May Premier Auction: Day 2
Sat, May 20, 2017 09:00AM EDT - Mon, May 22, 2017 09:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 866
Xanthus Russell Smith
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Bid Increments
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| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(Pennsylvania/Maine, 1839-1929)
Study for the Capture of the Confederate Ram Atlanta, by the US Monitor Weehawken, circa 1871, signed verso "X.S." and titled, oil on card, 4 x 6 in.; modern gilt wood and composition frame,. Notes: Harold Holzer and Frank J. Williams, in the [The Grand Review] state, "Artist Xanthus Smith, one of the few Civil War marine painters who actually served aboard ship during the conflict...,here skillfully portrays the capture of the Ironclad CSS Atlanta. The ship surrendered to the Union monitors [Weehawken] and [Nahant] on June 17, 1863 after a brief engagement in Wassaw Sound near Savannah, Georgia.
Literature: Harold Holzer and Frank J. Williams, [The Grand Review], Publisher's Press, Inc. in association with Liberty Heritage Society,Orange, Virginia, 2014, No. 48, pg.66-67. Provenance: Private Virginia Collection
mounted to acrylic panel, light abrasions
Condition
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