By James McDougal Hart
Located in Morristown, NJ
Oil on canvas board, unsigned. A charming small-scale landscape in the manner of the Hudson River School, depicting a tranquil river scene with figures in a sailboat drifting past a wooded shoreline. A golden light washes the surrounding trees and distant mountain ridges, while a finely painted group of figures in bright dress suggests narrative intimacy amid the grandeur of nature. Housed in an ornate, period-style gilt frame with grapevine and foliate detailing.
Dimensions:
Sight: 5.75" H x 3.75" W
Frame: 11.75" H x 9.75" W
Condition:
Good overall. Minor surface discoloration and edge abrasions consistent with age. Not examined outside of frame. The frame could benefit from being tightened up.
Provenance:
A Private Collection: 1175 York Avenue, New York City
Reverse bears an original label for Fisher & Adler & Co., 48 Fulton Street, New York – importers, publishers, and dealers in engravings and chromolithographs, active ca. 1870–1900.
Label Note – Fisher, Adler & Co., New York:
The reverse of the frame bears a printed label for Fisher, Adler & Co., a New York firm active in the late 19th century, located at 48 Fulton Street in lower Manhattan. The company described itself as "Importers & Publishers of Engravings, Chromos, Photographs, Etchings, Autotypes, and Photogravures," and catered to a growing market of middle- and upper-class collectors interested in European and American fine art reproductions and original paintings.
While Fisher, Adler & Co. were known primarily as print and picture dealers, their stock often included small original paintings...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Jean-Victor Bertin Furniture
MaterialsWood, Masonite, Paint