james-northcote-american-1822-1904-a-snowy-evening
Lot 1304
James Northcote (American, 1822-1904), A Snowy Evening
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, 1870, signed and dated at lower right, retaining an Old Print Shop of Philadelphia label to stretcher, presented in a period gilt frame.

Stretcher size 12 x 16 in.; Frame dimensions 15 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.

From the Collection of the late Charles Wood Chatham, Sr., Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Born in England, Northcote moved to New York in the late 1850s. He exhibited at works at both the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the National Academy.

Reinforced tacking edge; damp stains to verso of canvas, not affecting image; patch and repair to canvas with associated retouch visible under UV light; craquelure and minor chipping to frame.