This wooden church-sculpture of the Archangel St. Michael Standing on a Globe is from the Andes and dates from the 1870s. In Hebrew, Michael means “who is like God.” Mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel, Archangel Michael was considered the advocate of the Jews, coming to occupy a place in the Jewish liturgy….
Morning Prayer
by Enoch Wood Perry, Jr. (American, 1831-1915). Perry studied under Emanuel Leutze (several of whose paintings are held by the Pamplin Collection) in Germany and began his career in New Orleans at the outset of the Civil War. He painted the well-known Signing of the Ordinance of Secession of Louisiana in 1861 as well as…
Mother and Child
Mother and Child by Thomas Sully or School of Thomas Sully. Sully (American, 1783-1872) was a British-born painter who had a long and distinguished career in the new United States painting portraits of distinguished American figures. His paintings of John Quincy Adams, America’s sixth president, and the Marquis de Lafayette appear to have brought him…
George Washington Athenaeum Portrait
Athenaeum Portrait of George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828) One of several of the Athenaeum portraits painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1798, this particular painting was taken to China by Philadelphia trader Capt. John Blight. It was the first painting of Washington to have traveled abroad and the first seen in Asia. Used on…
From a Church in the Andes
South American wood-carved wall sconce, with a drawer for candles and religious icons, with a Virgin and child painted inset. A highly stylized piece from a Church in the Andes.
School’s Out!
By Amos Sewell (American 1901-1983). Sewell was a prolific illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post and other popular magazines as well as pulp-fiction covers. Here is a rendering for a Post story for late spring, appropriately titled, “School’s Out!”
The Return
Paperback book cover for The Return, by Robert McGinnis (American 1926-). An artist and illustrator, McGinnis is known for his illustrations of over 1200 paperback book covers, and over 40 movie posters, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s (his first film poster assignment), Barbarella, and several James Bond films. He is a member of the Society of…
Flaming Frontiers
Posters promoting two (of 15) 1938 films made by Universal Studios that depicted the adventures of Tom Grant, a gold prospector “out west.” The Pamplin Collection has one of the largest collections of early movie posters in the country, adding several dozen to its holdings every year.
Pilgrim Wedding
by Rico Tomaso (American, 1898-1985). Tomaso began his career as a musician and met drummer Dean Cornwell, later one of America’s most accomplished illustrators. Cornwell encouraged Tomaso to move from the piano to painting and he went on to produce cover and article artwork for The Ladies’ Home Journal and The Saturday Evening Post, among…
American Revolutionary War
Musket This American Revolutionary period stocked musket uses a pre-French and Indian War lock and trigger guard of American-made brass. The barrel is also American-made. Sword Rare silver hilt Lion Head officer’s sword. Made in England in the 1760s. General George Washington carried an identical sword during the American Revolution. (Washington’s sword is in the…