ID 883876 
Lot 442  | DR. ANDREW CROSWELL (1778-1858)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000 
COMMODORE EDWARD PREBBLE'S ATTACK ON TRIPOLI IN AFRICA WITH THE AMERICAN SQUADRON THE CONSTITIUTION FRIGATE, THE BRIGS ARCUS, VIXEN, NAUTILUS, SIREN & JULY, 1804
signed, inscribed and dated A CROSWELL MERCER 1810 (lower right); later dated March 17 1853 (lower left); inscribed SUSAN [?] present FROM HER FATHER A CROSWELL (on reverse of frame)
watercolor and ink on paper
13 x 16 3/4 in. (sight)
Provenance
Probably Susan Cony Croswell (1810-1888), daughter of the artist, by gift
Jess Pavey, Birmingham, Michigan, 1974
The Rosebrook Collection
Christie's, New York, 22 September 2014, lot 92
Literature
Johanna McBrien, "A Sense of Place," Antiques & Fine Art (Winter/Spring 2009), p. 206.
| Artist: | Dr. Andrew Croswell (1778-1858) | 
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper | 
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Artist: | Dr. Andrew Croswell (1778-1858) | 
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper | 
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
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