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ROBERT FULTON
Sketch of WilliamWilliams
.
Pen and brush and ink and wash on paper, 1813. 232x191 mm; 9x7 inches. Initialed, titled
and dated “NewYork July 6th 1813” in wash, lower right and center margin.
Williams is most likely the brother of Colonel JonathanWilliams, the first Superintendent
of West Point.
Robert Fulton (1765-1815), whose career as a portrait painter predated his fame as an
engineer, gained initial success with a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Fulton’s father had
been close friends with the artist BenjaminWest’s father and their sons lived together for
a short time in Philadelphia in the late 1700s. However, Fulton is best remembered
historically for his pioneering role in developing steam powered locomotion.Along with
Robert Livingston, Fulton built the first commcerial steamboat in 1807, which transported
passengers from NewYork to Albany.
[1,000/1,500]
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MARY BRADISH TITCOMB
Two sketchbooks.
Two bound sketchbooks with pencil and pen and ink and wash drawings, 1892-1903.
Both volumes approximately 220x265 mm; 8
3
/
4
x10
1
/
2
inches (sheets). Both volumes signed
and dated in pencil on the first page. Many of the drawings titled and/or dated in pencil.
[1,500/2,500]
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ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER
Two brush and ink and wash drawings.
New England Coast
, 1887. 160x85 mm; 6
1
/
4
x3
1
/
4
inches. Initialed in black ink, lower right
recto *
Sailboat
. 120x90 mm; 4
3
/
4
x3
1
/
2
inches. Initialed in black ink, lower right recto. Both
ex-collection Clayton-Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, with the ink stamps, verso.
[1,000/1,500]
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