Art of the Americas
Art of the Americas
John Lee Douglas Mathies
Seneca Veterans of the War of 1812
Auction Closed
January 18, 06:09 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
John Lee Douglas Mathies
1780 - 1834
Seneca Veterans of the War of 1812
inscribed with names of the subjects indistinctly (along the lower margin)
oil on panel
23 by 29¾ in.
58.4 by 75.6 cm
Executed circa 1819-20.
Nancy Mathies (by descent directly from the artist)
Robert H. Mathies (by descent from the above)
Horatio G. Warner, Rochester, New York (acquired from the above in 1861)
J.B.Y. Warner, New York
Mrs. Eugene D. Brown, Scottsville, New York (by descent from the above in 1918)
John Warner Brown, Scottsville, New York (by descent from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Robert H. Mathies (by descent from the above)
Horatio G. Warner, Rochester, New York (acquired from the above in 1861)
J.B.Y. Warner, New York
Mrs. Eugene D. Brown, Scottsville, New York (by descent from the above in 1918)
John Warner Brown, Scottsville, New York (by descent from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Louis C. Jones, "So They Tell Me," The Yorker, vol. 16, 1958, p. 15, illustrated
Herbert A. Wisbey, Jr., "J.L.D. Mathies, Western New York Artist," New York History, vol. 39, no. 2, 1958, pp. 136, 142, 146-47, illustrated