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Historical-scenes painter, Portrait painter, Genre Painter, Landscape painter, b. 1833 - d. 1895

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      • John Adams Elder O/C 1859 Virginia Portrait, Lizzie Holladay
        Jul. 06, 2024

        John Adams Elder O/C 1859 Virginia Portrait, Lizzie Holladay

        Est: $700 - $800

        John Adams Elder (Virginia,1833-1895) oil on canvas posthumous oval painting, 1859, of Eliza "Lizzie" Hart Holladay of Orange County, Virginia, (1855-1859). Holladay wears a white dress and holds a sprig of flowers, with other flowers collected in her skirt, while she stands in an Arcadian landscape before a distant sunset. Signed and dated "J. A. Elder 1859," lower right. Housed in a molded gilt wood frame. Sight: 29 1/2" Hx 24 1/4" W. Frame: 38 1/8" H x 33 3/16" W. Note: This painting is included in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog, Inventory of American Paintings, Control Number IAP 9D640409. Biographical note: "The portrait descended in the Holladay family of Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Eliza 'Lizzie' Hart Holladay was the daughter of Mary Jane Boggs (b.1833) and Henry Thompson Holladay who were married in 1853. Two years later they moved to a home overlooking the Rapidan River, approximately six miles from the Orange County courthouse. It was here at 'Riverside' that Eliza 'Lizzie' Hart Holladay was born. Lizzie was stricken with illness and died at age 3 and a half. The journals of Mary Jane Boggs Holladay describe her daughter's death, Elder's visit, and the resulting portrait: 'I omitted to mention that Mr. Elder, an artist from Fredericksburg, to whom I had written before Lizzie's death, arrived, the day after she died, and thought he could succeed in getting her likeness.' For history of family see 'Virginia Genealogies' by Rev. Horace Hayden." Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog, Inventory of American Paintings. Artist biography: "The son of a shoemaker, Elder was born in Fredericksburg on February 3, 1833, and from a young age exhibited artistic talent, painting the faces of local citizens on the fences around town. Impressed by Elder's work, a wealthy lawyer named John Minor funded the artist's training in New York, and then convinced painter Emanuel Leutze of 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' fame to take Elder with him to Germany, where the young Virginian studied for five years. During the Civil War Elder enlisted in the Confederate army and he was frequently assigned to make drawings for the Ordnance Department. A member of Caskie's Battery of Artillery at the Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864, Elder made sketches of the scene the day after the event and later created a large-scale painting of it. (Former Confederate general William Mahone purchased the painting, beating out the head of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., who was also eager to acquire it.) In the postwar era Elder became well known for his battle scenes and portraits of Confederate generals—he painted Robert E. Lee eight times—as well as genre paintings of the Old South." Source: Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Humanities. PROVENANCE: By descent through the family of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thompson Holladay;  Anonymous collection, Richmond, Virginia; MacQuaan collection, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Jeffrey S. Evans and Associates, Nov. 12, 2016 auction, lot 298; Private South Carolina collection. 

        Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
      • J.A. Elder, Portrait of Young Girl "The Rose"
        Mar. 21, 2023

        J.A. Elder, Portrait of Young Girl "The Rose"

        Est: $50 - $5,000

        John Adams "Jack" Elder (Virginia, 1833-1895), signed, illegibly dated lower left. Frame size: 30" high, 26" wide. Small repair, crazing, slight warp to canvas.

        Schwenke Auctioneers
      • GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE FRAMED PRINT
        Jan. 19, 2023

        GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE FRAMED PRINT

        Est: $80 - $160

        General Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general during the Civil War who surrendered to General Grant effectively ending the Civil War in 1865, print of the original painting by American artist John Adams Elder (1833-1895), simple wood frame (one corner separating), visible area 18.5 x 14.5 inches, overall size 22 x 18.25 inches. Spots of loss on obverse. Not examined outside of frame.

        Fairhill Auction LLC
      • JOHN ADAMS ELDER (VIRGINIA,1833-1895) BLACK AMERICANA GENRE SCENE
        Jun. 25, 2022

        JOHN ADAMS ELDER (VIRGINIA,1833-1895) BLACK AMERICANA GENRE SCENE

        Est: $300 - $500

        JOHN ADAMS ELDER (VIRGINIA,1833-1895) BLACK AMERICANA GENRE SCENE, oil on canvas, full-figure depiction of sitter eating watermelon with a rye-straw basket in the background, signed lower right "Elder". Housed in a modern gilt frame.

        Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
      • JOHN ADAMS ELDER (VIRGINIA,1833-1895), ATTRIBUTED, PORTRAIT OF GENERAL THOMAS JONATHAN "STONEWALL" JACKSON
        Nov. 14, 2020

        JOHN ADAMS ELDER (VIRGINIA,1833-1895), ATTRIBUTED, PORTRAIT OF GENERAL THOMAS JONATHAN "STONEWALL" JACKSON

        Est: $5,000 - $8,000

        JOHN ADAMS ELDER (VIRGINIA,1833-1895), ATTRIBUTED, PORTRAIT OF GENERAL THOMAS JONATHAN "STONEWALL" JACKSON, oil on canvas, full-length depiction of the General standing on a hillside overlooking a battlefield, wearing an open cloak, his hands behind his back, his aide holds a horse nearby, possibly Little Sorrel, artillery units fire away in the background, no signature located. Housed in a 19th-century molded giltwood frame.

        Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
      • JOHN ADAMS ELDER (VIRGINIA,1833-1895) PORTRAIT OF A GIRL
        Nov. 12, 2016

        JOHN ADAMS ELDER (VIRGINIA,1833-1895) PORTRAIT OF A GIRL

        Est: $300 - $500

        JOHN ADAMS ELDER (VIRGINIA,1833-1895) PORTRAIT OF A GIRL, oil on canvas, a touching depiction of a young subject in white dress with blue trim, gathering flowers in a landscape setting, signed and dated "J. A. Elder / 1857" lower right, bears several period penciled inscriptions to likely original stretcher verso, completed by the artist post-mortem. Unframed.

        Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
      • (4) 20th c. framed Confederate lithographs
        Feb. 08, 2014

        (4) 20th c. framed Confederate lithographs

        Est: $200 - $500

        Four mid to late 20th century lithographs, (2) after Confederate portraits by John Adams Elder (American, 1833-1895), of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and General Robert E. Lee, each 14"h x 10"w, overall size including frame, 27.25"h x 23"w x 2"d; (1) "The Last Meeting", depicting Generals Lee and Jackson at the Battle of Chancellorsville, after E.B.D Julio, 9.75"h x 7.75"w, overall size including frame 25.5"h x 21.25"w x 2"d.; together with (1) late 20th century monochromatic lithograph portrait of General Robert E. Lee, illegibly signed and dated lower right Mary "Sadenys" 1997, numbered lower left 131/950, 25.5"h x 25.5"w, overall size including frame 43.75"h x 40"w x 3"d.

        Great Gatsby's Auction Gallery, Inc.
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