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Porträtmaler, b. 1828 - d. 1889

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    • O/C Robert E. Lee Portrait, 1872, J. K. Harley
      Feb. 16, 2014

      O/C Robert E. Lee Portrait, 1872, J. K. Harley

      Est: $2,000 - $4,000

      Oil on canvas Age: Dated 1872 Maker: James Kimball Harley 1828-89 Marks: Signed J. K. Harley, 1872 Description: Portrait of the General in his Confederate uniform, housed in the original frame with grape leaf and vine decorations. Provenance is established by the engraved card of Mrs. Harry Woollcott, 116 South 4th St., Wilmington, North Carolina fastened to the verso. Woolcotts are known to have exhibited a portrait collection at the Florence Museum ( April, June 1954). Mr. Harry Woollcott, secretary and purchasing agent of the Tidewater Power Co. of Wilmington, N.C.Other portraits held by the Annapolis Complex Collection, Maryland State archives, portrait of Thomas Holliday Hicks (1798-1865), Governor of MD. 1858-62. Baltimore Museum of Art has a self portrait of Harley dated 1850. Provenance: Mrs. Harry Woollcott, Wilmington, N. C. Size: 36 x 29.25 framed 42.75 x 35.5" Weight: 30 pounds Condition: Backed with board, inpaint for tear in upper field, see image prior to restoration, other minor scattered inpaint. Frame restored. History: Among Southerners, Lee came to be even more revered after his surrender than he had been during the war, when Stonewall Jackson had been the great Confederate hero. In an address before the Southern Historical Society in Atlanta, Georgia in 1874, Benjamin Harvey Hill described Lee as:... a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbour without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was a Caesar, without his ambition; Frederick, without his tyranny; Napoleon, without his selfishness, and Washington, without his reward.His reputation continued to grow, and by 1900 his followers had spread into the North, signaling a national apotheosis."According to my notion of military history there is as much instruction both in strategy and in tactics to be gleaned from General Lee's operations of 1862 as there is to be found in Napoleon's campaigns of 1796."Field Marshal Garnet WolseleyLee's admirers have pointed to his character and devotion to duty, and his brilliant tactical successes in battle after battle against a stronger foe. Military historians continue to pay attention to his battlefield tactics and maneuvering, though many think he should have designed better strategic plans for the Confederacy. However, it should be noted that he was not given full direction of the Southern war effort until late in the conflict. Meta: militaria, military

      Louis J. Dianni, LLC
    • James Kimball Harley (MD, 1828-1889), Portrait
      Mar. 20, 2010

      James Kimball Harley (MD, 1828-1889), Portrait

      Est: $600 - $900

      James Kimball Harley (MD, 1828-1889), Portrait oil on canvas laid on masonite, half-length portrait of a gentleman, signed and dated left side slightly below center edge "J. K. Harley / 1861," housed in a period oval molded frame. SS 29.5" x 24.25"; DOA 33.75" x 28.75"

      Leland Little Auctions
    • James Kimball Harley (MD, 1828-1889), Portrait,
      Dec. 06, 2008

      James Kimball Harley (MD, 1828-1889), Portrait,

      Est: $600 - $900

      James Kimball Harley (MD, 1828-1889), Portrait, oil on canvas laid on masonite, half-length portrait of a gentleman, signed and dated left side slightly below center edge "J. K. Harley / 1861," housed in a period oval molded frame. Born in Canada, Harley studied in Antwerp, Belgium during the late 1840s before settling in Baltimore, MD. He spent the remainder of his life in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore area, exhibiting several portraits at the Washington Art Association in 1859. Several portraits by Harley are in the collection of the Maryland Historical Society. SS 29.5" x 24.25"; DOA 33.75" x 28.75"

      Leland Little Auctions
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