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Important Maurice Prendergast watercolor, paintings by Kahn, Jacobsen, Redmond, Marin, Glackens and Koch; several Catesby bird prints; a Joseph Proctor folk art still life and a Fraktur collection; a Soap Hollow blanket chest, clocks by Samuel Mulliken and Anna Atkinson, the Kittredge Family high chest, a Dunlap family high chest, Hall Family chest on chest, Nathan Lombard sideboard, Seymour work table; a MESDA documented Petersburg VA Secretary and important VA paint decorated blanket chest. First editions including Mark Twain and a narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, and firearms. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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Attributed to Jacob Strickler, Virginia Birth Certificate
Lot 52

Attributed to Jacob Strickler, Virginia Birth Certificate

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
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(American, 1770-1842)

Maria Lehn, 1805, inscribed, "Maria Lehn All your life, keep God in your eyes and in your heart and at no time should you forget His commandments (what he has said). Written in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1805", watercolor and ink on paper, 8 x 10-1/4 in.; unframed

Provenance: Walter-Benisek Art & Antiques; Collection of Dr. James Harkrader, Richmond, Virginia

Literature:

Donald R. Walters, "Jacob Strickler, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Fraktur Artist". The Magazine Antiques, September 1976, pp. 536-543

(a copy of the article is available to the purchaser)

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Walter-Benisek Art & Antiques; Collection of Dr. James Harkrader, Richmond, Virginia

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