A superb watercolor drawing of "West Point" looking from above Washington Valley. American Artist George Cooke painted the scene that was then engraved by William James Bennett. The watercolor is unsigned but is the identical scene of the rare and important engraving. The watercolor has not been examined out of the frame. There is no visible damage. The painting is matted with an eglomise surround on old wavy glass that may be original to the painting. The frame has been partially... Click for details

An Original Hudson River School Oil on Canvas in a replaced correct style gold leaf frame. The painting is skillfully executed t, though unsigned, and the scene is of a fisherman by a mountain lake.The frame measures 10 1/2" X 14 1/4", the canvas stretcher measures 7 1/2" X 11". The painting is clean and bright. There are two areas of in painting that are visible under black light. ** WE GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF OUR MERCHANDISE AS REPRESENTED **. 188BX

Original Oil on Canvas Coastal Scene with fisherman. Two figures are hauling in a small boat while another figure appears to be cleaning fish. Probably a New England scene, Circa 1860-1880, in a period Lemon Gold Frame. The painting shows some crackling of the paint, but no tears or puncture. The frame shows touch up to the gilding. ** WE GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF OUR MERCHANDISE AS REPRESENTED **. BX

Chinese Export Hung Mu Table Screen elaborately pierce carved and containing a 19th Century China Trade Pith Painting. The stand is in nearly perfect condition with one very small chip on the base. The period Pith Painting is in very good condition with a very slight stain in the upper right hand corner. Stand Dimensions: 12 1/2" X 10 1/2". Painting Size: 10" X 7". Water color paintings on Pith are often mistakenly referred to as Rice Paper Paintings. But Pith is a spongy cellular tissue in the... Click for details

A rare set of ten original watercolor paintings on pith (often mistakenly referred to as rice paper), Pith comes from the central column of a spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree, Tetra Panax Papyifera, native to South-West China. It is cut by hand with a small, delicate knife into thin sheets of small size. The size is limited by the nature of the material and the process requires a highly skilled hand. The finished sheets are usually no more than 20cm X 30 cm. This set... Click for details

An original chromolithograph by the Louis Prang Co. of Boston, the most famous chromolithographers of the period, titled "Dessert #4" after an original and still extant oil on canvas still life by prolific American still life painter C.P. Ream who by the turn of the 20th Century was widely regarded as the "king of the fruit painters" and it is dated 1870. These Prang chromos were so well done that they appear almost as original paintings and were expensive in their day. This excellent example... Click for details