George (1800) Harvey Paintings & Artwork for Sale | George (1800) Harvey Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 05, 2024
GEORGE HARVEY (New York/Massachusetts/England/Canada, 1800-1878), Tabletop still life of apples and grapes in a porcelain bowl., Oil on canvas, 14" x 18". Framed 20.5" x 24.5".
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
GEORGE HARVEY New York/Massachusetts/England/Canada, 1800-1878 Tabletop still life of apples and grapes in a porcelain bowl. Signed lower left "G. Harvey".
Eldred's
Oct. 17, 2023
George Harvey (American/British, 1800-1878) - Peaches
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
George Harvey (American/British, 1800-1878) - Peaches DESCRIPTION oil on canvas size: 9 5/8 x 13 in. (23.6 x 33 cm.) frame: 12 5/16 x 15 5/8 in. (31.2 x 38.8 cm.) Signed, "G. Harvey" (lower right).
Hidden Treasures Antiques & Fine Arts
Mar. 07, 2023
George Harvey (American/British, 1800-1878) - Peaches
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
George Harvey (American/British, 1800-1878) - Peaches DESCRIPTION oil on canvas size: 9 5/8 x 13 in. (23.6 x 33 cm.) frame: 12 5/16 x 15 5/8 in. (31.2 x 38.8 cm.) Signed, "G. Harvey" (lower right).
Hidden Treasures Antiques & Fine Arts
Jan. 28, 2023
George Harvey Watercolor near Harper's Ferry, Virginia
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
HARVEY, George (1800-1878). Road Scene Near Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Watercolor on Paper. 16" x 11 3/4" visible, 27" x 22 1/4" framed.
Arader Galleries
Sep. 17, 2022
George Harvey
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
(American, 1800-1878) Schuyler Ogden and his Sister, Albany, New York, 1842, signed and dated lower center "G. Harvey 1842", inscribed stretcher verso, 17-1/4 x 14-1/4 in.; glt wood frame, 18-1/2 x 15-1/4 in. Note: Inscribed verso: "Painted in the Schuyler Mansion/Albany, new York, by G. Harvey signed 1842/ Schuyler Ogden and Sister/grand nephew of Gen Stephen Van Rensselaer" Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY (label verso)
Brunk Auctions
Jul. 12, 2022
George Harvey (American/British, 1800-1878) - Peaches
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
George Harvey (American/British, 1800-1878) - Peaches DESCRIPTION oil on canvas size: 9 5/8 x 13 in. (23.6 x 33 cm.) frame: 12 5/16 x 15 5/8 in. (31.2 x 38.8 cm.) Signed, "G. Harvey" (lower right).
Hidden Treasures Antiques & Fine Arts
Jun. 23, 2022
GEORGE HARVEY, American (1800-1878), Wildflowers, oil on canvas, 24 x 16 inches
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
GEORGE HARVEY American, (1800-1878) Wildflowers oil on canvas signed lower right "G. Harvey"
Shannon's
Nov. 23, 2021
George Harvey (American/British, 1800-1878) - Peaches
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
George Harvey (American/British, 1800-1878) - Peaches DESCRIPTION oil on canvas size: 9 5/8 x 13 in. (23.6 x 33 cm.) frame: 12 5/16 x 15 5/8 in. (31.2 x 38.8 cm.) Signed, "G. Harvey" (lower right).
Hidden Treasures Antiques & Fine Arts
Oct. 27, 2021
George Harvey, Study of Wildflowers, Watercolor
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
(American, 1800-1878), watercolor of wildflowers with church spire in the distances, signed center "G Harvey", with Hirschl and Adler Galleries label on verso Overall: 31"h x 38"w Sight: 21"h x 26"w Provenance: Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York; Property from the Collection of Mimi Adler
Nye & Company
Oct. 15, 2021
GEORGE HARVEY (New York/Massachusetts, 1800-1878), Figures by the riverside., Watercolor on paper, 5" x 8.25". Framed 12.75" x 15.5".
Est: $300 - $500
GEORGE HARVEY New York/Massachusetts, 1800-1878 Figures by the riverside. Signed lower center "G. Harvey".
Eldred's
May. 27, 2021
GEORGE HARVEY (New York/Massachusetts, 1800-1878), Figures by the riverside., Watercolor on paper, 5" x 8.25". Framed 12.75" x 15.5".
