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Style: American Empire
George Washington, A Masterful Portrait by The Circle of Gilbert Stuart C. 1820
By Gilbert Stuart
Located in New York, NY
George Washington: A Masterful Portrait from the Circle of Gilbert Stuart, Circa 1820 This distinguished oil on canvas portrait of George Washington, dating to circa 1820, is in the...
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19th Century Antique American Empire Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Antique Brass & Pietra Dura Portrait Miniature Painting George Washington 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A fine, antique brass easel with Pietra Dura panels and three handpainted portrait miniature paintings, circa 1880. The brass easel of triangular ...
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1880s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Brass

American Oil on Canvas Landscape in the Original Floral Gilt Frame. Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American oil on canvas landscape with a flowing stream, trees and mountains, watering cows in the foreground, sun in the background, encompassed on the origi...
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1850s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

19C Oil on Canvas Portrait of a 'Distinguished Gent' In the Style of J Eichholtz
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY Early 19C Oil on Canvas Portrait of a ‘Distinguished Gentleman’ In the Style of Jacob Eichholtz. Nice sized portrait of a Gentleman of high social status, from circa 1820. He has brown hair with a period collar and bowed white silk cravat and a black period tunic or coat. Oil on Canvas mounted on a wooden fame with nails and glue. Unsigned, but most definitely in the style and manner of Jacob Eichholtz who was a renowned Pennsylvanian artist known for his portraits of families of status and wealth in and around Pennsylvania in the early 19th Century. Jacob Eichholtz (1776–1842) was an early American painter...
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Early 19th Century American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Canvas

19C Oil on Canvas ‘Portrait of a Distinguished Lady’ In the Style of J Eichholtz
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY Early 19C Oil on Canvas ‘Portrait of a Distinguished Lady’ In the Style of Jacob Eichholtz. Nice sized portrait of an older lady of high social status, from circa 1820. She has brown curly hair (suggesting that she may not have been as old as she appears) with a beautiful lace bonnet, with intricate lace collar and black period dress which is suggestive of a ‘mourning’ period. Oil on Canvas mounted on a wooden fame with nails and glue. Unsigned, but most definitely in the style and manner of Jacob Eichholtz, who was a renowned Pennsylvanian artist, known for his portraits of families of status and wealth, in and around Pennsylvania in the early 19th Century. Jacob Eichholtz (1776–1842) was an early American painter...
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Early 19th Century American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Canvas

American Oil on Canvas Ship Captain with Spyglass in Orig, Gilt Frame, C. 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
American portrait oil on canvas of a young ship captain holding a spyglass with a sailing ship, crew in rowboat, and gulls in lower background mounted in the original decorative gilt...
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1840s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

American Oil on Canvas of Landscape in Original Gilt Frame, Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
American oil on canvas of landscape depicting mountains, meadows, and a stream in the original mounted foliage gilt frame. Late 19th Century.
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1870s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Pair of American Oil on Canvas Stills. Signed T. Maria. Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American oil on canvas stills in gilt and painted frames. Each painting consist of fruit in wicker baskets. Signed by artist. T. Maria. Early 19th Century.
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1830s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

American Oil on Canvas Portrait of Seated Young Lady, NY, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American oil on canvas portrait of seated young lady in the original gilt wood floral flame, New York, Mid-19th century.
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1850s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint

American Oval Pastel of Young Lady Grasping Dove, Cola, SC. Circa 1865
Located in Charleston, SC
American pastel of young lady grasping dove in the original oval floral gilt frame presented under glass, Mid 19th Century. Original paper label on back. Ursuline Convent, Valle Cru...
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1860s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Terryl Best "Ribbons VIII" Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Terryl Best (American, XX) "Ribbons VIII" oil painting on canvas depicting a Minimalist abstract polychrome composition on a butter yellow ground, signed to verso with National Assoc...
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20th Century American Empire Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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Antique Oil on Canvas Portrait Painting of a Gentleman, Giltwood Framed, C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Harvesting The Wheat, Oil on Canvas, Italian, 1950s
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
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Located in Queens, NY
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French School Oil on Canva Countryside Landscape, Early 20th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Charming oil on canvas representing a countryside landscape crossed by a stream, at the edge of which a tree has grown and is reflected in it. In the background, to the right of the ...
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Antique Portrait Miniatures of Fashionable Lady
Located in Firenze, IT
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20th Century American Empire Paintings

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Capobianco "Red Wedge.." Color Field Oil on Canvas
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Curt Walters "Homestead Herald" Oil on Canvas
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American Portrait of George Washington Oil on Canvas in Gilt Frame, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American oval portrait of George Washington oil on canvas in the original gilt floral frame. Portrait retains the original wood back, Unsigned, C...
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1830s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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American Portrait of George Washington Oil on Canvas in Gilt Frame, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American portrait of George Washington oil on canvas in the original gilt floral frame and reverso stretchers. Unsigned. Copied from the original...
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1820s American Antique American Empire Paintings

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American Portrait of George Washington Oil on Board in Original Gilt Frame. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
American portrait of George Washington oil on board in the original gilt carved wood molded frame. Late 19th century.
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