A beautiful pair of portraits featuring George and Martha Washington on glass. Both are beautifully done and in excellent shape considering their age and that they are on glass. People don’t understand the difficulty in painting on glass. It is complex and extremely difficult because one has to paint backwards. [Read more…]
Map of the Colonial Mid Atlantic States
October 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This handsome map of the mid-Atlantic colonies is balanced with an exquisite pictorial cartouche filling the lower right. The map itself is lovely and retains its original colors. The dominate feature of this map is the huge title cartouche with depicts European merchants, Indians, trade goods, and the fruits of land and sea — imagery intended to attract people to the New World. This was done to promote interest and settlement in “The New World”. [Read more…]
Original 1942 Santa War Bonds Poster
December 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment
An absolutely incredible United States War Bond poster from 1942 featuring Santa on his sleight with two of his reindeer. This piece is nothing short of “WOW”! It was recently discovered, folded up, and put away in southern Virginia. [Read more…]
Map of Virginia by William Bleau, 1640-1650
October 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This wonderful map of Virginia was derived from Captain John Smith’s map of 1612. While amazingly accurate, this map shows Jamestown (Lameftowne). In the upper left corner is Chief Powhatan with his wives and children. On the right is a Susquehanna chief in a European pose. Look closely at all of the items on his person. Each was chosen for a specific and symbolic reason. [Read more…]
Autumn River by Edmon Parch Lewis, OOC
September 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A lovely oil on canvas painting of a man fishing during Fall. “Autumn River” by Edmond Parch Lewis (1835-1919) features a man fishing with cows in the background on a beautiful fall day. [Read more…]
Map of Virginia and West Virginia
April 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A nice map of Virginia and West Virginia by Culton of New York. Copyrighted in 1882, this map is in excellent condition. [Read more…]
CSS Merrimack vs. USS Congress
June 28, 2017 by Leave a Comment
CSS Merrimack vs. USS Congress
A rare engraving of the Merrimack, or Virginia, versus the USS Congress and other ships. It is titled “The Last of the Wooden Navy”. This battle occurs the day before the Monitor arrives at New Port News, VA for their famous battle. [Read more…]
City of Richmond, VA
August 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment
City of Richmond, VA
A beautifully hand colored image of Richmond from Harpers Weekly. The frame is 27.5″ long and 21″ deep. This was printed in 1862 and was well taken care of.
