US Naval History Paintings and Books Auction

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Location
Lorton, VA 22079
Dates

Sale Starts

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Dec 15
4pm
2024

Sale Ends

Sun
Dec 15
2024

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This specialty auction sale features paintings, books, ephemera and military artifacts of historical significance, from three local DC metro area estates. The sale features a significant portion of the Charles R. Smith estate (d.2024), former Senior Historian for the U.S. Marine Corps. This estate includes the 1826 hand-written ship's log that helped to inspired Herman Melville in the writing of Moby-Dick. Among the original paintings are oils and watercolors of US Navy sailing ships, Admirals and Captains, along with scarce prints. While the majority of the oil paintings are not directly attributed to a specific artist, there is one attributed to Gilbert Stuart. Also included are works by Michele Felice Corné, Waldo Jewitt, Jacob Eshleman Warfel, Jacob Eicholtz, and others including great folk art maritime paintings. Print artists include Nebel, Kellogg, Havell and others. A selection of choice military miniature watercolor portraits round out the sale. Included in this auction are scarce eastern mid-Atlantic genealogy books and papers. This is a great sale for historians, art collectors, book collectors, and anyone interested in unique and storied pieces of American military history. All proceeds from items consigned from the Charles R. Smith Estate will be donated to charity.
The Historical Register of the United States - 4 Vols - 1814 Antique American Books Washington CityThe Historical Register of the United States - 4 Vols 1814 Antique American BooksThe Quasi-War between the U.S. and France - 17 Vols - Naval Documents GPO Clean Book SetThe 1619-1626 Records of Virginia Company of London 4 Vols GPO Printed Library of Congress 1906-1935Letters of Delegates to Congress - 21 Vols - 1774-1789 Excellent Book Set from Gov't Printing OfficeLetters of Delegates to Congress - 8 Vols - 1774-1781 Excellent Book Set GPO Gov't Printing OfficeRebound Original Antique Books: 1851 Annals of the Congress of the United States - 5th CongressJournals of Henry Bulls Watson: Notes and Research Documents by Charles R Smith, USMC HistorianAmerican State Papers - 1834-1861 - 4 Vols - 2 Facsimiles 2 Antique Original BooksA Century of U.S. Naval Intelligence - Wyman H. Packard - 1996 Large Hardcover BookNaval Documents of the American Revolution Complete Eleven Volume Hardcover Book SetSix Volume Book Set on the Barbary Wars + Gen Eaton 1813 Biography + Tripoli v. USA War HistoryTwelve Books on American Revolutionary War Naval Warfare HistoryCalendar of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin in the Library of the American Philosophical SocietyThe Adams Papers - Harvard University Press - 7 VolsFive Books on John Paul JonesThe Writings of George Washington 1745-1799Naval History Society - 7 Vols - c.1910sHistory of Russian Architecture - 4 Vols - c.1880sPresident's Message and Accomp'g. Documents 1837-1846The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce 1757 Two Vols Large Antique Leather BoundTwenty-Nine Original Antique United States Congressional Pamphlets 1814-1822Twenty-Nine Original United States Congressional Pamphlets 1800s-1840s Antique Political EphemeraThe Washington Papers 1906 Continental Congress & 1915 Correspondence with Officers 5 Vols GPOFolk Art Military Portrait of a Naval Officer 1798 Pencil & Paint on PaperEarly 19thC Quill Pen and Ink Portrait Drawing on Paper Handsome Young Military OfficerAntique 18thC Reverse Painting on Glass Portrait of Henry KleyAntique 1841 Pencil Drawing Portrait of a Soldier in Original Grain Painted Wood Frame19thC German Framed Hand Decorated Military Tribute Watercolor Honoring Soldier Joseph ZhinerSmall 19thC Framed Oil on Canvas Portrait Painting of a Naval Officer w/Dress SwordMuller, A. 19thC Framed Watercolor on Paper Painting of Charging Horse CavalryAntique Watercolor/Gouache Illustration Painting on Paper U.S. Military Officer 1840s Officer of a BSmall 19thC Framed Portrait Painting of a Young Officer, Pastel on PaperMuller, A. 19thC Framed Watercolor Painting of Horse Cavalry Troops in BattleAntique 19thC Framed Watercolor Painting: French Soldier Military Tribute SouvenirEscher, A.V. 19thC Framed Watercolor Painting on Paper: Soldiers Crossing a StreamAntique Framed Watercolor on Paper Painting: Young Military Soldier and his WifeAntique 19thC Framed Watercolor Painting: French Horse Soldier Military Tribute Souvenir19thC Military Souvenir Sweetheart Keepsake Naive Watercolor Painting Soldier in 98th RegimentAntique French Conscript Soldier Hand Color Lithograph Plaque CertificateAntique Miniature Watercolor Portrait Painting of a Young Military Officer SoldierAntique Miniature Watercolor Portrait Painting of a Young Handsome Military SoldierAntique Miniature Watercolor Portrait Painting of a Young Handsome Military OfficerAntique 19thC Miniature Watercolor Painting of John Paul Jones after Charles Willson PealeDe Saint Memin Portrait of an American Military Officer Miniature Hand Colored Etching Mid-19thCAntique Military Sweetheart Pencil Soldier Miniature Portrait Drawing Dated 