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Brigantine Adelaide

Offered by: David A. Schorsch - Eileen M. Smiles Fine Americana

Description
Brigantine Adelaide

Probably New York, dated 1891
Crayon, colored pencil, and ink on paper, 14 ⅛ x 21 ⅞ inches, in a period painted frame
was executed in crayon, colored pencil, and ink by is one of about a dozen surviving drawings by the folk artist Parley Scott Downer (1823–1893). Downer’s ship drawings are supposedly autobiographical, relating “an old Sailor’s” adventures at sea with whimsy and charm. This drawing is from a middle-point in his artistic career which spanned the late 1880s to the early 1890s and employed an increasingly elaborate decorative program of symbols and flourishes. Examples of his work are represented in private and museum collections, including an example in the collection of Lucy and Mike Danziger sold to them in 1976 by Peggy Schorsch,

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Other , Folk Art
Incollect Reference #:	753451

Dimensions

W.	27.875 in;	H.	14.125 in;
W.	70.8 cm;	H.	35.88 cm;

Message from Seller:

David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles American Antiques is one of the world’s leading dealers and authorities in the field of American antiques and folk art, specializing in weathervanes, folk paintings, folk sculpture, formal and country furniture and Shaker design.