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AEDAttributed to Jacob Strickler, Virginia Birth Certificate
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Asheville, NC 28805
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveSep 23, 2026
Important Maurice Prendergast watercolor, paintings by Kahn, Jacobsen, Redmond, Marin, Glackens and Koch; several Catesby bird prints; a Joseph Proctor folk art still life and a Fraktur collection; a Soap Hollow blanket chest, clocks by Samuel Mulliken and Anna Atkinson, the Kittredge Family high chest, a Dunlap family high chest, Hall Family chest on chest, Nathan Lombard sideboard, Seymour work table; a MESDA documented Petersburg VA Secretary and important VA paint decorated blanket chest. First editions including Mark Twain and a narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, and firearms. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
(American, 1770-1842)
Maria Lehn, 1805, inscribed, "Maria Lehn All your life, keep God in your eyes and in your heart and at no time should you forget His commandments (what he has said). Written in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1805", watercolor and ink on paper, 8 x 10-1/4 in.; unframed
Provenance: Walter-Benisek Art & Antiques; Collection of Dr. James Harkrader, Richmond, Virginia
Literature:
Donald R. Walters, "Jacob Strickler, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Fraktur Artist". The Magazine Antiques, September 1976, pp. 536-543
(a copy of the article is available to the purchaser)
- Provenance
Walter-Benisek Art & Antiques; Collection of Dr. James Harkrader, Richmond, Virginia
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