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James Bard
The Steamboat Ferry Princeton
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The Steamboat Ferry Princeton, 1880
Signed (l.r.): J. Bard. NY 1880
Retaining Hirschl & Adler Gallery and Dietrich Collections labels on reverse.
Pencil, watercolor, and gouache on paper, float-mounted in later frame under conservation glass.
21” x 37 ½”, 27” x 43 ½” (framed)
Faint toned areas observed in the upper half of paper: a radial stain at upper left of the smokestack, a linear stain running vertically above the leftmost eagle flag, and at the upper left corner. The painting has been professionally mounted and not examined out of frame.
Provenance: Important New York Collection; Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (18 August 2019), Lot 134; Theodore Cross, Princeton, New Jersey, March 1985; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York, 1985; Dietrich Collections, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1970; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1970.
Literature: Illustrated in Anthony J. Peluso, Jr., The Bard Brothers: Painting America Under Steam and Sail (Newport News: Mariner’s Museum, 1997), p. 154. Also see checklist entry on p. 169.
Illustrated: Peluso, J & J. Bard: Picture Painters (New York: Hudson River Press, 1977), p. 89. Also see checklist entry on p. 120.
Exhibitions: Plain & Fancy: A survey of American Folk Art, Hirschl Y Adler Galleries, New York, New Yor, 1970.
Princeton was a double-ended ferry with two identical pilot houses, but in 1880 and owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It operated on the Delaware River until 1906. Two years after Bard completed this watercolor, the boat was painted “Pennsylvania Railroad red” over the traditional white.
Faint toned areas observed in the upper half of paper: a radial stain at upper left of the smokestack, a linear stain running vertically above the leftmost eagle flag, and at the upper left corner. The painting has been professionally mounted and not examined out of frame.
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Signed (l.r.): J. Bard. NY 1880
Retaining Hirschl & Adler Gallery and Dietrich Collections labels on reverse.
Pencil, watercolor, and gouache on paper, float-mounted in later frame under conservation glass.
21” x 37 ½”, 27” x 43 ½” (framed)
Faint toned areas observed in the upper half of paper: a radial stain at upper left of the smokestack, a linear stain running vertically above the leftmost eagle flag, and at the upper left corner. The painting has been professionally mounted and not examined out of frame.
Provenance: Important New York Collection; Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (18 August 2019), Lot 134; Theodore Cross, Princeton, New Jersey, March 1985; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York, 1985; Dietrich Collections, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1970; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1970.
Literature: Illustrated in Anthony J. Peluso, Jr., The Bard Brothers: Painting America Under Steam and Sail (Newport News: Mariner’s Museum, 1997), p. 154. Also see checklist entry on p. 169.
Illustrated: Peluso, J & J. Bard: Picture Painters (New York: Hudson River Press, 1977), p. 89. Also see checklist entry on p. 120.
Exhibitions: Plain & Fancy: A survey of American Folk Art, Hirschl Y Adler Galleries, New York, New Yor, 1970.
Princeton was a double-ended ferry with two identical pilot houses, but in 1880 and owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It operated on the Delaware River until 1906. Two years after Bard completed this watercolor, the boat was painted “Pennsylvania Railroad red” over the traditional white.
Faint toned areas observed in the upper half of paper: a radial stain at upper left of the smokestack, a linear stain running vertically above the leftmost eagle flag, and at the upper left corner. The painting has been professionally mounted and not examined out of frame.
WoA-WoP-WCG 011
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