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SOLON FRANCIS MONTECELLO BADGER (1873-1919)

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Portrait of a Three-Masted Staysail Schooner Helena
Charlestown, Massachusetts, ca. 1900
Signed (l.r.) S.F.M Badger, Charlestown, Mass.” and inscribed on verso.
Oil on canvas
28 ¾” x 42 ¾” with frame
Exceptional condition, no signs of any restoration. In the original giltwood and gesso frame.
Provenance: Private Collection of Pat and Rich Garthoeffner
The ship Helena was built in Bath, Maine in 1900 for Captain Charles Hodgkins whom the painting was commissioned by. Badger was known for his attention to detail and measured each vessel himself. His works can be found in the Maine Maritime Museum, Mystic Seaport, the Peabody Essex Museum among others.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 661
Incollect Reference #:	631265

Dimensions

W.	42.75 in;	H.	28.75 in;
W.	108.59 cm;	H.	73.03 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.

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