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Painter, b. 1798 - d. 1882

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    • ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES EIGHTS, New York, 1798-1882, Three architectural drawings of Albany, New York., Watercolors of paper, the larges...
      Aug. 02, 2019

      ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES EIGHTS, New York, 1798-1882, Three architectural drawings of Albany, New York., Watercolors of paper, the larges...

      Est: $1,000 - $2,000

      ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES EIGHTS New York, 1798-1882 Three architectural drawings of Albany, New York. One depicts a street scene with key identifying various buildings. Others depict a view of the Jacob Vanderheyden Palace in 1805 and a house at the corner of Pearl and Columbia. From a Michigan Collection. Watercolors of paper, the largest 11" x 18.5" sight. Framed 17" x 25".

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    • James Eights (New York, 1798-1882) Corner of State and Pearl Streets, Albany, New York. Unsigned, the artist and subject identified on
      Aug. 10, 2014

      James Eights (New York, 1798-1882) Corner of State and Pearl Streets, Albany, New York. Unsigned, the artist and subject identified on

      Est: $1,200 - $1,800

      James Eights (New York, 1798-1882) Corner of State and Pearl Streets, Albany, New York. Unsigned, the artist and subject identified on a note attached to the backing paper. Watercolor on paper, 15 x 10 3/4 in., in a gilt-lined mat and black-painted frame. Condition: Repaired tear u.r., surface imperfections l.l.

      Skinner
    • James Eights (New York, 1798-1882) Street View, Albany, New York. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 10 1/4 x 17 1/2 in., unframed. Conditi
      Aug. 10, 2014

      James Eights (New York, 1798-1882) Street View, Albany, New York. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 10 1/4 x 17 1/2 in., unframed. Conditi

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      James Eights (New York, 1798-1882) Street View, Albany, New York. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 10 1/4 x 17 1/2 in., unframed. Condition: Laid down on cardboard, loss to l.r. corner, abrasions l.c.

      Skinner
    • James Eights (American, 1798-1882) Market Street, State Street to Maiden Lane, Albany, New York. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, the str
      Aug. 14, 2011

      James Eights (American, 1798-1882) Market Street, State Street to Maiden Lane, Albany, New York. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, the str

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      James Eights (American, 1798-1882) Market Street, State Street to Maiden Lane, Albany, New York. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, the structures heightened with gum arabic, 9 1/4 x 16 in., in a later mitered mahogany frame, and including a previous backing in which the scene and artist are identified in inscriptions, and with an old Skinner auction label from when this work was previously sold, March 25, 1989. Condition: Good, laid down, craquelure to varnish, scattered loss l.l., minor toning. Literature: See "James Eights and His Albany Views," William L. Lassiter, The Magazine Antiques, May 1948, pp. 360-61. Lassiter was curator of history at the New York State Museum. The article relates that Eights was born in an aristocratic neighborhood of Dutch homes in Albany, New York, in 1798. Progress brought industry and prosperity to Albany and in the first and second quarter of the 19th century, the old Dutch housing was torn down and replaced with modern housing. Eights observed these changes as a boy and "fifteen or twenty years later he painted from memory the old streets as he remembered them...compris[ing] fourteen different views as it appeared in 1805... most if not all, Eights made replicas so that there is in existence an unestimated number of original Eights drawings. Many of them are to be found among collections of individuals, museums, and libraries in Albany." Lithographs of these scenes were made between 1847-1854 and later 1857-1858, and reproduced in an article in Harpers Magazine in 1856. The May 1948 issue of The Magazine Antiques is included with the painting.

      Skinner
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