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146. JAMES E. BUTTERSWORTH (1817-1894) PAIR OF OILS ON BOARD “YACHT RACING”, circa 1870s, the first
signed lower right J.E. Buttersworth, depicting two schooner yachts racing away from the viewer under a luminous sky with eleven
sailors in blue uniforms on decks of both yachts, five men in a rowboat in the foreground. Retains original “Winsor & Newton
Prepared Mill-Board” paper label on reverse, an artist board commonly used by Buttersworth, Quester Gallery label on reverse.
The second depicting two port view schooner yachts racing, under a luminous and cloudy sky with twenty-four sailors in blue
uniforms on decks of both yachts, five-man dory in the foreground, unsigned; also retains partial original “Winsor & Newton Prepared
Mill-Board” paper label on reverse. Both in carved giltwood frames. 8 in. x 10 in. each
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