Catherine Andrew Barstow

Christie's Auction Results for a painting by William Bradford purchased by Capt. Daniel Hawthorne Barstow owned by Catherine A. Barstow

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Painting image attached

William Bradford (American, 1827-1892)

Transatlantic packet ships off a Northern headland

Transatlantic packet ships off a Northern headland

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Price Realized

(Set Currency)

   * $114,000

   * Price includes buyer's premium

Estimate

     $100,000 - $150,000 

Sale Information

Sale 1540

maritime including scientific and engineering works of art

20 July 2005

New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Lot Description

William Bradford (American, 1827-1892)

Transatlantic packet ships off a Northern headland

oil on canvas

24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.5 cm.)

executed circa 1860

Pre-Lot Text

PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND FAMILY

Provenance

Daniel Hathorne Barstow (acquired the painting directly from the artist)

Mrs. Catherine A. Barstow

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.

(and by descent in the family)

Literature

R.C. Kugler, William Bradford: Sailing Ships & Arctic Seas, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 2003, p. 112. fig. 27. (for an almost indentical watercolor)

Lot Notes

From his beginnings as a draftsman and painter, William Bradford sought to portray his scenes with the greatest accuracy. "A block or line of rigging out of place, a mast set too forward or aft, the improper location of boat davits and deck furniture, or sloppy rendering of a figurehead would not escape scrutiny..." (R.C. Kugler, William Bradford: Sailing Ships & Arctic Seas, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 2003, p. 6)

Bradford's first voyage out of Cape Cod took place in July 1856 to the island of Grand Manan and the Bay of Fundy between Maine and Nova Scotia. The artist returned there on a later sail in 1860.

According to Richard Kugler, the subject is either off Grand Manan Island and the Bay of Fundy between Maine and Nova Scotia or the South Coast of Nova Scotia.

We are grateful to Richard C. Kugler for kindly confirming the authenticity of this work.