Lot 240: “Major Biddle" & "Artist's Sister"
Estate Auction (82): Multiple-Estate Liquidation Roseville, CA · Sold
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Archived Lot Result
- Auction
- Estate Auction (82): Multiple-Estate Liquidation Roseville, CA
- Lot Number
- 240
- Status
- Sold
- Hammer / Price
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- Opening Bid
- $5.00
- Accepted Bids
- 18
- Closed
- 3/17/24 8:59 PM PT
Description
Major Biddle by Thomas Sully (England 1783-1872), was a Major in the United States Army. He was also a member of the Philadelphian Biddles. The original hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 15"T x 12 1/2" "Artist's Sister" by Gustav Richter, born in Berlin in 1823. He was commissioner by the King of Baveria, to visit Egypt to make sketches for pictures of the Pyramids. The "Artist's Sister" by Richter depicts the charm of the Romantic period of last Century. Gustav died in 1884.