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Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia | October 29, 2026

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Dick & Shirley Roberts assembled a world-class collection of American furniture, paintings, maps, early Catesby prints, silver and porcelain, working with top dealers including Israel Sack, Liverant & Son, Deanne Levison, Arader, Shrubsole and others. Major centers of furniture making are represented: Boston, Portsmouth, Newport, Connecticut, Philadelphia and Charleston, with paintings by Jane Peterson, JC Beckwith, Childe Hassam, Willard Metcalf & Edmund Tarbell, among others. Silver by John Ewan, John Carter, Robert Reading, extensive selection of Francis I pattern; and early Chinese export. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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James Carroll Beckwith

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(American, 1852-1917)

Bertha in the Garden at Onteora (The Artist's Wife), circa 1895, signed lower right "Carroll Beckwith", inscribed pencil verso "Mr. J. Carroll Beckwith, Sherwood, 58 W. 57", oil on canvas, 25 x 20 in.; fine reproduction Stanford White style gilt wood frame, 34 x 28-1/2 in.

Provenance: from the artist to his goddaughter (daughter of Arthur Willetts); by descent to her grandson, Lyme, Connecticut; The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut; Private Collection, Killingworth, Connecticut; The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut; Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Note: According to The Cooley Gallery, the inscribed reference to "Sherwood" refers to the Sherwood Studio building where the artist kept a studio. Onteora was a resort community in the Catskill Mountains where the Beckwiths kept a summer cottage.

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from the artist to his goddaughter (daughter of Arthur Willetts); by descent to her grandson, Lyme, Connecticut; The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut; Private Collection, Killingworth, Connecticut; The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut; Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia

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