Est: $300 - $500
GEORGE HARVEY New York/Massachusetts, 1800-1878 Figures by the riverside. Signed lower center "G. Harvey".
Eldred's
Jan. 26, 2021
George Harvey (American/British, 18001878) Peaches
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
George Harvey (American/British, 18001878) Peaches oil on canvas size: 9 5/8 x 13 in. (23.6 x 33 cm.) frame: 12 5/16 x 15 5/8 in. (31.2 x 38.8 cm.) Signed, G. Harvey (lower right).
Hidden Treasures Antiques & Fine Arts
Jan. 01, 2021
George Harvey (American, 1800 - 1878)Landscape with a Pondoil on canvasrelinedsigned faintly lower left G. Harvey 23 1/2" x 29 ...
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
George Harvey (American, 1800 - 1878)Landscape with a Pondoil on canvasrelinedsigned faintly lower left G. Harvey 23 1/2" x 29 1/2"Provenance: Matthes-Theriault Collection, Woodbridge, Connecticut
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Jul. 26, 2020
American School - Lake Scene With Figures
Est: $1,400 - $1,800
Lake scene with person on shore waving to people on a boat, American School, possibly painted by George Harvey (1800-1878), oil on canvas, 26 1/2 x 35 3/4 inches.
Westchester Fine Art
Jul. 02, 2020
19 Century American Painting by George Harvey
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
19 Century American Painting by George Harvey 19th century American oil on canvas still life painting by George Harvey, 1800-1878. Peaches Signed lower right G. Harvey. Size: 9 5/8 by 13 inches (23.6 by 33 cm). Frame: 12 5/16 by 15 5/8 inches (31.2 by 38.8 cm).
Hidden Treasures Antiques & Fine Arts
Apr. 21, 2020
George Harvey English/American, 1800-1878 The Shady Seat, 1845
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
George Harvey English/American, 1800-1878 The Shady Seat, 1845 Signed G. Harvey and dated 1845; inscribed G Harvey on a remnant of the stretcher Oil on canvas 17 1/4 x14 inches Property of the Estate of Arthur Gross
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jan. 25, 2020
GEORGE HARVEY (1799 - 1878) | Miniature Portrait of a Woman in a Burgundy Dress with White Lace Bonnet
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
signed G. Harvey along center right edge; set within a wood and leather carrying case.
Sotheby's
Dec. 18, 2019
George Harvey (c.1800-1878) Anglo-American. A Carriage by the Gates of Eagle Hall, Southgate High Street, with Figures seated in the foreground, Watercolour, Signed, 10.5" x 15". Notes:
Est: £80 - £120
George Harvey (c.1800-1878) Anglo-American. A Carriage by the Gates of Eagle Hall, Southgate High Street, with Figures seated in the foreground, Watercolour, Signed, 10.5" x 15". Notes: Eagle Hall- Birthplace of Leigh Hunt, English Critic, Essayist and Poet, Co-Founder of 'The Examiner' Journal.
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Dec. 18, 2019
George Harvey (c.1800-1878) Anglo-American. "Buckskin Hall, Chalk Lane, Cockfosters", with Figures seated in the foreground, Watercolour, Signed, and Inscribed on a label on the reverse, 9.25" x 15.75".
Est: £80 - £120
George Harvey (c.1800-1878) Anglo-American. "Buckskin Hall, Chalk Lane, Cockfosters", with Figures seated in the foreground, Watercolour, Signed, and Inscribed on a label on the reverse, 9.25" x 15.75".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Aug. 01, 2019
GEORGE HARVEY, New York/Massachusetts, 1800-1878, Still life of a basket, peaches and grapes., Oil on academy board, 10" x 14". Fram...
Est: $800 - $1,200
GEORGE HARVEY New York/Massachusetts, 1800-1878 Still life of a basket, peaches and grapes. Signed lower left "Geo. Harvey". Oil on academy board, 10" x 14". Framed 19" x 22.5".
Eldred's
Jul. 25, 2019
19 Century American Painting by George Harvey
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
19 Century American Painting by George Harvey 19th century American oil on canvas still life painting by George Harvey, 1800-1878. Peaches Signed lower right G. Harvey. Size: 9 5/8 by 13 inches (23.6 by 33 cm). Frame: 12 5/16 by 15 5/8 inches (31.2 by 38.8 cm).
