3 CATALOGUE OF THE CL 1 -J Entire Collection of Paintings BELONGING TO THE Late Mr. A. M. COZZENS, To be sold by Auction, AT THE Clinton Hall Art Galleries and Book Sale Rooms JOHN H. AUSTEN, Auctioneer, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1868, Commencing at a quarter before 8 o’clock. o°' LEAVITT, STREBEIGH & CO. . < l'" Clinton Hall, Astor Place, NEW YORK. THE PAINTINGS Will be on Exhibition Thursday Morning, May 14, 1868, AND FROM THAT DATE TO THE TIME OF SALE, Day and Evening. NOTICE. A sufficient deposit will be required from all purchasers, at the option of the Auctioneer. It shall apply to all goods purchased at this sale. All pur¬ chases must be paid for within twenty-four hours from the day of sale, or the deposit will be forfeited and the sale annulled, or the goods resold for account of purchaser, at the option of the Auctioneer. -• - Please preserve this Catalogue for your use at the Sale. Mr. Cozzens was a liberal and intelligent patron of American art, and remarkable for good taste, and for that genial sympathy with artists, which, at the time he began to interest himself in art, was a most important element of art encouragement. His opportunities, accordingly, for procuring representa¬ tive works of our school were of the best kind. Most of his pictures were procured of the artists who painted them at a time when they were founding their reputation, and working with that degree of earnestness which is charac¬ teristic of the best period of an artistic career. Many of the pictures belong¬ ing to his collection might be cited as the best productions of their painters. Such an opportunity for procuring works of American art, valuable in connec¬ tion with its history, may not soon occur again, for their is no representative collection in private hands equal to it. Baker & Godwin, Printers, Printing-House Square, New York. CATALOGUE. I. KENSETT, J. F. - Second Beach at Newport—Sunset. 6x12. /J& 2 . HAYS, W. J. Fruit—Basket of Strawberries. 6x8. A good piece of Still-life painting. This little picture was painted expressly for the late Mrs. Cozzens. Mr. Hays has never been known as a painter of fruit, but ranks among the very first animal painters in the country. HUNTINGTON, D. Sketch from Nature. 8 x io. 4 - HUNTINGTON, D Mercy’s Dream. 6x8. The first thought for the large picture—one of his most noted and popular works. The large picture has been engraved in line by Thomas Oldham Barlow, London. The original is now in possession of Marshall O. Roberts, Esq. 5- ^ WOODVILLE, RICHARD CATON. The Smokers. (Bar-Room Inte¬ rior.) 7x9. This picture was painted in 1841. Was sent from Baltimore to the Academy of Design in New York, and was purchased from that exhibition by Mr. Cozzens. It was the first picture painted by Mr. Woodville.ever seen in this city. This artist, who died young, would, if he had lived, have been in the foremost rank ; as it is, his works are not surpassed by any of the American school in the best qualities of art in his line. The head in this work is a fine study of character. Woodville’s works are scarce. 6 . GREENE, E. D. E. The Beggar Girl. 25x30. A picture of great merit; fine in feeling. LANG, LOUIS. Study. 7 - (Oval.) 18x22. 8 . MOUNT, W. S. Hustling Pennies. This is a characteristic specimen of the best period of Mount’s career. He painted this subject on a larger scale for Luman Reed, whose collection formed the New York Gallery of the Fine Arts, and now in the Historical Society Building. TAIT, A. F. Young Ruffed Grouse. Characteristic and true. KEN SETT, J F. xo. Almy’s Pond, Newport. 18x10. Mr. Kensett does not merely imitate or emphasize or reflect nature, he interprets her. LEUTZE, E. The Novice. An unusually fine treatment of female character by this artist. A beautiful picture. LEUTZE, E. The Captive Prince. 16x20. A pleasing Cabinet Picture. NO NAME. The Trumpeters. (Oval.) A line picture by a pupil of Wouvermans. IOX 14. 14 - HICKS, THOMAS Gate at Subiaco. 10x12. Principal entrance to the town. Painted at Subiaco during the summer of 1846. An excellent study. KENSETT, J. F. Niagara River, Canada Shore. 2 5 >< 35 - The effect of the “Falls” in the background, the rising mist and the commotion of the water, are charmingly rendered. The Earl of Elles¬ mere while in this country saw this picture at Mr. Cozzens’ house, and admired it so much that he ordered a duplicate. i6. HUNTINGTON, D. Christiana and her Children. IOX I I. Original study for the large picture in the Carey Collection. 17- SULLY, THOMAS. Childhood. 20x24. No painter in this country has ever enjoyed more permanent social esteem and sympathy, and if ever there was a man especially endowed to delineate the human countenance, particularly women and children, it is Thomas Sully. He painted Queen Victoria. l8, CROPSEY, J. F. Bay of New York. (Castle Garden in the foreground.) 