william-prince-ct-nc-1893-1951-illustration
Lot 542
William Prince (CT/NC, 1893-1951), Illustration
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, signed at lower right "Wm. Meade Prince," romanticized scene of a tippling station master with young woman, soldier and Native American, presented in a later frame.

SS 17.75 x 20.5 in.; DOA 23 x 26 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, NC Chapel Hill Museum

William Meade Prince grew up in Chapel Hill and coined the phrase "The Southern Part of Heaven" to describe his hometown.

$500 - 800