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Carl Bille (1815-1898). USS Mississippi, 1861.
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Pre 1900 item# 875314 (stock# 2478A)
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Raymond Agler Fine Arts
978-281-5048
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Oil on canvas, 12 x 18 inches, 17.5 x 23.5 inches with period frame, signed "Carl Bille '61" lower right. Both sides were woefully unprepared for the war that commenced with the fall of Fort Sumter, April 13, 1861. Lincoln immediately proclaimed a naval blockade, beginning the long cat-and-mouse game between Union blockaders and Confederate raiders and runners. This dramatic rendering of an American side-wheel 10-gun frigate undoubtedly depicts the Mississippi, the largest of the ...click for details
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Malbon, William (1805-1877). Watchdog, A Bull Terrier.
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Pre 1900 item# 990807 (stock# 2484D)
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Raymond Agler Fine Arts
978-281-5048
$2,500
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Oil on wood panel, 12 x 17.25 inches (18 x 23 inches with frame), signed "Will Malbon" lower right, painted c. 1840. The noble race of the white English Bull Terrier came into its own in the early 19th century under the selective breeding of James Hinks of Birmingham. Its most distinctive ancestor was the white English Terrier. "Hinks Breed" became extremely popular, a powerfully-built, mostly white dog of refined physique, usually cropped ears, and an appealing personalit ...click for details
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Anglo-Scottish Naive School, 18th C. Politics.
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Pre 1800 item# 789896 (stock# 2538A)
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Raymond Agler Fine Arts
978-281-5048
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Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches plus old maple frame, unsigned, professionally lined to show the original inscription verso. This intriguing survivor clearly illustrates that politics has always been an unruly affair. The assembled worthies, in various states of inebriation and/or dementia, have a lively discourse going, punctuated by calls for more potent libations. If nothing is being settled, at least a good time is being had by all. The ink inscription reads: "The Boden (?) Politicks in ...click for details
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