MILTON JEWETT BURNS (NY/OH, 1853-1933)
"Two Fishermen in a Dory", oil on hardboard, signed lower right and dated 1881, inscribed verso "Signed Burns, 81'; Burns was Winslow Homer's friend, co-worker and illustrator for Harper's Weekly and Harper's Magazine and Scribner's later. Works to be found in old Harpers from Civil War times on. L.G.H." In gilt cove frame with linen liner, OS: 18 3/4" x 23 3/4", SS: 8 3/4" x 13 3/4". Very fine overall craquelure.
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"Two Fishermen in a Dory", oil on hardboard, signed lower right and dated 1881, inscribed verso "Signed Burns, 81'; Burns was Winslow Homer's friend, co-worker and illustrator for Harper's Weekly and Harper's Magazine and Scribner's later. Works to be found in old Harpers from Civil War times on. L.G.H." In gilt cove frame with linen liner, OS: 18 3/4" x 23 3/4", SS: 8 3/4" x 13 3/4". Very fine overall craquelure.