1841Antique Locket Frame w/Miniature Gouache Watercolor Painting of Naval OfficerAntique 19thC Framed Miniature Watercolor Portrait Painting: Young Military OfficerAntique Pre-Civil War Infantry Foot Soldier's Framed Naive Pen and Ink DrawingNouvel Equipage de Ponts Militaires de l'Autriche 1846 Antique French Military BookCessart - Description des travaux hydrauliques - Vol 1 Only - 1806 Antique French Science BookA Hand Book for Infantry Containing the First Principles of Military Discipline 1814 US ArmyRussian Pre-Revolution Books From a Missionary: Cyrillic Notes on the Unalaska Islands - 3 volsChina and Japan, and a Voyage Thither: An Account of a Cruise in the Waters of East Indies..."Antique Exploration Books: United States Exploring Expedition 1844 & State of the Universe 1806The Naval Dry Docks of the United States 1852 US Military History Book Second EditionAtlas of the Construction of Ships 1861 Antique Maritime BookReisen Britisch-Guiana den Jahren 1840-1844 German Language Antique Exploration BookThree 19thC Leather Bound BooksSeven Volumes on History of Washington City District of ColumbiaHistory of The Military Company of the MassachusettsA History of Boston The Metropolis of Massachusetts C.H. Snow 2nd Ed. 1828 + 1773 Burn's Abrdg.A Sketch of the State of British India; James Bryce, 1810. State Papers British Empire Wm. Knox 1789Three 19th Century Nautical BooksFour Antique Books: 1841 Mexican Drill Manual, 1848 Messages From President to Congress, MoreMinutes of the Albany Committee of Correspondence 1775-1778Collections of the New York Historical Society 1878-1890Travels in New England and New York - In SlipcaseFive Antique Books: New York, Perry's Victory Centenary 1913, Colonial American Revolution History..Detecting & Defeating Conspiracies New York 1910 Three Vol. 1778-1781 & Colonial History 1887The Public Records of the State of Connecticut 1776-1781Antique State History Books: 7 Vol. Incl. Historic Towns of the Connecticut River Valley + MasonicHistory of Maritime Connecticut During the American Revolution 1775-17839 Books on 18thC South Carolina House of Representatives and Other14 Books on American Manuscripts and Naval HistoryAntique Books on U.S. States: Mississippi, Georgia. 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Maritime Naval Ship Portrait Watercolor Framed & Matted PaintingBailey, T. Oil on Canvas Framed Maritime Painting-Sailing Ship on Ocean WavesCapture of H.B.M Sloop of War JAVA by the U.S Frigate CONSTITUTION Kellogg Framed PrintHudson River School Oil on Wood Panel Painting: Lighthouse near Caldwells Landing 1851Framed Lithograph Maritime Print by HAVELL of the Java & Constitution in Battle #2Framed Lithograph Maritime Print by HAVELL of the Java & Constitution in Battle #3Early 19thC Framed Watercolor Painting: The U.S. Navy Frigate Gun Ship Congress Leaving Razor IslandAntique English Oil on Canvas Painting Maritime Frigate Man of War Pursuing EnemyAntique Framed Oil Gouache Maritime Painting on Paper: Man-O-War in Harbor FramedEvans, Richard. 19thC Framed Maritime Oil Painting on Wood Panel: Berwick BridgeAntique Mid-19thC Maritime Framed Oil on Board Folk Art Naive Painting Old Salt on ShipAntique Early 19th Century Framed Oil on Canvas Portrait Painting of a U.S. Naval OfficerNaval Commander Oliver Hazard Perry Antique Folk Art Portrait Oil on Canvas PaintingAntique Framed Oil on Canvas Naval Military Commander Portrait PaintingAntique 19thC Portrait of a Naval Officer Framed Pastel Painting under Glass19th Century Folk Art Portrait of U.S. Naval Officer Framed Oil on CanvasFour Books on American Naval Art & PrintsThe Life and Character, of Stephen DecaturMaps and Panoramas - Twelfth Annual Report - 1878Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland 2 Vols 1839Kimball, Horace: The Naval Temple, 1816Cruise of the United States Frigate Potomac Round the WorldJournal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean 1822Laws of Maryland 17873 Vols on 19th Century Agriculture & PoultryArchives of Maryland 1777-1784 - 3 VolsFive Books on 18th Century VirginiaTwo Book Sets on 18thC Virginia Politics.Seven Books on Colonial ViriginiaHistory of California: The Larkin Papers - 10 VolsJohn Charles Fremont - Books, Maps and MagazineThree Books on Mid-19thC California Naval HistoryThree Books on Mid-19thC CaliforniaThree Books on Mid-19thC San FranciscoFive Books on California HistoryFive Books on California HistorySeven 20thC Books on CaliforniaEight Books on US Naval Journals and Records14 Books on US Naval History14 Books on the Civil WarNine Books on the US-Mexican War19th-20thC Ephemera Related to The Humphreys Family of PhiladelphiaVoyage en Pologne, Russie, Suède, Danemark... 1776The Naval History of Great Britain - 8 Vols - 18181799 US Naval Journal of the USS Portsmouth Ship's Marine Chit Payment BookAntique 19thC Oil on Canvas Framed Military Painting of a U.S. Naval OfficerWetherby, Isaac Augustus. 19thC Oil on Canvas Painting: Portrait of USN Ensign J.M. 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Robert F. Stockton 1856 First Edition Book Capture of California1837 Army of the South Handwritten Official US Military Communique Gen T.Jesup Seminole Indian WarsAntique 19thC French 2nd Empire Brass Officers Gorget

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