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William MacLeod (American, 1811-1892) Windy River Boating, circa 1845 Oil on can

William MacLeod (American, 1811-1892) Windy River Boating, circa 1845 Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm) Signed and dated indistinctly lower right: W. Mc[....] 184[...] PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DAVID L. BALLARD, CROTON FALLS, NEW YORK PROVENANCE: Mr. and Mrs. Max Dreyfus, Bronxville, New York; David L. Ballard, chauffer for the Dreyfus family, gift from the above; By descent to the present owner. Although relatively obscure, William MacLeod is renown not only as a gifted painter, but as an integral figure to the development of the museum professional role, specifically in Washington, D.C. As the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C.'s first curator and one of the first museum professionals in the United States, MacLeod was a very influential figure in shaping the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and establishing the important role of museum curator in America. As a painter himself, MacLeod brought his own artistic creativity and sensibility to his position, a sense that is reflected in the daily accounts and journals he maintained of gallery activities. MacLeod maintained these journals as an aid in compiling his annual reports to the Board of Trustees - reports that included statistics and narrative reports on all of the Corcoran's activities. In brief daily entries, MacLeod noted objects received on exhibition, the physical condition of the building, the visit to the gallery by important personages, the activities of the students, notable correspondence received, as well as the number of visitors and the number of catalogs sold, his health, and the weather. The journals are among the most important records on the earliest years of the museum and the school. () Paintings by MacLeod are rare, and seldom if ever appear on the market. One landscape resides in the White House permanent collection, and in 2018, the artist's masterwork View of the City of Washington from the Anacostia Shore sold for $312,500, establishing a new auction record for the artist. HID01801242017

William Douglas MacLeod o/c Fallen Hunter

WIlliam Douglas MacLeod o/c Fallen Hunter: An oil on canvas by William Douglas MacLeod (1811-1892) an American artist of Scottish extraction best known for his views of the Potomac and his position as the Corcoran Gallery's first curator. It's a Victorian genre scene of a fallen hunter in a snowy landscape, his dog either trying to rouse his master or raise the alarm that something is wrong. Signed lower left W MacLeod, dated 1868. McClees Galleries (Haverford, PA) label on reverse. Provenance: Robert A Goldstein; Purchased from McClees Galleries, Haverford, 17 October 1987. Size: stretcher is 20.25" X 15.5" frame is 25.5" X 19.75". CONDITION: Some craquelure to snow in the lower part of canvas, otherwise fine. The frame has some minor repairs and small losses

William Douglas MacLeod (English, 1892-1963), (2) etchings on paper, "Salle Morocco", 1928, numbered XIVA, 7-7/8" x 13-1/8" pl; "Mor...

William Douglas MacLeod (English, 1892-1963), (2) etchings on paper, "Salle Morocco", 1928, numbered XIVA, 7-7/8" x 13-1/8" pl; "Moroccan Hill Town", 1928, numbered XXXIIIA, 8-7/8" x 13-7/8", both signed, very good condition

WILLIAM MACLEOD (AMERICAN, 1811-1892) BRIDGE OVER HUNTING CREEK, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA Oil on canvas: 26 1/2 x 36 1/4 in.

WILLIAM MACLEOD (AMERICAN, 1811-1892) BRIDGE OVER HUNTING CREEK, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA Oil on canvas: 26 1/2 x 36 1/4 in. Framed; lower left signed and dated: W. MacLeod 1860; Painted in 1860, the painting illustrates tranquil Alexandria as it appeared at the outset of the Civil War. Bridge Over Hunting Creek, Alexandria, Virginia, depicts the quotidian scene of life along the water, as wagons and people cross over towards West Grove Plantation. The white frame house atop the hill is "Mount Eagle," an estate built by Lord Fairfax and the final home outside of Mount Vernon where George Washington dined before his death. A MacLeod stylistic trait, the artist has painted himself seated and sketching in the foreground. He views the rural scene just as you, the viewer, are observing it. MacLeod was born in Alexandria, VA, and trained as a painter in Scotland. His notable bucolic landscapes of the early Washington, D.C., area hang in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. and the White House. Provenance: Commissioned in 1860 either by William Fowle (d.1860) of The Patton-Fowle House, 711 Prince Street, Alexandria or by his married daughter Harriet FowleTaylor and by descent to the present owner Exhibitions: James C. Kelley and William M.S. Rasmussen, "The Virginia Landscape," Exhibition at the The Virginia Historical Society, 2000, pp. 126-127 ill.

W Douglas Macleod 'Marina di Pisa' Etching, signed

W Douglas Macleod 'Marina di Pisa' Etching, signed pencil bottom right, label verso 'WB Simpson, 84 St Vincent Street, Glasgow', 25 x 33cm

WILLIAM DOUGLAS MACLEOD

WILLIAM DOUGLAS MACLEOD HARBOUR SCENE etching, signed and number III 27cm x 42cm

Purchased as William MacLeod (American, 1811-1892), oil on artist board, "Spring in the Potomac," small pastoral spring landscape wi...

Purchased as William MacLeod (American, 1811-1892), oil on artist board, "Spring in the Potomac," small pastoral spring landscape with small cabin, scattered flowering trees, cows, ducks, and boats in or near a body of water, indistinct inscription verso (protected behind plexiglass) that reads "Spring in the Potomac / Painted [by?] WM / 186[?]"; in 20th C. gilt frame and with white linen mat, 2 1/4" deep overall; very good condition; ss: 4 1/2" h. x 7 3/4" w. Provenance: Purchased from the MacFarlane Collection, Santa Barbara, CA in 2004 for $12,000. According to the provenance on the receipt, the painting was purchased around 1988 out of an estate in Old Town Alexandria.

Purchased as William MacLeod (American, 1811-1892), oil on artist board, "Spring in the Potomac," small pastoral spring landscape wi...

Purchased as William MacLeod (American, 1811-1892), oil on artist board, "Spring in the Potomac," small pastoral spring landscape with small cabin, scattered flowering trees, cows, ducks, and boats in or near a body of water, indistinct inscription verso (protected behind plexiglass) that reads "Spring in the Potomac / Painted [by?] WM / 186[?]"; in 20th C. gilt frame and with white linen mat, 2 1/4" deep overall; very good condition; ss: 4 1/2" h. x 7 3/4" w. Provenance: Purchased from the MacFarlane Collection, Santa Barbara, CA in 2004 for $12,000. According to the provenance on the receipt, the painting was purchased around 1988 out of an estate in Old Town Alexandria.

WILLIAM DOUGLAS MACLEOD (American 1811-1892) "Fallen Rider with his Faithful Horse" Oil on canvas Signed lower right "W. MacLeod 1881" 13"x11"