Neal Auction Important Estates September 2015

Additional information at www.nealauction.com 57 339. Elizabeth O’Neill Verner (American/ Charleston, 1883‑1979) , “St. Philip’s Portico, Charleston”, etching on paper, pencil‑signed, titled and numbered “6/80” lower margin, sheet 16 in. x 12 1/2 in., framed. $1000/1500 340. William Woodward (American/Louisiana, 1859‑1939) , “Schooners Racing at Beacon (Mississippi)”, 1932, drypoint etching on paper, signed and dated in plate lower left, pencil‑signed and titled lower margin, 4 in. x 6 in., sheet 7 1/2 in. x 10 in., matted and framed. $500/700 342. Caribbean‑Style Tropical Hardwood Campeche Chair , shaped crest rail, scrolled arms, curule legs, turned stretchers, boss details. $300/500 343. Two Antique New Orleans/ West Florida Maps , “A Map of Part of West Florida...”, 1772, by Lodge for The Gentleman’s Magazine ; and “Partie de la Coste de la Louisiane et de la Floride...”, 1744, by Bellin, 7 1/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. and 7 3/4 in. x 16 3/4 in. $600/900 344. Three Antique New Orleans Maps , 18th c., incl: two from Bellin’s Petit Atlas Maritime and one published by London Magazine , sights 7 1/2 in. x 9 in. to 8 1/2 in. x 11 3/4 in., framed alike. $500/700 345. Philippe Buache (French, 1700‑1773) , “Carte de la Barbarie de la Nigritie et de la Guinee”, “Carte de l’Egypte de la Nubie de l’Abissine” and “Carte du Congo et du Pays des Cafres”, 1745,. maps making up the whole of Africa, in outline color, based on Delisle’s 1707 work, each 19 1/4 in. x 24 in., (3 pcs.) $500/700 346. Antique American Cast Iron Table , 19th c., pierced circular top, serpentine griffin legs, stretcher shelf, trifid feet, h. 23 in., dia. 29 3/8 in. $300/500 347. Pair of Antique American or English Cast Iron “Laurel” Pattern Settees , late 19th c., after the Coalbrookdale model, foliate‑carved backs, conforming arms, pierced incurvate seats, winged griffin legs, trifid feet, h. 29 1/2 in., w. 42 1/2 in., d. 24 1/2 in. and h. 29 1/2 in., w. 43 in., d. 30 in. $1000/2000 341. John James Audubon (American, 1785‑1851) , The Quadrupeds of North America , volume I only, with Rev. John Bachman, New York, V.G. Audubon, 1856, octavo, tooled full‑leather, with 50 hand‑colored lithographs. $700/1000 338. Rare American Cased Sixth‑Plate Daguerreotype of Judah P. Benjamin , c. 1847, probably Louisiana, gilt‑tooled, embossed faux‑leather case. $8000/12000 Note: Often referred to as “the brains of the Confederacy”, Judah P. Benjamin served as Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State to the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. Born in the Virgin Islands, Benjamin immigrated with his family to Charleston, SC, where his father helped found the nation’s first Jewish Reform congregation. From a young age, Benjamin showed great talent and at the age of 14 enrolled in Yale University, where he studied law. Eventually, Benjamin returned to the South and settled in Louisiana, where he began a career as a prosperous attorney and later a US Senator. The photograph presented here is believed to be the earliest known photograph, and only known daguerreotype, of Judah P. Benjamin. By repute, the image was taken in the late 1840s, when Benjamin had settled in Louisiana and had begun his legal practice prior to his illustrious career in politics. Benjamin became the confidante of Jefferson Davis and architect of the Confederacy. Remarkably, Benjamin emerged unscathed and built a second career as a British barrister. Ref.: Evans, Eli N. Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate. New York: Free Press, 1989; Meade, Robert Douthat. Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate Statesman. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.