Hidden Treasures Antiques & Fine Arts
Feb. 26, 2019
19 Century American Painting by George Harvey
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
19 Century American Painting by George Harvey 19th century American oil on canvas still life painting by George Harvey, 1800-1878. Peaches Signed lower right G. Harvey. Size: 9 5/8 by 13 inches (23.6 by 33 cm). Frame: 12 5/16 by 15 5/8 inches (31.2 by 38.8 cm).
Hidden Treasures Antiques & Fine Arts
Oct. 04, 2017
George Harvey American/British, 1800-1878 Boys Swimming, 1846
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
George Harvey American/British, 1800-1878 Boys Swimming, 1846 Signed G. Harvey and dated 1846 (lc) Oil on panel 16 x 20 1/8 inches Provenance: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York Exhibited: Shreveport, LA, R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Artists of the Hudson River School, Oct. 14 - Nov. 25, 1973 Yonkers, NY, The Hudson River Museum, Westchester Landscapes: Pastoral Visions, 1840-1920, Feb. 5 - June. 13, 1993 C Property of a New York City Private Collector
Doyle New York
Jun. 03, 2017
George Harvey Road Scene Near Harper's Ferrry VA
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Road Scene Near Harper's Ferry, VA. George Harvey (1800 - 1878). Watercolor on Paper. 16 x 11 3/4 inches visible. 27 x 22 1/4 inches framed
Arader Galleries
May. 18, 2017
19 Century American Painting by George Harvey
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
19 Century American Painting by George Harvey 19th century American oil on canvas still life painting by George Harvey, 1800-1878. Peaches Signed lower right G. Harvey. Size: 9 5/8 by 13 inches (23.6 by 33 cm). Frame: 12 5/16 by 15 5/8 inches (31.2 by 38.8 cm).
Hidden Treasures Antiques & Fine Arts
Nov. 12, 2016
George Harvey (1800 - 1878) Catskills NY
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
George Harvey (New York, Massachusetts / England, Canada 1800 - 1878) Landscape painting of Catskills New York. Man fishing near a lake with mountains in the background. Map of where the scene is attached verso. Oil/Canvas. Sight Size: 7.75 x 9.5 in. Overall Size: 12.5 x 14.5 in. In 1828, Harvey submitted two picturesque* English scene paintings and a floral still life to the National Academy of Design* for exhibition. He listed his address as Brooklyn and on the works described the English scenes as "made from a Sketch Taken in 1819;" and the still life as "A Vase of Flowers Copied from Nature." (Dearinger) He was almost immediately elected to the Academy for membership, which indicates that although he was a relative newcomer to New York City, he had already gained widespread respect as a painter. y 1829, Harvey had moved to Boston,but he contributed to the National Academy exhibition of that year, but did not participate again until 1837, when he was living at Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and had a studio in the New York University Building. When settled at Hastings-on-Hudson, he began his "American Scenery" series, for which he remains most known. Completed in 1840 and edited by Washington Irving, the project had forty watercolors that he intended to have engraved* in England and widely circulated by subscriptions. However, the cost was enormous, he could not get necessary funding; and only 250 copies with four views sold. (The New York Historical Society has about 20 of the unpublished watercolors intended for engraving in England. ) This project meant that Harvey spent much time away from the United States in England and diminished people's knowledge of him in America. Harvey Exhibited at National Academy exhibitions of 1840, 1842, 1846 and 1847.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Oct. 29, 2015
GEORGE HARVEY, American (1800-1878), Scuyler Ogden and Sister, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1842 lower right., 17 1/4 x 14 1/2
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
GEORGE HARVEY American (1800-1878) Scuyler Ogden and Sister oil on canvas, signed and dated 1842 lower right. 17 1/4 x 14 1/2 Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York; Acquired from the above in 1980; Property of an American Collection. Literature: Betsy Garrett, At Home: The American Family 1750–1870; p. 28. Other Notes: The sitters are the grandnephew and grandniece of General VanRensselaer.
