Archive: Gavels

In this section we have portraits in various media, organized by the nationality of the subject of the portrait. Our selection focuses on people renowned for their achievements in the sciences, the arts, politics and government, exploration and business, as well as members of the aristocracy.

American

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
Chicago: c. 1864
$1,900

Cyrus W. Field

Cyrus W. Field$350

McKenney and Hall Indians

Charles Bird King
from McKenney & Hall
Portraits of Indians
Philadelphia: 1838
$2,400, the pair

Banvard Portrait Print

John Banvard
London: 1849
$750

Benjamin Franklin Engraving

T.H. Matteson
Benjamin Franklin
c. 1845-50
$1,800

Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky

Benjamin West
Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky
Paris: c. 1900
Colored mezzotint
$1,200

Martha Washington Relief Plaque

Martha Washington Relief Plaque
19th C.
$375

Portrait Plaque of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Plaque
American: 1926
$475

Charles Lindbergh Portrait Bust

Otakar Steinberger
Charles Lindbergh Portrait Bust
Paris: c. 1927
Cast metal
$1,200

Ezra Cornell Statue

Ezra Cornell Statue
Mid 20th C.
Bronze on marble base
$950

James Fenimore Cooper plaque

Bela Janowsky
James Fenimore Cooper
Last of the Mohicans

Plaster of Paris plaque
Price on Request

George Custer

George Custer Illustrations
c. 1985
$450 each

Davy Crockett Painting

Davy Crockett
c. 1950s
$2,750

Wood Relic from Mark Twain House in New York City

Wood Relic from Mark Twain House
1957
$250

Myrna Loy and Donald Woods

Phil Berry
Myrna Loy and
Donald Woods

$800

National Laugh Week Photograph

National Laugh Week Photograph
c. 1940s-50s
$275

Bald Head Club Photo

Bald Head Club of America
Hartford: 1923
$425

Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini
$700, set of 3

British

17th and 18th Century Engravings
British Monarchy - First Georgian Kings

British Monarchy
First Georgian Kings

London: 1747, $950

James by the Grace of God King of Great Britannie etc...

