Francis Melville
1831-1916, American

Portrait of J.Q.A. Ward, Sculptor
1831-1916, American
Portrait of J.Q.A. Ward, Sculptor

Etching, image size 8 x 6 1/2 in, pencil signed

Painting

Portrait of Miss Davenport
1856-?, German
Portrait of Miss Davenport

Oil on Academy Board, 12 x 9 inches, signed and inscribed "M. v. Schmaedel/München" lower right, period frame. The sitter is identified in a copy of a letter dated August 3, 1905, from Seth Mendell to William C. Davenport, President of The Machinists' Bank, Taunton, Massachusetts, in an envelope affixed to the back of the painting. Provenance: Estate of N. David Scotti, Providence, Rhode Island.

Print

Contes Moraux
1699-1773, French
Contes Moraux

Engraved copper plate after Gravelot, used for the title page of the book "Contes Moraux" by Jean-François Marmontel (1723-1799). Engraved in 1776 by Antoine-Jean Duclos (1742-1795) after the original design by Gravelot (1765). Engraved area 5 x 3 inches, full plate dimensions 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. The full text reads: "Contes Moraux, Par M. Marmontel, de l'Academie Francaise. A Paris / Chez Brunet Libraire, Rue des Ecrivains. M.DCC.LXXVI."

Sculpture

Black and Iron Red Oxide - Linear
1965-, American
Black and Iron Red Oxide - Linear

Ceramic plate, 16 inches across