Shannon's
Apr. 25, 2015
(2) 1878 Coastal Watercolors by George W. Harvey
Est: $300 - $500
"Active Coastline Views" (1) signed G.W. Harvery 1878 (George Wainwright Harvey) watercolor 5 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches and 5 x 9 1/4 inches. framed. Condition: Good
John McInnis Auctioneers
Apr. 01, 2015
George Harvey (c.1800-1878) Impeded travellers in a pine forest. Upper Cana
Est: £300 - £500
George Harvey (c.1800-1878) Impeded travellers in a pine forest. Upper Canada (Winter No. 5) handcoloured aquatint, from Harvey's Scenes of the Primitive Forest of America, at the four periods of the year, published by G. Harvey, New York, 1841 19 x 12 ½in. (48.2 x 31.7cm.) (2)
Christie's
Aug. 23, 2014
GEORGE HARVEY (NY/MA/UK/CAN, 1800-1878), "Terrace at St
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
GEORGE HARVEY (NY/MA/UK/CAN, 1800-1878), "Terrace at St. Germain on Laye", oil on academy board, signed lower right "G. Harvey" and dated 1847 (partially concealed by frame). Titled on label verso from exhibition "The American Scene", at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. From the collection of Victor D. Spark. Depicting the Seine valley landmark. In gilt gesso cove frame, OS: 16 1/2" x 20 1/2", SS: 9 1/2" x 13 1/2". Fine craquelure. From the estate of Brooke Astor.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 23, 2013
GEORGE HARVEY, American, 1800-1878, Still life of melon, apples and grapes., Oil on canvas, 14" x 18". Framed.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
GEORGE HARVEY American, 1800-1878 Still life of melon, apples and grapes. Signed and dated lower left "G. Harvey 1900". Oil on canvas, 14" x 18". Framed.
Eldred's
Feb. 26, 2012
George Harvey, British/American, c.1800-1878, Garden Landscape, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in., framed
Est: $800 - $1,200
George Harvey British/American, c.1800-1878 Garden Landscape oil on canvas signed "G. Harvey" lr 20 x 16 in., framed
Alex Cooper
Mar. 06, 2011
GEORGE HARVEY (AMERICAN 1800-1878). PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN WITH CURLY HAIR, CIRCA 1830-40.
Est: -
GEORGE HARVEY (AMERICAN 1800-1878). PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A GENTLEMAN WITH CURLY HAIR, CIRCA 1830-40. Watercolor on ivory, 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 inches. Signed "G. Harvey" c.l.
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Jan. 23, 2011
George Harvey (British/American, 1800-1878) Country home, Presque Isle, 1836 sight: 5 x 8 1/2in
Est: $500 - $700
Country home, Presque Isle, 1836 signed indistinctly (lower left) and inscribed and dated 'Presquile [sic] 1836' (upper left) pencil on paper sight: 5 x 8 1/2in
Bonhams
Jan. 23, 2011
GEORGE HARVEY 1800-1878
Est: $800 - $1,200
GEORGE HARVEY 1800-1878 RUFFLED GROUSE AND YOUNG signed G. Harvey in red, bottom center, with the remains of a paper label on the top horizontal stretcher Ruffled ..... Harvey. Appears to retain original giltwood and gesso frame and stretchers. oil on canvas 22 by 17 in. circa 1835-1845
Sotheby's
Jan. 08, 2011
Attributed to George Harvey
Est: $400 - $800
(American, 1800-1878), Apples in a Landscape, signed lower left "Geo. Harvey", oil with dried paint flakes on canvas, 14-1/8 x 18-1/8 in.; painted wood and composition frame, original stretcher and tacking edge; frame with abrasions, loss to composition
Brunk Auctions
Sep. 28, 2010
George Harvey (1800-1878)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
George Harvey (1800-1878) Still Life with Pineapple signed 'G. Harvey.' (lower right) oil on board 12½ x 9¾ in. (31.8 x 24.8 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 18, 2009
George Harvey (British/American, 1800-1878) The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Wickhamford, Worces...
Est: $300 - $350
George Harvey (British/American, 1800-1878) The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Wickhamford, Worcestershire, England Signed "G. Harvey" l.l., inscribed "Wickhamford Church, Worcestershire/ (Washington coat of arms)/"Penelope" buried under the pavement by alter [sic]" in pen on the reverse. Watercolor on paper, sheet size 13 7/8 x 10 in., unframed. Condition: Subtle toning.
Skinner
Sep. 11, 2009
George Harvey (British/American, 1800-1878) The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Wickhamford, Worce...