King James I and Prince Henry
London: 1621
$650

Busick Harwood

Busick Harwood British Anatomist London: 1790
$1,200

18th Century Mezzotints
Thomas Erskine

Joshua Reynolds
Thomas Erskine,
Lawyer, Politician

London: 1786
$750

Members of The Kit-Cat Club

Godfrey Kneller
Thomas Hopkins, Financier
London: 1732-3
$450

William O'Brien, Irish Actor

Francis Cotes
William O'Brien,
Irish Actor

Late 18th C.
$450

Wm. Henry West Betty, Aetates Suae 13

James Northcote
Wm. Henry West Betty, Actor

London: 1805
$550

The Rt. Honorable Edward Earl of Clarendon

Gerard Soest
Edward, Earl of Clarendon

Mid 18th C.
$375

Thomas Britton, Musical Small-Coal Man

John Wollaston
Thomas Britton, Musical Small-Coal Man
London:
Early 18th C.
$900

Matthew Boulton, Industrialist

Carl F. von Breda
Matthew Boulton
London: 1796
$600

The Honourable Samuel Barrington, Vice Admiral

Benjamin Wilson
Samuel Barrington
London: 1779
$550

Phebe Portrait

Pieter Van Bleeck
Phebe

London: 1747
$375

Princess Caroline

Hans Hysing
Princess Caroline of England

Mezzotint, 18th C.
$375

Mr. William Wollaston

John Faber
William Wollaston

London: c. 1740-67
$550

Philip Affleck Mezzotint

Philip Affleck,
British Naval Officer

London: 1792
$900

The Lord Bury

Godrey Kneller
The Lord Bury

Early 18th C.
$550

Kneller Mezzotint - Lady Cromwell

Godfrey Kneller
Lady Cromwell
c. 1700
$475

Ramsay Mezzotint - Lady with Turban

Allen Ramsay
Lady with Turban

18th C.
$375

British

19th and 20th Century Prints, Drawings, Photographs & Sculptures
Michelangelo

Vincenzo Campi
Michelangelo
SDUK, London:
c. 1827-1848
Engraving
$250

Henry the Fourth

Henry the Fourth
Early 19th C.
$375

Drawings by Thomas Derrick for Hakluyt Voyages

Drawings of New World Explorers by Thomas Derrick
for Hakluyt Voyages

c. 1927
$100 to $750 each

Royal Academy

Royal Academicians
London: 1802
$2,300

John Gower

John Gower
Bronze
1844
$8,000

Milton figurine

Milton Figurine
19th C.
$950

John Haighton, M.D. Lecturer on Midwifery and Physiology at Guys Hospital

John Haighton, M.D.
London: 1818
$450

Sir Thomas Gresham, Founder of the Royal Exchange, London

Sir Thomas Gresham
London: 1826
$350

A View in Hyde Park

Duke of Wellington
London: 1845, $1,800

Vanity Fair Portraits

Vanity Fair
c. 1868-1917
$50 to $450 each

Josset Golfer

William Hughes by Josset
Bristol: 1962, $1,100

Henry Callender of the Society of Golfers

Henry Callender of the Society of Golfers
London: 1916
$1,500

Fannie Hurst

Fannie Hurst, by Dorothy Wilding
c. 1938
$750

Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret, by Dorothy Wilding
c. 1950
$250

Lawrence

Young Gertrude Lawrence
c. 1910
$425

Sir Moses Montefiore

Sir Moses Montefiore
Vienna: 1884 $250

European

Portrait of Napoleon

M. Lavigue
Napoleon I
Berlin: c. 1820s
Lithograph
$750

Portrait of Napoleon

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet
Napoleon I
Paris: c. 1820s
Hand-colored lithograph
$2,500

Portrait of Napoleon

Carle Vernet
Premier Consul
[Napoleon I]

Paris: 1st Half 19th C.
Hand-colored lithograph
$2,000

Portrait of Napoleon

Jacques-Louis David
Napoleon I
London:
2nd Q. 19th C.
Etching
$1,800

Lafayette portrait

Gerard
Lafayette
Lithograph
c. 1825
$600

Geille Portrait of Marquis de Lafayette

Amédée F.B. Geille
Lafayette
Paris: Early 19th C.
Etching
$600

Cavelier de La Salle 1640-1687

Pierre Gandon
Cavelier de La Salle
Engraving and etching, 1937
$1,200

Drawings by Thomas Derrick for Hakluyt Voyages

Drawings of New World Explorers by Thomas Derrick
for Hakluyt Voyages

c. 1927
$100 to $750 each

Columbus Sighting America

Hermann Freihold Plüddemann
Columbus Sighting America
Massachusetts:
c. 1890
Jacquard silkwork
$750

Charles aux Thuilleries

Charles X aux Thuilleries
Paris: c. 1780s
$350

Maximilian I, King of Bavaria

Maximilian I
King of Bavaria

Stuttgart: 1825
$425

Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia
Mid 18th C.
$550

Elogies

Elogies of
Illustrious Italians

Parma: 1800
$275

Portrait of Socrates

Angelica Kauffmann
Socrates

c. 1782
$250

Emperor Portraits

Roman Emperors
6 Framed Prints
$3,000, set

Portraits of Roman Emperors

Titian/ Sadeler
Roman Emperors and Empresses

Flemish: 1st Half 17th C.
Etchings
$16,800 set of 14
Two others at $1,200 each

Portraits of Roman Emperors

Titian/ Sadeler
Roman Emperors
Flemish: 1st Half 17th C.
Etchings
$5,400 set of 6

Romans

Roman Portraits
Bronze Medallions
$2,400, the pair

Galileo Statue

Statue of Galileo
2nd Half 19th C.
$7,800

Beethoven

F. Stiasny
Beethoven Portraits
Bronze Medals
$250 and $275

Group of 17 Photographs of French Actresses

Photographs of
French Actresses

c. 1885-1910, $750

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