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Thomas Chambers (1808-1869)

Creator: Thomas Chambers
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Thomas Chambers (1808-1869) Lived/active: New York, Albany, Boston
The Birthplace of Washington
Unsigned, ca. 1843-60.
Oil on canvas.
22” x 30”, 27” x 35” with frame.
Lined, very minor scattered in-painting, otherwise in excellent condition. In a period cove molded gilt frame.

Thomas Chambers is known for his unique, naïve and fanciful landscape and marine scenes painted with bold use of colors, shapes and contours. Chambers derived a lot of his compositions from works by Durand, Doughty and Chapman and was most influenced by Thomas Cole. The View of the Birthplace of Washington, appeared in an engraving by James Kirke Paulding entitled, A Life of Washington and was exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1835.

Several artists, such as, John Chapman who also exhibited at the fair in 1835 would have drawn inspiration from Paulding’s engraving, hence influencing Chambers. As stated from another work sold at the Newport Auction of 1845, Washington’s birthplace, with a view of the Potomac River, and the Maryland Shore; the stone in the foreground denotes where the house stood, the old vine, which is still growing, was planted by the Washington family. (Source; Thomas Chambers: American Marine and Landscape Painter, 1808-1869, by Kathleen A. Foster, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2008, pg. 91.)

Item ID: WoA-AMP-OC 664

More Information

Documentation:	Ample Provenance
Notes:	Thomas Chambers is known for his unique, naïve and fanciful landscape and marine scenes painted with bold use of colors, shapes and contours. Chambers derived a lot of his compositions from works by Durand, Doughty and Chapman and was most influenced by Thomas Cole. The View of the Birthplace of Was
Origin:	United States
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Oil on canvas
Condition:	Good. Lined with minor scattered in-painting, otherwise in excellent condition, in a period cove-molded gilt frame.
Styles / Movements:	Folk Art
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 664
Incollect Reference #:	770512

Dimensions

W.	35 in;	H.	27 in;
W.	88.9 cm;	H.	68.58 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.