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JOSEPH B. SMITH (1798-1876) LIVED/ACTIVE: NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY

Creator: Joseph B. Smith (Attributed)
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Welcome R. Beebee, Portrait of a Schooner
Unsigned, ca. 1860-1865.
Oil on canvas.
26” x 40”, 34 ¼” x 48 ½” with frame.
Fine condition, lined, minor scattered in-painting in areas of the sky.
Provenance: Samuel L. Lowe Jr., Antiques, Inc., Boston: Private Collection, New York.
The Ship was built in 1860, Belleville, New Jersey, Port of New York and listed with “New Line” operating between New York and Charleston, South Carolina. As an accomplished marine painter, Joseph Smith remained in New York City most of his life, however, not much is known about his life. He exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association and his work can be viewed at major museums, such as the Peabody Museum.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 655
Incollect Reference #:	624414

Dimensions

W.	34 in;	H.	48.5 in;
W.	86.36 cm;	H.	123.19 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.