A Seed of Thistle From...An autograph letter dated June 19, 1855, illustrated with a drawing of a donkey beside a thistle, in brown ink and wash on blue paper, mounted on the back of an engraved portrait of Sir Edwin Landseer. The letter 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (8.4 x 11.4 cm); Together with MOTHERS; WAIT TILL HE RISES; THE INTRUDER, six etchings on chine collé and two engravings, 1855, 1847(6), 1888 and 1891, the etchings from Mothers, framed.
Largest frame 16 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches; 419 x 464 mm.
Provenance:
William Secord Gallery, New York
Sold for $480
Estimated at $400 - $600
Includes Buyer's Premium
A Seed of Thistle From...An autograph letter dated June 19, 1855, illustrated with a drawing of a donkey beside a thistle, in brown ink and wash on blue paper, mounted on the back of an engraved portrait of Sir Edwin Landseer. The letter 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (8.4 x 11.4 cm); Together with MOTHERS; WAIT TILL HE RISES; THE INTRUDER, six etchings on chine collé and two engravings, 1855, 1847(6), 1888 and 1891, the etchings from Mothers, framed.
Largest frame 16 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches; 419 x 464 mm.
Provenance:
William Secord Gallery, New York
Auction: Fine Art Including Sporting Art & Dogs in Art®, Apr 16, 2024
NEW YORK, NY -- Paddles were wagging at Doyle's popular auction of Fine Art Including Sporting Art & Dogs in Art® on April 16, 2024. Showcased were works spanning the late 19th century to the present day, including a special section of paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and other objects devoted to dogs, horses and sporting art.
Percival Rosseau
Top dog at the sale was A Moment's Rest - Foxhounds at a Ford from 1926 by Percival Rosseau (1859-1937) that achieved $48,000, more than doubling its $18,000-22,000 estimate. Rosseau was born in Louisiana and studied in Paris at the Academie Julian. A painting of his wife with two Irish wolfhounds exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1904 was so well received by the critics that he began specialize in painting dogs. Rosseau returned to the United States in 1915, joined the art colony at Old Lyme, Connecticut, and pursued his specialty of painting scenes of sporting dogs.
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