Artists of Abraham Lincoln portraits . 31 t V 2> Winter Exhibition One Hundred and One American Paintings HiV*<$ ^i ?? ^miM», ? Hfer -. i ; -; i 11 Kr ?: 1 £? Li^* \ .\ B^H FINE PAINTINGS SCHWARZ PHILADELPHIA FOUNDED 1930 1806 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19103 Fax 215 561 5621 Tel 215 563 4887 Art Dealers Association of America; Art and Antique Dealers League of America; CINOA. 31 David Bustill Bowser (American, 1820-1900)Passmore Williamson, 1868 Oil on canvas, 26 % x 21 % inches (oval)Signed and dated at lower right: 15,000 A commercial artist a
Artists of Abraham Lincoln portraits . 31 t V 2> Winter Exhibition One Hundred and One American Paintings HiV*<$ ^i ?? ^miM», ? Hfer -. i ; -; i 11 Kr ?: 1 £? Li^* \ .\ B^H FINE PAINTINGS SCHWARZ PHILADELPHIA FOUNDED 1930 1806 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19103 Fax 215 561 5621 Tel 215 563 4887 Art Dealers Association of America; Art and Antique Dealers League of America; CINOA. 31 David Bustill Bowser (American, 1820-1900)Passmore Williamson, 1868 Oil on canvas, 26 % x 21 % inches (oval)Signed and dated at lower right: 15,000 A commercial artist and painter of portraits and land-scapes, David Bustill Bowser was a descendant of CyrusBustill, one of Philadelphias earliest free black leaders. Alifelong resident of Philadelphia, Bowser was listed in thecity directories after 1871 as an artist, although he is occa-sionally referred to as a painter. Most of Bowsers workthat has survived is of a commercial or ornamental apparently did a large amount of work forPhiladelphias volunteer fire companies: an impressive fire-mans parade hat painted, with a phoenix in the midst offlames, is in the Atwater Kent Museum in artists also painted banners of all kinds, andthe Civil War brought Bowser this type of business; it islikely that he painted regimental banners for all or most ofthe black regiments that fought for the Union.
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