Northeast Auctions: The Richard and Beverly Kelly Collection, Works from the Studios of John Gadsby Chapman and Conrad Wise Chapman: Lot 1475
JAMES H. CAFFERTY (AMERICAN 1819-1869). TO THE RESCUE, AFTER L'INCENDIE (THE FIRE) BY JEAN-PIERRE ALEXANDRE ANTIGNA.
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Oil on canvas, 44 x 36 inches. Initialed l.l.Antigna's "L'Incendie," frequently reproduced in French publications of the mid-nineteenth century, depicts a man calling for help through an open window. Cafferty's adaptation depicts a fireman appearing at the window and may have been a commissioned piece for a fire chief or company. He is known to have painted portraits of several firemen.
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