John J. Mooney (American, 1843-1918), Jamestown Remembered

Oil on canvas, circa 1907 or 1908, signed at lower right, presented in a giltwood frame

Stretcher size 22 x 36 in.; Frame dimensions 27 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.

From the Estate of the late Dr. Robert M. Comstock, Petersburg, Virginia

Born in New York, John Mooney traveled to Georgia to enlist in the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the Civil War. After the war, he remained in the South and began painting professionally. He is known to have painted scenes of Savannah, Key West, Washington, D.C. and Richmond. In 1918, Mooney died in poverty after contracting tuberculosis. This painting depicts Jamestown's 1639 church tower with the Captain John Smith monument in the foreground and the settlement's tercentennial monument in the background. Mooney painted several versions of this scene, two of which have come up for auction.

Reinforcement at one area of the canvas, light retouching visible under UV light inspection, stretcher lines.