Frederick Nelson Atwood Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Frederick Nelson Atwood Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 18, 2024
Gouache, Frederick Nelson Atwood
Est: $800 - $1,200
Frederick Nelson Atwood (American, 1844-1900), Fleet of Galleons, 1885, gouache on paper, signed and dated lower right, sight: 10.25"h x 20.75"w, overall (with frame): 15.5"h x 26"w. Provenance: Frank's Fisherman, San Francisco's Fisherman Wharf
Clars Auctions
Apr. 23, 2023
Antique Sepia Photo of the USS Maine
Est: $200 - $800
Reproduction photographic print of F.N. Atwood (American 1844-1900) original watercolor painting, USS Maine. Frederick Nelson Atwood is known for his ship portraits. The Maine was a U.S. Navy battleship that sank in Havana Harbor in 1898. U.S. S,S, Maine stamped blue on the mat. Mat size: 10in x 8in. Sight size: 8in x 6.25in. Artist: F.N. Atwood
Lion and Unicorn
Apr. 13, 2019
Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist
Est: $200 - $300
[ART] Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist and a decorative painter of some prominence. He lived and worked in the Maine - Boston area and was a friend of the well known painter Horace R Burdick. Offered here 4 page humorous handwritten letter to Horace Burdick on Atwood's letterhead about decorative painting he is sending estimates for - with two small ink illustrations made by him in the letter. He is writing from Chicago. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in., Jan. 25, 1876, usual folds, brown ink has lightened a little bit. He says he is going to make an estimate to fresco the ceiling in the Grand Pacific Hotel.._& continues with the measurements & what he will paint with watercolors in each panel. _have to compete with Chicago & New York. Next page begins with Hylas! _No job!. He provides estimates for jobs at Geneva Lake for N.K. Fairbank the great card man_..summer Villa the largest dwelling house in Wisconsin_had the same job last spring but the whole thing burned down flat last fall_.Fairbank also building finest Club House in US Chicago Gentlemans Club. He has chided Burdick humorously throughout the letter to stay with his painting & not get discouraged. Says .....Speed on thy brush that you may outdo the muse you serve. Commend me to Gilnorton and his twisted waves, also the general daubers of the hub. Signed Yourn - Tholer. A great letter from one artist to another..
East Coast Books
Mar. 14, 2019
Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist
Est: $200 - $300
[ART] Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist and a decorative painter of some prominence. He lived and worked in the Maine - Boston area and was a friend of the well known painter Horace R Burdick. Offered here 4 page humorous handwritten letter to Horace Burdick on Atwood's letterhead about decorative painting he is sending estimates for - with two small ink illustrations made by him in the letter. He is writing from Chicago. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in., Jan. 25, 1876, usual folds, brown ink has lightened a little bit. He says he is going to make an estimate to fresco the ceiling in the Grand Pacific Hotel..Ê& continues with the measurements & what he will paint with watercolors in each panel. Êhave to compete with Chicago & New York. Next page begins with Hylas! ÊNo job!. He provides estimates for jobs at Geneva Lake for N.K. Fairbank the great card manÊ..summer Villa the largest dwelling house in WisconsinÊhad the same job last spring but the whole thing burned down flat last fallÊ.Fairbank also building finest Club House in US Chicago Gentlemans Club. He has chided Burdick humorously throughout the letter to stay with his painting & not get discouraged. Says .....Speed on thy brush that you may outdo the muse you serve. Commend me to Gilnorton and his twisted waves, also the general daubers of the hub. Signed Yourn - Tholer. A great letter from one artist to another..
East Coast Books
Feb. 14, 2019
Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist
Est: $200 - $300
[ART] Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist and a decorative painter of some prominence. He lived and worked in the Maine - Boston area and was a friend of the well known painter Horace R Burdick. Offered here 4 page humorous handwritten letter to Horace Burdick on Atwood's letterhead about decorative painting he is sending estimates for - with two small ink illustrations made by him in the letter. He is writing from Chicago. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in., Jan. 25, 1876, usual folds, brown ink has lightened a little bit. He says he is going to make an estimate to fresco the ceiling in the Grand Pacific Hotel..& continues with the measurements & what he will paint with watercolors in each panel. have to compete with Chicago & New York. Next page begins with Hylas! No job!. He provides estimates for jobs at Geneva Lake for N.K. Fairbank the great card man..summer Villa the largest dwelling house in Wisconsinhad the same job last spring but the whole thing burned down flat last fall.Fairbank also building finest Club House in US Chicago Gentlemans Club. He has chided Burdick humorously throughout the letter to stay with his painting & not get discouraged. Says .....Speed on thy brush that you may outdo the muse you serve. Commend me to Gilnorton and his twisted waves, also the general daubers of the hub. Signed Yourn - Tholer. A great letter from one artist to another..