Est: $700 - $900
George Harvey (British/American, 1800-1878) The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Wickhamford, Worcestershire, England Signed "G. Harvey" l.l., inscribed "Wickhamford Church, Worcestershire/(contains Washington coat of arms)/"Penelope" buried under the pavement by alter [sic]" in pen on the reverse. Watercolor on paper, sheet size 13 7/8 x 10 in. (35.2 x 25.4 cm), unframed. Condition: Subtle toning.
Skinner
Aug. 07, 2009
GEORGE HARVEY, American, 1800-1878, Still life with dead mallard., Oil on canvas, 14" x 22". Framed.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
GEORGE HARVEY American, 1800-1878 Still life with dead mallard. Signed lower left "Geo. Harvey". Oil on canvas, 14" x 22". Framed.
Eldred's
Jun. 18, 2008
George Harvey (British/American, 1800-1878) The Carpenter Family at Their Home on the Hudson ...
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
George Harvey (British/American, 1800-1878) The Carpenter Family at Their Home on the Hudson Signed and dated "G. Harvey 1873" l.r., identified on a label affixed to the reverse. Watercolor on paper, sight size 10 x 8 in., framed. Condition: Toning, staining, extremely small tear u.r. Provenance: Descended within the Carpenter family. N.B. According to the label, the image depicts Mr. and Mrs. Azariah Carpenter and their sons, Fred, Herbert, and Charles, at their home at Sing Sing (now Ossining) on the Hudson River.
Skinner
May. 10, 2008
GEORGE HARVEY (American 1800-1878) MOUNTAIN
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
GEORGE HARVEY (American, 1800-1878) MOUNTAIN LAKE. Oil on canvas scene shows a lake with sailboat under a large range of mountains. The river has cut a gap and there is a small house on right shore. In foreground is a man and woman with basket and there is a man in a rowboat beside. Signed lower left "G Harvey". Housed in a modern decorated molded wood frame. SIZE: 23-3/4" x 28-1/2". CONDITION: Relined, restored with inpainting, consolidated wrinkles, fair to good. 9-92043 (2,000-3,000)
James D. Julia
Jan. 31, 2008
GEORGE HARVEY (American 1800-1878) MOUNTAIN
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
GEORGE HARVEY (American, 1800-1878) MOUNTAIN LAKE.Oil on canvas scene shows a lake with sailboat under a large range of mountains. The river has cut a gap and there is a small house on right shore. In foreground is a man and woman with basket and there is a man in a rowboat beside. Signed lower left "G Harvey". Housed in a modern decorated molded wood frame. SIZE: 23-3/4" x 28-1/2". CONDITION: Relined, restored with inpainting, consolidated wrinkles, fair to good. 9-92043
James D. Julia
Apr. 15, 2007
George Harvey (British/American, 1800-1878)
Est: $1,200 - $800
Hat Full of Apples signed 'G. Harvey' (lower left) oil on canvas 14 x 18in
Bonhams
Oct. 12, 2005
GEORGE HARVEY, 1800-1878
Est: £800 - £1,200
FIGURES IN THE GARDEN OF BUCKSKIN HALL, CHALK LANE, COCKFOSTERS; A CARRIAGE BY THE GATES OF EAGLE HALL, SOUTHGATE HIGH STREET FIGURES IN THE GARDEN OF BUCKSKIN HALL, CHALK LANE, COCKFOSTERS; A CARRIAGE BY THE GATES OF EAGLE HALL, SOUTHGATE HIGH STREET one 23.5x40cm., 9x15 3/4 in., the other 26x37.5cm., 10 1/4 x14 3/4 in. two, both signed, one inscribed The Birth Place of LEIGH HUNT on part of an old label attached to the backboard watercolour over pencil, one heightened with bodycolour Quantity: 2
Sotheby's
May. 18, 2005
PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE COLLECTION GEORGE HARVEY 1800-1878 PITTSFORD ON THE ERIE CANAL
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
signed G. Harvey and dated 1837, l.r. oil on panel A head of a woman is painted on the reverse. PROVENANCE Victor Spark, New York Private Collection, New England, circa 1946 (acquired from the above) By descent to the present owner EXHIBITED New York, Old Print Shop, before 1943 New York, The New-York Historical Society, March-April 1948 Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, American Processional, July-December 1950 Rochester, New York, The Memorial Art Gallery, Rediscovered Painters of Upstate New York, before 1953 Rochester, New York, The Memorial Art Gallery, The Erie Canal: Thruway of Yesterday, October-December 1953 (as Afternoon-Dead Calm) Rochester, New York, The Memorial Art Gallery, The Genessee Country, January-February 1976, illustrated (as Late Afternoon-Calm