Early 20th Century Still-Life with Vessel

circa 1900

Framed dimensions: 36.5" h x 28.5' w x 5.75' d Sight size: 25.5' h x 17.5' w Signature: bottom right Early 20th century still life, original gilt frame, original stretcher. The following excerpt was written and submitted by Gary R. Libby from an essay in his book Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1835-2000. Very little is currently known about the still-life painter, George W. Seavey. Maybelle Mann’s Art in Florida, 1999, suggests that Seavey came to St. Augustine in 1883, the year of financier and hotel magnate “Henry Flagler...

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