East Coast Books
Dec. 15, 2018
Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist
Est: $200 - $300
[ART] Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist and a decorative painter of some prominence. He lived and worked in the Maine - Boston area and was a friend of the well known painter Horace R Burdick. Offered here 4 page humorous handwritten letter to Horace Burdick on Atwood's letterhead about decorative painting he is sending estimates for - with two small ink illustrations made by him in the letter. He is writing from Chicago. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in., Jan. 25, 1876, usual folds, brown ink has lightened a little bit. He says he is going to make an estimate to fresco the ceiling in the Grand Pacific Hotel..& continues with the measurements & what he will paint with watercolors in each panel. have to compete with Chicago & New York. Next page begins with Hylas! No job!. He provides estimates for jobs at Geneva Lake for N.K. Fairbank the great card man..summer Villa the largest dwelling house in Wisconsinhad the same job last spring but the whole thing burned down flat last fall.Fairbank also building finest Club House in US Chicago Gentlemans Club. He has chided Burdick humorously throughout the letter to stay with his painting & not get discouraged. Says .....Speed on thy brush that you may outdo the muse you serve. Commend me to Gilnorton and his twisted waves, also the general daubers of the hub. Signed Yourn - Tholer. A great letter from one artist to another..
East Coast Books
Nov. 03, 2018
Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist
Est: $200 - $300
[ART] Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist and a decorative painter of some prominence. He lived and worked in the Maine - Boston area and was a friend of the well known painter Horace R Burdick. Offered here 4 page humorous handwritten letter to Horace Burdick on Atwood's letterhead about decorative painting he is sending estimates for - with two small ink illustrations made by him in the letter. He is writing from Chicago. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in., Jan. 25, 1876, usual folds, brown ink has lightened a little bit. He says he is going to make an estimate to fresco the ceiling in the Grand Pacific Hotel..ó& continues with the measurements & what he will paint with watercolors in each panel. óhave to compete with Chicago & New York. Next page begins with Hylas! óNo job!. He provides estimates for jobs at Geneva Lake for N.K. Fairbank the great card manó..summer Villa the largest dwelling house in Wisconsinóhad the same job last spring but the whole thing burned down flat last falló.Fairbank also building finest Club House in US Chicago Gentlemans Club. He has chided Burdick humorously throughout the letter to stay with his painting & not get discouraged. Says .....Speed on thy brush that you may outdo the muse you serve. Commend me to Gilnorton and his twisted waves, also the general daubers of the hub. Signed Yourn - Tholer. A great letter from one artist to another..
East Coast Books
Jul. 18, 2018
Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist
Est: $200 - $300
[ART] Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist and a decorative painter of some prominence. He lived and worked in the Maine - Boston area and was a friend of the well known painter Horace R Burdick. Offered here 4 page humorous handwritten letter to Horace Burdick on Atwood's letterhead about decorative painting he is sending estimates for - with two small ink illustrations made by him in the letter. He is writing from Chicago. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in., Jan. 25, 1876, usual folds, brown ink has lightened a little bit. He says he is going to make an estimate to fresco the ceiling in the Grand Pacific Hotel.._& continues with the measurements & what he will paint with watercolors in each panel. _have to compete with Chicago & New York. Next page begins with Hylas! _No job!. He provides estimates for jobs at Geneva Lake for N.K. Fairbank the great card man_..summer Villa the largest dwelling house in Wisconsin_had the same job last spring but the whole thing burned down flat last fall_.Fairbank also building finest Club House in US Chicago Gentlemans Club. He has chided Burdick humorously throughout the letter to stay with his painting & not get discouraged. Says .....Speed on thy brush that you may outdo the muse you serve. Commend me to Gilnorton and his twisted waves, also the general daubers of the hub. Signed Yourn - Tholer. A great letter from one artist to another.