10x16. X When Jenny Lind was in New York and singing at Castle Garden, she was so well pleased with this picture that a duplicate was painted for her. NO NAME. Glass of Wine. 12x15. LEUTZE, E. 20. The Scarlet Letter. (Hester Prynne and Little Pearl. — Hawthorne.) 48 x6o. An admirable work, fine in drawing and in character. The artist says : " Hester Prynne was painted as soon as Mr. Cozzens sent me the book just published to Dusseldorf. I made a myth of it, and suc¬ ceeded in agreeably surprising both him and Mr. Hawthorne.” 21 . LEUTZE, E. Interior. (A study.) 17x25. Evidently from the place itself. Leutze’s architectural details are always prominent features in his pictures. 22 . KENSETT, J. F. Landscape—White Mountains. 7 x 1 A View looking south-east from the Flume House, Franconia Notch. STUART, GILBERT. Q fWa. Portrait of Dr. Houghton, of Dub¬ lin. 25x30. No portraits better preserve their tone of color and expression than those of Stuart’s. There is a living, fresh reality about them, and “ no one ever surpassed him in embodying, if we may so speak, the tran¬ sient apparition of the soul.” This picture was formerly the property of Mr. Charles Elliot, who obtained it direct from the family for whom Mr. Stuart painted it. It is considered one of the finest specimens of this artist. NO NAME. The Tambourine. 8 x 10. A fine work ; beautifully drawn and colored. 25- CHURCH, F. E. The Andes. 36x26. This Picture was painted expressly for Mr. Cozzens, shortly after Mr. Church returned from South America, and combines all the beauties which characterize the works of this distinguished artist. 26 . HICKS, THOMAS. Edwin Booth as lago. 22x32. “No, he must die.” The same subject, full length, was regarded at the time of its exhi¬ bition as a very striking and successful performance. This duplicate, from the large picture, was painted for Mr. Cozzens. //If! BOONEN, A. 27 Prince of Orange, 1691. 13x16. 28. BOONEN, A. Princess of Orange, 1691. 13x16. Two very fine cabinet portraits. Boonen was a distinguished Dutch painter, born in 1669, died in 1729, and considered one of the ablest of his day. He painted, among other celebrities, Peter the Great, of Russia. Two very gems of Portrait Painting. 29 ^ DURAND, A. B. The Beeches—Sunset. 4.8x62. “ At the foot of yonder beech.”— Gray. The peculiar fidelity and sentiment of nature with which Mr. Durand always depicts trees is eloquently manifest in this picture. The whole scenic expression is harmonious, tender and true. One of Mr. Durand’s best pictures. 3°- INMAN, HENRY. Portrait of Bishop Moore. 27 X34.. This portrait is one of the artist’s master-pieces, and one of the glories of the American school of portraiture. He painted Words¬ worth, Macaulay, and other distinguished men, shortly after painting this. 3 1 - JOHNSON. EASTMAN Not Enough for Two. 19x21 A good specimen of this eminent artist; fine in character and color. His pictures are in constant demand and purchased before they leave the easel. All American collectors seek and prize them. VEDDER, E. The Knight’s Signature. 8 x 10. A fine work of an artist whose reputation is constantly increasing. 33 - gray, HENRY PETERS. Greek Lovers. 4.0 x 55 - This picture was painted in 1846, being Mr. Gray’s first effort after his return from a second visit to Europe. Mr. Cozzens was so well pleased with it while in progress that he became the purchaser. Mr. Coz¬ zens was not disappointed in the picture, and he always considered it one if not the best of the examples of this artist. It was the means of introducing Mr. Gray immediately to the public, and the foundation of his reputation. 34- DOUGHTY, THOMAS. Near Paris. 16x22. A very fine picture ; unsurpassed by any American landscape. The works of this painter have not received the attention or credit they deserve. A series of pictures in American landscape would be incom¬ plete without one of his works. 35- HUNTINGTON, D. Shepherd Boy of the Roman Cam- pagna. 25x30. One of his best works in his early style. Painted in 1849 ; in color remarkably fine—a most excellent specimen. In the course of time the early figure subjects of the American school of art will be more highly prized than at present. 3 6 - HUNTINGTON, D At the Shrine. 25x30. Painted in 1849, as a companion to the Shepherd Boy. The Campagna of Rome and the Alban Hills form the background. Ex¬ presses true devotional feeling. BOUGHTON, G. H. 37- Sans Souci. (Match Boy.) 9x12. A fine sketch. Mr. Boughton is established in London and much esteemed there and at home. His pictures are well known and much sought after. /0O 38 - LEUTZE, E. Contemplating 32x39. the Setting This picture gained for the artist, besides general praise, the per¬ manent friendship of the late Edward L. Carey, of Philadelphia, whose kind interest manifested itself until his death, and through whose influ¬ ence the artist received an amount of commissions sufficient to justify his embarkation for Europe. LEUTZE, E. 39 From nature, and very good. LANG, LOUIS. 40. Interior, 1856. 16x20. Beatrice Cenci in Prison. 13x9. Study for a larger picture. KENSETT, J F.