Item:  1850s Fanny Drawing

Price:  $425.00

Description:  "Fanny" is a really well done charcoal or graphite drawing. The pretty victorian girl is shown looking to the viewers left with a large puff shoulder treatment that has a straight lace bodice. She has a center large sash belt and a yellow flower in her sash. The signature on the left is Browne and could be any of several artists. This portrait was found in the estate of a prominent New England antique collector and other than a small hole in the center of the top and water marks on the corners of the paper is in remarkable condition for the age. This probably dates to the 1850s and is in the original Mahogany frame. The frame has minor scratches to the surface but is in the original with the original finish and certainly is not objectionable in condition.

Item:  A Tree Trunk Drawing by Kathy Reiby

Price:  $45.00

Description:  Signed Kathy Reiby and dated 8/72, this pen and ink shows a tree in a stark background. The frame is a simple black frame that offsets this and makes the tree and the trunk look as though it had been there for years. The details appear to be very precise and exact with a very crisp image of this tree, leaves and branches.

Item:  Santa Clause Drawing

Price:  $185.00

Description:  What a laugh, Santa trying to keep someone from hauling off a commode in a wheelbarrow. A snow covered dome of a church in the background, silver stars in the sky, this is a really neat and funny drawing. The frame is original, no signature, this is a really funny image to see Santa ready to to go the bathroom and the commode leaving. Probably from the 1960s based on the frame design, this image is one of mirth.

Item:  "The Thatcher"

Price:  $350.00

Description:  "The Thatcher" is an outstanding print/engraving that shows figures thatching a roof of a roadhouse in Britain. The figures are a man on a ladder working on the roof, a lady holding a bowl, a man looking up the ladder, two horses, one with a traveler and a lady walking along with a basket and even a pig eating on the ground. The sign outside the roadhouse has a bird. The frame is old and the glass has numerous bubbles, waves and is certainly ready for home use with only minor loss of plaster to the edges and one small area on a side. The markings on the top are Republished by Louis Wolfe in London and George Morland on the lower left as well as Engraving Mezzotint by William Ward. This is a really pretty image, a subject matter that does not surface frequently, and the appeal for travelers to Britain unmistakable.

Item:  A Cold Winters Evening Scene

Price:  $325.00

Description:  A Northeastern pastel painting from circa 1910-25, this very cold image shows snow on the ground with all sorts of chilling thoughts at the end of the day. Rural life was portrayed as being pure and wholesome years ago and an agrarian lifestyle was always wished for by city dwellers or individuals no longer living out on the land. One can just imagine the winters cold coming in from all sides to make the residents of this picture very miserable and finding a fireside warmth for the evening. The presentation here is so crisp and clean it is very appealing. The frame is the original and for close to 100 years of age in good condition.

Item:  American Landscape Pastel Image

Price:  $250.00

Description:  During the late 19th century, many artists drew nature around them. This image shows a lane beside a water stream and a house in the background. A well known antique dealer had this hanging in her house during the 1950s and her family decided to sell it recently. No artists signature, no doubt this is close to 100 years of age, there is some damage to the frame that could be repaired, but the glass is both bubble surfaced and sand pitted as well. You could not ask for a better glass over an image. The pastel is clean, crisp and in excellent condition.

Item:  Country Cottage Drawing

Price:  $125.00

Description:  Quaint, is the word that comes to mind in seeing this pencil drawing of a house that is probably stone in rural England. There is a large hill in the background with diamond shaped windows in the house and a square tower of some sort to the back left of the house. The trees and house are finely detailed and this is a good drawing in pencil that is easily 100 years of age. The former owners of this purchased it in England in this frame in the 1950s, it is now in an acid free environment.