The Magazine Antiques

Oil on canvas
16 x 24 inches
Signed lower right

Hawthorne Fine Art, LLC
74 East 79th Street, Suite 3A-B
New York, NY 10075
(212) 731-0550
amg@hawthornefineart.com
www.hawthornefineart.com

Size of the oval: 8" x 10½"
Frame size: 12½" x 15½"

This fine and rare small silk embroidery was made at the one of the best regarded schools for girls in Federal America, Mrs. Rowson's School in Boston, Massachusetts. The maker was Nancy Battelle, born 1783 to Col. Ebenezer Anna (Durant) Battelle.

Entitled, "Juvenile Diversions," this was likely an illustration of a novel or short story that was published in the period. It is a very appealing picture, solidly stitched with the needlework covering the entire surface, with the exception of the finely painted faces, hair and hands of the three boys. The enormous swan is depicted in minute detail, with his leg visible underwater. It retains its original eglomisé with the title appearing in gold leaf block letters, and its fine original gold leaf frame.

Worked in silk and paint on silk, it is in excellent condition with its original eglomisé glass and gold leaf frame.

M. Finkel & Daughter
936 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Tel: 215-627-7797
mailbox@finkeantiques.com
www.samplings.com

Oil on board, 32 x 48 inches
Signed and dated lower left: Leon Gaspard 1914

Nedra Matteucci Galleries
1075 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, MN 87501
Tel 505-982-4631
www.matteucci.com

Oil on canvas
68 5/8 x 45 5/8 inches
Signed lower left: Carles

Questroyal Fine Art, LLC
903 Park Avenue (@ 79th St.), Suite 3A & B
New York, NY 10075
tel: 212-744-3586
fax: 212-585-3828
gallery@questroyalfineart.com
www.questroyalfineart.com