$21,000
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Fine American & European Paintings
Auction: June 24, 2007 3:00:00 PM EDT
Signed, inscribed and dated 'E D Lewis Belmont 1873' bottom left, oil on canvas
30 x 45 in. (76.2 x 114.3cm)
Provenance: Private Collection, New York.
CIGNA Museum and Art Collection.
Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
exhibited:
Philadelphia, CIGNA Museum and Art Collection, 'Philadelphia Scenes', 1984.
note:
This is an historically important 19th century view of Philadelphia. It is painted from Belmont and shows steamboat and locomotive traffic along the Schuylkill River. Beyond the bridge, the spires of the Masonic Temple and the dome of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul are visible.
(from 'Philadelphia Scenes' exhibition catalogue)