Fine Art at Auction - Sale 218
Sat, Oct 19, 2019 09:30AM EDT
Lot 49
Howard F. Sprague oil
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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Howard F. Sprague (American 1871-1899)- ''R. E. Schuck''- oil on canvas, 1890, signed H. F. Sprague '90 lower right, large repaired area in sky, surface grime, framed. 17 x 30'' Schuck was a Sandusky lumberman. The wooden Schuck was replaced by a steel vessel of the same name and at that time was renamed C. C. Hand, after the superintendent of the Pennsylvania docks. Built in 1890, she was burned in 1913 At the time of this painting she was owned by J. C. Gilchrist in whose company Mr. Schuck was an investor.
