Lot 32
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Theodore J. Richardson (1855-1914)
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Theodore J. Richardson (1855-1914)

Sitka, Alaska

Details
Theodore J. Richardson (1855-1914)
Sitka, Alaska
signed ‘.TJ. Richardson.’ (lower left)
watercolour heightened with white on paper laid down on card
15 ¼ x 22 ½in. (38.8 x 57.1cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 17 August 2002, lot 837.
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Lot Essay

The site of the transfer ceremony for the Alaska Purchase in 1867, and an ancient Tlinglit settlement, Sitka on the Alaskan panhandle was developed by the Russian-American Company in the early 19th century and was a centre for pulp, gold mining and fish canning in the early 20th century. Richardson depicts the old Russian governor's house, Baranof castle, on the mound, and a Tlingit village on the left. Born in Readfield, Maine, Richardson made a speciality of painting Alaskan scenery.

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