, signed and dated verso. Condition is very good. Two small old patches verso. Framed in a period elaborate gold leaf frame with minor old restorations. Frame condition is very good. Overall framed measurements are 29.75 by 40 inches. Signed and dated lower left, 1900 Framed 29.75by 40.25 inches. Titled, signed and dated verso. Loweswater is one of the smaller lakes in the English Lake District in Cambria. The village of Loweswater is situated to the east of the lake. About: David Bates British, (1840-1921) David Bates was born in March, Cambridge in 1840 to Benjamin Bates a shoe maker and Sarah Bates. By 1851, the family had moved to Upton upon Severn in Worcestershire and from 1855 Bates became an apprentice at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works in Worcester. There he developed his artistic talent, painting flower decorations onto vases and plates. At some point after 1861, he became a full time artist and made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1863, continuing to exhibit there until 1893. He also exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor Gallery. He married Elizabeth Higgs from Worcester in 1867 and they lived at Cherry Orchard, Bath Road in Worcester where their children were later born. Their second child John Bates Noel (1870-1927) became a landscape artist and their younger son David Samuel...

Architectural sketch of an arch, executed at two different times of the day. A classic arch is represented, in the Paladian taste, in the greenery of a park, on a sunny day. Beautifu...

"Sunrise on the Shore" by Andreas Schelfhout stands as a testament to the extraordinary talent of the Dutch artist, born in The Hague in 1787. A prominent figure of the Romantic move...

Federico Del Campo (Lima 1837 - Venice 1923), The Toy Seller (1877) Oil painting on panel 22 x 37 cm signed Campo on the left, on the back is an old label from Williams and sons ga...

small oil landscape on cardboard “Village 3”, drawn by Natalya Shiporina, signed to the verso. The painting is part of a series of three paintings...

Giuseppe Canella (Verona 1788 - Florence 1847), San Marco Basin Oil painting on panel 14 x 20 cm signed lower left.

Giovanni Calamia Lombardo (Palermo 1849 - 1894) The plain of Palermo as seen from Mt. Pellegrino. Oil painting on panel 26 x 44 cm signed lower left.