Lot 45
  • 45

James Edward Buttersworth 1817 - 1894

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • James Edward Buttersworth
  • U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides) Off Sandy Hook (3 Master Forty Guns)
  • signed JE Buttersworth (lower right)
  • oil on board
  • 8 by 10 inches
  • (20.3 by 25.4 cm)
  • Painted circa 1870.

Provenance

Nassau Galleries, Andover, Massachusetts
Private Collection, New York
By descent to the present owner

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The painting would benefit from a light cleaning. Under UV: there is 1 spot and a few dots of inpainting in the sky and a few hairline lines of inpainting to craquelure in the water.
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