Buffalo Bill Wild West Show

Buffalo Bill on an Appaloosa Horse

Otto Eerelman

London, Barnum & Bailey circus, 1883

Original Watercolor on strong paper, laid down on fine cardboard, by Otto Eerelman , at the encampment at the Wild West show in London, England in 1883 at the Barnum and Bailey Circus, showing Buffalo Bill on an Appaloosa horse during the encampment and enactment.

Otto Eerelman (1839-1929 was a Dutch artist born in the Dutch city of Groningen in 1839, where he studied with the Dutch history painter J.H. Egenberger at the Minerva Academy. He later studied and worked in Paris in 1867. He returned to Groningen from 1867 until 1874 to teach at the Minerva Academy. He then decided to fully focus on painting and moved to Brussels (1874) and The Hague (1875-1902). With a stop in Arnhem he finally returned to Groningen, as a famous artist. Although widely reputed for his paintings of the royal family, particularly Queen Wilhelmina, Eerelman was primarily known for his detailed renderings of horses and dogs. He is considered the top painter of horse scenes in the Netherlands in the 19th century.

This watercolor painting by Eerelman represents an important contribution to western American art from a prospective of a European artist. Eerelman, like Georg Catlin and Carl Bodmer, spent time with the Mandan Indians on the Missouri River, USA. The painting depicts the encampment of the legendary Wild West show in London in 1883. It shows Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) on an Appaloosa horse waiting for his enactment during the show at the Barnum & Bailey circus in London, England, in 1883.

An other similar watercolor painting of this series by Otto Eerelman is exhibited at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museum in Cody, Wyoming, USA.

Size: 54.3 x 36.9 cm, Signed: lower left, condition: Fine

Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, Watercolor on paper

Artist: Otto Eerelman, London, Barnum & Bailey circus, 1883

US$ 86,500.00

Buffalo Bill Wild West Show

Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill at the Show

Otto Eerelman

London, Barnum & Bailey circus, 1883

Original Watercolor on strong paper, by Otto Eerelman , at the encampment at the Wild West show in London, England in 1883 at the Barnum and Bailey Circus, showing Buffalo Bill and also Pawnee Bill during the encampment and enactment.

Otto Eerelman (1839-1929 was a Dutch artist born in the Dutch city of Groningen in 1839, where he studied with the Dutch history painter J.H. Egenberger at the Minerva Academy. He later studied and worked in Paris in 1867. He returned to Groningen from 1867 until 1874 to teach at the Minerva Academy. He then decided to fully focus on painting and moved to Brussels (1874) and The Hague (1875-1902). With a stop in Arnhem he finally returned to Groningen, as a famous artist. Although widely reputed for his paintings of the royal family, particularly Queen Wilhelmina, Eerelman was primarily known for his detailed renderings of horses and dogs. He is considered the top painter of horse scenes in the Netherlands in the 19th century.

This watercolor painting by Eerelman represents an important contribution to western American art from a prospective of a European artist. Eerelman, like Georg Catlin and Carl Bodmer, spent time with the Mandan Indians on the Missouri River, USA. The painting depicts the encampment of the legendary Wild West show in London in 1883. It shows Buffalo Bill ( William F. Cody) and Pawnee Bill waiting for their enactment during the show at the Barnum & Bailey circus in London, England, in 1883.

An other similar watercolor painting of this series by Otto Eerelman is exhibited at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museum in Cody, Wyoming, USA.

Size: 53.8 x 36.5 cm, Signed: lower left, condition: Fine

Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, watercolor on paper

Artist: Otto Eerelman, London, Barnum & Bailey circus, 1883

US$ 86,500.00

Original oil painting on canvas of fishing vessels on the banks

Artist unknown, c. 1780

Original oil painting on canvas of fishing vessels on the banks

Artist unknown, c. 1780

In original solid white oak carved frame, with laminated stamped wood strip inlay

This is probably a scene from the banks at New England or Newfoundland. The painting is showing Dutch fishing vessels and Dutch men of war working near the coast. Sailors and crews in boats are fishing with nets.

Fresh, good colors. This is a historical painting in fine condition in original carved frame.

Provenance: From a Virginia private collection

Size: Frame: 33.5 x 28.5 inch

Sight: 23.25 x 18 inch

US$ 3,850.00

Original water color painting on paper of the coast of Dover, England

Artist: James Pattison Cockburn , c. 1842

Original water color painting on paper of the coast of Dover, England

Artist: James Pattison Cockburn , c. 1842

In original frame, fine condition

The painting shows the Artist while sitting for the scene with family members on the coast near Dover. A pencil note on the back of the sheet explains: “Shakespeare’s Cliff, Dover, Jas. Cockburn”. This painting was executed probably at a family leisure trip to the channel coast. It depicts the chalk cliffs, the beach of the channel coast with fishing boats, people on the beach and a storm clouded sky. What is historically of high interest is the work on the scaffold survey of the rail road tracks just to be build. The cliff is still untouched for the blasting of the rail road tunnel a bit later executed.

This is a wonderful time document painted by a renowned English Army officer and painter. Cockburn’s work on the Canadian Frontier, especially his watercolors of early Quebec City and the Niagara area are outstanding historical documents. He painted also English country site, his documentations of his travels to Switzerland and Italy are also much sought for by institutions and collectors.

Provenance: Property of a Canadian collector

Size: Frame: 26 ¼ x 19 ¼ inch

Sight: 19 ¼ x 12 ¼ inch

US$ 3,125.00