Samuel Herrup Antiques

American Paintings

  • Pastel Portraits

    Fine pair of pastel portraits, circa 1805, said to be Elisha Jenkins (1772-1849) and his first wife Catherine Green (1771-1835). Jenkins was Mayor of Albany from 1816 to 1819. These portraits descended in the family. Painted by Garritt Schipper, a Dutch artist who worked in New York between 1803 and 1808. (Similar pictures are in the Metropolitan Museum and the American Antiquarian Society.) 10 3/4" x 9 1/2" incl. frames.

  • Portrait of a man, oil on canvas, American, probably New England, circa 1830-1835, with his arm over a paint decorated side chair of the period, by an unidentified artist. The painted frame is a very good copy of a period frame. The dimensions are 38 3/4" x 28 3/4" including the frame.

  • Portrait of a boy & girl, American, probably New England, circa 1845. A very charming naïve painting. The canvas is marked by the firm Hollis & Weaver, Boston, MA. The dimensions are 43" x 36" including the frame.

  • Portrait of a man, oil on canvas, painted by Ammi Phillips (1788 - 1865) Circa 1835. 41 1/2" x 35 1/2" including original gilt frame.

  • Fine pastel portrait of Rachel Fox Read of Boston (ca. 1790-1856) painted by William M. S. Doyle (1769-1828), signed and dated 1810. This portrait is early in Doyle's oeuvre and descended in the family of the sitter. Doyle was known primarily for his silhouettes and miniatures, but did pastel portraits as well. (See Kern, The Pastel Portrait of William M. S. Doyle in the Clarin, Fall 1988, p. 41-47. Period gilt frame. 22" x 19".

  • Portrait of an "angry man", oil on academy board, Prior/Hamblin school, circa 1850.
    Size: 14" x 10 1/4".

  • Rare and important portrait of a woman, oil on paper, circa 1810, by the noted Maine portrait artist, Benjamin Greenleaf (1769-1821).The majority of Greenleaf’s portraits are painted profiles on glass, bust length. Only a few are painted on canvas. This portrait has nearly all other attributes of Greenleaf portraits. 17 3/4" x 13" including frame.

  • Fine portrait of a boy, oil on canvas, attributed to Ralph Earl, circa 1780. Earl went to England in 1778 and returned to New York in 1785. This portrait has a New York history. The sitter is unknown. 24” x 20” without frame. A similar portrait of William Carpenter by Ralph Earl dated 1779 in the Worcester Art Museum is illustrated in Kornhauser, Ralph Earl 1991, pg. 115 #10.

Continental Paintings

  • Pair of pastel portraits, English, circa 1730. Attributed to John Saunders (1682 - p.1758). 19" x 16"

Chinese Export

  • Fine watercolor on silk, Chinese, late 18th Century, probably painted by a Chinese artist trained by or influenced by Guiseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), the Italian Jesuit painter to the Chinese court in the mid-18th Century. 14 ½” x 15” (sight)

  • Pair of Chinese Export portraits of young ladies, oil on canvas, circa 1810-20. These stylish paintings are unusually early for this type of portrait. The paintings have not been relined, have original stretchers and are in good condition. Frames are replaced. Site size: 23 ½” x 17 ½”

Other Paintings

  • Ch'aikkori. An 8-panel screen painting, pigment on silk, now mounted as a hanging scroll, Yi Dynasty, early 20th Century.

  • Ch'aikkori. A two-panel screen painting, pigment on silk, now mounted as a hanging scroll, Yi Dynasty, early 20th Century. Ht. 55"; W. 29" (including mounting).

  • Continental reverse painting on glass, possibly Spanish, 18th/19th Century in old frame. 9” x 11”

  • Reverse painting on glass, American Indian, late 18th Century, probably Italian. 9" x 11 1/4" including the frame.

  • Pair of paintings, oil on canvas, of French prized pigeons, each identified by name, signed "Jos. Fraiture" and dated 1891 & 1892. Inscribed on bottom. "16" x 21" (sight)

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