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Nov 22, 2024
IMPORTANT SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA POLITICAL DRAWING, watercolor and ink on paper, after the Amos Doolittle "Bonaparte in Trouble" engraving, signed "Engraved by Andrew F. Grayson, 1830" at lower edge for Page County silversmith Andrew F. Grayson (1807-1878). Housed in a gilded and paint-decorated frame under glass. Circa 1830. 11 1/2" x 15" sight; 20 1/2" x 24 3/4" overall.
Literature: See Catherine B. Hollan - Virginia Silversmiths, Jewelers, Clock- and Watchmakers, 1607-1860, Their Lives and Marks, p. 335 for a biography of Grayson.
Catalogue Note: This watercolor represents the only recorded work by Andrew Grayson. According to Hollan he moved to Page County around the age ten and witnessed a deed there in March 1830. He purchased a 19 1/2 acre there in April 1833 and later in the year married Julia A. Kite. It is thought that he took up silversmithing around 1830 and the designation "Engraved by" combined with the 1830 date seen on this watercolor would seem to substantiate this thinking. He was recorded in the 1850 Census of Page Co. as a 43-year-old silversmith owning 3,000 acres of real estate near Marksville, a small township a few miles south of Luray. Later listings also identify him as a silversmith and a jeweler.
Fair as-found condition, upper left edge with loss and 1" tear, chipping and some tiny holes to lower margin, paper has become brittle, spotting and toning. Frame with wear and some minor losses to finish.
From the estate collection of Alfred "Al" Marzorini, Washington, DC.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 6/13/2012, lot 371.
Ex-collection of a long-established Page Co. family.
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