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Frederik Carl Emil Von Scholten (1796-1853)
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Description
- Frederik Carl Emil Von Scholten (1796-1853)
- Three Original Watercolors:View from West Point on the Hudson; Saw Mill near Ogdensburg So. of N.Y.; The Residence of John Knevels Esq. near Fishkill Landing
watercolor, pen and ink on paper
each 9 by 12 in.
22.9 by 30.5cm
Dated 1839.
The views are individually signed and dated:
Saw Mill near Ogdensburg (not signed), 2nd September 1839
View from West Point on the Hudson, 20th September 1839
The Residence of John Knevels, Esq. 17th September 1840
The views are individually signed and dated:
Saw Mill near Ogdensburg (not signed), 2nd September 1839
View from West Point on the Hudson, 20th September 1839
The Residence of John Knevels, Esq. 17th September 1840
Catalogue Note
Frederik Carl Emil von Scholten (1796-1853), Danish Naval officer and artist, was customs inspector in Frederiksted (Danish West Indies) and brother to Peter von Scholten, governor of the Danish West Indies, who freed the slaves. He travelled intensely and made a number of drawings on his travels to Europe, America and the West Indies. A collection of two sketchbooks is held in a Danish Naval Museum.
The Knevels family (picture no. 3) has relations to the West Indies: a certain Isaac Adrian Knevels of St. John, died in that area in 1876, 72 years old.
The Knevels family (picture no. 3) has relations to the West Indies: a certain Isaac Adrian Knevels of St. John, died in that area in 1876, 72 years old.