Property from the Collection of Leslie and Peter Warwick, Middletown, New Jersey
James Herring (1794 - 1867)
Samuel Opdyke of Hunterdon County, New Jersey; together with the Opdycke Family Record Watercolor Fraktur: two works
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 25, 06:34 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
oil on panel
circa 1817
30 in. by 24 ½ in.
together with a fraktur family record of the Opdycke family: watercolor and ink on paper
height 15 ½ in. by width 12 ¾ in.
the top register with a sun in center inscribed THE Family GENEALOGY, flanked by two trumpet blowing angels above inscribed banners Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, above the inscription Samuel Opdycke son of John and Margaret Opdycke born 13th, May 1747. Susannah Roebson Daughtr of Joseph and Hannah Roebson born 11th, June 1753. Samuel Opdycke and Susannah Roebson Married the 7th, Decembr, 1775., above freestanding columns with perched peacocks, jumping dogs, and spread-winged phoenix around the words Children of the Above Couple / Hannah Opdycke, was born 21st, June 1777. John Roebson Opdycke born 5th, March 1779. Margaret Opdycke born 5th, Jany. 1781. Mary Opdycke was born, 17th, Decr., 1782. Anne Opdycke was born 26th, Jany, 1785.; with classical inspired drawn tiles creating the border, including women supporting basket of harvested fruit overhead, seated women picking grapes with a fox, and sphynxes on a grassy lawn; the lower register with the family coat of arms of Mr. Joseph Roebson, with motto PEACE and PLENTY.
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Samuel Opdyke, Alexandria, Hunterdon, New Jersey (b. 1803);
his brother, Joseph R. Opdyke, Alexandria, Hunterdon, New Jersey (1805-1875);
his nephew, Samuel Opdyke, Hunterdon, New Jersey (1838-1885):
his son, Charles Wilson Opdyke, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana (1892-1956);
his daughter, Ethyl Opdyke Tubbs;
Ethel's daughter's estate;
Marna Anderson, Kingston, New York;
Skinner Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, American Folk Art, Decorative Arts & Furniture: The Collection of Marna Anderson, March 21, 1998, sale 1831, lot 69;
Joan Brownstein, Wiscasset, Maine, 1999.
Leslie and Peter Warwick, Love At First Sight: Discovering Stories About Folk Art & Antiques Collected by Two Generations & Three Families, (New Jersey: 2022), pp. 204-5 and 261-2, fig. 365 and 441.
Samuel Opdyke, born in 1803, was the eldest child of Sheriff Robeson John Opdyke and Rebecca McAfee of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He studied law and won an important case at age eighteen and was invited to join Senator Garret Wall’s law practice in Mount Holly, New Jersey. In The Opdyke Genealogy by Charles Wilson Opdyke, he is described as “the perfect specimen of an Opdyke”. He died from cholera at the age of twenty-six. The Opdycke family tree from New Jersey, starting with Samuel Opdyke's grandparents, Samuel Opdycke and Susannah Robeson, is in a unique Baroque style featuring many nude female figures. It was discovered unframed and folded in a drawer.
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