on the Erie Canal) LITERATURE AND REFERENCES "The Home Forum," The Christian Science Monitor, December 6, 1943, p. 12, illustrated Brooklyn Museum Bulletin, vol. 9, 1948, pp. 2-3, illustrated American Heritage Magazine, 1963, illustrated (as Late Afternoon-Calm on the Erie Canal) CATALOGUE NOTE "George Harvey was born in England. Soon after his arrival in New York in 1820, he set out for the 'remote wilds of the New World,' hunting and trapping, writing poetry and prose, and, what is more important, sketching and painting. "By 1828 he was elected an Associate National Academician, indicating that his standing among his peers was considerable before he was thirty. In 1829 he moved to Boston where he was best known for his miniature portraits. After a trip to England in 1833, he settled in Hastings-on-Hudson, near his friend Washington Irving. "He now began work on a major project which he was destined never to see completed, This was to be a series of engravings after his forty watercolors of American Scenes, in which the emphasis is on the intangible factor of 'atmosphere.' The plan called for the engraving of these and their sale in England and America, but it proved to be economically impractical. The majority of the watercolors are in the collections of The New-York Historical Society, New York. "Harvey is not, properly speaking, part of the Hudson River School but he was a contemporary of its leaders and was one more force in awakening Americans to the beauty with which nature had endowed their environment" (Agnes Halsey Jones, Hudson River School, Geneva, New York, 1968, p. 138) A watercolor of the same subject titled A Sultry Calm: Pitsford [sic] on the Erie Canal is in the collection of the New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York.
Sotheby's
Mar. 22, 2005
GEORGE HARVEY 1800-1878 FIGURES IN THE GARDEN OF BUCKSKIN HALL, CHALK LANE, COCKFOSTERS; A
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
GEORGE HARVEY 1800-1878 FIGURES IN THE GARDEN OF BUCKSKIN HALL, CHALK LANE, COCKFOSTERS; A CARRIAGE BY THE GATES OF EAGLE HALL, SOUTHGATE HIGH STREET two, both signed, one l.c.: G.Harvey and the other l.l.: G Harvey and inscribed on part of an old label attached to the backboard: The Birth Place of LEIGH HUNT watercolour over pencil, one heightened with touches of white Quantity: 2 CATALOGUE NOTE One of the watercolours included in the present lot depicts a carriage by the gates of Eagle Hall,Southgate High Street. The building was destroyed during World War II and replaced by the Southgate Reform Synagogue. Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) who was born there is commemorated nearby in Leigh Hunt Drive next to Southgate College. The house and garden depicted in the other watercolour is most likely part of the Dacre Lodge Estate in Cockfosters. It was formerly known as Buckskin Hall and destroyed by fire in 1895. It was rebuilt, but later demolished in 1971. The church to the rear is Christ Church prior to its enlargement in 1898 and the view has been taken from the west side of Chalk Lane, looking south. George Harvey was born in Tottenham and trained in England. He travelled to New York in 1820 and spent the next thirty years in America, except for a few trips back to England and the Continent. During his time in America he became an Associate of the National Academy of Design and enjoyed the patronage of the eminent collector, Moses Grinnell. He also became a close friend of Washingon Irving and helped to design Sunnyside, Irving's Tarrytown residence. He drew and painted landscapes in Ohio, Michigan, on the Eerie Canal, in Canada, at Newport and in other places from Maine to Virginia. In the 1830's he built a home near Hastings-on-Hudson and began a long pictorial study of the weather and seasonal changes in the Hudson River valley. He finally sold the property in 1846 and little is known about the artists life after 1850, although his letters after that date were all written from London.
Sotheby's
Mar. 04, 2003
George Harvey (1800-1878)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
The Florida Keys signed 'G.Harvey' (lower center) watercolor on paper 91/4 x 151/2 in. (23.5 x 39.3 cm.) PROVENANCE Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York. Eckert Fine Art/Naples, Inc., Naples, Florida. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Christie's