Lot 1234: THREE OILS ON CANVAS;the first depicting a distinguished old

THREE OILS ON CANVAS;the first depicting a distinguished older gentleman, the stretcher verso with an old pencil inscription, Portrait of Joseph Ropes, Artist/Painted by Geo. F. Wright in Philadelphia 1871/AE 59 yrs (George Frederick Wright, American, 1828 - 1881, best known for presidential portraits);the second a well-dressed gentleman seated in front of a Whistleresque Japanese screen, unsigned, verso with a rough crayon drawing on raw canvas of a dark-haired young woman;the third a man in an artist's smock holding a cigar, signed l.r. J.(ohn) Campbell Phillips (American, 1873 - 1949). 3 pieces. Scrapes, craquelure.