Live Auction 2078019th Century American Art
JULIAN SCOTT (1846-1901)
Lot 35 Property from The Westervelt Company

JULIAN SCOTT (1846-1901)

A Friendly Game

Closed19 January 2022

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JULIAN SCOTT (1846-1901)
A Friendly Game
signed and dated 'Julian Scott/1894' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 1894.

Robert M. Hicklin, Jr., Inc., Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1990.

Specialist note

The present painting likely depicts a friendly card game between a Confederate and Union soldier. Fraternizing with the enemy during downtime was not uncommon during the Civil War.