East Coast Books
Mar. 21, 2018
Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist
Est: $200 - $300
[ART] Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist and a decorative painter of some prominence. He lived and worked in the Maine - Boston area and was a friend of the well known painter Horace R Burdick. Offered here 4 page humorous handwritten letter to Horace Burdick on Atwood's letterhead about decorative painting he is sending estimates for - with two small ink illustrations made by him in the letter. He is writing from Chicago. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in., Jan. 25, 1876, usual folds, brown ink has lightened a little bit. He says he is going to make an estimate to fresco the ceiling in the Grand Pacific Hotel..& continues with the measurements & what he will paint with watercolors in each panel. have to compete with Chicago & New York. Next page begins with Hylas! No job!. He provides estimates for jobs at Geneva Lake for N.K. Fairbank the great card man..summer Villa the largest dwelling house in Wisconsinhad the same job last spring but the whole thing burned down flat last fall.Fairbank also building finest Club House in US Chicago Gentlemans Club. He has chided Burdick humorously throughout the letter to stay with his painting & not get discouraged. Says .....Speed on thy brush that you may outdo the muse you serve. Commend me to Gilnorton and his twisted waves, also the general daubers of the hub. Signed Yourn - Tholer. A great letter from one artist to another.
East Coast Books
Feb. 20, 2018
Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist
Est: $200 - $300
[ART] Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist and a decorative painter of some prominence. He lived and worked in the Maine - Boston area and was a friend of the well known painter Horace R Burdick. Offered here 4 page humorous handwritten letter to Horace Burdick on Atwood's letterhead about decorative painting he is sending estimates for - with two small ink illustrations made by him in the letter. He is writing from Chicago. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in., Jan. 25, 1876, usual folds, brown ink has lightened a little bit. He says he is going to make an estimate to fresco the ceiling in the Grand Pacific Hotel..Û& continues with the measurements & what he will paint with watercolors in each panel. Ûhave to compete with Chicago & New York. Next page begins with Hylas! ÛNo job!. He provides estimates for jobs at Geneva Lake for N.K. Fairbank the great card manÛ..summer Villa the largest dwelling house in WisconsinÛhad the same job last spring but the whole thing burned down flat last fallÛ.Fairbank also building finest Club House in US Chicago Gentlemans Club. He has chided Burdick humorously throughout the letter to stay with his painting & not get discouraged. Says .....Speed on thy brush that you may outdo the muse you serve. Commend me to Gilnorton and his twisted waves, also the general daubers of the hub. Signed Yourn - Tholer. A great letter from one artist to another.
East Coast Books
Jan. 23, 2018
Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist
Est: $200 - $300
[ART] Frederick Nelson Atwood Senior (1844-1900) American artist and a decorative painter of some prominence. He lived and worked in the Maine - Boston area and was a friend of the well known painter Horace R Burdick. Offered here 4 page humorous handwritten letter to Horace Burdick on Atwood's letterhead about decorative painting he is sending estimates for - with two small ink illustrations made by him in the letter. He is writing from Chicago. Approx. 8 x 10.5 in., Jan. 25, 1876, usual folds, brown ink has lightened a little bit. He says he is going to make an estimate to fresco the ceiling in the Grand Pacific Hotel..…& continues with the measurements & what he will paint with watercolors in each panel. …have to compete with Chicago & New York. Next page begins with Hylas! …No job!. He provides estimates for jobs at Geneva Lake for N.K. Fairbank the great card man…..summer Villa the largest dwelling house in Wisconsin…had the same job last spring but the whole thing burned down flat last fall….Fairbank also building finest Club House in US Chicago Gentleman’s Club. He has chided Burdick humorously throughout the letter to stay with his painting & not get discouraged. Says .....Speed on thy brush that you may outdo the muse you serve. Commend me to Gilnorton and his twisted waves, also the general daubers of the hub. Signed Yourn - Tholer. A great letter from one artist to another.
East Coast Books
Oct. 05, 2013
Print of the Maine; signed F N Atwood 1895, copyright 1898 by H A Wheeler (from a painting owned by Brigadier General H A Wheeler); oak frame with ormolu corners ; 2nd floor
Est: $50 - $100
Print of the Maine; signed F N Atwood 1895, copyright 1898 by H A Wheeler (from a painting owned by Brigadier General H A Wheeler); oak frame with ormolu corners ; 2nd floor
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