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THBPortrait Miniature Attrib. Isaac B. Alexander of South Carolina
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4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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LiveJul 12, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,175 lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. July 12 at 9 AM with lots #1-753 and continues Sun. July 13 at 1 PM with lots #754-1175 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Ervin and Jane Entrekin, Nashville; Walter and Dr. Mary Schatz, Nashville; Dr. Lawrence Wolfe, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Florence F. Johnston, Knoxville; plus deaccessioned objects from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Arkansas Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of Art. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Portrait miniature attrib. to Isaac Brownfield Alexander (South Carolina, 1812-1884), watercolor on paper, depicting a middle-aged man with dark hair and high forehead seated on a chair and wearing a dark blue suit and tie with printed vest, gold pin and white shirt. Indistinct background. Signed lower right "I.B. Alexander Pt". Hand-painted oval border, with the sheet housed under glass in a plain wood frame. A note visible en verso reads "this miniature was painted by a room mate by the name Alexander (a journeyman jeweller) in Duane Street, New York about the year 1835. Thos. Allen." Image: 4 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in. Sight: 5 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in. Frame: 8 1/4 in x 7 in. Included with this lot is a copy of the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of The Magazine Antiques, which features an article about Alexander by Robert Leath, then then-Chief Curator of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, which has at least one portrait by Alexander (of his daughter) in its collection. A portrait by Alexander of William Irvin Sparkman is in the collection of the Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC.
Condition
Overall good condition. Toning to paper. Small loss to paper at upper left corner. 1/4 inch stain center right edge of image, in background.
- Provenance
Private Alabama collection.
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